New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-27
FIVE DIE In STORM
UIND IND SNOW
TAKE TOLL.
City S5cept by Gale, Blocking
Traffic and Threatening
Food Supply.

The men Of to-day may be conquer
ors OF the air" but when It starts NOV
ing, and carries with it a 10-inch blanket
Of snow. the boast Of control is frozen in
the utterance. Especially has the air
everything it's own way when the dis
tribution OF the burden is uneven This
ten inches OF snow was tossed and
turned and twisted and heaped up IN the
wild abandon of nature. The result.
Five dead in the storm. whole railroad
systems demoraIized, surface trains and
cars OF the metropolitan city stalled and
made the sport Of the drifts wires torn
and hurled like weird antenne seeking
lodging place before being bound by the
snow. and everybody taking all the at
tending discomforts goodnaturedly. be-
cause il was the day after Christmas.
when the extent Of the mastery OF the
storm became evident
Away across the continent. in middle
California. the fuss had its beginning on
Friday. II swooped down into Lower
California and then struck across coun-
try into Texas Finding no barometric
resistance. the journey. at an angle
than express speed. and then the storm
swooped northward. Hasten as it would,
1t could not even sway the tails OF Santa
CIaus's coat. He had made his calls.
had hurried away, and the multirudes
hereabouts were gloating over their
treasures when the fakes came.
Milk companies reported last evening
that there would be no shortage OF SUD
ply to-day. but from the railroads IL
was learned that the trains bringing
other food supplies into the city might
be delayed far beyond the usual hours.
Vegetables are kept on storage except
ing those that are shipped from the far
South.
Ihe rerrigeratlng cars containing beef
Cor this market may be held up II thew
should not get through, a jump in the
price Of beef is expected. Owing 10 the
great drain Of the holiday. it was said
last night. the situation might become
serious. as the shops had sold their
stock down 70 the lowest limit
RAILROAD CONDITIONS BAD.
At the Pennsylvania terminal in Jer-
sey City late last night II was said thar
Western trains were from six 70 seven
hours LATE and suburban trains from
thirty minutes 10 an hour late. Freight
traffic. which had been abandoned. was
being resumed and fast freight was
being moved as well as possible The
nearby situation was improving. but
there was considerable trouble between
Philadelphia and Washington and west
OF Harrisburg
The worst delay on the Erie was 70
No. 4. the morning express from Buffalo.
which did not arrive until 4:45 o'clock
The evening express. due at 7.15 O'Clock.
vas almost on time. Other trains were
generally about an hour late and freight
was being moved only slowly The sit
uatiOn was worst near Bufralo
The Lackawanna was from fifteen
minutes 10 an hour late with its subur-
ban trains last night. as it had been for
twenty-four hours The through trains
We're coming in without regard to sched
ules. The situation was improving. ac
cording to those about the depot. and
this morning suburban trains should be
on time.
The Central Railroad OF New Jersey.
like the Western roads. reported its
worst delays from a distance. Bal
timore & Ohio trains were reaching the
terminal of the Central from six TO eight
hours late. and the Western conditions
were not improving. Philadelphia &
Reading service was from half an hour
10 an hour behind
The jersey Centrars coast lines were
closed all day. largely owing to sand
drifting on TO the tracks, but late last
night trains were running on one track
The service TO most points from Atlantic
Highlands TO Atlantic City. including
Lakewood. had been cut or for thirty
hours.
One great cause OF trouble last night
was with the switching facilities. Trains
began 20 fall behind at every junction
point and in the yards. Outgoing trains
were losing from five to fifteen minutes
getting out OF the yard limits. freight
Milestone for time yesterday morning.
and last night freight wreck at Bristol.
Penn. was delaying traffic from beyond
that point.
The high wind. soon after midnight
yesterday going al a sixty-mile rate tore
at the tide and sent Il swirhng up the
bay. into the rivers. over the Battery
wa-s<and up the streets of Jersey City