The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-02-17
TOWN ALMOST IS
SHOWED UNDER
Some Streets, Impossible and
Trolley Out Of Commission.

The storm that passed over MOT,
ristown Friday night, SATURDAY anu
then after taking Sunday OIL llni'nou eo'.
up on Monday worked halosnlp loi
all who had to be out on tue ~ slieees'
Some of the streets were impass-
able to yehicular traffic and automo-
h;,as and borse-drawn vehicles galore
ware stuck in snow drifts. The troll
lav company had a hard struggle Win
the elements, getting its line in opera
t,on Sunday afternoon only to nave
tn do the work all over again Oh
Monday. ~
Street Commissioner FrapWell pu.
fortv men at work on Monday anu
also had large force working on
Sunday. He received more than 2Uo
annlications for work from men Wno
were anxious to earn a few dollals.
More Than one-half the appllcatlohs
were from American born men, me-
cbanics and aaborers who are out VI
.ymployment. These men were CIV
en- preference in doing out the Jops
Men and teams worked at cieail lnS
the snow from the orosswalKs, pain
walks and fire hydrants and car'ins
il away from the business section 10
the vacant lot the post Office sl'e'
where it was dumped.
The Morris County Traction COM
pany had fifty men at work IN MOT
ristowp all day Sunday shoveling the
lsnow from the trolley tracks. Two
cars that had been marooned III MOT
ristown since Friday night ran be-
tween the railroad stations at. MOT
ristown and Norris Plains, furnishing
a half-hour service. But there was
no service either east or west sun
day except for the state hospital llne
that was not affected at all by the
storm and has been the only sectlon
of the companys system that es-
capped
The crews of the two trolley cars
that were working in MorrlstoWn
Sunday have been on duty conthu-
ously since Friday afternoon, work
ing all night Friday and all day
Saturday and until late in the even,
ing when they were sent to a hoteI
by General Manager Weidman for
some rest. They have been getting
their meals at restaurant at tne
companys expense and except isr
the long hours have no complaint 10
make.
The company has all it's cars on
the western division in service. sun
day superintendent Ford took az
count of stock and located them; Az
most all we're stalled somewhere
along the line from Morris Pfalns 70
Lake Hopatcong Some were stuck
in snow drifts, others were off the
tracks and still more had burned-out
motors. Two cars on the Boonson
branch were lost until Sunday after
noon being stuck in drifts near Noun
tain Lakes.
Coal ran short on the two cas- III
service in Morristown and the crews
had to replenish their stock from
convenient coal yards, paying thirty
five cents basket for the fuei.
After clearing the eastern division
of snow the company's electrlcany
driven sweeper was brought to Nor
ristown on Monday and cleared the
snow from the tracks that had not
been removed by the company-s
shoyelers. With General Manager
Weidman and Superintendent Ford,
of the western division, and Sup9cin-
tendent Cummins, of the eastern
division, and backed by a trolley car
the sweeper continued up over the
western division, cleaning the tracks
and opening traffic from MorristoWn
to Dover. Cars from Maplewood got
through to Morristown green by Mon
day night
With the advent of the snow Chlef
Day got busy with the fire appara-
tus and ordered the First Wards to
take off 200 feet of hose from thelr
auto hose wagon in order to tighten
it and also for the Washington COM
pany to cast loose the steamer and
answer an alarm only with the hose
wagon Second Assistant Chief Snuc-
den had the Humane's auto pumping
engine taken out Monday afternoon
and it bucked the drifts without dlf-
ficulty. An agent of the White COM
pany came to town Monday and TOOK
out the Washington's hose wagon TO
see that it worked all right through
the snow. The test was satisfactory.
The heavy snow has put the auto
mobile busses that ply between Nor
ristown and nearby villages out OF
commission Mrs. Maher, whose bus
line carries the mail between Morris
town, Mendham and Ralston, is using
a bob-sled for the transportation or
of1