New-York tribune., 1905-01-27
THEIR RECOVERY SLOW.
Railroads Partly Lift Blockade
Many Trains Not He@ d from.

The blockades on the Erie. the New-York. New
Eaven and Hartford and New-York Central were
raised yesterday morning, and elsewhere the roads
slowly recovering from the effects OF Wednes-
days blizzard.
The blockade on the New-York Central was lifted
early in the day. and the officials of the road said
II had a clear track from here 10 Buffalo. but that
trains being run subject 20 delay. due 10 bad
wheeling
The main trouble at Poughkeepsie whore
the head engine of the Empire State Express had
Jumped the track II 2:So a. m. yesterday be-
fore the engine was replaced. This blocked the
trains going IN both directions and enabled the
snow TO pile UP. 1t was O'Clock before the train
left Poughkeepsie and midday when It reached this
city.
II not until a m. yesterday that the Twen-
tieth Century Limited. westbound, dug out OF
q huge snowdrift near Irvington. The Twentieth
Century Limited. eastbound due at s:45 a m. got
sn at 7l0. There is a rebate TO passengers Of 81
for every hour lost up 10 s., on this train. When
the one hundred passengers trooped from the train
last night they wente to the cashiers office and
each received sA
II was reported that ali through trains from
Buffalo were six hours and half late. Six of
them had been ''annulled" early in the day. OF
the locals. some twenty-five. all had been AN
nulled" except the Yonlers and Croton locals
Outgoing trains up to 7:SO p. m. were going out
on time but were being laid up the end Of their
runs.
The conditions OF the railways with terminals at
SeLheg Ally hao improved only slightly. thousands
OF men we're kept constantly at work removing the
snow. The milk trains on the Erie arrived twelve
hours behind time. and those the New-York.
eusQuehRnns and Western were abandoned. The
Erelght traflo has been absolutely stopped. The
Greenwood lake and the New Jersey and New
York divisions Of the Erie ere snowbound
The IrSE morning trains q
empty, as the majority OF the commuters had wisely
Tef2alneo IN Manhattan on Wednesday night. Dur
3ng The AFTERNOON and evening few trains were
sent out without guarantees that they would be
Eun on schedule time The Erie had two engines
70 The TeT trains IL moved The travel was light
me causes OF the delays about Jersey City had been
generally removed, but the road was badly blocked
near Suffern and Waldwick- Express trains arrived
an hour 10 TWO behind
lie Lehigh Valley express which should have
6LfsNed wednesday afternoon found It was
staleo near Easton and had not reached Jersey
NIy at 10 o clock last night, although buletined 10
arrive al o'clock.
The Pennsylvania had fair success in moving
local trains, but they irregulary and came
u an hour or more behind the average time. The
express trains ran on stage coach time, The Florida
SrtSSs que a. 4us O'Clock IN the afternoon got in
a. s;S0 last night and the first OF the exDress
elns 10 get IN OF those due IN the afternoon il was
Ahnocnceo that the Congressional Limited was four
Six hours behind Neither had arrived al I0.30
O'Clock No reports, Il said, had been received
from The keystone express, due at 2:4O O'clock:
NeR-A Ork Limited. due at 5E, and the Southern
RAILWAY express, due at p 81. Word was Received
from Philadelphia that the train which is due ar
Sefsey city az 714 o'clock would probably leave that
The freight traffic being suspended. the railway
companies utilized their heavy tugs in breaking the
ace on the river in the course Of the ferryboats.
Inc nTEt train the Long Island Railroad 70
arrive Flushing since 2-O5 O'clock Wed0esdsy
afternoon reached there at ll:5O a m Yesterday II
consisted OF TWO locomotives and two coaches
O'Clock last night said that all lines would be In
operation this morning.