Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1899-02-16

NO STEAM TRAINS.
No Trains Haue Yet Arrived in This City.
One Train Reaches Camden.


One Train Reaches Camden.
No trains arrived in this city Monday,
but the train which left here Monday
morning at 7.3t on the w. J. & S. r. r
got through to Camden at six O'Clock last
night. AS fast as this train was made
clear the snow would fill in thus prevent
ing the down train from coming in.
This train is blocked at Glassboro.
Station ageni Hoff stayed at the wire
in the station Ill night. In the evening
he received message from road agent
Greffs to start engine so of train so with a
gang of 25 or more men at o'clock this
morning on the road to try to dig train
through.
There was gang at the station this
morning, and were set to work. The
train here is showed under several feet
and the yard is full of snow. There was
one dead" engine in the yard this morn
ing and the snow was piled up so high
around the water tank that it took hours
of shoveling before train could start all.
Tuesday morningMr. Hoff thought they
could start out a construction train by
noon with the force they had. 1t may be
they will get train over the road by
night, now that the wind has ceased blow
ing to drift the snow.
There are several big banks on the w. J.
& S. r r. between here and Glassboro
that will have to be gotten out the way
before trains move.
The Story of Our Own Blizzard Here
and Near Us.
The oldest inhabitant-the old fellow
who has been forever telling of the winter
of '49. and the early spring of '5S and
whole lot of their old dates, hung his
head in shame Monday He hadn't
anything to say. The youngster of 1899
has gone him whole lot better, and his
vacation as reminiscent story teller is
forever done.
Monday was a record breaker. We
have never had anything like it, and it's
equal cannot be put together for several
years to come.
The story of the day? It's one difficult
to tell. Reporters were out all day. They
went everywhere. They went in sleghs,
they took trips with milk men, they ex-
perlenced ride with coal man, they
plowed around with hip rubber boots,
and they brought back news of the storm
Nothing but blizzard news was on tap.
1t was snow. blow, drifts and banks.
Down town was good dea like Sunday
except business houses were opened. The
men were on hand but the cashier didn't
take enough in to AXE any entry Of
that is outside of the boot and shoe stores
and grocery establishments. An effort
was made to get the snow off the walks
and make things look like business, but
big gang working overtime couldn't
keep up with the storm, and walks were
piled high, and men struggled along in
little rabbit like paths where the drifts
were less imposing.
Down town. streets were almost impas-
sable. Commerce street is a sight. Be-
tween Laurel street and the bridge the
drifts are within couple of feet as high
as the wooden awnings in front of stores.
You cannot see over them and it is i'm
possible to go through them. Laurel st.,
is not much better, and in the vicinity of
the Pioneer building, the snow banks re-
semble ridge of irregular mountains.
The crossing in front of the County Off
ces on Commerce street extends north in
to solid bank nine feet high. A bright
minded fellow tunnelled through the big
bank, and has natural, pure, white me-
mortal arch in honor of Lincoln,s BIRTH
day.
In front of the Cumberland Bank on
top of the snow drift, is a sign "Keep off
the Grass" Beside the sign is the head
OF man and his face is a perfect picture
OF terror. Just behind this sign is anoth
er drift which towers up like an entrench-
ment for the protection of Crosta's
Grocery Store. On top of this drift is a
sign which informs an anxious public
that This Bank is Closed "
Several of the down town stores were
no opened all day Monlay. Millinery
stores especially were closed since Satur
day night. In these doorways, the snow
is banked solidly and no one can possibly
reach the doors until the snow shoveling
gang gets it's work in.
Dairymen from the country did not at
tempt to show up. Local milk dealers re-
ceived no supplies from the agricultural
districts. One or two city milk men did
try to make delivery in the morning but
an hours effort showed it physical i'm
possibility, and the horses were returned
to the barn. Few of the bakers sent out
their delivery wagons and people depend
ing upon bakeries made out with hot
cake and Indian meal delicacies. None
OF the grocers pulled an order. The horses
were not taken from the barn. The West
Jersey Express Company had couple of
horses and sleigh out early in the fore
noon, but gave up the attemptlto work bv
nine O'Clock. The United States Express
Company did not hook up horse.
Charley Fort was the only hackman
who had nerve enough to do business. He
took several passengers down to the de-
pot in the morning, but soon gave up in