New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
SNOW PACKS THE SUBWAY
SURFACE CARS BLOCKED.
Fall of 4.e Inches RepoFted-Streets
Randy Cleared.

The continued snowfall Of yesterday diverted the
passenger trahlc from the elevated ana SURFACE
lines TO the subway. and caused the biggest rush
since The opening day. The snowfall was not sum
GENTLY heavy 10 AFFECT the running of the elevated
trains but Harlem and Bronx passengers look 70
the subway Just the same.
II was remarked by the ticket sellers and ticket
choppers all along the underground road that yes
terday's traffic was the record breaker. ticket
chopper az the City Hall station. when being re-
Ieyed last night o'clock said; i've been on
since O'Clock this morning and I've done nothing
but chop tickets all day long. They've been pouring
in IN steady stream all day, and at the ruSh
hours my actually got lame"
The crowds were handled with little difficulty but
at times the stations somewhat congested by
persons waiting for express trains.
Although traffic and other officials OF the Metro
politan Street Railway Company vaguely gave
some trouble" in the power house at Ninety-sNth-
ST. and the East River as the cause OF a DOCK
ade lasting for than an hour yesterday af'e'
noon between and o'clock on all the north anu
south car lines east Of Broadway. inquiry at the
power house elected nothing from the officials IN
charge there beyond the assertion that the trouble
was outside. Whore outside" they would not say.
While the block lasted the Secand and Third
ave elevated lies We're taxed to their fun capaclty
and would nave been unable 10 carry thousands Oh
peTsons who were camoring for tickets II the
blockade on the surface had lasted much longer.
The blockade affected the Second. Third. Madi-
son and Lexington ave. lines HarleIntes were
particularly affected in the trouble on me hoIln
ard south lines there were two blockades on the
One-hunGred- and twenty ffth-st. crosstown lines
due to teams becoming stalled on the tracks.
There was more less delay on the surface cars
throughout the city. especially at the transfer
points. The snow did not fall thick enough TO
affect the third rail Of the elevated cars. and the
drizzle that fell about O'Clock kept the rails fairly
smooth.
Captain Stephen O'Brien, who has charge OF the
traffic regulation throughout the city. said that his
rclao- +ha
ConRested points.
We dispense with the mounted service when the
snow is on the ground" said Captain O'Brien yes
terday. The snow greatly rerards the progress or
teams. end there IS not the usual fight TO keep
teamsters in their places. My men can do better
work on foot in snowy weather than they can on
horseback so We put the horses up and do the
work on foot Commissioner Woodbury. has done
some remarkable work in clearing OF snow the
congested portions Of the city"
Despite the efforts OF the Street Cleaning Depart
merit yesterday II is expected that the rise OF tenn
peratuTe last night viii give the snow chance 10
met and that the subsequent drop Of the Their
Iaoneter viii make slippery walking on the pave
ments to-day
over 300 men and eight hundred wagons were
at work last night removing the snow. Reports
from Washington were received stating that cold
weather might be eXpected, work was rushed
Broadway. One-hundred- and-twenty-ffth-s and all
streets leading 10 ferries VIII be cleared first.
The New-York Central Delaware. Lackawanna
end Western, Pennsylvania and Erie railroads an
lounoed last night that their trains were coming
fn ON time and had been doing all through the
DAY. The Delaware, Lackaw6nna and Western re-
ported that snow was falling heavily on their
cracks about forty miles est Of Hoboken.
Reports received from Mount Vernon last night
say that the snow there six inches deep and
that a fine dry snow falling. which would drift
badly 4 wind The trains out from the
Grand central Station were reported as being from
fifteen Ia thirty minutes late In reaching Mount
Vernon. Inbound trains from the East II was said.
were from thirty minutes TO three hours behind
time
The Official forecast from Washington late last
night predicted that heavy snow would fall for the
next twenty-four hours in Eastern New York;
The local forecast said TO-DAY would be fair and
colder With brisk easterly winds which. by night,
would shift TO the northwest. The highest tenn
peratUre recorded yesterday was 36. at p. m;
The lowest was H. AT a. The official record OF
The snowfall yesterday 4.62 in ches.
The ice IN Central Park is only "a inches, and is
covered with 10 skating will be permitted
until the ice reaches four inches IN thickness.
IRE lakes at Crotona and Van Cortlandt parks
were opened for skating 10 the public yesterday
nv The Bronx Park Department. The ice four
inches thick. Snow kept skaters of. however.