New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-31
THE MANHATT4Es Loss.
OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL NOT BE HEAVY.
But THE SERVICE IS CRIPPLED.

~ re cree q Ehs Manhattan Railway Company
s. was ezs5 yesterday thai TIE c0uRsny's less y
ne Ta-sz; FIRE a1d explosion Eo1ld n0- Be heavy,
slttou-h AZ sE-irnate not given TIE work q
repairing he southbozod s-zck & AIDED,
cou-d be 5ozs r few hours. - the e5sTsted
Etr1czurs EzE not damaged. ard TIA laying q nsT
tiss and rails for fen yards vas ~ Nd means
1orzsszb1R task bu- he company was unT1lh1g
. rEn trains Al present. on Thai track On account
u ths dangerous condition q re walls q Ehs
Tarrz-t building O. ths CTssnE1cb-st- SIDE. Ths
WarTsn-ss- Staten TIE n0-tho5znd track Was
st1G esosed 70 passenger although ng- seriously
damaged, The Hrsnen finding The stati7l platform
Al advantageous spot from which u 51rsc- streams
q water UD0l -hs buried buildings
7 was reported yesterday that re Health Board
officials ard rhs officials q 1ns slevatsd railroad
might haze clash TIE railroad Peepss started II
The Corntng = lay Ezfls the s9uthbo1Dc SIDE
u rs sleTsts6 structure. EiGk02t first having
Consulted Or received permit from the Health
Beard oGc1s1s Heath Beard officials who Eers
present gave Instructions that the work should be
olseolruEe6 Until the city slg1nesrz said thai The
structure Was Etr0ug enough % stand the strain,
bit che railroad people ignored ths orders, and
Continued TIE work TIE Heath Board officials
-Asa lsft rhs sD6. Il s said. Z consclt
their CEn ezgiussEE
d.. Dillingham;. sanitary Eope-.nts1dsur, said
later Il dzy that ne had several inspectors On
tbs Ecsne % the explosion ard they had .nEtruc-
f.ons Z co-oPeTsts with al ths ether uez ~ork
thsse. No 01clzi Complaints against the sfanhat-
tar Railway CT any oraer persons had been made
sn6 he knew OF 10 friction
Considering the intensity Of the FIRE and f1s dam
age surrounding properly there was UttIe delay
fl trzEc along the roz6- Travel below Chrsstopner-
81 vas altogether suspended q Monday for eyer
fcpheE-E-- station vas brought iatC pay T11
trains Up ard down On the nCTIhbould track The
CIsrSI-1g 0fllcalE would three trains down and
1zsE - many pp aDc Z tzaE way traffic llall-
z1s-E vas : sFecls1 service o. Ire -ozc north q
CE-1stOpEaeT-ST., aLS Enz5y SPECIAL trains
ms SlxEh-aTe- lie. On the exDTsss time dizIs
OF fEs s-aL4oDs Il Harlem yesterday morning
Eigns. -Exp-ssE trains VIII b this morning.
Local trains VII tns NlArl-sye- dSyfsiol.''
The trains fairy cEEpt downtown They RsEs
f2r passengers platforms below EoTrysscono-st-
70 hoard the cars
TIE trains rzn AL right uIril they reached the
ChELEtop1er-si- station. They thsn backed
uptown track From mat point 70 Ike battery ne
rrasns ran Oh ne uptown track. stopping a me
uptown Stations
Jras running time from 1s-hun6red-and-1
ffth-st- ro he Battery vas c0IEl1eEaD-y over az
hour averaging about one hour s1c fifteen Minutes
Ike SiEtn-sVs. trains were quite Is En1ca DlocE-
aoeo Is the N!nrhs and the cars were packed TIE
trains ran On I'd regular schedule, but -Ust moved
whenever they could
The surface cars OF the Sixth and Eighth ave
lines running through West Broadway and Green
the colEeste1 traffic tOT SeVera. blocks round
about The scene of the fire. ~ the Chambers
station o. the StLIh-aTe- elevated ROAD the
strestE were almost irnpzsssb-s- 4 large number
moving much possible j roOk tr1csr1en
often haIf hour get through single BLOCK
TIE BUSINESS On he GetTop1l-s1 street RAILWAY :
sixth ana LIgEt1-sTe. lines 20 Harlem was u1cn
heavier, many people pTeferEing u take the SLY
face Until he elevated repairs we're made. as
The tine Is good and the c-OWci1g 1ot 50 great