Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-01-17
HARD TO KEEP
CHANNEL OPEN
Staten Island Sound Conn
pletely Frozen Over This
Morning--Fe Has Path.
FEAR TOTAL BLOCKADE
Captain Of Keyport Boat
Walks on Ice from keyport
to Staten island.

Ice conditions here have changed
for the worse during the past TWEEN
ty-four hours and at the present
time there is considerable danger OF
a complete blockade in the Staten Is
land sound and Raritan bay. Steam
ers cannot navigate through the
Narrows to New York and boats on
such trips are now trying to force
passage through the channel and
around the southerly end of Staten
Island. The ferryboat Perth Am
boy is running only on train trips,
which Is about every hour. and con-
sum1ng about forty minutes for a
round '@s-
Ferryboat's Extra Trips.
The Goa made extra trips at
q and 5 O'Clock this morning, In an
endeavor to keep the channel open
for another twenty-four hours, at
least. Cant. Androvette, who was
In charge last night, said today that
in his experience on the sound,
which dates from November, 1887.
such extreme ice conditions have
never before prevailed He does not
except the blizzard OF '88, although
remarking that the ice that season
was nearly as dangerous as at the
present fine. The cap ain hesitated.
when asked what would be the result
of another snow storm and cold
spell, but finally gave a determined
shake of his head and declared,
"We'n have to keep running. some-
how"
Walks Across Sound.
Ferryboat delays have not placed
few Of the more ambitious olles at
a disadvantage. A number Of Totten-
vile residents, employed at the Fed
eral Terra Gotta Company's plant, In
Woodbridge. walked across the Ice
above the ferry slip yesterday ana
this morning. Other Incidents az
this perilous trip were reported to-
day, although the adventurers walk
ed across from this city to the Island
on the Ice below the ferry channel.
From Keyport to Staten island.
Capt G. Oscar Wilson, OF the
steamboat Majestic plying be-
tween New York and Keyport, walk
led from the latter place to Staten:
Island on Sunday Afteruann. Ii waA
/ lrspQrteds The distances III anssu&
= Even miles ard the trcsteus rnnAla.
- flrst since 1873 Iao1
saimn d sfetsd. ss,a II "a ;s.: ma
gars a4d half 8 dozen matches. "a II
/ ter reaching the New York sllore
within a few yards OF the ffssfcn
OF the Immaculate Virgin, ut Mt. o.
retto. he turned around and walked
across to South Amboy. The ,aS.
stage of the journey was done in d
sprint" as Perth Amboy steamer
was slowly crossing the captains
path. The last leg of thu Journey
was completed by trolley from South
Amboy to Keyport
Take Steamer Ont.
The steamer Non Hilda,s OF
South Amboy, will be taken out
steamer "Cereanse," at the dock OF
the A. s. and r COMPANY. win be
started on its honleward Journey this
afternoon by Pilot A. M Beebe.
Service has been abandoned by
the New York and New Jersey
steamboat CompanJ between New
York and this city, The last boat
to make the trip arrived here at
i1:3r c.clock last night The Off
cials state, however, that she daily
trips Will begin again when the Ice
breaks up. The coal traffic over the
Lehigh Valley railroad has been tied
|up by the ice conditions IN the
sound.
According to longshoremen the Ice
conditions here will prevail until
the ice breaks up In the channel and
a strong ebb tide takes the iee out
to sea.