New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-20
WINTER HERE AT LAST.
Big SnOrstorm brushes ont Promise
of Spring.

The forecast for to-day is fair. with easterly
shifting to westerly winds, and colder weather
in Eastern New York and on the Middle At
Iantic Coast
The unexpected happened yesterday in the
weather line, and the folks who delight in keep
ing tabs on big storms may safely put down the
one Of March 10. 1906, as a record breaker for
this time OF the year. Like some others that
have come with only meagre warning, this one
spread over a wide area, sweeping the North
American continent from the Rocky Mountains
to the Atlantic Coast and assuming in some
parts of the West blizzard proportions.
Snow, sleet hail and rain were accompanied
in some regions by fierce gales, with the temper
allure at u below zero at Lander. Wyo.; s be-
low at Helena, Mont and 6 below at Denver.
Flood warnings have been issued for the
rivers of Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia, South
and North Carolina
The subway as usual on stormy DAVIS was
patronized to its carrying limit and all the
ferryboats delayed by the thick weather
on the river The West Shore ferryboa Roch-
ester and the Passaic of the Erie Railroad ran
into each other in the North River, the latter
boat having some Of the woodwork Of her port
cabin stove in. No passengers were hurt.
AS night approached. though the snow had
turned to rain and the atmosphere had cleared
some, the conditions OF travel in the CITY were
ana women thronged all the subway and elevated
stations and the Brooklyn Bridge terminal, pack
ing the to their capacity
The Grand Central Station waiting room and
concourse, from to O'Clock, contained sol
idly packed throng OF impatient and angry com
muters. trains on the Hudson River, the Har-
lem and the New York. New Haven & Hartford
roads were from ten to thirty minutes late
in arriving and leaving Passengers waiting to
take the 1903 train for Yonkers were told at
that time that the 6:35 had not yet backed in
when the station master was beseged by some
Of the most impatient ones he told them that
the delays were caused by snow in the switches
but that all trains would soon be running on
time. At 3 o'clock the normal schedule was
sumed
Trains the Long Island Railroad were late
in arriving at Hampstead and other points and
all the trolley service on Long Island including
Brooklyn was seriously hampered at times. At
Westbury and East Hampstead a number OF au-
tomobiles and farm wagons stalled in the
snow drifts
William J. Bradley. the snow contractor. had
just about finished cleaning the snow of Thurs
days storm from New Yorlts streets when yes
terdays storm broke loose. He said that work
in earnest would be begun on the present fall
Of snow at o'clock this morning. with a full
force Of men and wagons MeanWhiIa he honed
that the rain would not freeze before morning
The expense Of snow removal TO date 1t is
said has not exceeded $4,000 Cleaning up
after this storm, it is estimated. will add an
other Sl75,000 10 the citys bill
The snowstorm extended all over the New
england states. The storm yesterday was CEN
tFeI IN the western part of Pennsylvania 1t
rained very hard in the south, and in some parts
of southern New York
There were several serious blocks on the sur
face trolley lines and all occurred In the evening
rush hours. A stalled snow plough at 42d street
and Seventh avenue blocked that line for half
an hour, and when a fuse blew out and set fire
TO car at the corner OF 135th street and Eighth
avenue. causing panic among its passengers,
there was a line Of stalled extend
ing for fifteen blocks. There was a block Of
half an hour between g and Z o'clock on the
I'D street line. and one Of twenty-five minutes on
the oath street line
Not a car was running i'm the rush hours on
the Kingsbridge, Westminster and Fort Schuyler
lines Of the Union Railway, and thousands of
passengers had 10 walk from the transfer points
OF the subway to their homes in The Bronx and
other sections
With their motor boxes plugged with snow
many automobiles got stuck in the big snowpiles
on Fifth avenue, and ii was case Of get a
horse or stay there