New-York tribune., 1907-01-18
WINTER BUCKLES DOWN.
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Chatham Square ana in less than fifteen min
utes it was Impossible to get UP the stairs to
that station The pickpookets and amateur thugs
who hang out In the neighboring "morgues
jumped in at once to CLEAN harvest Captaih
Murtha. at the Brooklyn Bridge sa" 1he possE
bilities Of serious trouble at the same time ana
sent reserves from the Oak street station. IheE
wers rushed to the two stations. and soon re-
stored order after the agents had stopped sehing
tickets.
GOOD SERVICE ON BRIDGES.
The Brooklyn and williamsburg bridges were
kept clear OF snow from the beginning OF tne
storm, and tho service was distinctly bettef
than usual While the trains moved freely 'Rs
failure OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit to provide
for the big crowds who did not care to trust
themselves to the surface lines caused lot OF
trouble. The platform facilities were made
ouate, and half a dozen times at the busiest
hours the gates 10 the New York platforms
were closed against the mob. The movement
of vehicles across the bridge was facilitated by
the police. who forced all the heavy trucks to
use the ferries. preventing any block
A week-old baby was found at the Bronx end
Of the Washington Bridge In the snow Just In
time to save its life. "Tom Muligan, Of NO.
551 East 164th street. who drives q truck. was
crossing the bridge, when he heard feeble cry.
In a snow Dank 10 one S1Q6 ana enuTSly CoNoIc1
by the drifting flakes, hs found the baby. 1t
boy
Through trains on all the northern roads were
enywhers from half an hour to an hour and
half lste and suburban traffic was tied up gem
orally. Traffic on the lines Of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford was delayed by the
drifting snow in ths Rock Cut at Melross and
the Pocahontas Cut, which leads to Port Ches-
ter from the Melrose yards.
The Harlem: Division of the New York Central
got off Of It's electrical trains on time. but
they li,nped and halted along through the yards.
so that by the time they were across the Har-
lem River they were anywhere from ten minutes
TO half hour late. There was a mass meet
ing at Searsdals to protest against the CentraFs $
suburban service, and thanks to the storm a
lot of the protesting suburhapites did not get
home I'm time to attend Each one held a pri-
yate and enthusiastic one in his own home. how
ever
The snowstorm hit the curb market IN Broad
street hard. but did not drive II to cover. even
when the fury OF the storm was at it's height
the curb brokers were out ia full force. The
transaction of business WAS difficult and almost
impossible at times. with snow sitting down on
memorandum books and half choking every man
who kept hts mouth open wide enough to call
stocks
and mufiers and had their evercoat collars
turned up about their ears. To keep warm
others backs or engaged in sparring matches
Some of the younger and more froliesome brok-
ers found amusement in tripping an occasional
victim and rolling him about In the snow.
FOG HELPS SNOW IN IIARBoR.
Down the harbor there Vas a fog with the
snow TO make things happy for the sheal water
mariner. Ferry schedules for the most part SIM
ply disappeared. La savoe. bound outward
kept barely steerase way until she was out past
the Narrows and 1t took the incoming Majestic
rather more than two hours To make her pier
from Quarantine. Il task generally accomplished
In less than f0rty-flye minutes
The body OF n middle aged man was discoV-
cred Yesterday on the steps leading 10 the laun-
dry OF tho Pennsylvania House, AT Montgomery
and Greene streets Jersey City. II is supposed
that he stole in the side door TO get out OF the
cold during the night and fell down the stairs
breaking his neck. He was identified James
O'Neil, OF Jerolemon streeE, Brooklyn.