The evening world., 1914-02-18

renewal In the streets 1iiiait,
supt. e. A. Mahsr ~. con Of the
Vice. President and general manager
Of the Third Avenue Railroad Com.
pAny. said that the conpAny's s0orts
20 open the Broadway line before
sAoon o-day had been Of no avail
Though 900 men. working through
manholes along the trolley slot. had
been chipping away At the Ice which
covers the power raj, for three days.
/ Every time the power was turned on
Indicators showed that trouble existed
which had not been discovered by the
excavntors and the electricity was
shut of while they went back to
work.
The New York Railways Company.
which uses power rail- that 10 hood
I'd to keep snow from drifting into
the slot, was spared the humiliation
ri the Third Avenue Company. though
hundreds Of coal trucks. striving 10
, relieve tho fuel famine. caused long
A.. end exasperating delays.
1, Il was suggested to the city au-
tborities to-day that truck owners
who clog the streets with overloaded
/. vehicles drawn by only the ordinary
plumber OF horses may be arrested a.
:, disorderiy persons a. we'll a. VIC.
, lAtors OF the ordinance against cru
j. city TO animals. Half loads and
:. doubled horses would accomplish ~
much for the owners In the course OF
the day a. In achieved by teams that
. sVend half their time stalled In the
drifts. blocking all traffic.
Although President r. W. Whit
. ridge of the Third Avenue Hallway
ahad announced that forty storage
:. battery cars were to be- In service
/, to-day to take up the work Of tho
. stalled upper Broadway cars. this
Afternoon found mono Of these cars
|, running on Broadway between Forty
sixth and Seventy second streets. In
nstsad, the cars were sent up Tenth
and Amsterdam avenues to Seventy
. second street and thence UP Broad
! way. II was promised that later In
the afternoon the cars would be run
northward 60 One Hundred and Thir-
,,tisth street and westward to the Fort
, Leo Ferry. The reason given for
the failure to run on Broadway from
Forty second street 10 Seventy -sec-
yo0d was that gangs Of men we're
'sshere ut work clearing the third
rail conduits Of the snow and Ice
that ciuttored than.
ONE WAY TRAFFIC RULE HGLPS
q. SoMs.
" The food situation v stfll bad, Al
3Aough Il 10 improving. The great
ct trouble y In oarting suppliss about
ne city. Coal men say thero II
enough coal on hand TO prevent N
famine, but that 4 The stsette yaye po:
Alsarsd soon the price wt1i . up.
\1ptil the snow u removed traStSe viii
b allowed In one direction only on
opns Of the busy crosstown streets,
tgch - Grand. Spring. Houston.
t1ASrs traffic will 20 west and Prince
had Eighth. whore Il viii 20 est.
The ios In the North and East
Rivsss was esldom worss. IL has
Ned up coal barses to such IN "a.
HEAT that Il 10 dimcult for ocean liners
= st coal at their piers. The Cam
ania 10 due 70 leave for Atsrpooi
g noon to-day. but It 10 doubtful u
~ can get her supply Of GOAL before
lDaes this afternoon.
ii All the ferryboats have to proceed
leautiousiy because Of ice hoes. a
Ibiece Of heavy Ice tore one OF the
Ibropellers on the Ellis Island ferry
pat yesterday. and $50 Of the en-
!hlsyscs we're delayed at tho Battery
0ntil they could be taken across on
49, Immigrant. Among ths Sssvy.
heats to suffer worst are those plying
Between tho Battery and st. George.
.Ueatsn Island. -.' ''t .r'
NEvENUE CUTTER CANNOT
CRUSH ,ce. p ~hS
4 LAckawanna ferryboat was
caught In tks Zoe Coz. IN hoSs @ves.
tsrday whiis malkins the trip from
Hoboksn to New York with 100 pas
(Scs'r'' TWO sps' h"A'' s0' '''
sN6ome Of the foes In tho Hudson
0ivsr are moro than 100 feet long
- resist the efforts Of paddle.
SVheels 70 move them. Several Jer.
80. Central and Lehigh FERRY boats
-Wsre caught In midstream and had
70 be pushed to their slips by tug
boats. Several Of the tugboats them
sslves lost their propellers and had
- b towed In. Other tugs with their
tews became wedged IN the ice and
6onainsd helpless until the tide
helped them force q passage. At one
rtlne ave small towboats with light
~ were fast In the Ice on Liberty
land.
MWhen the revenue cutter Manhat
- went up 70 break the. ics In the
hudson II could proceed no farther
ban One Hundred aud Eighty -jirs,
lrsse Al that point CeSs. BrAdle,
nd. the loo was frozen 20 solid ant
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