The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-14
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to run the TURNPIKE H. until the snow
o has ba anaw gFoa somswhats IN the Mers dri fpot ag e
alongside Of the Pennsy Eania Railroad
embankment at Marion. the foot of
Hackensack River the snaSv banks are
eight feet highs and overX Last night
Superintendent Lahey, whot has charge
hundred ais s' men there s'i e clear away the
The wind cut them cruelty, and they
tackled the snow bank bravely, but each
shovelful of snow they threw aside was
hurled right back into their faces. They
with one accord they struck and refused
to do another stroke of work. AS their
labors in that spot were useless they We're
moved to a less exposed section OF the
road. None of their superiors blamed the
The last car over the Turnpike road
ferry at seven o'clock yesterday morn
ing. No car could be run over the road
after that hour. The last car through
across the meadows the tracks are as
clear as if there had been no snow storm.
The wind sweeps the snow across coun-
are entertainments and buildings. causing
eddies that the wind n snow play havoc
with the traffic.
The last trip made on the Plank road
made to run cars after that hour. The
drifts through the Glendale Woods We're
seven feet deep, and. no headWay could
be made. AT midnight last night a rep
resentative of a New York business con-
Germ visited Superintendent Fuller in the
office of the North Jersey Street Railway
Company. and asked him If cars were run
ming to Newark. On being told that
they were not he asked If it were impos-
sible to run any cars to Newark.
II wouldn't say that" said Superlnten-
dent Fuller. II could send a car through
We'll" said the representative OF the
New York concern, 81 am Wiling to pay
you fifty dollars to take a car through
Il couldn't do it for that" replied Mr..
Fuller.
I'll go as high as two hundred dol
Couldn't do it for that"
How much would 1t cost?',
Il haven't figured It out but should
thousand dollars"
"How is that?"
out would be to dig a way for it. inch
by inch. # you want to get to Newain.
l would advise you to hire a good sleigh
through, as the horses could drag it
around the drifts, which the trolley
would RAJ to go through"
ne last StGu U l. tlc NEW y / lholi liz
was trying to hire double sleighs to get
his goods to Newark and the Oranges.
Superintendent Fuller when seen late
last night by a reporter for THE News
said:-aWe had everything running. along
all right Saturday and Sunday despite the
fact that it was showing steadily. we
managed to keep the tracks cleared. AT
three o'clock this (Monday) morning, a
high wind set in and soon the snow was
drifting across our tracks. We set out
sweepers and ploughs going and have
do but little against the terrible wind.
When the wind subsidies we will be able
to get at the work of clearing our lines
again.
we have done fairly well. Several times
/ nave been advised to quit, but don't
believe in quoting until | am completely
licked I am about beaten now. The only
street cars to Bergen avenue and one car
through Pacific avenue as far as the car
stables.
saThe last cars I sent up Newark ave-
nue. are in a snow bank on the Newark
avenue hill, and men are at work digging
them out. Other men are digging a car
Nothing that could have been done has
been overlooked. We have done the best
we could for our patrons.
Q the Bayonns line 5aso We o,e, Kept a dehsJ
ran all the morning, but on no regular
Roadway. One of the sWeepers sent sent
over that line was crippled at Clinton
avenue, and is lying there now In a snow
drift.
first to shut down after the Turnpike
Bergen avenue left at eight o'clock. Since
that time the cars have My been running
as far as Bergen avenue. h drifts IN
West Bergen and along West Side avenue
been experienced on the Montgomerystreet
line. especially in the vicinity of Florence
and Merseles streets n along near van
derbeek's stables. where there was shelter
and the snow accumulated to a great
height. The Belt line ears have been
running on and off all day long. A car
was stuck in a drift at Johnston Inc
Pacific avenues and another had 70 pc
street, where the drift is over seven feet
in depth. Pop Martins line through
Pine street did not run at all. Neither
did we attempt to run the Henderson
street line. The Erie street line ran until
ten O'Clock this. evening, when two cars
and a plough got stalled. We hope to
have the Erie street line running all right
cars ran fairly well until six O'Clock,
when those thai had gone to Hoboken
failed to come back. The Grove street
cars We're better protected than any
row street, well built up, and on but one
track"
At noon today Superintendent Fuller
announced that ne 1dQ opened Inc Day
onne line through as far as Greenville. No
cars could be worked through as far as
Bayonne. The wind having subsidized and
the sun having come out bright and warm
Mr.. Fuller believes that it will not take as
long to clear the lines as he at first an
ticipated. All the lines will probably
be running on schedule time tomorrow al
ternoon. The first car to &C through 20
G%reenville since yesterday afternoon left
the ferry shortly after ten o'clock this
morning.
Men nave been at work with shovels on
this morning. The snow has packed solid
and they are finding hard work in clean
ing it from the tracks. The plows also
work with difficulty. as they can hardly
force their way through the huge. solidly
packed banks of snow. There will be work
enough to keep them busy far into the
night, if, indeed, they do not work all
night long.
tendent Fuller's assistant, Mr.. Brady,
said:-
I'VE are getting our lines opened up as
fast as we can. We lave succeeded In
opening the Greenville line as far as the
car stables. We will begin to work from
there to Bayonne tonight. The cars are
running on both tracks. Grand street is
cleared.
1.-The Belt line is running fairly well,
but from Grand street to Maple street on
Pacific avenue is a bad spot on which We
are working like mad. The Erie street
line we have opened fairly well as far as
Pavonia avenue and Henderson street.
tsThp MONTGOMERY street cars nave been