New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
WINTER ALL In A LUMP.
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ting on.
The drifted snow made Il difficult to remove
the garbage and ashes from dwellings hotels
and Office buildings, and after the regular force
OF the Street Cleaning Department had finished
opening up the crosswalks they were put TO
work opening up lanes 10 the curbs in various
places. that the garbage and ash wagons
could do their work.
GREAT SUFFERING AMONG POOR.
The storm caused great suffering among the
poor. In the early hours the warm doorways
and CRATES which carry of the hot air from
the large department stores and hotels formed
Ravens for groups Of men. None Of these men
failed TO get work.
AT the city lodging houses the number Of men
applying for shelter has been materially de-
creased. as most OF them have obtained work
Cleaning the streets Among those applying for
work were some well dressed.
General Manager Oren Root jr. of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway. said late in the after
noon that the running only a little
behind time. The only electric line not open
said Mr.. Root the 145th street line. which
passes over the 10th street hill and is dangerous
under ordinary conditions.
Early yesterday the rails were so slippery that
this line abandoned.
The company employed eighty-fve snowsweeps
up 10 early yesterday morning, and also kept
about fifty slot scrapers going all day. EaCn
division foreman worked personally al Tuesday
night, under the personal supervision of Mr.. Root
himself
HORSECAR LINES HAMPERED.
The horsecar lines were hindered most by the
SNOW, and in some cases were tied up alto
sether. When the storm first started the cars
were operated with three horses. bat all da%
yesterday it found necessary to use four
horses, and IL many cases they were not able 10
keep the cars on the move
Mr. Root said last night that the recent storm
similar TO the one TWO years ago this month.
but that this year the road recovered more
quickly.
A great deal of indignation was caused yes
terday by the motormen. who. as soon as they
found that they had a clear stretch of several
blocks. would put on fuII speed and pass persons
waiting for
Compa ratively little difficulty experienced
by the elevated roads. although several blocks
occurred during the day. Everybody that could
get 10 the subway travelled in that way. Even
here the snow sifted through the ventilators and
made the subway damp and disagreeable.
The trolley service Staten Island was COM
pleteIy demoralized. Those persons not living
on the line of the Staten Island Rapid Transit
Company had 70 wade in snow TO their knees for
miles in some cases 10 reach a railroad station.
In the interior the drifts from six TO seven
feet deep yesterday morning and were increas-
ing all the time.
The trolley roads stopped running at l o'clock
yesterday morning. and were running only If
regularly last night. A good sized crowd OF
Staten Islanders from the ball Of the knights of
Columbus at Madison Square Garden Mon
day night got to st. George at ? a. m. yester-
day Those depending on the trolley cars found
that they would have TO stay in the ferryhouse
all night or foot IL.
STEAM ROADS BADLY HAMPERED.
All the steam roads entering this city and the
New Jersey terminals had trouble Locals on the
New York Central and the New York. New
Haven & Hartford from thirty to sixty
minutes late. Expresses were from three TO six
hours late.
Commuters from Yonkers found it to their
advantage to come in over the Putnam Division
OF the Central to Kingsbridge. and there to
transfer at 23Oth street the subway.
The Erie Railroad reported in the morning
that travel was exceedingly light inbound from
New Jersey. and estimated that not more than
80 per cent of the regular commuters used the
road During the night several cuts filed with
snow but the principal trouble with inter
locking switches and safety devices between
Bergen and the Jersey City station. About
twenty incoming trains were annulled. The
main line and branches were open, but regular
trains suffered good dea! Of delay.
Fourteen trains the outgoing suburban
schedule were annulled last night.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad. It was said at the offices of the COM
pany had taken off some OF the coal and heavy
freight trains. It was said that there was only
q slight delay Of their local trains. The great
est trouble was experienced with the trains
coming in from the West. which were several
hours behind schedule.
The Pennsylvania in about the same con-
dition as the other roads. The New Jersey
Central trains from the South and West were
from two to three hours late. but their local
trains were making good time
THE STORM ON LONG ISLAND.
The Long Island Railroad succeeded fairly
well in getting fits trains through. The service
was much better than in former years under
similar conditions. Trains from the east end of
the island over both the Montauk division and
the main line. suffered delay Of three hours
On the line from Greenport the greatest difficulty
WIS experienced at Mattltuck where the road
he'd was buried under drifts from ten to fifteen
feet deep. With the aid of a monster plough
and army OF shovellers the train. consisting
Of two cars and three locomotives. finally forced
SITS way through. arriving at Long Island City
three hours behind time.
On the Montauk division from Amagansett
the eastbound morning express was stalled for
for half hour east Of Babylon arriving in
Long Island City three hours behind.
The greatest difficulty was experienced with
the North Shore line to Whitestone. The first
train 20 get through arrived in Long Island City
six hours late. On the Wading River and
Oyster Bay branches the road was cleared by
20 O'Clock The earlier trains were about two
hours behind. while others coupled with them
were less than an hour late.