New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
PRICES OF FOOD JUMP.
MOST LINES RUNNING.
Sailings Of Steamships Delayed
CitqS .Snozo Bill.

There Is stiu a scarcity ~ fsh, vegetables and
dairy produce in this cio as the aftermath OF
Wednesdays blizzard As 10 surface car and ferry
conditions yesterday. Broadway line above
Esth-st she Sth and sth ave lines below Canal
st- the Madison Lexington and sth-ave lines in
Harlem. the Amsterdam-ave- line north of l65th-
Et an6 .las branch along the Kingshridge Road. as
well as the ssth-st ferry, stil out Of commits
sion. Otherwise traffic had been generally resumed,
although schedules were far from certain.
According 10 a statement issued by Niee-Presi-
dent Bryan OF the Intertorough Rapid Transit
Company zll.O00 passengers were carried in the
subway and SS5.oO0 the II lines last Thursday,
the day following the blizzard
AS OF the after effects OF the storm the price
Of vegetables scared yesterday sky high. the in
crease In some instances being 100 per cent. When
Tribune reporter visited the stall OF Hurnbert Au-
leta in Fulton Market, who caters TO the hotel and
steamship trade lettuce had risen from Go cents to
s. a dozen heads. tomatoes from Is cents TO 81
a basket. caulihower and eggplant from 20 TO 40
cents apiece. green peppers from 80 cents to s. n
dozen and Bermuda parsley from 80 TO 30 cents a
dozen. Bermuda potatoes and onions were COM
psrativeIy unaffected.
Progress is reported in the removal Of snow
Broadway has been cleaned up as far as Times
Square, and by this morning the bureau OF snow
removal expects to have 5th-ave. cleaned as high
as Central Park With army Of nine thousand
men ana two thousand vehicles. the work of snow
removal IS going steadily forward
It VIII take possibly nine days TO remove the
ssOOO0o Assistant Superintendent Thorley of the
snow bureau fears that the men will not be able
10 hold out for another week If the low tenpera-
ture Is maintained.
The rivers filed with See early. There was
light west wind, which, instead Of permitting the
ice 10 pack kept it more or less broken The
Brooklyn shore and North River shore OF Man
haitian We're somewhat blocked by the ice but the
ferries, with few exceptions, managed TO worry
through.
T1,e 7-,,,-+,, ,intl,-st ferry however was COM
rletely out Of commission It viii be until the ice
leaves the Butterrnilk Channel and the shores Of
South Brooklyn. The big boats coming in yeEter-
day had great trouble in docking The Clyde liner
algonquin took three-quarters OF an hour TO get
INTO her dock. and only did so then with the aid
OF four tugs.
Trains on the lines entering the Grand Central
Station returned to something like their normal
Fchedules. although those arriving in the morning
were from one to three and a half hours late.
The Montreal express was three and a half hours
late. The Chicago express was two hours late the
twentieth Century Limited three hours behind tne
and the Southwestern express two and nan houfS
late.
The Boston express on the New-Haven road. due
here at 6:4s a. rn was three hours late. The Rich
Geld branch. which was tied up for twenty-four
hours. was dug out in the night
Owing 70 the after effects OF the blizzs%o seVeral
of the transatlantic liners VIII sail to-day. Both
freight end passengers have been delayed IN tran,
SIT 70 New ork. and it is 10 accommodate them
Among tie steamers delayed are the North Ger
man LLOYD steamer Konigin Luise, which VIII not
san until Monday; the Atlantic Ira nsport Lane
fteaner Menouinee, which will sail tomorrow az
D m. and the Red Star Line steamer NadeTland'
which VIII sail on Monday at p. m
The mails slowly getting back 70 norman
conditions said Postmaster WILCOX yesterday;
and although there still few important mall
trains out the major portion have heen heard from
We nave an extra force of distributors and sepa-
gators al work and they are supplemented by an
extra force OF substitute carriers"
SAD President Bryan Of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company: The popularity OF the
subway was ciealy demonstrated Also the ease
with which E1.0OO passengers were carried shows
fhst the system with the present incomplete ter
-rinals and facilities is amply able TO handle l50-
100000 g year"
The Interborough officials say that the new
fcrapers on the third rails Of the elevated roads
Greatly aided the movement Of trains during the
storm.
While Il reached customers four and five hours
late milk was received from outlying points in al
most the entire daily supply yesterday. The chief
trouble IL said, with moving the heavy
four horse trucks through the city streets.
Bellevue Hospital reported fewer patients than
Ct this time last year.