New-York tribune., 1905-01-27
SUPPLIES STORMBOUND.
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storm have known for our particular kind Of
traffic. The Broadway line. 7th-ave. line Am
Eterdam-Rve. line and Madison-ave line have
heen practically suspended. Second-ave and
gd-sye. running at infrequent intervals and
Iexington-ave Is running from 23d-st- Sixth
ave is running from 4th-st. TO 59th-st Rroad-
way is running, Internationally. from 5Sth-st 10
bowling Green.
n was necessary for us TO use horses IN teams
n ak and eight in Anasterdam-ave. 10 drag the
csrs out Of drifts and get them TO places where
they could turn. We had eighty-fve sweepers
cut, and have yet but they are not doing a
blocks Of cars in which they get caught
our great trouble has been in getting men TO
zrork Whereas yesterday we had 600 men at
work clearing the tracks. only have 5000
-ren to-day. They could not stand the cold
we have searched everywhere for men, but can
not get them
BRONX TIE-UP BROKEN.
Traffic in Harlem was at a standstin in the
morning. Not line OF surface cars was run
ming, and there was little prospect Of their get
ting started before to-day. Snow had frozen
soldly in the car slots. and snow ploughs were
practically useless. The snow had to be re-
moved with picks and shovels.
About o'clock The railway companies sent
o,,f heavy snow plOughs. Several passenger oars
o.. o. ,s-rsrbed 10 them but no passengers were
,skeu After they had run over the lines for
,nast OF the day II hoped that the ice calzsd
a. ne slors would have been worn away.
IN The Bronx two-thiros Of the trolley lines
10 s-iU virtually tied up IN the morning. A
few caTs were able 10 creep along on the Mount
ve-non Bd-sve.. West Farms and loSth-st- and
Zzr,llis-sve. lines. But on the Jerome-ave.
E,nrsbridgs. TTsmont-ave.. Sedgwick-ave. and
7e1S+-sf Southern Boulevard, Westchester,
- slocur and Williamsbridge branches not a
- was running, and the only rolling stock
moving was snow ploughs
IN the lines whose tracks extend out into the
,,-sn districts Of The Bronx, especially Jerome
ovs the drifts so deep that II will be days
before the normal schedule is restored. Around
Woodlawn Cemetery the drifts covered the
track six feet deep for hundreds Of yards at q
~ night all lines but the Mount Vernon, Tre-
rnoIt-ave., Jerome-ave. and Aorris-ave. lines
baS beer opened The company used thirteen
trolley sveepers and four snowploughs.
Tbe trolley lines crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
vrere operated OF q fairly good schedule consid-
a-iug the conditions. The cable cars We're run
C- rbe usual headwsy. Those that travelled by
trolley had TO fight their way into the cars as
-bev rounded the several loops at the Manhattan
entrance Before brute force women and girls
were swept aside and The seat hogs' seemed 10
have things their own way.
TrafHc on Williamsburg Bridge began 10 re-
sune normal conditions The trolley lines using
n found no trouble The bridge ITSELF as II was
swept clear OF snow by the gale.
Commuters found conditions generally In
p-oved last Thursday night. although in one or
two Instances the reverse was the case along
rbe Hudson River front from IabeTJy-st ferry,
northward tc the Desbrosses-st ferryF much dl1-
dculty was experienced through the ice in the
river. The northwest wind, which blew during
The Day piled the ice against the east shore OF
the river, filing the slips with ice. ana In many
cases causing the constant efforts OK tugs 10
keep the slips from freezing. This was particu-
lsrly true on the Central Railroad ferry, at LIB
erty-st- the Pennsylvania ct COrtlandt-st-, the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western al Barclay
s. and the Erie at Chambers-st Ten tugs were
used by the Pennsylvania
The East River ferries suffered. too. Ice
caused delays OF from ten 10 thirty minutes.
Residents Of South Brooklyn accustomed 10 so
home by the S9th-st Ferry, from the Battery.
were compelled 20 use other transit for not q
boat was all day. The bay was frozen
for half q mile out from the Brooklyn shore
and the boats frozen fast Residents We're
walking out on the ice 81 wes said The James
ferry TO Long Island City, run by the Long
Island Railroad. was also out Of commission.
owing 70 the ice