New-York tribune., 1902-12-06

day were seriously delayed because of stops
at various signal towers. made necessary by the
sleet on the wires of some of the block signals,
which prevented them from operating. Mr-
Wilson, the chief train dispatcher, said that
sleet was the only thing that caused block sig
nails to fail
whenever signal failed it was necessary to
send down a clearance card from the signal
tower before the train could proceed The sleet
got into the puIleys over which the signal wires
run and froze both at the point of contact with
the wire and at the axle OF the pulley. When
two trains passed the same track within
short period the last was not delayed. as the
signal supports would not have time to Tfeeze
after the first had passed
The storm did not seriously impede traffic on
the railroads having terminals in Jersey City.
Passengers coming in on the PennsylVania WERE
delayed from five to ten minutes. The sched-
.JIes on the Jersey Central were similarly al
fected The greatest annoyance was felt by
the Erie incoming trains being from ten 10
thirty minutes late Jersey City folk VINO use
the Erie ferries were compelled 10 leave tle
trolley cars al Barnum-st. and PaVonla-a.e-'
three blocks from the ferryhouse- faxoLIla xoLnas
ave was Hooded with water, which was 1orceo
under the ferTyhouse ana up Ine 49, ave 81 u
F,arnurr-st where passengers purchased TICK
cts from d man stationed on the sioewaih. Ine ne
tide was the highest experienced IN yeas. years
Wagons entering and leaving the ieiry
submerged in water above the hubs Inc std-
1ion and ferry buildings are nlener iiidii III
street and fhe railroad officials secuted any
suggestion of an idea that the buiiolnsS , W.
in danger of being flooded The Central seoeh @
wards at Sxth-st. and the Nortn f'fel, sn
flooded by the high tide No Killing was uoie' @
and rhe three thousand sheep ana TWO nuIi nun,
,5red head of cattle that were 10 nave 49, f
slauehtered yesterday enjoyed a prlel ItnSu t;I III
life the butchers not being able 10 "oih o
the tide receded.
TRAIN CAUGHT IN TELEGRAPH WINES
The gale blowing across the jersey iiieauo"s
fore down eleven telegraph poles west Oh 'iie
West Hackensack bridge on the Deia"ae'
Tackawanna and Western Railroad Inc las'
mail from the West was caught in the mesh
of U-ires and the windows on one sloe W.
l,-oten the 7ving glass cutting one OF lIie
women messengers. The train was plocheu l"0
hours e .eEo IN tbe
The storm affected all lines of trafhc on the
BROOKLYN Bridge in the morning, out hoI s.
riously enough to stop the running OF soihe iihe'
of cars more than temporarily ,.,.
On the elevated lines there was more louoiI.
4bout o:3o o'clock there mishap whicH
.toTT,es tbe cars from crossing the bridge for
abo1,t twenty minutes but traffic was tnen re-
surned About IL o'clock orders were gwen
10 r1.n no more trains through to Flatbusn anu
E1onev Island these trains being stopped TO re
lieve the congestion of trains that were rum
ing ia the bridge and to Fulton Ferry
The telegraph service toward the Soutn alo
Fas. was much interrupted by the storm 1nere
was q break in the Western UNIONS lines dt
Bound Brook. :.
The minute hand on the north clock lace IN
the tower of Trinity Church was blown OH og
the storm.