Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
NEW YORK is
BURIED UNDER
FOOT OFSNOW
BREAD LINES IN B0WERY EX-
TEND FOR BLOCKS
SUFFERING is SEVERE AMONG
cITVs POOR
Thousands of Unemployed Gladly
Secure Work as shoveIers, Work
ing for Street Department
and Railways
B. Associated Press.

b. Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-New York to-
night is digging itself out of a foot of
snow so unevenly divided that while
exposed and unfrequented spots like
Coney island have been blown bare
the thoroughfares of the millions are
left piled high with drifts that impede
the progress of man and beast and in
the more open sections have tied up
street cars and vehicles. Mercifully
the snow was accompanied by moder-
ate temperature, and in its early stages
it was welcomed by the greater part
of $4,000 unemployed men in the city.
All who sought employment from last
midnight found it readily and at good
wages. The street cleaning department
required 10000 shovelers, the traction
companies as many more and thou
sands of others earned many dollars
from householders by shoveling oft
walks.
Probably the sharpest distress was
experienced by several thousand genu-
Inc tramps who, having ridden into
town on the hard times wave and since
enjoyed the city's bounty, awoke today
to find themselves confronted with an
unmistakable opportunity to work.
Some rose to the occasion and others
shifted their lodgings.
Food Supply Exhausted
Tonight the charity societies had
their hands full. The Bowery bread
lines were extended tonight for blocks
further than at any time before this
winter, and at an early hour it was
said that the supply of food would not
nearly meet the demand.
The free lodging houses were packed
and the Salvation army and kindred
organizations were working heroically
to minimize the effect of the sudden
to
During the day the thermometers
registered from 26 to % above zero, fol-
lowed by a gradual decline toward
midnight. A number of fatalities were
credited to the storms account On=
man was frozen to death near an East
Twenty-third street lodging houce
from which he had been elected
A Grand street merchant succumbed
to heart. disease after battling with
the snow and wind.
In Woodlawn cemetery a special po~
liceman died while digging a grave.
A Civil War veteran was another
victim of heart disease caused by ex-
posure.
The storm gave the new public SER
vice commission its first opportunity to
witness the transportation companies
struggle with the elements. The watch
ers posted at various points made
notes and the commission entertained
complaints and made suggestions.
Except for the subway, in which
there was only one brief delay, and the
elevated roads, where trains, with ons
exception, ran regularly, though under
slow speed, the transportation facilities
of the city and the suburbs We're well
nigh demoralized throughout the day
Surface cars were paralyzed in all the
boroughs.
Fury Along the Coast
the waters into a dangerous fury
Sound steamers took refuge in harbors
to avoid the fate of the John M. Starin,
which went ashore during the snow
storm, and shipping has been seriously
interfered with. The schedule of the
liners has been disarranged.
Along the Jersey coast much damage
is reported. The strip of land separat-
ing Shrewsbury river from the ocean
was swept over by huge waves and
several town, particularly Seabright
were more or less under water. Bulk
heads and pavilions We're washed
away.
The steamer Providence, from New
York to Boston, was driven into New
London by the storm and her 400 pas
proceeded to Boston by rail-
Steamer Aground
After spending over twelve hours
grounded on the sands of Whitestone.
where she was blown in the storm
early today, the steamer John M.
Starin of the Starin Transportation
which eft New Haven last
night for this city, was fioated late
today and proceeded to her dock. The
dozen passengers who remained on
board the steamer were landed at
Whitestone. The Starin was appar-
emily uninJured by her experience
Retail coal dealers today advanced
the price of the domestic sizes of coal
90 cents per ton, the increased price
to remain in force until traffic condi-
tions become normal again. 1t was an
nounced that the increase was made to
cover the additional cost of delivery.