New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-18
HARB0R ICE BLOCKED.
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freight cars cannot be moved excepting when
the ebb tide has partly cleared the river
The boats running between Astoria and Nire-
ty-secord-st. made their trips with headway
Of twenty minutes. instead Of the usual time of
twelve minutes At times it was all the pilots
could do to keep the boats from piling
up on the rocks at Hell Gate. The boats OF the
New-York and College Point line were tied up
by the fee all day. The ferry between the Navy
Yard and the Cob Dock is frozen In by the ice
in warabout Channel tug carries the
officers back and forth and the enlisted men
walk around by the causeway.
At the South Ferry several towhoats kept
the slips free from ice. The Thlrty-ninth-st.
ferry was entirely tied up. because OF the huge
cakes Of ice which were frozen solidly in the
Brooklyn slip and the Wall Street ferry could
not move boats between o'clock and noon
Along the North River conditions were little
better. There 1t was the Manhattan slips that
were filed with fee, and huge foes coming down
the river from Tarrytown and above made navi-
cation more dangerous. For a long time op-
posite Barclay-st- there a foe az big as q
city block. which was a grave menace to the
boats until soon after noon, when 1t slowly
drifted down into the harbor.
Shipping in the harbor was entirely suspend
ed over so per cent OF the local towing feet
is laid up for repairs owing to the damage tn
hicted by the Ice which has nipped the blades
from their propellers or smashed their stems.
In the Atlantic Basin six big steamers-the
Suffolk the orc. the Siberia the Manica, the
Anglo-Saxon and the Arros Castle-with the two
steam lighters Alberta NJ and Hattie, are frozen
in Seven tov'boats were sent yesterday morn
ing to the basin to crush the ice and they are
now frozen in as hard and fast the vessels
they were trying to assist
Late in the afternoon the propeller OF the
water boat Croton was snapped off the tai
shaft by the ice. and there Is now feet Of from
fifteen to twenty schooners frozen In the At
lantic Basin without water.
Cargoes for the icebound steamers are being
dragged out to them on the ice. or discharged
on the ice and then dragged ashore. This is the
first time. II Is said. IN the history OF the port
that such a thing has been done So thick is
the fee pack that yesterday, partly because Of
the strong northwesterly gales. the tide ross
only two and q half feet above the mean low
feet.
The Fail River Line had three boats at work
before 10 a. n smashing out the ice IN the dock.
to allow the FAN River boat to sail ct . o'clock
Their freishte-. the Pequod. from New-Bedford.
could not be locked at her pier. and had to be
towed 70 Pier r. jersey City.
The Pavonia was compelled 70 keep tug busy
all DAY In keeping It's slip at Chambers-st suf-
ncenuy clear Of ice TO render a landing possible
At the Atlantic Transport Lines pier two tugs
were employed throughout the day IN shifting
the ice.
When the Mallory liner Denver was being
locked at Pier No II, East River the tug lost
control OF her because Of the Ice and strong
current. The pack ice and tide swung her stern
around against a steam lighter lying AT the end
o. the Quartermaster's pier. The force 81 the
collision drove the scow-bow OF the lighter up on
the pier ripping of the sheathIng Of the pier
end breaking the piles or short. The piles were
Jammed through The bottom and stuck through
into the wheelhouse OF the lighter. The damage
viii probably amount 70 over $500
The towboat feet has been entirely democrat
lied By the ice. The owners are getting from
So 70 $50 m hour for towing and Ice crushing,
but they say they are losing money through the
damage sustained by their boats. and On most
cases VIII only work Tor their resU.-r Gus
In the last two weeks the feet Of the New
York Central has lost forty propellers ana the
White Star fleet has lost seven. Eugene Moran
~ the Moran Towing Company said that with
the greatest demand for tugs he had ever known
many boats Of his fleet were laid on for repairs
and that the other companies were IN as bad or
worse Shape.
In addition to the breal,iug OF properers the
steering gear has been damaged to a great ex-
tent on many OF the tugs. The New-York Dock
Ing Company Is helpless. eight OF Its big lighters
being frozen IN along South Brooklyn ono
towboat lost three prorellers IN ten days from
the Ice. and since Il costs about $3.50 10 replace
these. the tcwboat owners are trying 20 figure
GUY GUY NheFe tEey set any profit. even with the
At the Bush terminal an EFFORT VIII be made
lc-t.tAy 20 sex Out the lcebOuuQ Oskar IL There
are other steamers and dozen or more lighters
frozen In alongside her. but no effort viii be
made TO move them until the Ice has been
loosened by thaw n storm.
Bellevue Hospital usual during a cold
snap, was overcrowded yesterday with victims
OF exposure and fTostbite.
For some reason. perhaps because New-Y York
ers are becoming accllmated. this cold wave has
caused less suffering than the previous ones
only one death. that OF an old negro, having
thus far been reported.
II the present conditions last much longer. a
horse famine Is not impossibnity
TIE continued cold had It's effect on the street
car traffic OF some of the lines Several times
yesterday cars IN lower Broadway were blocked
for from ten 20 thirty minutes by a contraction
OF the trolley slot through which runs the shoe
or plough" that carries the power from the
channel rail- 10 the motor.
About o'clock p. cars were stalled from
Murray-st almost down to the Battery, This
lasted for over twenty minuteh Then the slot
was pried open enough and the cars proceeded.
In case OF pier Gre along the South Brooklyn
shore the hreboats would be practically useless.
The pack ice extends TO considerable distance
outward from the piers. and would keep the
boats out OF lighting distance Of "A fire None
OF the boats lying In the various docks could he
got Off. and nre starting now, with the high
winds that prevail. would probably sweep the
entire water front