Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Public Service Electric Company

use between here and New York
Considerable damage has been done
to the trolley, telephone and tele-
graph poles, wires from which are
strewn all over the streets.
There was no train service to neigh
boring towns at all today. More than
one hundred persons We're compelled
to stay over Sunday night in the
Passaic & Delaware Railroad station
The first train on the route between
Gladstone and this place left that
terminal at o'clock yesterday morn
ing, but did not arrive here until
5:45 o'clock last night. The train was
composed of five engines drawing a
single passenger car. The train was
stalled for four hours in a snow drift
twelve feet deep west of Millington
station.
Shortly after its arrival here the
train was prepared to leave with
three engines and one car There
was a rush for the single coach by
those who had been stalled in the sta
ton for q night and day, but the
railroad officials permitted only wom-
On and children to board the train.
! Fifty track laborers were also taken
along. The train left the station here
at o'clock. Later another train was
made up and the remaining passeng-
ers accommodated.
No Street Lights In Morristown.
All the street lights in Morristown
are either broken down or out of use.
There was no electric-light service,
the Morris and Somerset Electric
Company having shut off the power
over those of the wires which had
not been destroyed by the storm, to
prevent the dangling ends of wires
from causing casualties.
Trolley service has been abandoned
since Sunday afternoon. Telephone
and telegraph service has also been
cut off, only two wires being still left
to keep the city in communication
with the neighborhood.
| Thus far only two houses have been
reported as suffering from damages
caused by the storm. One of these is
the house at 81 Flagler street, which
was badly damaged when a tree
blown down by the wind crashed
with tremendous force through its
weather boards. A fallen tree also
crashed into the house of Thomas j.
| Callahan, in Madison street, damag-
ing the side and the roof. There were
no accidents to persons.
The plant of the Morris and Somer-
set Electric Company was also badly
damaged by falling smokestacks
Firemen Use Sleighs.
The fire alarm system has been sew
erely crippled, but some precautions
| have been taken against possible fires
| Three men and a sleigh have beer
stationed at each of the four fire
houses. All the street lighting has
been cut off, only a few arc lights
remaining In the centre of the city
D y q nod IN
| the city to clean the snow from the
sidewalks,
| The Morris County Traction Com
pany announced that it expects to be
able ,tosresume trolley service on the
new route between Maplewood ano
! Wharton some time today. Most oil
! the trolley wires have been replaced
and the company is rushing men and
! teams to clear the tracks and repair
the wires throughout the city and The
suburban routes.
John n. May, proprietor of one OF
! the largest rose growing establish
ments in the State, has estimated his
| loss at hundreds of dollars through
broken windows in his green house
| Considerable damage has also beer
caused by the lack of coal due to this
suspension of train service.
Commuters Delayed.
! AS a result OF the tie-up in the rail-
roads thousands of commuters were
DELAYED in reaching their work yes
terday. while hundreds never got to
! their destination. Today some relief
| is expected. as all during last night
gangs of men were at work clearing
| the tracks on the various roads.
Particular this was true between
this city and Elizabeth on the Pennsy
and Jersey Central roads, where traV-
ell was almost completely blocked.
The loss to business caused by the
storm will doubtless run into the
millions. In many of the cities FAC
/ tories were obliged to close down
owing to lack of electric power ano
also to the inability of their employees
to reach work.
Among the heaviest losers probably
is the Public Service Corporation. The
company's network of tracks in the
State, especially in the rural sections
was completely paralyzed. The Nor
ris Traction Company's lines in Nor
ris County were also out of commits
sion. The South Jersey shore line
trolley running between Perth Amboy
south, connecting with Long Branch
and Asbury Park, was also crippled
owing to the snow -clogged tracks.
Thousands of miles of Public Serv-
ice Corporation wires gave way under
the weight of the snow and force o.
the wind.
From Trenton il was reported thai
two men had persisted in the storm
between that city and New Bruins
wick. One man was shocked I,
death in Trenton by live wire.
From Hasbrouck Heights came tbs
sTeport that man believed to be G