The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-18
NEW YORK IS
 SNoWEDUlVlR The Fiercest SN, m in Many Ye;ss >
 TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED Several Steamers are Unable to Get Into Port. Throughout Brooklyn the 1lockads ia Even orsatsr Than in Hanhat- ,tan-Thousands Working to Clear Streets.
TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED

New York, Feb. u.-New York city has borne the brunt of the aercest snow storm that has struck this section of the country since the great blissard os 1sSs. Beginning soon after midnight the storm increased rapidly until by daylight the whole city was completely showed under. The rising force of the gale piled the snow in great drifts that or . time almost suspended tranac, except in the main thoroughfares, where tho car tracks were only kept open by the constant use Of snow ploushs and sweepers.
 Communication between Manhattan and Brooklyn.was subject to long delay. The ferryboats, with diniculty made trips across the ice-choked river. and the work of tug boats. lighters and shipping gem orally was almost at . standstill So heavy was the snow fall that the loading of vessels was stopped. 1t being impossi- ble to keep the hatches open.
 Two steamers which arrives during the night struggled as ter as Quarantine where they came e anchor. Several steamers are suppoee1 to be o6 Sandy Hook waiting for tho storm to shats be- IOIe AttoMptluB $Os D0tyS tHo bot@
 Tonight the snow tall is probably over. The fall up to 3 o'clock this afternoon was s.3 inches. This afternoon hurricane warnings were hoistsd at Sandy Hook and New York and many vessels are detained in port. There was considera- ble delay in the arrival of railway trains and consequently the mails were delayed. The congestion of trafic on the Man haitian street car lines was severe during the morning, when many of the avenues were blocked with long lines of stalled cara On Broadway wheel traMc was confined to the narrow lanes between trucks and cars cravled ct spaifs pace. From other thnrsughfares. tyuck. traMc disappeared almost entirely.
 In the shopping districts the blockade was so complete that several Of the great department stores closed at { o'clock.
 Four thousand men were set to work to clear the streets of Manhattan early in the afternoon. Of these half were en- gagged in opening cross walks while S.ooo men and 300 trucks were employed to work all night clearing the main streets.
 Throughout Brooklyn the blockade was even more general than in Manhattan. and little progress was made by the street cleaning department beyond open ing cross walks on the principal streets.
 Coney Island. Fort Hamilton and Canarsie were completely cut on from all communication ever the Brighton Beach road, where hal . dosen trains were hoplessly stalled at one time. Dur ing the day not over 60 per cent of the cars of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit sys- tenn were in operation.
 Staten Island has suffered more than the residents of the boroughs of Greater New York. Trains were much behind time and no effort was made to keep schedule time, the main trouble being due to the great masses of ice packed In the slips at St. George. The island It. self was completely showed under and the movements of trolieys and trains was brought to a halt. Even sleighs were unable to make their way through the great drifts.
 In the afternoon . few trains were get through on the North Shore by using the big freight engines of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Derailed trains stopped all trafiic on the South Shore line. The conditions of traffic were in every respect worse than ip the great blizzard or lsSs'
 The fleet of warships lying on Quar- antine to await the arrival of Prince Henry was for hours cut on by floating ice from communication with the shore Forty marines who put off to the ships in boats from Staten Island were com pelled to put back and return 10 the navy yard.