The evening world., 1911-01-04
GLARE Of ICE
COATS STREETS,
DELAYS TRAFFIC
Express Track on Ninth Ave-
nue. l. Out of Business
in Rush Hour.
MANY HORSES KILLED.
Crush on All b. r. T.. Lines
Snow Storm Expected
Tonight.
MANY HORSES KILLED.

Streets and sidewalks were covered
with a thin coat OF glare Ire when New
York woke to-day. The sudden cold
thlch came out Of the northwest and
drove away the warm. sloppy fog which
had hung over the city FOR two days
and parllyzed nearby traffic on water
highways brought a furry ~ snow with
Il. This melted on the warm sidewalks
and then frozc.
Ii was u hard morning for those who
were responsible for the smooth rum
ming OF surface and elevated railroad
lines and for those who depended on
them for getting to work. The ice film
interfered everywhere with electrical
Transmission OF power.
But the horses were the real sufferers.
Even those with light loads slipped ana
slid toward the cutters, rumpled up
and went down. Those with heavier
burdens scarcely made any progress at
all except by following street-car tracks.
where sand hsl been sprinkled. Many
horses with broken legs had to be de-
stroyed where they lay.
An 81" Track Abandoned.
Tit Ninth avenue IL" express track
was abandoned altogether in the early
part of the day. No trains were run
ming on II last night, and the ice had
time to collect to such a depth that
the scrapers on the first train started
this morning could not dig through II.
The train moved by jumps and starts
with dazzling flashes OF electricity 10
Ninety-third street. Then the de-
aNa1nhar aant u,Orl ~ tha vpptnrppap N
back his train to the One Hundred and
Fourth street station and go the rest
of his way on the local tracks. No
more effort was made to use the ex-
press track. The use of the local tracks
for express service tied up the line
damned stations uncomfortably full
and caused exasperating delays.
In Brooklyn the b.. H.. 7. operating
chiefs saw the storm coming. To hgh'
the ice they ran short trains all NIGH
on the daytime schedule. with extra
wire brushes on the third rail shoes
The device was not completely success
full. Motormen were told TO use the ut
most caution in rounding curves and ap
preaching stations. This unsettled al
time schedules and for an hour at mid
way and downtown stations in thu
morning rush hours platform crowds
saw train after train go by withou
stopping, because they were so full there
was no foothold for another passenger
Surface cars in all o%oroughs were re
peatedly stalled by slow trucks on tn
tracks or fallen horses.
The Weather Bureau did not attemp
10 saw whether the blizzard which ha
been whirling toward us from the south
west Is going to reach New York. Blu
a heavy snowstorm with continuing colt
winds Is expected tonight.
Damage West and South.
Extreme cold is reported in the North
west, and there has been a great los
in stock. The temperature was "a be
low zero in Yellowstone Park, 81 belo'
In parts OF Colorado. % below AT 5
paul and 80 be! w at Duluth. Salinf
Kan. had q below and Northern Al
kansas reported zero. All through Okla
homa there is zero weather. East {
Chicago temperatures generally hay
been above zero, but falling.
The South has the worst blizzard G
en-. winter. Atlanta has close 10
above. In Kentucky. Tennessee, Nil
.,.s,ppL Alabama, Northern Louisian
and Northern Georgia the cold is gel
eral. accompanied in places by n fall {
snow and sleet that has interrupte
street railway traffic and put many tell
nhone and telegraph wires out of bus
ness. Mobile, Ala. reports the hr'
snow in many years.
The frigid weather In the East. a,
cordlns to the Washington Weath'
Bureau, will extend from Central Flol
ida north. Storm warnings have bee
ordered raised the length of the Atlant
coast.