New-York tribune., 1901-12-17
RAILROADS RECOVERING.
QUICK REPAIRS ALLOW TRAINS TO RUN,
But NOT ON SCHEDULE

Yesterdays weather did not make new record
for the season. The temperature ranged between
II and "a degrees. at p. m, and there were IN
dications that the cold wave which swept down on
the city swiftly Sunday was moving away
almost the same speed. The wind anbied along
at gait ranging between twenty and thirty niles
hour. 1t blew just hard enough to occasion
ally snatch off hat loosely set upon the head ana
make people button up their coats. Many tnousht
in the morning that it going to be colder anu
thin woollen gloves downtown.
There one set of men in the neighborhooo c1
Nev-York who said they would not care II there
was more weather for few days. They were
the officials of railroads whose trains have oeeh
stalled by washouts and landslides Some OF them
hoped to have their roads in running order TO-
night The Lehigh Valley and Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western railroads seem to have sur
fered most, but the Erie was unable to run any
through trains On the Lebigh Valley road tram
started out for Easton at 1915 a All trains
scheduled for points beyond Easton were cancelled
This includes the Black Diamond Express. Traffic
on the road blocked beyond Easton by the
collapse of the railroad bridge over the LehiSh
River, caused by the swollen river.
Charles D. Hornung. of Jersey City, left home
on Saturday night the Lehigh road for Buff
falo and returned Sunday night glad to be alive
His train was stalled on the road near Pennhaven.
Penn, he says, owing a landslide, and the pas
sengers-about one hundred in number-had mar
row escape from being buried beneath 1t.
AS Hornung described it. the train was being
drawn I'D the mountain by two engines Before
reaching Pennhaven Junction the engineer of the
first engine noticed that the heavy downpour of
rain had caused the land the side of the noun
tain 10 collapse. He brought the train to stand
still under overhanging cliff. No sooner had
the train stopped than large slice of land fell
over the cliff. The first engine buried under
the landslide and was badly wreched but the
engineer and fireman escaped with few bruises
The passenger just escaped the avalanche
AS the train stalled. Hornung went for as
sistance. He walked about three miles back, and
found that the bridge which a few hours before
he had crossed. had been partly washed away. He
managed to cross and walked to Mauch Chunk,
three miles beyond, where he found engine. AS
the stalled train could not be reached and no as
sistance could be given, Hornung took a train for
Jersey City. which ne reached on Sunday night
Il don't know now the other passengers managed
exist" said MIR. Hornung, "as there was no
food the train and they decided to remain in
the until assistance reached them
The milk trains on the Lackawanna road, which
usually reach Hoboken between o'clock and mid
night, failed to arrive Sunday night owing to
teh foods. and dealers had to without milk. The
Lackawanna road, which has its principal milk
centre Binghamton, arrenged with the New
York Central road to run its milk trains over the
Delaware and Hudson road far as Albany, and
thence the West Shore road to the foot OF
First-st. Hoboken. Even then the trains were
from four hours late.
At 230 O'Clock yesterday morning the Lacka-
wanna road started the Chicago Vesubule express
the first train the main line as FAR as
Washington. n J. 1t expected that the entlre
reached Washington but reports received later
from Scranton stated that the road was stun
blocked and that washouts would not De re-
paired for some time.
Tnh greatest damage caused by the storm on the
Lackawanna road at Stanhone. n: J. Whefe
nearly three miles of the road e3nbankment had
been washed away. and in PENNSYLVANIA, where
haf-dozen trains were stalled along the road west
of Scranton. Incoming passenger trains on the
Boonton branch of the LaCkaHanna were delayed
by the big washout Stanhope.
As result of the washout the Queen city EX-
press. leaving Hobokcn at 10 o'coek Sunday morn
ing, and the Elmra Express, leaving that city al
while trains Nos s. 10 and Il from Buffalo were
stalled west OF the troubled section the passsen-
gers were brought special trains over the Nor
ris and Essex division. In the evening II was sald
that every train the road was moving.
SITUATION IS IMPROVING.
At the Erie depot in Jersey City the officials said
yesterday afternoon that the situation was much
improved, and all the stalled trains were moving.
With the exception of n section between Elmira
and Oweeo the track clear. Through east
bound trains had been delayed about thirty hours.
The company expected 20 have the road clear De-
fore this morning. .
PENNSYLVANIA trains from the West arrived in
Jersey City from three to four hours late. Chicago
al l0:4o The situation improved during the day
and trains were out on time. In the after
noon the Pennsylvania road was running nearly
on schedule time There was no trouble on the
suburban service Of any OF the roads running into
Jersey City.