The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-16
TRAFFIC RESUMED
Clearing the Snow from the
Streets Is Being Rapidly
Pushed.
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION CLEAR.
Ferries Running on Schedule
Time-Ice at Sandy
Hook.
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION CLEAR.

perature has risen and as a result the
city is likely to be treated soon 10
shower of rain and then in what a pretty
mess the streets will be. Gangs OF men
are shoveling the snow into carts, clear
ing out the cutters. and sewer basins
ready for the reign IF slush.
The local trains on the Pennsylvania
Railroad are now running on scnedule
time. The only delays are those oe-
ccasioned by the occasional blocking OF
frog with ice and snow. The Western
trains continue to come in Late Inc
trains from Pittsburg were from four and
one-haM to five hours late this morning.
A Camden accommodation train was one
hour and twenty minutes late. Other
trains coming from Philadelphia and
points beyond Trenton were from twenty
minutes to one hour late.
At the New York Central train despatch
er's office, at the Grand Central Station,
in New York, it was reported this morn
ing that all trains, both incoming and de-
( parting, were running on schedule time.
The same thing was said regarding the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad and its branches. Traffic and
transportation is resumed on all the roads
running from the Grand Central Depot
and once more the time board resumed
its wonted aspect.
The Long Island road is being rapidly
opened up.
The ferryboats from Jersey City are
now running on fairly good time. At the
office of Captain Bloomberger, Superin-
tendent of Ferries, it was said this noon
that there were very few delays on the
Cortlandt and Desbrosses street lines
There is considerable ice in the river,
said Mr.. Bloomberg's representative,
..and the boats have been having diff
Guilty in getting into the slips, but there
have been no long delays. On the Twen-
ty-third street line the boats are run
ming on time. On. that line you would
hardly know that there was any ice in
the river"
The Brooklyn annex, which was tied
up completely, was relieved by putting
on one boat today. Travel on the ferry
boats is far greater today than yester-
day.
The annex boats have been running reg
ularly since four o'clock yesterday after
noon. From six o'clock yesterday morn
ing until four o'clock in the afternoon
the boats could not be depended upon at
all. Three trips were made and each
time a rudder was broken in the huge
ice foes in the East River. The ice In
the East River is much worse than that
in The Hudson Two boats are now kept
running between Jersey City and Brook
lyn One boat that was in service yes
terdav had rudder broken. 1t was re-
paired and the boat was sent out again.
On the very next trip the rudder on the
other end was snapped in two by cake
of ice.
The marine observer at Sandy Hook re-
ported this forenoon light breeze from
the south and very hazy; very little ice
in the channels, but he expected when
the tide began to ebb, a large quantity
would be started by the wind and tide
from the bay that would pretty well fill
the channels in passing out to sea.
The barge P. J. Carleton, which was
driven ashore by the ice on the point of
Sandy Hook several days ago. was mot
there this morning and probably got off
about midnight last night and went up
the bay.
The steamers Strathgyle and Daniel,
which have been several days in the ice in
the lower bay, were still locked in it's
embrace but prepared to move with the
expected breaking up of the ice around
them on the ebb tide.
The barge David Crockett was still
aground.
The resolution of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners asking that
the Finance Board authorize the removal
of snow from the streets and that all
claims incurred be paid out of the regular
street cleaning fund, was received by the
Finance Board last night. No action was
taken on it further than to refer it for
consideration to the Finance Committee.
Some action may be taken later, but
the Finance Commissioners do not ap-
prove the expenditure of 1900 for snow
cleaning. They maintain that it is the
duty of the North Jersey Street Railway
Company to remove all the snow from
the streets where its lines are operated,
between the rails and curbStone. 1t hap
pens that the company's lines are in all
the principal thoroughfares and the FL
nance Commissioners believe the company
should assume all responsibility for the
clearing of those streets in accordance
with the terms of its franchise.
The Finance Commissioners are willing
that the Street and Water Board shall
clear the erosswalks and sidewalks of city
property, but go no further just at this
time.
In accordance with that agreement the
Street and Water Commissioners today
had a force of seventy-fve laborers at
work removing snow. The claims incurred
aggregating $674 were ordered paid.
Efforts to clean away the immense
banks of snow from the leading thorough
fares in the Hudson City section seem to
be progressing faster tilain in some other
sections of the city. An army OF men
are at work.
The snow has been cleared from the
west side of the business section of Pali-
sade avenue, which with the clearance OF
the double line of car tracks opens up
that wide thoroughfare to general traffic.
Central avenue and Franklin street are re-
ceiving coed attention.
A big gang of men are busy digging up
the packed snow from the ear tracks on
run on this line since Sunday and trucks
and big sieighs have packed the snow
over the tracks foot thick, SO that the
sWeepers are of no use.
Contractor M. 7. Connolly, with big
force of men, has succeeded in clearing
the vicinity of Grove street and Pavonia
avenue of the huge piles Of snow that
materially interfered with traffic in that
busy section.
Upper Central avenue, last night, pre-
senfed a weird yet picturesque appear
ance The snow has been piled high on
the western side of that thoroughfare
and the Industrious small boy has put in
his fine work digging caves and otherwise
architecturally improving the appearance
of the immense snow bank
One designed in commemoration OF the
anniversary of the sinking OF the Maine
was labeled Havana Harbor An
effort was made to represent MOI
RI Castle. and wine bottles thrust
here and there with muzzles train
ed on the harbor represented the