Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-20
Interstate Commerce Is Hand.
capped by Heavy, Wide
spread Fall of Snow.
NICE YOUNG BLIZZARD
STRIKES SLEEPING CITY
Newark Schools Hold Only Hail.
Day Session Because
of Storm. e

AS the result OF a clever stroke of
business, which put a northeast storm
in possession of over 81 per cent. of
the stock in a copartnership formed
with a rain-storm from Texas, New
ark and vicinity to say nothing of a
large section of the map along the At
lantic seaboard, finds itself In possess
what 10 do with
And so tar as those who do not like
this sort of thing, you know, are con-
cerned, the worst is yet to come. At
noon today the barometer was still
falling, and the storm, which arrived
at 4:30 a. M. was just striking its gait
1t will not reach its height until late
this afternoon and will continue far
into the night, unless the weather
sharps have guessed wrong again.
Violates Sherman Act.
Professor Wiener, of the local
weather bureau, is figuring on taking
some action against the storm as a
combination in restraint of trade and
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to the Sherman act the Missouri COM
promise and the Dred Scott decision
He knows all about how the dicker
was made when the two storms met
after crossing the Mississippi and how
the noreaster violated all interstate
commerce laws by securing the voting
power Of the stock.
AS an object-lesson to those who are
skeptical about this being some snow
storm 1t may be remarked in passing
that four and one-half inches of the
beautiful count them. four and one
half inches) fell between 4:30 a. M
and 10 a. M, and more Is falling all the
time. The average temperature has
been 20 degrees, which is much lower
than usual for snow-storms. The
prophets say it will be colder tonight,
with more snow, and fair and colder
tomorrow, and conditions are such as
we go to press that there is none to
say them nay this time.
Fear Drifting Snow.
The wind, which is from the
northeast, has maintained velocity of
from ten to twenty miles an hour. If
it grows more excited 1t is likely to pile
the snow UP in drifts, to the further
despair of the trafIice.
Superintendent Shipman, of the
Board of Works. sent out 300 men and
AZ wagons at II a. m. to clean off the
crossings. This little army would have
been sent out earlier, but 1t was de-
sired that the merchants have oppor-
tunity to clean off their sidewalks first.
Up to noon today trolley traffic had
ceriatiG1t- fpnnadad w ha
storm. The first snow-sweepers ap-
peared on the Bergen street and Cliff
ton avenue lines early today The cars
operated on these lines are equipped
with only two motors, and the storm
was not allowed to hamper them.
AT o'clock this morning twenty
four sweepers were working on all the
lines in Essex county and West Hud-
son. The switch points and certain
crosswalks were kept clean by ninety
of the company's trackmen. The
crosswalks are looked after by the
company, according to an agreement
between the city and corporation.
The storm is Widespread, snow or
rain having fallen over the gren ar
part of the southern and southeastern
sections as far north as Southern New
England, The chief centres of the dis
turbance appeared this morning to be
in North Carolina and Central Penn
sylvania. The northeastward course
of the storm promised to take 1t far
ther into New England. The weather
has cleared to the westward, the most
westerly points affected. according 20
the weather bureau reports, now being
in Michigan and Ohio.
Traffic IN this city and neighborhood
suffered little delay in the early hours,
but as the force of the storm increased
trouble began to be experienced.