New-York tribune., 1910-12-07

usual. fo- nobody cared TO face the
storm. which looked worse than it
really was. AS result. the number of
passengers using the subway and ele-
waited roads outside Of the rush hours
was smaller than usual.
Inspectors Of the Metropolitan and
Third avenue surface roads said last
night that their chief difficulty in trying
20 keep within a few minutes of schedule
was not directly due TO the snow on the
tracks They had been prepared fer
that and the huge sweepers were out
early and often and cleared away the
os,SrTuctins flakes.
This very action made the railroad
road bed inviting 10 teams hauling loads
eli over the city. however. as If afforded
good foothold for the horses. whereas
the rest Of the street was slippery The
tendency % teamsters to drive along the
middle ~ the track impeded the progress
Of the cars This grew worse as evening
came on, and the schedule during the
rush hour was interfered with seriously
The regular passengers. however il was
said, had anticipated these conditions
and taken to the subway and the ele-
va1ed wherever possible.
A small sized riot occurred in the
morning al the Brooklyn plaza OF the
williamsburg Bridge, where men fought
with women in mad effort 10 get the
first places on the ears of the Metropoli
tan and Third Avenue systems A
blockade on the easthound tracks had
caused sfopnage Of traffic, and when
the tine got moving again every one
wanted q he first on board. Hair pulling
and swearing were common. and when
me women found that the men were
fighting them hard they drew their hat
pms and advanced or the male battel-
ions. forcing their way in with umbrellas
as first cflolrc - weapons, but hatpins
a. reserves. The police had 10 interfere
and suppress some Of the more violent
The steam railroads entering the city
reported their local trains on time, while
trains from rhs. West We're in many cases
from our hour 10 three hours late. The
Pennsylvania station at :I3d street eX-
-,e-iencs-d no 1roubhc. though there We're
six inches Of snow al one time in the
sfen cttt between Eighth and Tenth
avenues The trains left on the minute,
with very few exceptions, while trains
from the West and South were from
twenty To thirty minutes late Phiia-
.-elnhia trains bound for Jersey City and
ne New York station neft few minutes
1are owing 10 the pail Of smoke in the
Broad street station
The Long Island Railroad trains left
the Pennsylvania New York station and
the Long Island station practically on
zine and the only serious delay report
e6 during the DAY on that division was
due 70 the deraiIinS of d train at
Ian7aica The Pennsylvania and Long
island fe--vbos4s experienced no diff
cf1ltv IN making their slips
Considerable satisfa ction was ex-
pressed bv the Leng Island and Pennsyl
vsnia officials al tho manner in which
the electric trains maintained their
schedules IN 111e first storm since the
opening Of the new system in the Long
Island Yards Though the yards are in a
depression. and there were drifts az
times. no difficulty was experienced in
keeping traffic moving
Al the New York Central Offices II was
stated that trains from Chicago and St.
Louis had been delayed from thirty min
1rtes TO an hour. In the local service,
However. the storm did not cause any
au,,reciable delay, and the officials We're
oongraiUlatins themselves last night on