Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-18
The EASTERN STORM
Snowfall. Which Ceased This
Morning, the Heaviest Of
the Season.
The Streets Cleaned and Traffic
Resumed Today..Snow
Piled High.
Work Of Loading Vessels Sus.
pended During Part Of
the Day.

New York, Feb. 1S.-The snowfall
which began at midnight Sunday
ceased lest night and this morning the
streets were cleared fairly we'll and
there was little delay to traffic.
New York, Feb. 1S.-New York City
has borne the brunt of the fiercest
snowstorm that has struck this section
of the country since the great blizzard
of 1883. Beginning soon after MD
night the storm increased rapidly until
by daybreak the whole city was COM
pletely showed under The rising force
of the gale piled the snow in great
drifts that for a time almost suspended
traffic, except in the main thorough
fares, where the car tracks were kepr
open only by the constant use of snow
plows and sweepers.
Communication between Manhattan
ard Brooklyn was subject to long de-
lay. The ferry boats with difficulty
made trips across the e-choked riv-
ers, and the work of tug boats. lighters
and shipping generally was almost at a
standstill. SO heavy was the snowfall
that the loading of vessels was
stopped, 1t being Impossible to keep the
matches 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
Sandy Hook, waiting for the storm to
abate before attempting to enter the
port.
Last night the local weather bureau
reported that the worst of the snow
fall, which began to abate in the after
noon, is probably over The fall was
9.3 inches. Hurricane warnings were
hoisted at Sandy Hook and New York
and many vessels are detained in port
There was considerable delay in the
arrival of the mails Mails on the New
York Central We're from two to 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 behind time during the
morning. but toward evening the
schedules We're more nearly main
tanned. On the New York Central thru
trains We're being moved nearly on time
by the taking off of many of the local
trains.
The congestion of traffic on the Man.
haitian street car lines was severe dur
ing the morning. when many of the av-
enues We're blocked with long lines of
stalled cars. On Broadway wheel traf-
fic was confined to the narrow lanes
between high snow hills and along
these cabs, trucks and cars crawled at
a snail's pace. From other thorough
fares truck traffic disappeared almost
entirely. In the shopping district 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
engaged in opening cross walks, while
1000 men and 800 trucks were en-
ployed 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, altho greatly
overcrowded
The Brooklyn bridge was kept clear
of snow. but many thousands preferred
the perilous passage of the ferries to
the crush on the bridge Turnout
Brooklyn the blockade was even more
general than in Manhattan. Coney
Island, Fort Hamilton and Canarsie
We're completely cut off from all COM
over the Brighton Beach
road, where half dozen trains were
stalled at one time. During the day not
over 60 per cent of the cars of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit system were in
operation.
Staten Islanders suffered more than
the residents of any of the boroughs of
Greater New York. The boats were all
much b.hind time, .od the great mass
es of ice packed in the slips at ST.
George. The island itself was COM
pletely showed under. and trolleys and
trains We're stopped. Even sleighs We're
unable to make their way thru the
great drifts. In the afternoon n few
trains got thru on the North Shore by
using the big freight engines of the
Baltimore & Ohio road. Derailed trains
stopped all traffic on the South Shore
line. The conditions of traffic We're in
every respect worse than in the great
of 1888.
Telegraph and telephone service in
New York experienced little interrupt
ton. for, while the snow was heavy.
there was no sleet to break the wires