Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-14

telegraph ana telephone wires are in
fairly good shape.
BY order Of Coy. Roosevelt, all the
Regiment armory. are thrown open 10 the
homeless and poor. tonight MANY
churches were also thrown open. while
the charitable organizations opened all
the rooms they could obtain for the shell
ter of the unfortunates. Many places of
refuge have been provided by the Saliva
ton Army and the Volunteers Of Amer
lea. All Of the hospitals and charitable
institutions and the police stations in the
C.Iy are crowded.
The outgoing morning trains got under
Roadway IN fairly good shape. but once
on, of the train sheds their troubles be
gan.
The inbound trains had the same con
ing the caty limits. one TO three hours
late. The New York Central trains had
snow drifts to cor,end with almost all
the wa. from Syracuse.
Orders Were issued. today. to suspend
all operations on the main line and
branches OF the Long Island Railroad I'M
Ill the storm subsidized. Two trains are
held up by snow drifts. Drifts nearly 10
feet high were prevalent throughou the
island and the wind blew the snow On
the track almost as fast as The plows
could remove it.
All the Sound steamers are tied, up, by
the storm and II was announced that
none of the Fall River. Stonington or
Norwich lines would venture TO make
trance into Hell Gate Is free from ice.
No out-of-town mails were received here,
today. with the exception of two early
morning conSiSnmentS from Boston.
Early i'm the afternoon. street Car traf-
tc which had been carried ON with more
or less success during the day, was par
italy FaralyZed because Of StopDagC OF
the underground electric lines on Slb
and LenoX avenues. The broadway Gable
and most Of the horse car lines about the
city have, however, remained i'll opera
ton.
There is some danger of bread famine
iti the city If the storm continues. This
is not due to the fact that there is not
sufficient amount of flour in the various
warehouses, but because of the impossi-
blity of having it delivered.
The charitable societies were busy
needy of the city. The Salvation Army
too cxterted itself in caring for The poor.
There We're also many instances where
private persons made donations to ;,aleNi-
ute The suircrings. Mayor Van Wyck, 10
day, notified Commissioner Keller of tine
department of charities. that he had $780,.
900 subject to the commissioning draft
Tammany Hall gave half the amount.
while Richard Croker and James X.
keenc, the iinancier, contributed $500
each.
Staten Island was more completely bot
tied up. today. than at any time during
the past 80 years. Everything there is ut
a standstill The trolley lines have not
the steam railroad. which kept one
branch open until late in the afternoon,
was forced to suspend operations. The
ferryboats connecting Manhattan bor-
ough with the island ran about every
hour during the day. but at night sus-
pended their trips.
Newark, n. j., was in the throes Of
water famine. today. and had to fall back
upon the Passslic river for il supply. Tho
great reservoirs up in the mountains
where the present water worms are To-
Gated are frozen up and anchor Ice
backed into the mains winch supply the
city. cutting off the supply to less than
one-half the usual amount. The lndlca-
tons in Newark. tonight. are that busi-
ness will be at a standstill tomorrow.
A water and coal famine is feared at
New Brunswick. n. j., whore the storm
has placed everything AT standstiii
Elizabeth. n. j.. has been snowbound,
since last night. and the conditions which |
exist there are about on Il par Wluh the
troubles elsewhere experienced
Not single craft entered this lce-clad |
harbor today. The blizzard completely
paralyzed shipping.