Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-03
DIGGING NEW YORK
OUT OF THE SNOW
Enormous Losses and Intense
Suffering Follow Wake
of Blizzard.
RAILROADS MOVE TRAINS .
ON A PARTIAL SCHEDULE
Twelve Persons Are Known to Re
Dead as Direct Result of
the Storm.

| Ne" YORK, March 3.-Fresh food sup
Plies and milk from delayed trains which
! shouldered their way through the snow
| oriits' restoration of the fire alarm serv-
| ice and, above all. sunshine came to
| New York and environs today in tho
wake of the great storm of Sunday and
yesterday. No more deaths were report-
ed and at noon the mercury stood at Sc.
Colder but continued clear was the pre-
| diction for tonight
Of the eight barges adrift off Fire Island
five were in tow for New York today.
| This quieted fears for the safety of thir-
'y-two men aboard, who were on their
way from Norfolk or Newport News.
Railroad schedules were reported today
still far from normal.
| Service on Railroads.
| The Jersey Central reported its lines
as far as Allentown open. Pennsylvania
| officials said that line was open to
Philadelphia. Service on the Lacka-
wanna was approaching normal. An ex-
| press to Buffalo was sent out at 8 am.
and lost" Officers of the company be-
| ieved. however. that it would get
! through.
Trains on the New York Central
We're being sent out on regular sched-
nle. incoming trains from the west
"Tre .rr one to four hours late.
me Baltimore and Ohio reported that
a snow drift thirty feet high near Long
Branch prevented direct traffic between
New York and Philadelphia. y score
! OF freight trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio were shoveled out today
The Erie broaghl in three of its lost
! trains during the night Trains were
started west this morning for the first
time since Sunday morning
Express Starts Back.
This afternoon word came from Red
Bank, \. j., that the Atlantic City ex-
press Of the Jersey Central. which had
| oeen stalled in the snow with 100 pas
sensers since O'Clock Sunday night. had
left and started back toward Jersey CITY.
The damage TO telegraph and telephone
lines In New York. New jersey and Penn
sylvania will be many hundreds of tho,l
sands of dollars. Two thousand poles
We're blown down OF broken by the wind
ana wires covering distance of 500 miles
were snapped
Business in the financial district con-
tinued much curtailed today by reason Of
the storm.
Removing the Snow.
with foot OF ice and snow pa. Led
hard upon the heavy coatin. OF snow
left by two previous storms the c;tv
! today IS assuming something like nor
nal conditions. The removal of sno>y
from streets anG sidewalks is the chief
, occupation of practically every person
not otherwise employed and everv-
"herS IN tne Sreater city the man with
PICK and shovel is the most prom
: lnent figure next to the great mounds
OF snow left by the previous storms
which he builds still higher
~ vas estimated that in New York
ana Vlcinlty. including the employees
of the railways an army of 30 900
men Is engaged in raising the snow
! embargo.
Rail Traffic Improves.
street ca! and railroad traffic improved
/ today. All trunk lines with terminals in
I New YORK. Jersey city Hoboken and
eehawken began moving trains TO dis
tant points for the first time in two days
and hundreds of passengers lnarooned in
stations resumed their journeys. Com,
nuters who We're kept away from their
business yesterday We're able to leave
! their homes today. Mails that have .c-
cumulated because of the traffic tie..,n
/ began moving, and local telephone sary
! Ice, which was interrupted and in some
instances suspended. was almost normal
WIN IN" resumption OF railroad traffic
! the threatened milk and meat famine
, pa ssed, and it was believed that the SIM
piv' of coal would be sufficient L.c..-ro
I Of the warmer Weather Dif.i,1lltT in
moving coal resulted in much suffering
during the past several days. especially
among the poorer classes InabiIi-v m
make deliveries also resulted In a shor11
age of beer and with il the price ad-
vanced. This condition was not expec1ad
TO continue long today.
Shipping Suffered Severely.
: Tie storm caused much trouble In shin
ping. the harhor being filed with ice
while the almost constant high winds
! 'ncnaced all vesseis. Unbound liners
| which had been waiting in the o,Iter bar-
hor ventured into por. yesterday and to-
day
! In the city and It's suburbs twelve. ,,.r-
>ons are dead direct result of tha
storm. Three of the lives Iosi wore
those OF laborerS employed in removing
{ snow on the Long Island railroad Tb.,
were run down by :. motor trail, ~
other men. one \ snow shuyeler ,rsrn
/ killed by Long Island railroad trains Two
ot!tt FiStiiS oi the storm We're killed
by fallen electric wires in Newark
/ The loss to business interests railroa6s
and the cost to the city and public and
/ private corporations and companies for
{ snow removal VIII run into riiIIinps
| Wire communication with points so,,b
and west, while far from normal w.
! improved today. New York stat. Y,oi,,tS
beyond Albany were still cut off frnn1
direct communication. but Were re.rhau
by way of Pittsburgh. wher, messaocs
were relayed back to Buffalo Rorhesf.T
Syracuse and other cities
! Telegraph and telephone companies to-
day sent out hundreds of men in ali III
! ,ections TO repair poles and wires
/ Mayor John Purroy Mitchell is srou,
bound at Lake Placid n Y wbern ~.
| went FRIDAY night Gov. Glynn and Mrs
I Glvnn decided to remain in Nov, VII,
/ last night rather than take charces in
DELAYED train service between her. ar,d
/ Albany They may attempt the trin
| today.
! Railroad traffic decentralization in RI.
| east will result in heavy losses hv ths
| theatrical interests Several tourin~
i companies are known to have been de-
layed on Sunday and yesterday and
| others are en- route between cities M.n
| ayers here were unable to communir,ta q
! with their travelling agents and IN.
| whereabouts of many companies canuot
| b,, learned until the telegraph lines ar.
! in better working order.
/ The Charity Organization Society m:,i.
{ public :: statement today in which il va
( estimated that more suffering among IN.
i poor resulted from the storm than ans,
other in many years. 1t reported yester-
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