The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-26
SNOW STORM
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,i:d mot get IN, and this was the only
food article 3ofSS which there was q
scarcity b.
UEtold suffering rs being endured
In the tenement districts, and Com,
missioner Of Police McAdooF sent in.
stIuctions to- the police 10 give relief
@hereyer. twas necessary, promis.
ing 10 reimburse the members OF the
force. The charity society and Other
benevolent organizations were at
work early today giving succor to tho
needy. L
There was not a hotel OF any size
III the whole city that had o. room to
spare after eight O'clock last night.
Some hotels had managed to accom-.
modate anywhere from ten to Is per
cent. beyond their capacity by putting
np extra cots in parlors and CORR.
'lors, and by putting two or more
guests in rooms where ordinarily
only one was placed. The overflow
was caused by commuters, that long
suffering body OF men who have 1T
tie homes in the country adjacent 10
New York City and who could not
:cach home because practically all
:ailroads running into New York were
blocked. 3. Il
Trains on the New York Central
Railroad are moving today, but rather
slowly. The Twentieth Century Lin
lied, which got stuck in snow drift,
al New Hamburg and later managed
10 reach Poughkeepsie, left that
place at 6 O'clock this morning, many
hours late. "A number of trains bound
fo. New York. which had also beer
nelG up:at Poughkeepsie, began NOV
ing this morning. The fast mail from
The. West was four hours late in reach
inS Poughleepsle and was held there
another four hours, making the della!
At least eight hours when she viii
reach this city. Trains we're sent OIL
\ from this city according to schedui,
i bit ".subjectgto delay" on the route.
A The Empire State Express was dis
patched on the minute.
The Erie Railroad is completed.
! ticd up.
Trains are. stalled at various points
| ont the officers hope to have them du;
1 OFT of their beds of snow before noon
The drifts in many places on thi
road are very deep, 1t was said, an
Tie task of clearing the tracks a dill
I iiCull one. .i,
The situation on the New, Yorl
!. New Haven and Hartford was almOs
SIMILAR to, that on the New York Cer
I trail. Trains We're being sent OH
from this city on time, but none is al
irving. The midnight train from Bo:
ton. which was due here ut six fort
O'Clock this morning, had not bee
heard from up to $50: undoubtedl
1t has struck drift and will have t
be dug out.
{ The train dispatcher of the Penl
Sylvania Railroad stated that Ii
trains are being sent out west Of Phi
radelphla, and from the outlook thi
: .norning there is no telling what tim
the running of trains will be rcsun
: cd.
The only divisions of the road |
operation this morning are the Lon
Branch. the Philadelphia. and I'll
Southern, and on these branches II
+ trains are. from one to two hours lat
Efforts are being made TO handle II
: trains Of the Baltimore and Oh
road West. but the officials are NEE
y ing with much difficulty. These trail
are coming in from three to eig
: hours late.
Trains on the Jersey Central
: main line were running on fair sche
ule time this morning.
: All milk trains on the Delawar
:.ackawanna and Western road We
l:eld up ut Washington, n. j.. duril
the morning. AS a result not a dr.
cf milk over that road reached Il
city and In all probability the trail
:" will not arrive before tonight. T.
: passenger trains are from five to t
hours late and there is no prospe
Of, the usual schedule being in opel
lion before tomorrow. The Buffa
express, which was due here Il
II morning, will be about Twelve hou
Z late.