New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-12
RAILROADS UNTANGLING.
NearIy HI Lines Resume Partial
Traffic.

While the passenger and freight traffic on New
bound railroads. with the possible exceptions
Of the New York Central the Baltimore and ONO
and the Central Railroad OF New-Jersey still felC
the effect yesterday of Fridays record storm, the
course Of the day saw more or less improvement
in the services Of the Pennsylvania. Phliaoeiphia
and Reading and the Delaware Lackawanna ana
Western railroads The Erie is still apparently
the heaviest sufferer by the washouts. wind and
storm.
The condition of the Central Railroad OF New
Jerseys bridge at Phillipsburg N. j., at which
the Lackawanna Limited from Chicago was stalled
Saturday night and which had been or such
nature as to cause the Lackawanna's cessation or
all trains to the West that night had so far I'm
proved yesterday that the train was able to pro-
coed its journey, arriving in Jersey City at
about p.
At s:1o D. m. the first through train over the
Lackawanna road to leave here since Friday beled
out, Chicago bound. 1t was officially stated later
that the Lackawanna line between New-York and
Buffalo was open for passenger and freight tralns
which running without interruption Inc
water at Delaware Gap has receded without having
caused material injury to the tracks While the
line Is still blocked between Paterson and Boonton.
trains having to run by way Of Morristown and
Boonton passengers being taken by way or Dover,
the washouts on the Boonton branch between
Hoboken and Washington. n. j.. will interfere
little with the running of trains, which are Delns
handled over the Morris and Essex Division. Trains
are now running beyond Bernardsville over the
Passaic and Delaware road to Gladstone. and as
far as Newton the Sussex service has been resumed
All suburban and commuter trains on the Morris
and Essex Division being as usual yester-
day. although somewhat behind schedule.
At the Erie Railroad it was announced that the
Greenwood Lake service had been resumed as lar
as Great Notch. schedule. without transfer, and
that passengers would be carried to the Orange
and Caldwell branches. Passengers would be
transferred according a bulletin posted at the
ferry house. around the washout at Hillsdale, and
trains would run through to Spring Valley. but no
trains would be run west of Great Notch on the
main line.
The Erie established connections with the West
Yesterday its through trains being sent over the
Lehigh Valley tracks as far as Waverly N. Y.
where they are shifted back to the Erie tracks.
The road Is blocked between Suffern and Turner's.
and the eastern end is open only to Passaic An
effort will be made to open the main line as Tar as
suffern this morning. The distractions are main
ly about Paterson. but there others near But
lar and near the New-Jersey and New-York State
line
1t was announced that passengers might be tick
eted to all points west Of Susquehanna, it being
understood that the railroad would arrange to
carry passengers for points east Of Waveriy on
local trains. Trains over the Northern railroad
to Nyack. and the New-Jersey and New-fork
Railroad to Spring Valley were also running on
schedule. 1t added that the railroad ex-
pected to run through train over Its own line
,his morning Erie Railroad officials at Jersey CITY
later last night said that repairs on their line hao
already been virtually completed. except the Sec
,tor from I,ackawaxen to Hancock. and that the
officials said, would be completed early to-day
While the Pennsylvania Railroad in many
t;ons went far toward recovering its normal sched-
nile Yesterday the trains at Clinton-st., Trenton.
had still to plough through several feet Of water.
and orders from the general office limited their
speed at this point to ten miles an hour The
Revidere division, running to Mauch Chunk. and
,bs,e connecting for Buffalo was still tied up.
There were frequent washouts. and in some places
IN. entire roadbed had gone. The last train the
d,vison left Trenton at 1 a Saturday. and
&c NOW stalled Raven Rock Telegraph poles
went with the track, and General Superintendent
F. I. Shepard. who was at Trenton all day with
force of engineers, unable to say last night
what were the conditions up the road Trains
the Anboy division have also been abandoned, and
there are many bad washouts between Trenton
and Camden.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad. except for minor
DELAYS had nearly recovered it's normal schedule
Yesterday Trains on the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey were running fairly the time table.
although delayed by n washout between Highland
and Highland Beach and by a dangerous bridge at
Easton the latter interference causing the trans
fer Of passengers by way of Branchford.
While the West Shore was recovering from its
troubles on the Jersey side Of the river, 1t
bothered at its ferry slip at FTanklin-st by the
sinking of the pontoon supporting the slip late on
Saturday night The slip thus put out Of
business and passengers were transferred 10 inc
ferry.
Commuters who expect to reach New-York from
Jersey this morning will have to make an early
start and be prepared for all kinds of delay and
Those who live the steam and
trolley lines disabled will have to drive
through Doggy roads to some point where cars are
running and thence make their way here as best
they may. Those unfortunate suburbaniteS who
were compelled to travel yesterday had to resort
to this mixed method of transportation, and the
farmers in some districts made money by putting
their teams In service. thus again demonstrating
amid all the havoc that the storm has wrought
that it's an i'll wind that blows nobody good
Malls yesterday only slightly delayed. so
far the main through mails were concerned.
although the local New-Jersey and Delaware dis
patches in serious tangle The various
Chicago mails bringing the bulk OF the Western
and Northwestern letters, reached city practf-
caiy on time. The Western and Southwestern
mails, by way OF Pittsburg. however. arrived from