The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-02
WORST JERSEY SNOW
STORM IN rs YEARS
Cities in Darkness. Car Lines
Crippled-I}rOkcn Wires
Kill Two.
CHURCH DOORS CLOSED
No Lights and Dangers Of
Streets stop Services in
Many Places.

In New Jersey the storm caused more
damage and greater inconvenience than
any other since the blizzard of 1855.
Railroad and trolley traffic was almost
at standstill early last evening and
the greater part OF Hudson. Essex. Pas
sale and Union counties went without
electric lights. Many wires and poles
were borne down under the weight of the
snow This made it dangerous for pedes-
trians
/ Middlesex county also was IN darkness
last night The lighting company a, New
/ Brunswick turned on the power late In
the afternoon because hundreds Of its
wires mad fallen dow n. endangerIng pedes-
trians.
In most of the cities police and fire
wires were down or badly crippled
Railroad service was almost completely
tied up. In some instances tn lines
had to resort to hand signals to get
trains through. Long lines of cars were
stalled out on the tracks crossing the
Hackensack Meadows and trains We're
taking three hours to make thirty minute
trips.
The Erie Railroad suffered more than
any other line out of Jersey city. All
the roads wires were out Of order after
6 o'clock, and the officials had no way
Of finding out whore the trains were"
II was estimated that 1t would take
almost II week to get the lines into run
ming order again.
Many Towns In Darkness.
In Jersey City, Hoboken. Bayonne,
Union Hill. West Hoboken. North and
West Hudson. Kearny and East New :
ark all the electric lights were out at
& 40 o'clock Miles OF wires were torn
"A far f.fN
Electric Light Company decided to turn
of the power The trolley service had
tho only electric power
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
announced early IN the evening that no
| trains had been running on the line from
1 Jersey city and on TO Bound Brook. a
thirty-fvc mile stretch. from o'clock IN
the afternoon. The wires and poles were
strewn along the tracks and wrecking
crews were despatched to repair the dam
age. Officials Of the railroad could nc
promise when the service would be re-
sumed.
None OF the railroads seemed to have
any way OF telling how their lines were
in the southern part OF the state because
communication had been cut Off late II
/. the afternoon. II was all they could &C
! to keep track OF the trouble within hV'
, or ten mile radius OF the terminals.
In all the Hudson county towns excep
, Rayonne and West Hudson police and mr.
: wires were out of order. Director OF Pub
, lie Safety Frank Hague Of Jersey CIT!
ordered all the policemen and nremen, oi
or off duty. to patrol the city ana water
for Arcs The same procaution was takei
=, In Hoboken.
. The power station at Marion, outsid
- OF Jersey City. shut down completely be
: cause so many wires were down thar los
a OF life was feared. No place could get
steady light.
sends Out ~ sw~epers.
\ As soon a. the snow began to heap u
n early IN the afternoon the Pubic SerNlc
railway got out its seventy-two sweeper'
d but by evening trolley service was 1rlI
pled Al several places In Jersey CITY
/, especially on the Jackson line from IN
a Iackawanna terminal 20 Bayonne, cleo
a trio light. telegraph and telephone wire
i got tangled and tied up the car servlo
n for hours. The same thing happened o
a the Springfield line In Newark,
The two lines running between Jerse
II city and Newark. tho Plank road and N
At Turnpike lines. could not run for thr'
Y hours in the afternoon and II was NJ
k until late In the evening that few cal
l. got Though,
D. All through Essex. Passalc and Vnio
l. counties the trolley lines suffered.
ir More than a hundred telegraph poles G
N the I.ackawanna lines went down und'
4 the weight of the sleet. Tn" MOTIFS an
Essex and the Boonton divisions sufrer'
N badly from broken wires and torn don
" poles. Trains were late II they q
IN through NJ all.
All the station lights between Hobokf
ie and Montclair on the Lackawanna we
ty out shortly after o'clock. These Ia
le been recently installed.
es The Pennsylvania Railroad also hi
at trouble with fallen wires and pole
he Traffic east OF New Brunswick TO Ne
T.. York and Jersey City was badly tied !
for this reason. Many signals wer" dow
Ne on this road too. Several trains q
10 stalled near Railway and a long line
stalled cars stood for hours out on 4
~ meadows. Trains ran anywhere fro
w twenty minutes TO an hour and hs
o. late
nd The Hudson and Manhattan tubes b
NJ tween Grove street, Jersey city, and Pa
place, Newark. ran no trains for an no,
at between and y o'clock last night. II
TX. third rail short circuited and after tn
80 trains were dftrsn minutes to three qua
d" ters Of an hour late.
Except for few lights In the ma