The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
WIRE SERVICE BACK, In PART.
A FEB LINES WORKING IN
ALMOST EVERY DIRECTION,
Many Not Yet out Of Tansle- storm Goes
ont 10 Sea- street Work Confined
Ia trosswsIks - sandy Hook Reports
nv Messenger = Luckily q HOLIDAY.

&ekterday went on the usual course Oh Is
y kini and last night was central on the
NV England coast. Thence it viii swirl
seaward. making more tempest to retard
the liners.
Local Forecastsr Emery did not get a line
from any station south OF New York, and
he aud his stan were forced To figure on
probabilities. unassistod by the weather
chart. The barometer here at y O'Clock
, last night began rising, indicating clearing
conditions. The wind. huctuating between
twenty eight and thirty miles, blew from
the northeast until A p. NJ. when 1t shifted
20 the north. decreasing in force. n
temperature was dropping a bit and it
was apparent even TO the plain cloud reader
that cooler air and lighter skies were COM
ing. Mr.. Emery said himself that the storm
was over. Since the beginning of the
storm 81 inches of snow and ? % inches
OF sIeet and rain have fallen.
A few Of the telegraph wires put in a
tangle by the storm We're restored to work
Ing order yesterday, and wire communica-
ton to n limited extent il possible now in
limos every direction. The burden of
ice carried down at some point or another
practically every line to the South and
West. and although gangs Of men were
sent out from various centres at daylight
Sesfrday. morning. wire service is still
. badly crippled.
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Pittsburg and
ST. Louis were still cut from direct commu-
Dication last night. IL was impossible all
&. day Ia. reach Philadelphia by either tele-
.. graph or telephone.
The Western Union Company got two
oftbfee lines open to Washington and these
were given over entirely to cuisines pur-
poses and to the use Of newspapers. Pri-
, rs,e messages were not accepted. Com
munication with Albany. Boston, Chicago
aud Montreal was resumed to "A large eS-
tent last night
- The holiday. followed by Sunday. will
enable the companies 10 get their lines into
Dearly normal condition by the time bust
ness is begun Tomorrow Both at the
Western Union and Postal offices II was
said last night that it has been several
years since the wire service has been SO
BADLY tied NJ as it was by Fridays storm
So far as the telephone wires are CON
Cerned the greatest force of the storm
was felt about this city and Westchester
county, and in parts of New Jersey. George
&. Allen, Superintendent of Construction
Of the New York Telephone Company.
roughly estimated the damage in this city
and Westchester county al 1000. The
damage done to the long-distance wires, |
he said, was incalculable.
FOL- Not since 1891 has the telephone service |
been 10 seriously affected h~ereabouts.
Out of 1000 connections In this city and
Westchester 900 were out of service In
Westchester not only were the wires thrown
down by the weight of the ice which chung
Ia them, but many were broken by trees
failing upon them. None of the poles there !
was broken. In New Jersey, however,
poles were broken of by the hundreds,
Mr.. Allen said. The storm seemed 10 have
passed through New Jersey over this city
and Long Island and up through Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts.
There was telephone connection with
Baltimore aud Washington yesterday, but
communication with Philadelphia and New
Jersey towns between Philadelphia and
Newark was interrupted. North of the
city the storm did not do so much damage
10 the wires. Connectio n with Albany and
Buffalo was maintained.
Not until yesterday morning did the |
effect of the storm show on the long-dis-
lance wires up in Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts and then communication began
20 be interrupted, but the damage was
not 80 great a. In this State and In New
Jersey. The company sent out 500 men
Friday night and yesterday TO repair the
wires. Ii is expected that most OF the wines
will be replaced by tomorrow, Mr.. Allen
said, but communication will not be al
together restored before the end of six
days.
Because yesterday ana to-day are holt
days not 80 much inconvenience to business
will be experienced. That 80 little damage,
comparatively, was done in this city. was
due 20 the underground system.
Sandy Hook and Quarantine were cut
of from Manhattan by the toppling Of
ice-coated wires and all the ships only
four ocean -crossers came in-were re-
ported to this borough in the old-fashioned
way. by messenger. Three Sandy look
pilots returning from sea. after taking out
departing steamships, landed az Quaran-
tine from the British oil tank Potomac,
They reported tn. the Gedney Channel
lights wepa out on Friday night and doubt
hess would DE out last night, and, under
such circumstances the kronprinz Will
helm would not venture in, even If she were
reported outside the bar after midnight.
No worse weather conditions than those
" hich beiell the city on Friday and con-
tinued throughout yesterday have been
experienced here for some Years. Al in
tervals there We're storms Of snow, sleet
and rain and the raj Id fluctuations OF the
mercury added considerably To the discom-
fort of the people who were obliged to be
.uut Of doors. Il was fortunate that the
day was n holiday, or street traffic would
Ia We been greatly demoralized.
Despite the efforts Of the Street Cleaning
Department officials tine accu mutation OF
slush al the street crossings was over shoe
tops excepting on Broadway and at some
of the principal squares uptown, where
forces Of zweepers were kept constantly
al work on the crossings. Work upon the
removal of snow was almost entirely ~us-
pended Contractor Maillie could get very
Few men or carts. The sodden nature Of
the snow banks made IL All Improbable
job for the truckmen Ia carry away snow.
while not a fifth Of the 300 shovellers
who have been employed 10y the contractor
since last Monday, turned up yesterday.
When this fact was b ou ght 20 the knowl-
edge Of Commissioner Woodbury. he in
.sirueted Supt. Clarke to put, on the streets
all the men he could find. Mr.. Clarke
mana ged TO corral about 200 men, who
with The regulars made a total of about
2,3oo men. They did no other work than
r TO make it possible for pedestrians 10 cross
from one side TO another OF o thorou ghfare
without being compelled to wade through
o. puddles a foot or so deep.
80 The one solitary good effect Of the rain
and sleet, Mr.. Clarke aid, lis that the city
viii be saved thousands of dollars 10y the
slrinkage Of the snow banks. The saving
of expen diture would have been much
more had the law compelling householders
10 keep the cutters in front OF their prop
er1ies clear been obeyed.'
~ The weight OF the frozen rain on the