New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
CITY'S NOISES SILENCED.
TROLLEY DELAYED AND BUSINESS
PRACTICALLY SUSPENDED.
TIP GREAT BLANKET OF SNOW COVERED EVERY
THING OUT or DOoRs-A NUMBER OF FrNc-
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FRIES HTLD OVER
Brootyn was rs qule, last night as a north
CANADIAN village Its tremendous blanket ~ snow
rreve~tod the rattle OF trucks The trollsy-cars
sIa silently thee in string usually. between
hish plies o, snow. The sound of tho gong was
mrfod by millions ~ iiny fakes that added 10 the
white coveret All day long the crystals fell increas-
ing in frequency until near niehtfah. when az a
grand ending the days performance the wlnd DC"
with greater FURY than ever and instead of con-
Ing down deco-ousy the fakes came swirling from
above in mighty sheets enfoldlng the traveller aAd
provoking the ejaculation from thousand tongues:
We'll this beats 'sS."
Probably not for "A long time Hin the sno"-weary
people or Brooklyn see another such sight as
greeted their gaze last night before they turned
by travellers Tho snow Was waist high, and
streets were bare OF vehicles and almost deserted
by travellers. The snow waist hish and
wherever IL had been shovelled fIOm the walks as
hlpn as the head. Traffic was welnigh sus-
pended. There nothing 10 do but go home
and wal, FOR the storm to abate. and that is
what most OF tha people dc.
The snowfall OF lSSS was little II any worse but
this time is more successfully combaied
Thon the horsecars were fairy knocked out but
this time electricity fought drawn battle with
the clements. Toward the close OF yesterday the
tronty-cars on tie main routes OF travel were run
't lube-h header" fashion. and sometimes even three
So Suing. and the snow had 10 get out OF tie
way The wind promptly covered the rails again
as soon as the cars crowded by. but the power
in the slender copper wlre overhead was sufficient
TO send the heavy 1rolleys through the drifts.
The two elevated systems reaped rich financial
harvest yesterday The snow did not bother them
90 any extent Tho engines just pushed It of the
rails down - the trolley tracks. and lot IL
bother the folks Delow. The crowded
toward night that It with difficulty that the
doors we've opened and shut
Tho trcileys made heroic struggle against heavy
ODDS and did well. The Nassau line the worst
crippled OF any. 40 cars could be TO Coney
Island by the West End division. The Ffth-ave.
Inc tied Up beyond Thirty -ninth-st. and no
cars were run 10 Fort Hamilton. The Csnarsis
limo Was abandoned early the night before The
EerRcn-st line operated cars only far Buffalo
ave. while the sheepshead Bay lsne surrendered TO
tho snow outright.
The Heights managers kept their Fulton-st..
G,.tes-ave., Putnam-ave.. Myrtle-aye.. Flushing
ave. Fl4t0ush-a,e.. Court-st and Thrd-ave. lines
running with cars a good ways apart but on some
OF TIE other lines there no travel
The Coney Island and Brooklyn and De Kalb-
ave. Lncs we're kept going on a reduced schedule:
Tne electric thid rail on the Bridge gave tho
ooatias ~ i,e aud snow Men were kept busy with
broons l.l 4ay iols. and in tnis way made II POS
>lulc 10 kcap tue bridge trains running Tho cable
was ro- IN use. The Brooklyn elevated road dd not
run through trains oH the Bridge as usuaL -
The blsA"icK. Jamaica and richmond HI d.
visions o: tae Brooklyn IieiShts road were opeT.
the enu-, length OF these lines at all yesterday
uulU e. late hour % the afternoon.
The blzza "a caused the postponement ot 4 num-
Der ~ meetings. dinners and lectures one OF tnese
was tic eighth annual dinner of the 18th Regiment,
Veteran Association. which was 20 have been he'll
a. thc Hotel Brandon. Many OF the members I'VE
out ot town. aad the Executive Committee VIII
"TAe Brooklyn Eagles" excursion to Porto Rico
wa arranged for tomorrow. but owing 10 the
The a.a,lrc.oae fancy dress ride Of the Brooklyn
i-ih- ti-D va 20. % oI'.s I T,e ae,ars
<cund t.at gooc many people would not be pres
e ar 20. .plnS i ~, ~ ,ba wear was done
Yesterday ry the is dryepods stores Many Of the
clerks we're e 10 reach their places OF business
ever woman stTayei In to TOOK at a bargain she
convinced herself before she had finished her
rand that she IN bad form in spending a cent
did not keep open much af-er z O'clock and Loeser
q 20. had closed their sloIe an nour earlier. Long
cueed for the day and Ful,on-st presented sun
There was only one delivery by the postoHice peo-
if 'ha continued fan OF and the hardship eX-
peronced uy some ~ the carriers convinced Post
master Wilson That il would he useless 10 exhaust
te ren - se"gils ihem throrsh tue dFit5 Tte me
Finishing mail az s o'clock bur when within a ieW ieW
Lao 70 be transferred to the irolley sn2Tswe(prr &
forced through - Coney lsland cary YESTERDAY
morning. but The experiment was not repeated.
ont in he basement of the Arbuckie Building II
would be q costly blaze The damage was only 500
The INery stable ot Alexander Mckay, "i 80 III
iry wi-h q number of valuable horses The FIRE
was discovered "-ly and tle hofters succfeacd M IL ~
ho1ated a iNneer 90, % oes e.q IL ogetina,s
nyl" ts riirsIi,, seefrovei n He loss IS cstl-
ID fs Nd ha g. az