The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
STORM BLOCKS THE ELEVATED
SLEET TEMPORARILY DISABLES
THE THIRD-RAIL SYSTEM.
The Manhattan Promises 10 Have It's
Motors Properly Equipped Before the
Ncx, Storm Comes Heavy Wind Accom-.
panic, the Inch or 80 OF snowfall.

The storm which began with rain On
THURSDAY evening and tur'.cd to slcet duriHg
the Night wa- a full ncdged stowstorln
YESTERDAY fnrouinr. LESS than al inch
fell. hut the fit -nlc gale that cam" with
il made it seem like n blizzard.
II was the sheet that did the most harm.
II Interrupted the telephone aud Telegraph
service and, what was worao, practically
put the eloS a,cd railroad on Of business
for several hours This was bccause ico
formed on the third rail Pa-songcrs on the
elevated found they couldn't get downtown
and deserted - tho surface cars by whole
sale Thi. hamI~red the street cars, and "A
man who started from Harlem ii the morn
ing was lucky II he got downtown IN two
hours
Few Of the c,eyotcd trains have yet been
provided with devicoa 20 keep the contact
rail free from sln"', hn' ii" Manhattan
company in statement issued inst night,
promised that tine ucNt storm would ma
them prepared. The device il an iron
scrapar attached To th' Trucks in front
of the plough which picks ny the current.
According to those Nhp travelled over
the system Yesterday several other things
will have 10 I've rclnedied. There was great
trouble ia switching the "l c'tic trans,
and for about al hour yesterday thcr' was
complete suspension Of tIdfic while lie
railroad officials tcini - urravcl IN" tar gle.
The block was felt most on IN" second
and Third avenue ii."s whore only elect tic
trims ARE run. On sixth avenue only
one.third of the trains are electric, but,
sandvichcd ia as they were, the steam
i'm h,sl ms 81
At q o'cloc< Yesterday morning almost
every sta,i.n on the West Sid" li1e from
Fif,v-ri,h strcct vi, had a crowd extending
down the stairway. To the sidewalk. When
n train old pull into station it was 81
packed that those on the platform had
little chance 20 board IL The /; would
start, run litll' way and stop wiilo a
line Of trains piled M hch,rd it. : ~"
effort wa N tdr W rack hands 20 scrai" IT,
ice from the rail. tut this Wis inefrectIal,
and 'he only way stalled trains c,ud be-
moved WAS hv a train that had q grip on
the rail pushing tire "hu,r lot ahead
On tho las' SlGc Ines a worse state OF
Affairs prevailed At O'Clock yesterday
morninl, AZ the stations IL The Bronx notices
were ppStei that no trains wcr' running
The first regular Bronx train Oil not get
downtown Until o'clock. and II was
an hour ard a half be.oi" the neNt
one arrived 1t the tE, Han station.
Tho switches had been ciocgcd with ice,
and IN" trains KEPT Oh the middle
track during the night could not be switched
onto the other track f,r the rush eer'Icc.
IN many o0sa- train wolll stick half on
the nlh.dlo track, blocking Ia" downtown
track for long tir,'.
4 A. II o'clock tl.re was a complete sus-
peR,ion Of traffic. Under the personal
supcrvi. ion 81 Vice Prcs iGeLt Skiti and his
4. e.,
got things straiPht'red out then. END 1t
was not long hefor" trains wer" running
again.
No such DELAYS verc experienced on the
BROOKLYN elevated lines which are rln 10y
electricity, and il was IN. opinion of a good
many person. thai u wa, du" To the ahScnCC
over thor Of the wooden guard rails. tn,
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit p"oIl" had this
idea Of /, too.
The storm intarrered a good deal with
traffic on the Bridge during the rush hours
Tho slcct rado the trolley rails 20 slippery
that cars could with difficult" gel mp the
incline, so that for While Passengers wer,
transferred 20 Rrdg rains
Tho - rraph comrauos both reported
damages from the storm. Ia the morning
the trouble was principally, between Phil
6dolphIa and Washington. No place of any
importance was cuf off because The storm
icpt % the coast.
The storm itself didn', amount to much
except for tho gala The total prroirilat!ou
rain, slect and ~no", was only >. inches
The mercury didn't &C., below Tie f'"cliI =
point until after O'Clock. II got down to
20 during tie forenoon and then climbed
up again
Had the storm not been such a swiftly
moving one, New YORK, according to Fore
caster Emery, would haN" l".u treated IL
the real thing in tine lin" Of -nowstorm-
But il moved - fast that lN noon II had
washed its hands II New YORK. ard Wa
hurvng along down East. lasl night /,
was between Portland and Boston and
reports We're coming in from that section a
vire5 being dow and 4 lot Of damage being
dQIe. The storm GD'a extended inland n
far a. Cincinnati, where they lad rain
More SNOW fell up The Stat" than IA this city
Il will DO succeed, IT, Nj Emery said, 10y a
drop In temperature and frr"2inE weather
Tor Al l"as' th!rry-siN hours. There IL nc
other storm IN sight, however,
The ga" iaShcd The upper bay into un,
woutcd t.ry and he long. distance ferry
boats nit chcd and rolled Health Officer
Dpty's ioa' made heavy vcathr: coins
alurGsid" ih' White star liner TcutoniC from
idvcrIuo, and Queen dovn, which had
Rn"hoitd over night in QgaItrtin. Al
Graf, IT. IN" bay he'd two anchors down. and
IN some iu-s'nce>, ""cn this didn't prevent
them from d'hgGhg Several coal barge,
rulItdins against piers IN the waters of the
Eve horo' gIs, ONenei their seams and sank
At the Ati2utic Docks in Brooklyn the I'D,
va- 81 igl lat rats"cr" forced out of then
hiding II 80, and wrr,'' 80 l,c soon sCani'or
ing IN all d'roCti'r. O. ting for shelter