The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-12-16
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AFLOAT
Storm Floods Cellars and
Covers the Streets With
slush and Mud.
ERIE STATION UNDER WATER
Good Police Work Keeps
Lower Montgomery Street
Open All Day.
ERIE STA TON UNDER WATER

The severe storm of today is looked
upon by many as blessing in disguise.
1t began about ten O'Clock last even
ing with thick fall of light wet snow,
which long before morning turned to rain.
The rain was hailed with delight by al
most everyone who has to use the streets,
as it promised to do more toward clean
ing the streets of the snow which has
caused trucks to block trolley cars and
impede traffic generally, than whole
army of street cleaners could do in a
week.
This blessing was accompanied by con-
siderable discomfort. eCllars were flood
ed and sidewalks We're covered to a
depth of two or three ;eet with dirty.
sticky siush, which made miserable the
lives of all who had to use them.
ERIE DEPOT FLOODED.
There is flood today at the entrance
to the Erie ferry and Erie Railroad de-
pot, foot of Pavonia avenue, such as has
not been experienced in over two years,
The rain has melted the snow in the
vicinity of the ferry house and railroad
depot, until in places there is water more
than knee deep on horse.
The water has swept into the ferry
house and is washing the floor 1t has
been necessary to build temporary plat
forms to reach the ferry bridges. In the
yards in front of the railroad depot the
water has washed over the six inch
stone walk and into the waiting room
Conditions were so bad early this morn
ing that train passengers could only use
one door to reach trains and at that had
to get their feet wet before reaching
their seats.
IMPROVISEDs BRIDGES.
Between Barnum street and the ferry
house on -Pavonia avenue, trolley cars
had to run through water that washed
over the front and rear platforms. Boxes
with large stones placed inside them for
weights were strung from the cars to
the entrance to tie ferry house. Even
the ticket seller, wearing rubber boots,
had to stand in water.
1t was a common sight to see people
get out of the trolley cars west of
Barnum street, and board trucks bound
in the direction of the ferry. Under
the water in Pavonia avenue there is a
sheet of ice that is terrible on horses
| badly shod They slip and slide around
and often fall. A driver with heavily
loaded truck or wagon is using either the
| Hoboken or Pennsylvania ferries to reach
New York.
Forty cars of the Bayonne, Belt and
Newark lines were Stalled just before
noon today on Grand street, near Pacific
avenue, owing to the foolishness of a
colored driver of the Hartshorne Shade
| Company of Newark. The driver, to
avoid driving his team through some
snow, pulled over ON the track of the
westbound cars The street is being re-
paired and a space of FIVE feet was left
unpaved between the two tracks. The
truck swung over the tracks and went
down in the hole, the hind wheel going
down to the hub.
Both tracks We're blocked, and the
cars running east and west were tied up.
The wrecking wagon was called and for
forty minutes the men worked to remove
the truck. Passengers had a weary wait.
Many got off and walked to the ferry
in the rain. 1t was several hours before
the cars ran on schedule time