The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
SNOW DELAYS
NEW YORK MAILS
Gotham Struggling With the
Worst Blizzard in Years.
ALL TRAINS HAVE TROUBLE
REGION ADJACENT TO THE CITY
IS STORM CENTER.

ID SlOhM OEN1Eh.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17-New York City
N has borne the brunt Of the fercest
snOwstorm that has struck this
section of the country since the great /,
blizzard of 1883. Beginning soon after {
midnight. the storm increased rapidly /
until by daybreak the whole city was
completely showed under. The rising /
force Of the gale piled the snow in great
drifts tnat for some time almost sus-
pended traffic, except in the main
thoroughfares. where the car tracks
were kept open only by the constant use
o. snow ploWs and sweepers.
communication between Manhattan 4
and Brooklyn was subject 10 long de- /
lay. The ferry boats with difficulty
made trips across the ice-choked rivers
and the work of tug boats, lighters and
shipping generally was almost at a
standstil. So heavy was the snowfall /
that the loading Of vessels was stopped.
II being impossible 10 keep the matches 4
open.
Two steamers which arrived during
the night struggled as far as quaran-
tine, where they came to anchor. Sew
eral steamers are supposed to be off 4
Sandy Hook, waiting for the storm to \
abate before attempting TO enter the I
port.
Tonight the local weather bureau
reports that the worst of the snowfall. !
which began 10 abate in the afternoon. /
Is probably over. The fall up to |
O'Clock this afternoon was nine and /
three-tenths inches. This afternoon /
hurricane warnings were hOisted at /
Sandy Hook and New York, and many /
vessels We're detained in port. There /
was considerable delay in the arrival 1
of the mails.
Mail Train Delayed.
The Chicago mail. due at 4:45 O'Clock.
did not get in until 7:35 a m, the |
Washington was one hour and a quar- /
ter late. The local deliveries of mail /
were hampered by the difficulty of /
driving the wagons through the snow
encountered streets. All outgoing mails 1
were closed from thirty minutes to an 1
| hour before the usual time.
Mails on the New York Central were /
from two 10 three hours late, and all /
mail service between this city and /
points on Long Island was practically /
suspended. The trains on all the lines ,
terminating in Jersey City were hours I
! behind time during the morning, but 4
{ toward evening the schedules were /
more nearly maintained. On the New 1
York Central through trains were be /
ing moved nearly on time by taking /
OF the local trains.
The congestion Of traffic on the Man
haitian street car lines was severe dur I
ing the morning, when many of the
avenues were blocked with long lines /
of stalled cars. On Broadway wheel /
trafflc was confined TO narrow lanes
between high snow hills, and along /
these cabs, trucks and cars crawled /
at snai's pace. From other thor /
oughfares truck traffic disappeared al /
most entirely
Stores Close Early.
In the shopping district the block /
ade was SO complete that the great :
department stores closed at 4 O'Clock.
Throughout Brooklyn the blockade +
was even more general than in Man [
haitian, and little progress was made I
by the street cleaning department be- /
yOnd opening cross walks on the prin- /
cipal streets Coney Island, Fort Ham !
! ilton and Canarsie were completely cut .
of from all communication from over /
] the Brighton Beach road. on which
half a dozen trains were helplessIy /
stalled at one time. During the day
not over 50 per cent Of the cars of the /
Brooklyn Rapid Transit system were
in operation, and thousands of passen-
gers were compelled to make their |
way on foot to the ferries
Staten islands travellers suffered !
more than the residents Of any of the /
boroughs of Greater New York. The
/ boats were all 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 itself was
completely showed under and the
movements of trOlleys or trains were !
| brought to a halt. Even sleighs were /
unable to make their way through the I
great drifts. In the afternoon a few ]
! trains We're got through on the North
Shore by using the big engines of the !
Baltimore Ohio road. Derailed |
trains stopped all traffic on the South 1
! Shore line
The conditions of traffic were in
every respect greater than in the great
blizzard of 1883.
Wires Badly Damaged.
Telegraph and telephone service in
New York experienced little interrup-
ten for while the snow was heavy.
there was no sleet TO break the wires.
The feet Of warships lying of quar-
antine TO await the arrival Of Prince
henry was for hours cut of by float
ing ice from communication with the
shore.
Forty marines who put of to the
! ships in boats from Staten island were
/ compelled TO put back and return to
the navy yard.
-Four thousand men were set to work
to clear the streets of Manhattan early
| IN the afternoon. Of these, half We're /
engaged in opening cross walks. while /
( 200 men and 800 trucks were employed /
! TO work all night clearing the main
streets
On the elevated lines there was con-
siderable delay in the early hours. but
by the evening rush hours all trains /
were running on time, although enor-
meusly overcrowded, owing to the in
corruption Of the surface lines.
me Brooklyn bridge was kept clear !
OF snow from the time the storm be- /
gan, but both the elevated and the |
trolley cars were blockaded.
Boston, Feb. l7.-After an unbroken
stretch OF clear weather, dating oaek
10 Candlemas day, New England was
/ today deluged with a foot of wet snow
and swept by a gale This onslaught
/ of the elements impeded traffic and car
RED down the telegraph and telephone !
wires, so that many important points
were cut off. Fortunately there was
not large amount Of shipping OF the
coast, and no marine disaster has been I
reported.
The storm center was directly over {
Boston at 8 o'clock tonight. with an
unusually low barometer Of 2S.7S. which 3
is the record az this station The WIND
attained velocity of fOrty-four miles 3
an hour. and al o'clock the wea ther I
bureau reports 3 fifty-six- mile-an-hour !
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