The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

crawling and nearly every surface car
was stalled. Because Of that the subway
was simply nlaclstrom OF humanity.
Platforms were crowded until ticket
men refused to sell any more and gate
men barred entrances. Expresses came
20 tn. downtown section allied 20 the
bulgtug point and locals became eN-
presses. having become overcrowded far
up the line.
II was not pleasant travelling. either
Down at the Brooklyn Bridge section
there was about hal. an inch OF slush and
water dangerous TO the health and de-
structiye OF all comfort No one thought
OF removing this All hands were de-
voted 10 packing one or two more into Il
car.
New York mostly lived on Fridays milk
Yesterday, that is. the milk which might
nave been sold on that day, Miik trains
oould not get into the city over the roads
either from New York state, pennsyl-
vania, Connecticut or New Jersey until
hours after they were due.
When they did arrive by chance the
milkman was hard put 10 deliver it. His
horses could not travel. and IL he had an
automobile 1t would stall.
1t was the Same way with the refriR-
orator trains from the West with meats
will get in to-day " they didn't get in
late last night
Reserve Food Prevents Famine.
Luckily there Is always reserve In
New York city which prevents anything
like "A famine under, four or five days.
The railroads rejoicing in an intervening
Sunday promise that there will be no
trouble Tomorrow morning when bust
ness starts again. They too are giving
everybody n Job nowadays, and they
promise cleared tracks
The commuter was tho big sufferer yes
terday. Sometimes he suffered personally
and sometimes his boss suffered. Every
railroad brought him In from one to four
hours late yesterday morning, and as IL
was Saturday many of his clan remained
:. at home to clean or the sidewalk
The principal suffering appeared to be
over IN Jersey, where the Erie, Lacka-
wanna and the Central had troublous
times. There was some trouble on ,hC
, Long Island. the New York Central and
the local New Haven trains The df-
. flculty on these roads appeared to be tina,
, the rain and sleet had 50 frozen up the
switches, which are operated from towers
that they could not be worked For that
reason blocks OF trains were stalled out.
side yards and stations until men could
, 20 and melt the points with hot water
IN the meantime. the reporting hour was
shifted from O'Clock all tho way tC
noon, winch was about time the pay
master was ready to see everybody.
Through trains on all the railroads ran
Oh "A hit and miss schedule. Those from
Chicago and st. Louis ran into the storm
carly Friday and they lost the fight by
sn'nutes. The Pennsylvania had to re-
port that It's Broadway Limited was two
and a half hours late, its fast express
from tho South was nearly three hours
iatc and other trains from further away
than Philadelphia likewise suffered
On tho New Haven the commuters
trains were from twenty minutes to All
hour late and the Boston trains uniformly
ran an hour late.
The New York Central received its
cracn train. tho Twentieth Century
Limited, An hour and II half late: the
IA,Ae Shore Limited was two hours be
hind time, while all other trains from dis
tant points ran on about tho same
schedule,
MIX Trains start Trouble.
The I.ackawanna started to have
trouble with Its milk trains and continue,
II with the commuters and then with IL:
through trains. all from an hour to az
oour and half.
The Central reported that II was get
ing IT'S trains through a., well az could b,