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norrns ErrrrD ro orNnrLow.
Cote in HalIways, Reds on Billiard Tables
Plenty 20 Eat.

The capacity OF almost every hotel Ia Man
haitian borough was taxed last night. Every
available he'd. cot and billiard table was rent
ed. The storm worked In several ways to
bring about this state OF affairs, In the hrst
place. many out-ot-town guests who had eS-
peoted TO leave the city to-day were forced TO
remain. as few trains were leaving the city on
schedule time. Then. too" number OF New
Workers were compelled to lsave their fats
and seek shelter in the hotels, as water pipes
and eas pipes we're frozen aud steain heaters
were more like cold storage adJuncts. Others.
who live far uptown in Harlem or in suburban
towns. as we'll as those from New Jersey.
Brooklyn and Staten Island. were afraid TO
take chances In reaching their homes or get
ting back to the city In tho morning In time
fer business. even II they we're fortunate
It's the biggest houseful we. ever had" aaid
Manager Boldt OF the Waldorf; Astoria. We
d dinims : room oSS n has snG benz "1ui filed spU with itSi beds and
Jar bedrooms. People from Filth avenue
have been frozen out. Then, too, the suburban
folks are here in number. The only thing
mum bbers Of persons from Washington and other
cities who have engaged rooms are UNABLE 70
s sss de three S SaHs AGO .! G and G are sso WSaS ro there there.
unable AZ the to S Tar back hin If 'h To sl,y' the number o:
guests was 30 great that cots we're placed in
the halls. A number 9f persons who had eK-
marcE we're compelled 70 remain at the hotel
TO cap the climax, Apollo Conimandery.
Knights Templnra. of Troy, n. Y. arrived over
100 strong, TO attend a Knight Templar ball
at Madison Square. Garden. Boston Command.
cry had engaged rooms by telegraph. but had
wired from Springfield thar their train Was
gnowbound and they were unable to move IN
either direction. The rooms were quickly LET
to other guests.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel reported. on the
contrary. that they had plenty Of room. and
said they had comparatively few New Workers
stopping there. The Grand Hotel made a
similar report. but these were the only two TO
do 20. The Bartholdi turned guests away;
The CosmopolItan, Broadway Central and
Astor House. through accommodating. tele-
phone girls and other New Workers afraid {, 90
home. had let every room and available COZ be-
fore Is o'clock. Cots were also used at the
Grand Union Hotel and the Hotel Manhattan,
owing to the number OF residents Of Mount
Vernon and other towns along the New Iork
and Harlem Railroad who,Sere unable to reach
their homes. Tho uptown telephone girls
were ut the Hotel Normandie. and the Cont
Mental Hotel. and little space was left in con.
sequence. The Hotel Marlborough reported
the lurgeat number OF guests in it's history.
and the G!ses House had many cots in the
halls. The Hotel Imperial. the Windsor Ho.
trl.ihe Holland House. the Hoffman House and
the.Ncv Amsterdam Hotel were al! crowded
and forced TO resort TO cots. All in all. 1t was
a busy night at New York hotels. There was
plenty 70 eat and drink.
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gangs OF workmen. started out to try and open
this division. They were still battling with
the storm last night somewhere between Long
Island City and Flushing.
All the snowploughs. including a big steam
rotary plough recently purchased, were In OPP
Grafton all day. but their work amounted to
nothing. The snow drifted in over the tracks
as fast as it was removed. When they got far
out on the road the snowploughs were shut In
by drifts both in front and rear. Deep outs at
various points along the road are drifted full Of
snow level to the top.
Crowds of waiting passengers filled the depot
in Long Island City, all anxious to reach. points
on the island. When the company issued its or
der at noon, practically suspending operations
for the day. there was n thinning out OF the
crowd in the depot. and rooms in nearby hotels
along Borden avenue were quickly engaged by
those who did rot desire to go back to Man
haitian. When night fell there were at least
two hundred persons still waiting for the road
to be cleared and traffic resumed
A train from Far Rockaway also got into the
Long Island City depot during the morning
after a struggle of several hours;
Four snowploughs are being held in readi-
ness for work by the railroad company. One is
at Jamaica. one at Mineola, another at. Pat
chogue and the fourth at Ronkonkoma. They
will be sent over the road as soon as the storm
Abatpg
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The Navy Yard storm Bound.

At the navy yard in Brooklyn albthe build
inGs were closed yesterday and the storm pre-
vented any work being done on the new sea
wall, the new storehouse or the battleshir
Massachusetts The battleship Indiana is still
ice bound and covered with snow and ice. and
Capt. Taylor does not believe she will be able
to leave the yard for a week or ten days.
The officers and men stationed on tho vessels
at Cob Dock had n hard time in getting out Of
the yard Yesterday. They could not reach the
mainland by means of the fcrryhoat Merry An
drews. as the vessel was unable To make its
regular trips owing to the great quantity Of ice
in the channel. There We're Il few of the sailors
and marines who had the courage To walk
around the "auseway and by this means get
ashore, but i was a hard Job with the wind
blowing a gale.
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the warmth of the day he had fallen asleep.
keyboard, which ordered him to signal for the
excursion train to stop, Reused 10 his, senses
and hearing the metallic, soundcr talking 70
his offence. All he could do was to nervously
click back the words, Train has passed" and
mutely sit. staring at the instrument,
The worst happened. The special on that
terrible down. grade. crashed into q freight
which was making all possible time. expecting
to pass the extra at his siding.
Around us everywhere arr, occurring contin-
ually similar tragedies. The human body IS
railway corporation. II is provided with its
telegraph wires that are used to give signals, OF
danger. The danger signals have been tclc-
graphed to you again and again, but you. like
the operator, nre asleep, You do not heed the
danger signals. the weakness, nervousness. de-
bility. slice plessness. the tired feeling mornings.
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NOT 4 SNIP COMES ~.


More than thirty liners and freight steam
ships are due and overdue at this port from
foreign places. Not il single steamship. coast
wise or foreign, was reported Yesterday by the
marine observers at the Hook. Fire Island or
the Highlands. The boarding officers of the
customs service said that it WAS the only day
since the blizzard that they had not gone down
to a vessel. steamship or sailing craft. The
snowStorm made objects seward invisible TO
the ship news man in the tower at the Hook.
He surmised that some of the big. ships might
be anchored in the observation OF the oflEg
TIL Cunarder Etruria. from Liverpool and
Queenstown. which, in the usual, winter
weather. il a Saturday boat. had not been, re-
pOrted at | o'clock this morning. She was then
more than two days late..
The American liner Paris. which. even in
stormy weather. gets in on saturday. is ten
days out from Southam pton.
La Bretagne. from Havre. is two days late.
The Anchoria of the Anchor line is eighteen
days out from Glasgow. Her rough weather
time is usually about fourteen days.
The British frcighterS alprno Is twenty-seven
days from Newcastle. the Holland america
terdanl. the freightcr aud immigrant carrier
Deike Rick mers is twenty-SiN days from Harre.
and the Thingvalla liner Norge is seventeen
days from Christiansand
The White Star liner Cymric. which LETT liN-
erpoul on Feb. 3 and which usually gets here
in nine days. is two days late.
The twin screw frcighter Nomndic. also OF tho
White Star fleet. is out from Liverpool four
teen DAYS: her usual time is ten days.
Hope for the safety Of tho freighter Almida.
nfty-ciGht. days out from Shields. has been
abandoned.
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ROOSEVEkT OPENS ARMORIES
For shelters for Whoever Need-Salyation
Army Barracks Open, Too.

For Shelters for Whoever Seed-Salyation
Army Barracks Open, Too.
Chief of Police Devery announced last night
that he had received a communication from
Major-Cien. Roe Of tho National Guard tender
ing through him to the cityls poor. by the order
Of Gov. Roosevelt. the use OF the following
armories as places OF shelter during the storm:
Eighth Regiment. Ninety-fourth street and
Park avenue: Ninth Regiment. Fourteenth
street and Sixth avenue; Twelfth Regiment,
SiSty-secoud street and Columbus avenue
Sixty-ninth Regiment. Seventh street and
Third avenue: Seventy first Regiment. Thirty
fourth street and Park avenue; First Battery.
Forty-fourth street and Ninth avenue; Second
Battery. Thirty-third street and Fourth avenue.
Gen. Roe also stated thnt food and clothing for
the poor would be received at the armoTies.
Commander Booth-Tucker Of the salvation
Army wrote to the Chief Offering as shelters
the army barracks at the following places;
Fulton street. BROOKLYN. near The bridge IA
Fourth avenue. l2U West Fourth street. 81
Chrystie street. 81 Cherry street, I21th street
aud Lexington avenue. Greenwich and Rector
Organization Society was also received an
nouncing that that Office would remain open
every night until L. O'Clock in order to render
instant relief to any one reported there as in
need by the police. All this was
forwarded to the Police Captains with the in
struction that they avail themselves of the adj
r%antngcS offered. st. Stephens Chapel, 81 West
Forty-siNth street, offered shelter for 100 per-
sons and care for mothers and children.
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ELECTRIC CABS STALLED.
Many Livery stables Would Not Send Out
Horses After 10 p. VI.

Al one time last night upper Broadway
looked as if every cab and carriage in the city
was using that thoroughfare. A continual
string of carriages went rafting north and
south in the early evening, Later in the
night not near so many cabs we're TO he seen.
Many of the livery stables refused to rent vehi-
cirs'afte" 10 o'clock.
The Waldorf stables called in their carriages
at this hour. as did the Manhattan Stables and
the Union League Club Stables. The New
York cab Company had every vehicle il owns
out on the street. James Hetleruan. the
i%uanRger. said it Was tn" toughest night ON
horses in his memory.
"Il Is worse than tho last blizzard" said Man
ager Henrrnan, Then the snow Was soft and
not 90 closely packed, II is so slippery to-
night that n horse can't keen his fset.'
The electric cabs We're in n bad fix early in
the evening. Six Of them wore stalled at {!
o%'rIocH At The Boulevard and Seventy-second
street. The men in charge oil them we're hus-
Hing around trying 10, hire horses to pull tho
automobiles out Of the. snowdrifts and +"
:hei" stahlns. An electric cab was stalled in
front Oft he Metropolitan Opera House early in
the, evening. and 1t was st!Il there at mid
night.
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.SETERIL FERRIES STOT'.


Travel Light.
: The te]rrycoa.s on such lines rs were run
ming yesterday and all but a few rather uu-
important lines were in operation bv daylight
--thumped pounded. ploughei and crashed
Their wnv through the sheets Of ice on the
rivers and bay. cutting through channels which
aeon froHa up again. The little tugs had TODD
tnn greater part of this work. however, as they
had TO clear the hath for the hl@ ire ighi
hBrges. The screams Of the whistles coming
out uf the snOw-iillcd air were ABOUT tho only
signs that one on shore could detect in irving
In compute the amount nj travel On the water.
Ferry travel was very light. The ferryboat-
or the East River had :; harder time than those
ON The North River. The Wall street ferry
and the James slip ferry ran no boats at all
The ruddel CHAINS Of the Hamilton Of the
Catharine street ferry line were frozen tight
yesterday morning and She was laid on. one
bnAt from :his line made trips every half hour
@! so.
The Thirtv-ninth stree. south BROOKLYN.
line ran no boats. The Hamilton and ATTAIN
Intervals.
The staten Island fsrrvhoats Lad the hard
est time of all IN making their trips. as tho
wind blowing down the hay made the return
friIN very long Tiir"" boats were kept run
HinI until night. when they -tnnued,
TN the North River the ferryhonts had al
easier time. but tho boats We're run al irrcgu
Jar Intervals On what was called Il holiday
schedule.
Tho Fort Lee ferry from l2,th street stopped
cumming, yesterday morning II had beer in
frouhlr for two days.
Th" Atlantic and South Ferry boats stopped
pt 10 O'Clock last night.
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TROLLEY TRACKS AID EIREMEN.


A Stable and u Florists shop burned
Watrrhack Bursts.
Deputy Fire COMMISSIONS Tullv Of Brook
Ign made arrangements yesterday whereby
extra horses were to be supplied to companies
needing them, but this emergency did not
arise, In speaking OF the storm Deputy Com
missioner Tully SAID "Of course. the going is
very bad, but Brooklyn is fortunate in having
trolley tracks in every part OF the city. over
which the engines can 30 with little difficulty
The most destructive fire during the day
was one in Alexander McKay's two-story
frame stable al ~ brooklyn avenue. The fire
was discovered at > A. NJ. and two horses were
bu rned to death. ltoundsman Bedell and Pa
trolmen Bates. Buckley and Powers OF the Al
lnntlc avenue station succeeded in rescuing
seventeen horses. The flames spread to the
store occupied by Felix W. WeiderInan. a florist
nj 1889 Atlantic.avenue and the building and
lnree stock of valuable plants were destroyed.
The damage there was $1,000.
The waterback in the range of a frame house
at Neck and Village roads in Shecpshcad Bay
exploded Yesterday morning and set fire to the
furniture, causing a. damage of 500. Bert
TOstes. the 1O-year-old son Of Richard Tostes.
who lives in the house. was burned about tho
face, arms and hands while trying TO eXtin-
guish the flames.
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TELEGRAPH LINES All RIGHT.
The Companies Report No Delay ReSultinl
from the Storm North and South.

The Companies Report No Delay Resulting
from the Storm North and South.
Despite the severity OF the storm throughout
the country. representative of the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies declare
that thei" lines are all right everywhere and
that they do not anticipate any delay or diff
Guilty. III" wire superintendent OF the Western
Union. SAID last night:
THE slight trouble We had on Sunday was
due to ths contraction OF the wires in the
South. We got over that difficulty this morn
ing and haven't had "A bit Of trouble to-day.
I'm so confident that we're all right that I'm
going to shut up shop right now and go home
The wire superintendent OF the Postal Com
pany said:
We have been anticipating trouble since
the cold wave came, bur haven't had any yet.
and the service has been excellent all day. We
have relay and testing stations every thirty
miles along our lines. and will be able to re-
pair any breaks that may occurin short order
The Western Union sent out the following
notices to its branch offices in this city at mid
night:
Georgia. Florida. Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana. and Texas"
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street. where there IL a hcSSy Iown grade.
They all got jainIied together aud we're badly
damaged. No pa3sengers wore hutt' nut traulc
AZ a:I6 o'clock last night two cars were
started from the Fourth avenue railroad depot.
at Thirty-secDhd street, for tho bridge They
made their way downtown slowly. .reachingt the
bridge shortly befoTs 10 o'clock. BCth cars re-
turned to tho depot again at once. " was snid
At the depot that cars would be run NIL night
between the bridge and Thirty-third street.
under thirty minutes headway. II the tracks
could be kept ctcar.
The Fifty ninth street crosh town trolley llne
suspended operations ut Z A. NJ, and atter Tint
NO attempt was made to rUh cars .oVerthe road.
The management OF tho Tenth nyonuo line
sent out a car every fou: hours. Each car sent
out was drawn by four horses.
At Broadway and Thltty-seVenth street tho
passengers on the cars OF the broadway line
were compelled to ga out and assist IN push.
ing the cars for n distance Of thirty feet. this
Four horses we're employed TO do the work, but
II was found necessary'tc call upon passengers
TO assist the horses.
Tho boulevard and Forty-second Street line
operated cars with an hours Roadway and
four horses pulling each car.
As cable car 204 ~ the Third. avenue line
was turning the curve lust south OF the Post
ONCE about 10 o'clock last night the front axle
broke and the car pitched forward with n bang
on tho track. The other ears were blocked FOR
half an hour or more until the injured car was
pulled of tho track.
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All Ferryloats and Trains stopped At o
O'Clock Last Night.

The Staten Island Midland trolley road gave
up trying to keep it's TRICKS open carly In the
morning. and made NO attemp pit TO run cars all
day. The Electric Company ran n few cars in
the carly morning. but when the news reached
the car stables az 10 O'Clock in the morning
that six cars were stalled. II, too, gave up hope
OF keeping the limo open. and no more cars
were sent out.
The Rapid Transit road. which is the only
one using steam locomotives. also had its
troubles. Tho newspaper train from st.
George TO Mariners Harbor managed to get
through 10 the early morning. but the snow
grew so deep that no more trains were started
on that branch. The South Beach division
was more fortunate. as several trains got
through. These each consisted of two loco
motives and one passenger car. They ran at
long intervals. The Tottenville division was
also disabled One train in tho early morning
ran through. At11 A. NJ. two locomotives were
hitchGd e PASSENGER car and started for Tot
~ttnville. but the snow. was too deep ana the
effort to run was abandoned.
The ferryhoatR. were in even worse luck. No
attempt was made, TO run any from midnight
until Il, O'Clock in the morning. ,The one which
sfGFSss :" the e"S sssT h4an one" Of t FSaSqBs aIti SSm h and
were run at intervals of an hour. II took them
nifty minutes to make the trip, and many. OF
tho ice.
At q O'Clock last night there was n notice
posted In the Rapid Transit depot that no more
ierrybonts or trains would be started. This
caused a wall from fully BOO people who we're
The ferryhouse was crowded all day. owing to
the lack Of facilities for handling the traffic.
At q o'clock yesterday morning an engine
standing IN the Rapid Transit yards at Clifton
was started in some way and ran wild. The
main track was clear and the engine ran
through. to South Beach. the end Of the road.
whore it ran into "A number of summer pas
senger coaches stored there. Four coaches
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BROOKLFN FIREROAT SUNK.
Coming Away from n Fire She Was Stove
by Some Floating Obstruction.

Coming Away from a Fire She Was Stove
by Some Floating Obstruction.
The Brooklyn freboat. David A. Boody. got
out of coal after fighting a fro on the Brook
lyn river front yesterday morning and left her
station at the foot OF Jay street. Brooklyn, at
4 4. NJ. TO get a fresh supply. In trying TO
reach Moquin. Offcrman d Heissenbuttel's
wharves above the bridge she struck some
floating obstruction. stove n hole in her bow
and began to take In wafer fast. Foreman
FITZGERALD whistled for help and the freboat
Robert A. Van Wyck, which was at the foot Of
crew clambered aboard the Van Wyck In q
hurry The Body was towed TO II pier az Cor
She can easily be raised after the storm sub.
sides.
At the pier ut the foot of Rector street in
the North River are two tugs. one OF which.
the Annie p. Skeer. sank after reaching the
pier She had been huttinG the ice all day
other, the Mamie Lamberton. is leaking badly,
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cT,uIN4A corr1s or or coAL.


At,
Furniture Chopped Up Tor Fuel I" AVOID
Frozen water Pipes,
mo coal ana Woou supply ha''hR peeh On
hausted in the Criminal Courts building. the
y"n',''' NV" ~ 80 80
day 10 ms assistants 10 use some Oh the 'u,n'-
ture in'the Health Boards otflce s for fuel. The
. "ns ,.hiaI ana, ,La .;,, ahart S|nn
anu uoots. Whlch coSt the CITY "poub TOW
This was done to keep enough. steam heat in
,he huiLiin. tn prevent fine. vater from freez-
Nv
ing III the supply pipes.
IF the water in these pipes ever freezes the
- III ..-,r -.h .G.o $1,000. ..o,l
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Writing on Frosty Windows.

Those who were lucky enough to get into
elevated or surface cars did not bother about
elbowinG their way to seats. for sitting in tho
cars WAS not at all pleasant. Instead they kept
their blood in circulation by moving from one
end OF the ear TO the other and amusing them
selves scratching names and sentences on the
frosty windows The result Of the scratching
was that the. car windows contained such in
sand degrees below nero,'"tS nice day f5r s sn9ur
hats" In on" of the brooklyn elevated rail-
road cars was the following:
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hrirnR cARRIERs an ov Drrr.
Eohods Reported Sick in Manhattan, Eio>
High Blow Low.

Nohotle Reported Sick in Manhattan, BLOW
High Blow Low.
While incoming mails were all from two 10
six hours late. II did not materially affect the
city mail delivery. Such mail as was received
Mt tin. General Post Office and lis branches
was taken out promptly on time by the ear
rierS. nut many o! them returned with thnir
mail bags almost as full as when they started
out on their routes. for the reason that thr Of
fees for which the mn;i was destined wcr" closed
because nj the holiday. Tho carriers suffered
considerably from The weather. 4 number Of
frostbittCn fingers ana, cars. and were obliged
"a 60 10 drug stores ana dispensaries fortrcat-
mont, Not one Of them reported sick. how.
ever, hg' all performed their regular tours Of
duty postmaster Van cott, n commenting
upon this. said:
That Is the kind of men wehavo here. They
stick to their duty
And tho duty OF the, carriers was a hard one
yesterday, They had to carry heavy sacks Of
mail through drifts Tint, in. places reached
above their knees, and in the face. Of a driving
70 s'e three paccs in front OF them. ono of
route about 1890 O'clock yesterdny morning.
He walked into tho, general delivery. room.
righ, hand with his l"iL. calculated:
Wow. but those fingers hurt, e.
The inger6 were those on his right hand. and
they We're frozen white.
The Superintendent of the city Delivery was
Passing at the time.
What the matter ?" he inquired.
oh. my fingers are pretty damned cold
III should say they were said the Scperin-
tsndent, and he sent the carrier away to a dis
pensary to have his fingers attended 10. With
That's our Sort said she Superintendent
proudly.