Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-27

The track was blocked with drifts IRON
six to ten feet in depth. 1t took one
of the big rotary plows six hours &c
get rid of the. snow on a stretch o.
track ten miles long outside of Pater-
son.
Citizens of Camden Jared much worse
than Newark. In that city the snow
fan started earlier and was heavier,
snow plows we're ordered out at 0
o'clock Saturday morning, but by 8 In
the afternoon every line in the city viii
the exception of the W. principal ones
were lost and remained so until Sun
day noon.
trolley Passengers Suffer.
Trolley passengers had a hard time.
Early Yesterday seven cars of the New
Paterson line were stalled at
Delawanna. near Nutley, and were
snow-bound for nearly ten hours. In
the cars were about thirty men and
twenty women and. after a wait OF
nearly an hour, they were cared for
by .John Foley, who has a hotel near
the place. The cars we're entirely
abandoned. Foley was equal to the
occasion and invited all the passengers
to his hotel. where he fed them and
made them comfortable until the road
was partially cleared. In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. j. Carson and j.
Herwig, of Paterson.
II took Plank road car 1921 six and
one-half hours to make the trip from
Jersey City to this city. This car, on
which there were e~ighty-one passen-
gers, left Jersey City at 3 o'clock yes
terday morning and it was $50 o'clock
when 1t got to Newark. The car crept
along until 1t reached a point between
the Hackensack and Passaic bridges,
when 1t came 10 a full stop The fires
in the car went out and the passen-
gers-ten of whom were women-had a
hard time keeping warm. They made
the best of a bad situation n several
of the men passengers loaned their
overcoats to some of the thlnly clad
women. The passengers were a sorry
lot when the car finally got to this city
and they made for places to thaw out.
Behind the stalled car were two news
paper cars and when their crews saw
the predicament OF the car ahead they
backed their respective cars to Jersey
City and took the east-bound track.
It is claimed by the passengers on the
stalled car that as the newspaper cars
went by on the adjoining track the
appealed in vain to be taken aboard.
A,norq the stalled nassensers we're
r-,aost NJ. ~ 9so a1artet straet and
rr.,l. Ta,t- ~ 300 Narl,e. etreet on
tbe .pa+ercon line the snow
drifts coached a haight of Ave feet
II, rrvirgton tho storm, caused drifts
!. hfgh &c saY,an faet tho heaviest
dr;f,- baina 4, Snrfng6eld ave,,1e at
c,o,,o stroet and AZ Eortv-third street.
n, tho cnr;ngAald avanna limo the
trolIa,. sar,,ioe u.ss susnendad late
cbr;stmss night The cars found II
,,,nossihle n mass thro,,qh tho drift at
Grove street which ie q short distance
eron, tho civ line Passengers who
tr,,.oiod an tbn Eortv.tbird street
branch and the ManIevood branch of
tba s-nrinpie,d avenue trolley line after
midnight Yesterday were compelled to
ratnrn IN Newark or seek shelter at
pane.e CIV Heights Hotel. Twenty
FIRST street and Springfield avenue.
At $50 o'clock Yesterday morning a
skvlight weighing 1.5Oe pounds was
lifted off the house of Frederick War
nc, oo1 south Ninth street and came
49,, Win q crash in the next door
card
The Springfield avenue and Plank
road Ines suffered rho most The Plank
road line was moi epen at all through
10 Jersey city until II o'clock last
night Yesterday morning no cars en-
tered the CITY over the Plank road line
.ntil 10 o'clock. Again Yesterday aft
ernoon the wind forced another aban-
donment of service on the Plank road
line and there were no cars running
on IT for three hours. The Newark-Pat-
erson line was closed Saturday night,
but service was resumed Yesterday on
an ,rraeular schedule. No cars wen.
IN Manleyood Yesterday. traffic on that
branch being impossible on account OF
u. heavy drifts on the Hilton flats.
Wien the oficials of the Board OF
works heran the work of removing the
SNOW, from the city's streets men were
cont through fine lodging house district
20 cat shovelers Many OF the lodging
bonss Nor raf,sed the offer of twenty
esnssa an honr Less than 100 men were
oh,a;,a5 MANY os the lodging house
t,n,.tos aa5 a. tho annroac, of the
-. ~m..a,s
- sYe come = tbe accidents due tn
,,,a s+oru. rnbn Ftzsimmons IS wears
~ - so Tev. street fell ON the nave
-, lv.rrsn and First streets and
..s.;,aS s1i.bt sca1n wounds He was
- : .be r,tv uosn,tsl in the Fifth
$50 arhrla,ce