The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-15
City Slowly Emerging From
Snowy Fetters~
TRAFFIC STILL DELAYED
Railroads Fare Worse Than They Have
In Many Inconsistencies of the
Great Blizzard.

absolute physical impossibility, and at
a late hour Monday night all trains
were abandoned. 1t was impossible
to plow through the deep cut to pro-
coed to Boston. and the roads were
completely blocked to the west.
The first train to pull into Worcester
yesterday morning was one from Bos-
ton. 1t had left the Hub at a. IN. The
next and only other train from Boston
was the New York express, that pulled
into the station at IL. IS o'clock. 1t
was scheduled to leave Boston at 8
O'Clock, but did not leave until TO- 10
o'clock. Orders came to hold it here,
and at 2.3O o'clock it had not started
on its westward way. The officials do
not pretend to say when trains will ar
rive or leave, and, as matter Of fact
the road is still practically in state
If blockade.
No trains had come in from the west
up to 2 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The last trains from the west to ar
rive came in at 9.3S o'clock Monday
night. They were the New York unit
ID and the Lake Shore limited, and
they came in together as one tram,
Irawn by two enormous engines, Nos.
43 and 21S. They stayed here all night
md left in the afternoon.
The Boston and Maine road was less
locked than the Albany road, all
lough they are having all they can
o to get trains through at all, let
Lone on schedule time. They found it
necessary to cancel several of their
trains. These were the trains due to
leave Worcester at 80 o'clock Tues
day morning for Sterling Junction, that
due to leave at IL. 15 for Nashua, that
due to leave at IL 20 for Sterling juno
ton; the train due to arrive here at
9.22 from Nashua and those from Ster-
ling Junction, due to arrive at 10 40
and 2.10.
The Boston and Maine trains that
were moving We're way off schedule
time. The Rochester train due to reach
Worcester at 5.54 Monday night did not
get beyond Nashua, and the train due
here from Nashua at S45 Monday
night was also held. The two started
out together shortly after 3 o'clock YES
terday morning and reached Worcester
at As. The train due here from Nash
ua at 10 .O5 yesterday morning did not
pull in until after 1 o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
There was an equal delay in send
ing out trains from Worcester over the
Boston and Maine road The train
scheduled to leave for Rochester at
S.O4 yesterday morning did not get
away until 9.03, while that due to leave
for Nashua at IL 10 was held until -
o'clock.
Passenger service on the Norwich
and Worcester road is at a standstiu
A snow pillow came in at - 50 O'Clock
yesterday, the first train through, and
reported that train pulled out of
Webster behind it for Worcester at 8
O'Clock, but it had not reached here
last night.
The Providence road is equally under
the weather. Only one train has come
through-that which left Providence
Monday evening. 1t reached Worcester
at o'clock yesterday morning, drawn
by four engines, with three more be
mind to push it,
The Fitchburg road is in the grip of
the storm, and no schedule runs are
attempted.
Frank A. Leland, the music dealer,
f. A. Easton, the newsdealer, and
about a dozen others, had an expert
ence in the deep cut in connection with
the storm which they will not soon for
get, as was told in yesterdays Spy.
Mr. Leland and several others walked
into the city, and he related his ex-
perience today. He said:
I'VE had to look out for pitfalls in
the track, and at one place there was
quite long bridge, and we all took
hold of hands going across on the
same principle that travellers in the
Alps bind themselves together with
ropes. After we had covered part of
the journey we came to the railroad
mems shanty, and there we found a
IL. Il.
selves thoroughly before continuing on
our way. AT last we reached the
Union station, and there we found not
a sign of a street car or a carriage, and
so we had to continue our Journey to
our homes. 1t was quite an experience,
but one that 1 would not care to have
missed"
The only train from Gardner that has
reached here since Sunday morning
came in at o'clock last evening
No trains were running at that hour
on the Fitchburg or the Boston &
Maine.
The train from Springfield due at
6.25 came In at $40, and started on to
Boston One came in from Springfield
and one from New York during the day
Nothing had been heard from Albany,
nor had any train arrived from there.
The mail and paper train came in
from Boston about 8 o'clock, but no
regular time was attempted 1t was
made up as an accommodation. An hour
later the mail train that should have
left Boston for New York at 625, came
rolling in, one hour late out of Boston,
and proceeded on its way to New York
although the officials intimated that it
might get no further than Springfield.
The train hands on board stated that
the road between Worcester and Bos-
ton was in a comparatively good con-
dition, with the exception Of deep cut,
and that by daylight today the trains
to Boston would be running on schedule
time.
But at o'clock last night an order
was posted that no trains were to leave