New-York tribune., 1899-02-14


Dcvory was not joking when he saio asS'S'
the Street Cleaning Department.
TRAINS DELAYED AND MAILS LATE
Tp ,rrrc BLOCKED FROM TIE SOUTH AND WEST
AND LATE EASTERN TRAINS STALLED
Ar trains leaving and arriving OF the Grand Con
trail Station were late in the carly par' Oh
s,. o,d 40 tho storm increased and the day iehs III.
encd the DELAYS were greater and reports ol S''''
trains received -, l., -otr,v
,rho ou,ooine trains got under headway IN lal'.y
coo5 ehare hut once out of the Ualn'"V" ~
t.,,o- hoca, Switches blocked by drifting sno"
t.rdincss I'm operating signals. occaSloneu ~ ~
o,ors waiting until they were sure that tracks W.
- .oc,ther with the arrival of trains H' H''b
,,,r order and at irregular times. MADE proEI '.'
eIow until the Harlem River was crossed ,.,l ,u,
,b,r.v hiuutes 10 two and n half honrs "''e '
lost by outgoing trains ,,.tors IN
Tho arriving trains had the same cohu''
r,oe, IN the Yards after reaching the Ci'S
- a.. .,~oo hours late. The New-NorK 'V'''",
,~,oo had snowdrif;s TO contend with "l'"os' ."
,ha way from Syracuse. Between mere al" az"
the Hudson River is frozen nearly q" ,'0 49, 49, s
whore the tracks are near the water 'no =" ~
drjfted from the ice to the ia''''" ,,,o
,Io,gbs and sweepers available were press" ~
- o,d ,bev partially succeeded in Eee''""
a. ,rocks clear The high wind. however, soon
driftes tho snow back the tracks. ana eons'u-
orablo DELAY was unavoidable. The cold made pear
,pes stiff and wheels considerably harder 10 'iin
than ordinarily, and the wind dlfecuS i"'''ON
progress. ,,..,s ~,
The %ew-York New-Iiaven and Harto'u "i'-
I'll. oscrihod tbe delay in getting their trains
hroroh n the difficulty OF getting them through
,bo Grand Central yards. They said that many "a
the morning trains reached Woodlawn only '"eh'!
FIVE or thirty minutes late. but lost from one ~
three hours getting In from that point. Inc '''e
b,e fo,,r tracks 10 New-IIavcn. which heIps J. W
some extent against snowdrifts, but east OF New
r4.,.o, there is great difficulty in moving uHiHs'
Il was stated that tho Old Colony Express VS.
hound was stuck in a snoWdrllt hoH'c"''''V
Of Ncv-Haven. and that all trains on t''e ""
o,+or 1ivis,oa were having much trouble 1ne
officials OF both roads declared at J. H. 'ii"' ~
through trains had been abandoned pu' tIcF IL"
,,i,.od that the local service was badly dcmoral-
Ize9 Many OF the suburban trains were "o"h
doned rs the day on. others were co'lso''
5atcd and tho statement was made that the local
-, ,,c vas being handled all right. This was not
borro ont by the throngs OF anxious people tha'
crowded the waitnG-rooms. They were sour! S'"s
hf.bor and thithcr. asking when trains would ee-
mart for this point and that, and IN very le" III
stances were they able 10 get satisfactory aI'S"'
ra,o E., tho dav the midday through trains hau
not arrived, and no one seemed eDle 10 S@9 VIZ"
trav would get in OF these the fast mall dne aI
1o.25 was the furthest behind. and the ccndiuohS
were rapidlv growing worse. Anxious inquiries IT,
earding the weather outlook for the nght were
being made and when told that conunua'loh u
tho prevailing conditions was TO he expected ol"-
cals said It was likely that traffic would come 10 /"
standstill before to-day. A.
All Of tho incoming mails due at the Post"ince
Yesterday morning were behind time ms IeSu''
of the big storm. The greatest trouble was On
porioncod on the railroads 10 the West ana aputi'
The local service was subject 70 n.[r r., ,ba
amount Of mail matter handled was not as hoaNy
usual. and tho fail9re OF toresn Ti HIN, dav in
,b, posioffico DEPARTMENT. An extra time aIoW-
anco of forty-hvc minutes In the wagon 81 .r
drivere ~ make schedule time i'm the snow-o
bored streets All the mail matter loI 9tItD .
at Forty-fourth-st and LeNnEl tor, -rib IA
outgoing domestic mails 10 the f>a,' e'"Hi ~
VS. leaving ,hc Grand Central station, -
Gisn9tchoa hy means Of the pneumatic mali 'uDes.
AIN over the city the delivery was llHnl'u L" ~
,r,,s I'm tho morning and the holiday gave me
corriors an opportunity Of gaining a niue ItsL
some hearted philanhroplsts clh1 N , To-
o,.r tb.ir ears have commented more or less lup-
uClv uvon the rule OF the Deparimont "mmsh i"l.
bids carriers on dut% Wtat'SS t'SS od9V tLe men are
probably warmly clad as any ClaSs :" Ne sro
are compelled TO Work Out TI tor coat is well
not ii IS their own faut. me WIZ ,r,e ,'',n-
padded and is as warm as an oNtIc - ,bor IA
her OF on the SICK ist IS no "a "a 6 go nf ne
,,sual al this soason OF the year ana none oI e
80 so Gar as reported at the General foStolimro m g
have been frostbittcn In the HoIous. Ul = ,r' no
i2roov which IS under the supervision or thc ~
w oGice me TAX on the carriers Is soTneW nav
beaVier owing 10 tho fact that The routes cover
wider expanse o. territory nnb ana dnener dne eo"
",,ho rl.rks in the General Postofhce had niue
work yesterday. No out-oi- town m4.' sroyI Pos-
er' Tone of tho incoming mails from the E@rih
rS N-ortbvest over the Ncw-l ork 'entI'tl :
Pcnnsy'vania or Baltimore and ONO rallroaoS
Irora recsived in the course OF the DAY