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stalled at both places. All freight trains were

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PENNSYLVANIA HAD TO GIVE UP SERVICE.
A determined effort was made TO maintain
the local service on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
and 9Inm y r was in tb,s s gYSs & s Slt9 Rqnns the tT ,Sdps
from four 70 five hours behind time. The
Western train service Was practically o6an.
gSsGrsss,, Wick ysdhiouId" have Ss'i left Jersey city at
South and West came in during the morning.
but we're all from three to six hours late. Train
G nSc s1 minutes nrR% eitII sts. fh %G en GfIg %sS ali n Tspor SSd
seiT y f Inc ;Tnln s. all siSsE t af,c ,,p ni = u n'cl Wa
40 s,SF be tTs1Gf p6iIs s9e Tfst Of Fr sGRth t fn3f T Gn inc no
Up the road and on the branch lines tho
sprsTlntendents were almost Desperate Not
nisS9 from Of Al TsE Sun. R ,sslsGE"p4FTISf coI I%st
which, includes the. heavy grades over
tho ,Alleghany Mountains. said today in
2 Penn iSyHrSaiT Railroad s since P L Started s1IH and I'm iS
all my experience l have never known any
thing to equal this weather. We have simply
regular service. This Is the talk Of railroad
men. all along the line.
necessary TO send hundreds OF mechanics from
the railroad shops IN this city up intothe noun,
been necessary for several years. The Altoona.
Clearfield and Northern RAILROAD has bsen
com DletHly DlOtKhueu Tor nearly u week. Inb
freight blockade has started a coal famine. and
there is prospect OF serious suffering in many
central Pennsylvania towns unless relief comes
At Philadelphia tho railroad made II strug-
gle TO keep local travel open and did so until
stalled on the New York division OF the road
near Germantown One Of these was the Chi
morning Two Sthers we're through ex-
press trains to Washington and The South
3 York S Which isft : htIIasdate3IphRis9 q ABOUT i2 9 o,c NisEF
yesterday afternoon, Working trains with a
gang Of 300 men with shovels were sent to tho
haul them to the Broad street station in Phila-
delphia. where arrangements were made TO
man sleepers.
Jersey CENTRAL BADLY CRIPPLED.
On the Central Railroad of New jersey a few
trains reached Jersey, City. but only two or
day, Near Someryille, NJ twelve trains were
stalled The train which LEFT Jersey City at
with An accident a mile from Somcr-
VILE, ~, IwG lad eh hfdnt that H. were We pulling il
bound and west-bonnd tracks. No one was In
!pred. as the train was going along slowly when
t npss sff frdIn w SeSn f + Il, ph sd nns5SSRR goas on mt tho
wrecking crew succeeded in clearing away the
wEeckage after working, for seven hours
the south branch Of tho road The morning
train from SomerviIle became stalled in a drift
train service was abandoned at Easton.
At Matawnn only two trains wnra run on tho
New Ynrs and Long Brancb linz IN" mail
train. due there nj d 4. n arrived at - o'cinck'
after many stons on arconnt 81 ~
huge drifts OF snow that had piled up on the
track. Inc tram was stalled at Woodbridge
Junction Tor more than an hour A train
Whlch started from Matawah lor New lork
a , a, NJ StuGK III a huge Irlil Just beyond
MdthWan stati9n, a gang OF shoVellers sue
Ceeueu IN alloWlhs tne tram 10 pass TO- GIN
Wo3u anu on 70 eouth Am poy. where i was
nEain S'aiieu lot several hours. IL nhaily
reTfneN jersey CITY IN the afternoon
aEeu 70 get NeW lork tram through 70 Long
PP[ahHn py ~ 3ciOck. I'VE hours Dehlhd time.
/ ne nrst norm pounu traln from long Brshch
1nlv Two ~ threra : rsfns 80 "a. rr Da Nm ho
and Nav York br,rnb 81 tha ronJ
The tracks Of this road in Jersey City are laid
in a deep cutting. in which the snow quickly
ERIE TnAFFIC ~ nan su,pr
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On the Erie hallrOad only a teW trains. most
o. mem local, were sent out. Traffic on the
newark pran"h was abandoned early in the
Gay only one tram being sent out. The, in
coming trans were all several hours late.
the station in Jnrsev W. iw,st ptt,hhH
and appearances Indicated that they womb
be obliged to lodge there.
Paterson was completely snowbound. no
trains arriving there before noon. On the
Morris and Essex and Orange branch OF the
road trains ran at very irregular periods, and a
general tie-up was expected last night, A tele-
gram received from Middletown, \. Y, last
night said that the Erie road was practically |
buried there.