New-York tribune., 1902-03-03

RAILROADS HERE AND IN NEW-JERSEY
SERIOUSLY HAMPERED.

The havoc caused by the storm over the North
Atlantic States, especially severe in the Mo-
hawk Valley and the Allegheny region, made IT.
self felt here yesterday. Trains were late no
attempt could be made TO run others. and some
difficulty was still experienced by the telegraph
companies in transmitting messages. The New
York Central Railroad had considerable trouble.
No through trains for the West. ii was sald at
the station masters office in the Grand Central
Station were being dispatched. The $50 p m
train for Albany. though starting on time, could
take passengers no further than Hudson as
bridges were down and tracks washed away be-
vond that point Beyond Albany the line
10 Buffalo the conditions were still worse. Many
trains were stalled failed 10 start. and all
dav long hundreds Of travellers for Rochester,
Syracuse Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago could
get no better comfort from station masters than
the statement that trains might start at any
minute and il might be hours"
The Southwestern Limited seven hours
late while the Chicago Express, due at 10 a. m,
the second section of the Southwestern Limited,
the Buffalo express and the Atlantic express, all
due yesterday morning. had not been heard
from up to a late hour in the afternoon.
At the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Jer-
sev City II was said that local trains were run
ming regularly. but that Southern and Western
trains were from to three hours behind time.
The Congressional Limited got through on time,
but the Pennsylvania Limited from Chicago,
due at 6:19, was two hours and thirty minutes
late, owing to a delay west of Philadelphia. The
only local train seriously delayed on the Penn
svlyania road was one from Philadelphia, which
had to wait for a connecting train delayed by a
washout
Iehigh Valley trains were arriving and de-
parting on time, but notice was posted that
Easton and Mauch Chunk were the limits Of the
rms No train has been sent beyond Mauch
Chunk since Friday, and no train has arrived
I'm that time from any point beyond it. The Off
| ciaIs of the Susquehanna Railroad SAID they had
trouble only in the West.
The Erie road was having bad trouble In this
State and local trains were delayed by the
! trouble at Paterson and Passaic The road had
it's roadbed weighted down with coal and iron
cars near Passaic, and trains were run with
great caution. Washouts occurred at ElmiTa
WaverIv Hornesville. Adrian Addison and
Corning the most serious being between Wa
verlv and Elmra, where the water is too high
and swift to admit repairs. The train from Buff
faIo due in Jersey City at 40 yesterday morn
ing did not get in till 629 last night and had 10
travel by way of the Lehigh Valley route from
Buffalo to Waverly. Other trains due later got
in with less delay by using the Lackawanna
tracks between Elmira and Waverly- Most OF
the branches in New-York and Pennsylvania
were reported as being entirely closed up, and
| traffic was not accepted yesterday except for the
main line and then only subject 10 delay One
train from Cleveland was delayed twelve hours
Through freight greatly behind time, and
no attempt made to carry any except that
OF high class.