Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-01-24
Travel is Greatly Impeded and
Much Inconvenience Results
From the Storm.
TRAIN SCHEDULE AWRY
Trolley System Hindered and
One Death Reported Fishing
Fleet in Distress.

last. The wet, sticky snow began
railing shortly after O'Clock last
night and by 6 o'clock this morning
there were huge drifts everywhere,
the snow being two feet deep in
places. Traffic has been greatly hins
dered by the first real snowstorm of
the year.
Not since December IA has more
than an inch and half of snow fall.
en- during twenty-four hours time,
AT late hour last night and early
this morning the snow blew in thick
clouds from the housetops People
walking on the north side of streets
were as if in a thick fog, almost un-
able to see each other. Around street
corners the cold. icy snow crystals
blew in huge drifts, some almost inn
passable.
Since the ground became whitened
last night, the trolley snow plow has
been doing duty all night Early
this morning when cars started to
run they found it difficult AS fast
as the plow cleared the tracks the
the north side. The trolley schedule
was hampered and trolleys were not
passing through this city for an hour
between and o'clock this morn-
ing. There were but few cars run
ming today toward Metuchen and
New Brunswick and none to Wood
bridge and Railway. From this city
they ran as far as Boynton Beach and
return, and from Westfleld to Rah.
way.
Schools Are Closed.
Because of the storm no sessions
OF Lne p.Ollc schools were held today
and, although number of pupils pub
in an appearance this morning, they
were sent home again.
Bright and early Street Commits.
sioner Adair had a large force of men
at work to clean the crosswa1ks, and,
by noon, the snow plows were doing
good work.
The storm caused a number of the
electric light, telephone and tele-
graph wires to fall down. Work was
at standstill on the local coal docks
and at many factories for time this
morning. until the snow was cleared
away
N Mayor Issues Orders.
Mayor Bollschweiler and Chief
Burke have issued orders TO all prop
erty-owners that all sidewalks and
cutters must be cleared. If not, it
will be done by the city and bills sent
TO the property-owners.
The trolley systems throughout the
county were thrown into utter con.
fusion. sweeper went off the track
on the South Am mboy-New Brunswick
line; two cars were off the rails as
Keasbey; three near South River:
four near Highland park where a
sweeper was thrown across the track;
a car was off the track between
Bound Brook and New Brunswick;
and the nose of a snow plow near
South River was broken.
Division Superintendent Burke IL
i'll at home, and great confusion
reigned at the New Brunswick head
quarters.
The SNOW clogged up the old town
clock In the tower of Simpson NJ. e.
church and it stopped at 1920
o'clock last night.
The storm also caused trouble with
the train schedules through this city
and on Staten Island. The ferryboat
made hourly trips to meet trains,
which were from twenty minutes to
half an hour late. The first train
arriving at Tottenville this morning
was nearly an hour behind time.
Trains going through here on the
Central and Pennsylvania roads were
from five to fifteen minutes late this
morning, but toward noon were rum
ming very nearly on time. Trouble
was experienced in crossing the draw
Of the old New York & Long Branch
railroad bridge which had to be done
in slow and careful manner.
Wagon traffic was nearly stopped,
and none but very necessary trips
were taken. Pedestrians found walk
ing a hard proposition early this
when they left their homes
for their duties. The snow was high
enough to cover the shoes, and cause
cold and wet feet.
There is little or no outside work
being done today. Work on build
lngs in course of construction has
been stopped, as has that at ship
yards.
The storm was not of such a ma
ture as to damage vessels or other
water craft along the water front,
but everything from telegraph and
electric wires TO the ground bore its
portion of the snow.
Many pretty snow scenes, for
which men with cameras were out
hunting early this morning, were
caused by the snow on the limbs OF
.rees and on fences.
The learned weather nrophets in
tell In the following way
Just why it is snow:
'Since Wednesday night moder-
ite depression has moved from North
lake Huron southeastward to the
coast, between South New
Jersey and North Carolina. This de-
preston, in connection with the
great high area to the westward, has
caused general. though mostly light
SHOWS in the Ohio Valley, the Lower
Lake region, the Middle Atlantic
States and Western New England.
1t has also allowed the western cold
wave to extend almost TO the Atlantic
and East Gulf coasts
Special By United Press Wire:
NEW YORK, Jan. 24:-The de-
of all train schedules,
abandonment of suburban
.raffic, curtailment of local traffic.
and interference with telephone and
telegraph communication. was the
result of snow ssorm amounting at
ines to small blizzard which has
held New York cIy and its vicinity
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