The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-26
and read the bulletins gave the thing up
aud sought hotels.

and Hoboken were i1ed up not by snow
drifts that made pro gress along the main
lines Impossible Az trains reached the
outskirts along the jersey meadows and II
was here that they stuck. The drifting
snow had put the inl erlocking switches
ont OF business As fact az the switches
we're cleared thesno~ dr'Ited pack m bdch
of the Bergen Hills the bleak and barron
meadows last night rssembled cities.
Stalled traius we're everywhere, shedding
electric light.
The Pennsylvania road suffered on ac-
count Of the many interlooking switches
I'm their Bergen Hll cut West Of the cut
is Marion station, It was here that trains
we're held up The Manhattan Limited,
due at Jersey City at ESQ l.. M, was sun
on the meadows opposite Marion at o CLOCK
arrive at Jersey City tan minutes later,
was right behind IL. On another track
was the Washington Express, due at 2t0
yesterday afternoon. Stalled behind II
vas the Philadelphia Express, due at $50
Che Washington Limited. due at $40, was
two hours hate in getting to Marion, and
remained there until 7i5, whom preceded
bytwo huge snowploughs, 1t painted Slowly
INTO Jersey city
a mass Of commoCation trains. IL is likely
that many OF them will be there this morn
an enormous crowd was in the hlg station
al Jersey City waiting to get home. AS
few Of the accommodation trains could get
iu of course there was none to go out. Asked
If trims were running on anything like
schedule time. an official OF the ROAD re-
Piled
We are running on rag TIME!
STORM DINING CARS.
Conditions in the Pennsylvania Yards
and the Bergen cut improved greatly ate
al night when an enormous force OF men
we're sent out TO clear the switches In this
way trains were slowly got IN and out;
Passengers on the through trains stalled
at Marion were fed in dining cars at the
expense Of the company. Folks on the
stalled accommodation trains got wind or
this and demanded similar treatment,
some storned the dining cars and the
crews Of the Inter could do nothing but
care for their appetites until the supplies IN
the lnrlers were exhausted
The ohcia- ordered coffee and sand
witches sent from the restaurant in the
jersey CITY depot To the men clearing the
swift che@, Those who were not hungry
took advantage OF tho chance 10 feed
oommuter at price
SPORTS SPECIAL MISSING.
Early in the evening a crowd Of about
geo sports from this city bound for Pnlla-
dclplia TO see the Tommy Murphy Abe
Atte fight arrived AT the Jersey City depot
and began inquiring for their special tram
They set MP a great howl when II was an
nounced that the train had been taken OF
The raj way officials said they had trouble
enough without worrying about prize
fight The sports started back 10 this city
grumhlng they did not know that the
fight had been postponed.
PHOEBE SNOW, SHE COULDN'T GO.
Snow clogged switches held up trains
Lackawanna and Western, ia Hoboken. The
trouble lay in the short stretch this side
of the Bergen tunnel. The yards yesterday
afternoon began 10 fill with stalled trains
both outgoing and incoming. The Chicago
express. due 10 leave at o'clock. didn't
get To the tunnel until two hours later
The incoming Chicago express, due at $40,
hadn't reached thc station at o'clock
last night IL was said that this train was
stalled among the switches west OF the
tunnel The Phoebe Snow train Tor
Buffalo was among those held up. Any
eembance Of a schedule in regard TO local
trains vas cast to the winds The trains
were run as best they coud loo. Passengers
bound for their suburban homes fingered
about the station and some gave up ana
returned to this city and made for hotels.
Others waited patiently and hoped aboard
any train that left In this way they got to
some point near their homes, and how they
got the rest of the way ia for them TO tell.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED ERIE TRAISs
The Erie was in equally bad condition
Frozen and snow blocked switches held up
trims on either side OF the tunnel and trains
crawed in hours late. The big expresses
from the West were far behind schedule
time. owing to difficulty along the route
up the State. Even when they did reach
the meadows they were again halted for
long time for the clogged switches 70 oe
cleared A force Of 700 extra men were en-
gagged to do the clearing and the trains
were able 10 get in some time. The force
would 60 ahead of a train and clean the
switches while the locomotive pulled slowly
behind. Only one stretch of track at
VIVA ftaar,a1 In this and the trains
blocked in a mass at the meadows had 10
wait each its turn before being escorted
in by the sweeping and cleaning corps;
The local trains were run AZ they happened
70 be behind any one that was following
the cleaners. Many OF the accommoda-
ton trains we're taken OF entirely.
The Central Railroad was In trouble from
early in the day. For a mile and a half out
from Communipaw there was string OF
stalled trims The same process as was
employed on the Erie was put into opera
ton on this line. Trains on the New York
aud Newark branch that usually run on
trolley car schedule we're sent In and out
at intervals Of two hours.
coMMUTER3 RUSH SWEEPS AWAY POLICE.
On the Greenwood Lake division of the
Erie there was not train run AFTER $40
o'clock in the afternoon until o'clock
last night This division takes IN all OF
the important suburban towns. crowd
of commuters had gathered in the station.
The company sent no trains out Tor the
reason that they would not have got be-
yond the yards.
10 was when the 700 extra men had sue
ceeded in getting the switches into work
ing order that train of seven cars was
made up and backed into the train shed.
When the train was announced only one
door leading TO the platform was opened
and there was a great rush IN the part of
the impatient suburbanites. Many, not
satisfied with taking their time in going
through the door, made a rush for windows
and a great smashing OF glass resulted.
Many windows we're carried away and
the Depot police, powerless to cope with
the ituation, were swept of their feet.
RESERVES CALLED OUT.
Emil Schultz OF Belevlle y. j was
caught crawling aboard the train through
smashed car window Policeman
McKenna grabbed Schulte's heels and
dragged him back to the platform. AS a
result Schultz turned on Mckenna and
gave the latter licking MoKenna soram-
hed TO mis- feet and, making TO a tele-
phone, called out the reserves OF the Second
precinct. Sergt. Booth and u squad of
policemen we're soon at the depot and
restored some kind Of order. Schultz was
picked out by Mckenna and arrested. The
train was packed and jammed when the
reserves arrived and more men we're fight
ing to get aboard. The police drove the
surplus crowd back into the waiting room