New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
HARBOR FUG BOUND
FERRIES IN 4 T4NGLE
Staten Island Boats Alone
Haze Best of Fight.

The thickest fog that has nestled over
! the harbor in many winters stole in yes
terday in the wee small hours and admin
istered temporary stroke of paralysis to
traffic throughout the city. Such means
! OF transportation Use racks wire 1.Ct
handicapped like the ferry service. but
even with rails to guide them. trolley cars
and elevated trains were bit slow in get
ting the morning crowds from home TO
business.
! 1t was a mean fog-just low enough TO
be a trihe over the head CT the tallest
man and thick enough 20 set through
! ''rainproof" coat. There was no rain In
the forenoon and an umbrella an i'm
pediment. The fog Nhat one fright
call '.near-rain,'' for the humidity required
only 8 per cent more to reach the point of
saturation. The pail also DECEPTIVE.
| Sometimes the traveller-or, for that n at
! ter. the man who stood still-waS buried
| in white vapor so thick ne could rot reCog-
nize his butcher or any other creditor five
feet away
The municipal ferries, which long ago
established the slogan OF ''On II Richmond
or bust kept up a remarkable schedule
! between South Ferry and Staten Island
! Running by compass, he Dig high lower
city boats steamed through the white
blanket at full speed and landed COM
muters while the river ferries with less
then tenth Of the Staten Island route to
run remained in their slips. letting COM
! muters go underground TO their respective
destinations.
The Battery was a Bedlam I'll dsy. Mrs
Isaac Rice and others who relieVe IN
throttling unnecessary noise makers Noulo
have become frantic at the din.
! The fog seemed to rise and fall WITH the
agility of a Wright aeroplane. Occasionally
a bystander might see the Silhouette or
Governors Island. but before he could call
attention to it the outline would VANISH
It was not unusual at times to see big.
black funnel coming toward the Barge
Office over the top of the pail The infer
ence was that ferryboat or tug was be-
/ meath it, but the thick vapor on the top
OF the water prevented verfication.
The fog became so thick in the afternoon
that the Ellis Island ferryboat was unable
to find her berth at the Barge Office. In
the forenoon she missed making two OF the
early trips, and at p. M, Wnen return
ing from the island, she swung in near
the Liberty Island landing. Feeling his
way along the wall. the skipper managed
to get to his landing.
The celay in transporting immigrants
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foreigners to assemble at the Battery wait
ing for their friends from the old country.
Five policemen were required to keep III
order line of dripping watchers, chatter
ing in a dozen tongues.
Ferries Have Troubles.
The disrupted schedules of the ferries of
the Erie, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania and
Jersey Central railroads caused unusual
!
The trains connecting with boats had 10 be
detained from fifteen to forty minutes
While the ferryboat Baltimore was trying
to find her slip on the New Jersey side she
bumped into the Newark. which was about
20 leave her slip There a little ex-
element among the women on both boats,
but no one was hurt.
The ealth officers cutter, Governor
Flower. which left Hoffman Island III the
fog with forty convaIescing aliens for Ellis
Islam, ran her nose in the mud on the
south side of the latter island at $50 p. nj,
ano small boats from shore took off the
immigrants The Flower was not in a dan
gerous position and it expected she
would get off the sIloal at high tide.
The revenue cutter Calumet had her own
troubles all day. On her first trip down
the bay yesterday she was sidewped by
lnc of the municipal ferryboats in the fog,
but was not badly damaged. She left the
Battery al , D. m. and off Quarantine
picked up the inbound Panama liner Colon, /
which had taken advantage of the lift. The
Colo. was forced to drop anchor for the
night when The fog grew thick again.
The Calumet picked Up a few tramp
steamers but all were anchored. She had
a hard time finding her way back to the
Battery. and narrowly missed hitting the
qIartcr1na ster's pier on Governors Island
Several customs inspectors who were on the
cutter Jumped ashore and returned TO the
city on the General Hancock The Calumet !
later picked her way through the mist and
tied UP at the Battery at 7:3o p III.
The steamship Bermudian which had /
been anchored off Sandy Hook all day, got
orders to try and come up TO her pier last
night, as she has TO sail for Bermuda to-
morr. W Captain Fraser CROPPED his way 10
Quarantine and was passed by the heaIth
officer but the fog became so thick he had
to anchor off Robbins Reef for the night
The Gripping of the ferry service forced
thousands of commuters from New Jersey
into the Hudson tunnels Mr.. McAdoo said /
last night that an exceptionally large part
Of the ferry traffic diverted TO the
tubes between and O'Clock in the fore
noon and between 430 and $50 y, m. He
said his operating department was able to
handle the crowds with little difficulty. but
that when the additional equipment which
has been ordered arrives he will be able to
ope with any fog that comes into this
ha rfor, regardless of its duration.
The fog. which Is general along the At
iantic Coast, held 4 feet Of more than
dozen steamers off Sandy Hook yesterday.
There was "a slight clearing at a. IN. and,
taking advantage OF it. the Madonna. from
Napies: the Coamo. from Ponce: the Prinz
Sigismund from Kingston. and the Huron.
from Jacksonville, steamed into Quaran
tine.
At $50 D. M. when the Official Their
moincter ut the local weather bureau crept
IN TO % degrees. il was generally thought
that the temperature would eventually
make a record FOR February. The MGR
curry, however, began ia descend. leaving
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