Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
SNOW BURIES CITY;
DELAYS TROLLEYS, 7
HOLDS Up TRAINS
Suddenness of Storm
Catches Newark
Unawares.
DOWNFALL BEGAN SOON
AFTER ONE O'CLOCK
Sweepers and Snow Plows r.
sufficient to Keep Tracks
Clear.

Winter broke out in all It's fry
early today
The long expected snowfall was
ushered in with a sixty-mlle-an-hour
gale. 1t came in the wake Of M
usually mild weather, and catching
traction companies unawares played
havoc with train and trolley sched-
ules. and crippled the postal deliv-
cry.
The storm will probably continue
throughout the day and into tha
night. It came in from the West
and various weather reports state
that in some parts of the country
east Of Chicago the fall has been
three and four feet, with no signs Of
any letup-
In Newark snow piled up to
depth of fourteen inches before noon
and If the fall continues at its pres
ent rate will reach depth of thrse
or four feet by Christmas morning
Tho oldest citizens could not recall
when the first storm of the year has
been so heavy. Professor Wiener. 81
the Central High School weather
bureau, reports that it is record
breaker
Traffic throughout this city and its
suburbs was practically blocked an
morning. Every sweeper and snow-
plow of the Public Service Railways
Company is being used, and the ays-
tenn is under what is known as tina
half hourly system of reporting
Every distrie superintendent is
sending in a report every half hour
az IN - +
The storm hit Newark about 1.ag
in the morning Immediately tha
traffic manager of the Public Service
Railway Company was notified and
twenty-six sweepers and three snow
plows were ordered in use, but be-
fore they could be put into working
order the storm had blockaded sew
eral lines TraHie between Elizabeth
and Newark was delayed for more
than an hour.
Locomotive stalled.
dummy engine owned by the
Baldwin locomotive Works became
stalled on Market and Paterson
streets, and it was an hour before
traffic conditions could be restored
to a normal condition.
Hundreds of commuters from East
Orange were stalled for three TO four
hours by the breaking of a shaft on
a snowplow which had been sent Ont
from the barns. The plow was sent
out on the west rail shortly after
this morning. and had gone about
two blocks when the shaft snapped.
Gripping the apparatus. 1t was III
until O'Clock when the plow could
be sent back to the house.
In the meantime a shuttle train was
being run back and forth on the east
rail. When the plow was finally taken
back to the car barn It was found
THAT the west rail had become slip
perry, owing to snow freezing on It.
and this delayed traffic for another
half hour.
Considerable trouble was expert
enced from teainsters, who drove on
the tracks where the snow had been
cleaned. They would pull out when:
ON level ground. but when they were
on a grade the motormen would have
to wait until the trucks reached level
ground This also tended to put the
schedules behind time On the Plank
road and the Turnpike it was reported
that considerable difficulty was being
experienced owing to the conditions
of the roads.
Trains leading from the Oranges
and Newark into New York were be-
hind schedule from fifteen minutes to
half an hour. The 'millionaires' spe-
ciaI' was behind time owing TO the
storm.
No tro,,laIa has beeu exnerienred +. q
yet by the telegraph and telephone
companies here. but if the snow storm
should turn into sleet. one Of the man
ayers said. it would put the operators
to a great deal Of hardship and Grip