The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-01-31
INCIDENTS OF
THE STORM
This Section of the Country Vis-
tied with the Worst Storm
Experiencedm Years.
TRAVEL GENERALLY SUSPENDED

tion Tuesday night and continued all
day Wednesday. The snow fell rapid
" and drifted as 1T fell, the size Of the
snow piles coming close to the 1883
record.
Train services on the railroads was
seriously interfered with. On the
Lackawanna trains managed to get
between Morristown ana Hoboken.
but up the road there was considerable
difficulty. The Easton mail going
east reached Morristown about noon.
while the westward mail became fast
in drift, The train for Chester also
became fast ia the Chester drifts.
while all other trains were far behind
the schedule.
On the n. J. & Penn, service was
entirely suspended, On the Norris
town g Erie a double header train
kept the road open until evening.
Thursday was spent in opening the
road again
The employees of the N. ]. & Penn.
r. r. started Thursday to open the
road and succeeded in reaching What
nong on Sunday, bringing in nine cars
OF freight.
Near Swinetield Bridge a great drift
was encountered. The engines bucked
1t and the l34, which was in the lead
was completely covered with snow.
The front windows of the locomotive
cab were broken and Il. w. McEwan,
who was riding in the cab was knocked
off the seat.
AS the day progressed conditions be-
came worse. There was not train
from the east from 2.lS until after
seveno'clock. The train due here at8.10
p. M, did not arrive until 10. SO Thurs
day morning with several other night
trains due behind. These trains
worked together from Short Hills, but
finally became stalled near the Morris
County Golf Course and had to be
shovelled out,
The train due in Morristown at 6.15
a. M, Thursday was abandoned at
Summit and the mail and newspapers
did not arrive until after eleven
o'clock.
The first train from Dover on Thurs
day reached Morristown at lilo al
though due at 7.52 and at noon
double header started west to open
the west bound track.
The Buffalo trains were both hours
behind the schedule. The schedule
in fact was abandoned and trains were
started out whenever available.
All the railroad employees had try
ing experiences. most Of them on the
road from Wednesday morning until
Thursday night without rest.
Conductor Spriggs Of the Dover
train had two fingers frozen
The snow was so light that little
trouble was experienced with over
head wires.
| The schools of course were slinly at
tended Nearly all the teachers and
about two hundred pupils gathered at
the Maple avenue school, but all were
dismissed early. A few were present
at the Speedwell avenue school, while
no attempt was made to have sessions
at the Liberty street building.
The Morris Academy had six pupils
out and the other private schools were
slimly attended.
The delivery Of mail was of course
out of the regular routine. because of
the failure of the trains to arrive.
| The snow at Watnong is very deep,
in some places being up to a horse's
body.
4 A solitary load of hay stood al0ng-
side the Park curb all through the
storm. Its owner could not agree
with prospective purchaser on We'd
nesday as to the price, there being one
dollar difference. Consequently when
night came on he left the load to the
storm. 1t was sold on Thursday.
This storm which interfered with the
steam railroad, and street traffic has
prevented the free movement of the
people and in consequence a tremen-
dous load was thrown on the Tele-
phone Company. The really great
efficiency of the telephone plant was
| fully shown Wednesday. The wires of
the system throughout all New Jersey,
New York and Long Island remained
in normal condition during the entire
day in spite Of the storm that was
raging,
Mail from Mendham and Mt. Free
dom reached Morristown for the first
on Saturday morning, the mail drivers
working their way through the drifts
1t was the first mail from those wis
lagos since Tuesday.
Joseph Doyle was found in the snow
near the Lackawanna station earlS
Wednesday morning, with his chin
cut. Baggagemaster Geary took him
into the station and thawed him out,
and had his wound treated
The night rose wagon express to New
York from Chatham and vicinity,
which had not missed trip since il
was started two years ago, was obliged
to stop for three days on accountoft the