New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
RIVER TRAVEL HARD.
ICEFLOES IN CLUSTERS.
Frryboat Schedules III 1srry-
One Stack for Hours.

The zee pack which pa-alyzed traffic in the har-
be- throughout the forenoon on Friday repeated
tie performance yesterday. but in obsti-
nate manner. and only by careful plotting were the
tugs and lighters able move about the East and
North rivers The icefoes. which until early yes
.erdav morning had been drifting about in small
sections clustered together the morning traffic
was about 10 begin and made a mess Of ferryboaf
schedules Great cakes aoated about the Lower
rsv ard while they looked forbidding TO the navi-
gators they We're easier TO thrust aside than the
Irost sold pack in the rivers and off the Battery
The ferry boa; OF the Atlantic avenue service was
s-zi,ed fo- six hours within eighty yards of the
BROOKLYN terminal The Brooklyn left The Battery
A $50 q m with than one hundred passen-
-e-s and several teams. There was much specuIa-
ton ever the question OF getting Brooklyn. oh
the ice is all broken UP now. ana it's warmer too"
,,ertured a nan in the mems cabin. He had hardly
been forcing her way along slowly came TO a dead
s4op You're bum prophet roared an indignant
passenger to the who had made the remark.
We're stuck for good
The Brooklyn backed and ran ahead at full
sreed but the impetus had little effect on the ice
and before she could back out again she
pedsed fast Three tugs came alongside. but
could uor pull or push the ferryboat With the
risfas tlde the ice pack got tighter hold and all
attempts 20 move the Brooklyn were abandoned.
Afer an hour the nlarooned passengers grew
restless The berated the service for not hav-
f-s boats big and powerful enough TO go through
the harboT might have and the women
declared Il was shame 10 take Passengers aboard
and not let them know in advance that the boat
would be icebCund-
! few passengers carried luncheon baskets and
pals. and when they heard the whistles blow
noon the luncheon that was intended for consump-
zion n the factory or workshop was taken out on
tie Brooklyn much 10 the disgust of the passen-
gers VINO were, hungry and unable buy.
bec or steal m0rseI Shortly after p m the
Tug WynoEa came out from the Atlantic
s-zr took rfn off in mall dera
merits
The municipal fe-ryboats running and from
$ George and the Battery are big and of high
power aud had little difficulty IN poughing through
the pack II The lower bay
Tse z5nd kept the ice well over the Manhattan
SIDE o. 1ae North River yesterday. il did
FRIDAY and rhe fe-ryboats had little trouble in
making rheir slips On the New Jersey side. But
the psck was exceptionally thick and tightly frozen
On the Manhattan side when the boats made their
ms --5us y the morning
Tie Lackzwanna fer-yboat ElTnira crashed into
TIE south SIDE Of the slip at Barclay street ana
VS. temporarily put out OF commission The slip
VS. 50 tightly packed when the ElInira arrived
from F5obekea thar she put on extra speed 10
nregE through the ice- The ice did not put I'D the
resistance expected. and the boat ran with great
mad 5--a -hz south side OF the slip. The delay OF
fre fe-rvbozIs II both rivers caused 4 congestion
O. teams along the river front on the west and
east s-des q Manhattan
r7F-- between Manhattan and Brooklyn, had
walked across z bridge OF planks TO the Hamilton
sre1-e uie- n BROOKLYN, and one man sought the
.hors D. crossing On the ice traffic on the Fuiton
and Val street and Hamilton avenue ferries and On
-re one ----lu5nE 20 Catherine Slip was suspended
lzs- 1tzht The Nontauk left New York about
oroek and vas unable 10 get 10 its berth on the
r-he- SIDE on account Of the ice packed oensely
i--o -He slip After waiting hour and half the
czrtsin found that by turning OF full speed ahead
Eas possible 70 IAN the boat up To within ten
Zoe of the SIDE Of the pier The pianks were laio
across from the boat the bulkhead. forming q
r-sse SIX feet wide. across which the passengers,
guarded by the boats hands. walked in safety II
/, exuea.e1 that the service VIII be resumed this
rno-ut-g
Anchored OF shore between TompknsT-ille and
Clifton are about q dozen sailing vessels The
rrerlbers Of the crews were given shore liberty
several days ago and ordered to report within
rEeuc--tour hours. They have not been able TO
return owing 70 the ice which has formed between
the shore and the vessels
The conditions grew worse last night and boat
-en predict that If the weather does not moderate
within q day OF TWO navigation for all except the
largest boats VIII be stopped
L was necessary II many cases last night 70
stretch heavy plauks from some Of the Lackawanna
and Pennsylvania ferryboats TO the landings to get
TIE passengers and teams ashore on the Manhattan
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