Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-14
Storm of Yesterday Has Apparently
Spent Its Force.
WHOLE COUNTRY UNDER DEEP SNOW
Railroad Traffic Pretty Generally
Suspended on That Account
FOOD SCARCE IN CITIES

NEW YORK. February 1.-THE people of
New York this morning enjoyed the first
sunshine they have had since Friday last
and the city took a decidedly more
CHEEKY aspect in consequence. Notwith-
standing that general conditions are more
favorable than yesterday, the situation as
regards railway traffic continues serious.
This morning the city is still cut off for
the most part from rail communication
with the outside world. Last night the
New York Central ceased its efforts to
send out trains. On the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad no through
trains are being run. Communication with
the south is entirely cut off.
No out-of-town mails were received in
the city during the night and the carriers
this morning have only to delive- the local
mail, which is in Itself a sufficie -tly hard
task. in view of the condition of the
streets. An attempt viii be made this
afternoon to send away at least a portion
of the outgoing mails that are piled up in
the New York and Brooklyn post offices.
Price of Food Rising.
New York city is coming now to feel in
its food supply and prices thereof the
stress Of severe weather conditions. Last
week eggs in this city cost % cents per
dozen; today the price is - cents per
dozen Last week butter was % cents per
pound today it is 80 cents; chickens, 15c.
per pound, now &c; turkeys. iSc., now 21c.;
oysters, 81 per 100, now S1.G0 per 100;
oranges, 25c. per dozen, now 45c.; potatoes,
Long Island, 50 per barrel, now 81 -; cab
bage, . cents per head, now II cents: milk,
8 cents per quart, now Il cents. Beef is
from to cents per pound higher.
These are prices on ordinary qualities;
ff ncy qualities are higher.
There is ample supply of serviceable but
ter on hand, but fancy brands of butter
from up New York state and New Jersey
and Pennsylvania ceased arriving on ac-
count Of the blizzard.
There are many tons of chickens and
poultry IN the cold storage warehouses
Tne fishing fleet is anchored off BROOKLYN
and Staten Island. The price of fish is
rising rapidly, and thera may be a fish
Famine before the week is ended. Within
',n 5he tasl fve DAYS the price of Goldfish has
doubled. 1t is twelve cents a pound now.
All other fish costs more than before the
blizzard. The oyster dealers have a stock
Tor two weeks in advance, but the price has
gone up.
The warehouses are full of flour hut the
vast quantity of snow in the streets makes
delivery almost impossible. The large
bakeries have fair supplies of -four on
hand, but the small bakers who deliver
bread in the East and West Side districts
have very little flour in store
A dispatch from Southampton, l.. l.. saws
ehat Two lfe-savers, one belonging to the
Onogue station. are missing and it is feared
they perished in the storm last night
Coal Supply is Limited.
The coal supply In New York Is limited.
The cause of the trouble is that barges
from Perth Amboy and the other terminal
points cannot reach their slips becaus, of
the ice.
Many factories are compelled to shut
down.
Apartment houses and private residences
ran out of fuel yesterday, and their occu-
pants ware forced to go to hotels.
The suffering among the poor is intense.
Ever since midnight last night the tenn