Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-02

Gave of the Winds" 1t was almost
impossible to cross 1t during the
night. The force of the storm which
howled through the railroad yards
and ovNr the bridge broke many OF the
lisht shades on the bridge.
Telegraph communication with New
York and Philadelphia was very un-
certain; few wires remaining open.
The railroads are having their great
est troubles on the New York and
Philadelphia divisions of the Pennsyl-
vania and on the Reading between
here and Allentown. The middle divi-
sion is drifted in some places, and on
the Philadelphia division at Downing
town drift nine feet high Is re-
ported. Trains are running from one
to fourteen hours late, and some. OF
night came in at noon. They were
showed up between New YORK and
Philadelphia.
Extra Signal Men
An extra corps of signal men is doing
duty at Rutherford, Enola,. Marysyille
and Harrisburg yards, with instructions
to keep the signals in WORKING oroer.
Trainmen were also ordered to take
special precautions and to sienal py
run slowly and not faster than ten
miles an hour unless the tracks were
clear ahead
Rockville Bridge at time. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Is having most Of Its
trouble between Harrisburg and New
York. It was almost noon pet9Te p" PIe r,,s the
burg to-day.
Relief Train Stalled
On the Reading the workmens re1ef
train was stalled near Rutherford for
time. Those on night turn who were
not ordered to remain on duty, came to
Harrisburg two hours late. The Read
L. Ia1a an y llf
and Reading and on the other branches.
Between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh
the Pennsylvania Railroad Is running
trains by the block system, one train at
a time and at very slow speed. NO at
tempt will be made to pick up schedule
time until the blizzard has passed, the
tracks cleared OF snow. and the drifts
eliminated from the cuts. Only perish
able freight will be moved until further
orders.
Travelling Men Held Up
Hundreds of travelling men operat-
ing from this city weer held up to-day
by the storm and few left for their
various fields of operation. Cars and
trains ordinarily crowded with drum
mers were almost empty. Liverymen
reported that those men who drive
into the country districts from Harris
burg made absolutely no calls to-day
for teams.
Officials of the Philadelphia division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad say the
storm resulted in the worst tie-up in
several years. While most of the
trouble is on the New York division,
trains from Philadelphia We're held up
awaiting New York connections. EX-
press trains due here this morning at
6 o'clock, which bring large supplies
of bread to local dealers, had not
reached Harrisburg at noon.
READING TRAINS HELD UP
Harrisburg passengers en- route
from New York to Harrisburg, via of
Allentown and Reading, due here at
1910 last night, were held up between
Reading and Allentown and reached
Harrisburg at 4.30 this morning. On
the New York division there are many
snow drifts and several trains were
cancelled. Between Harrisburg and
Reading several freight trains were
stalled which helped in making traffic
slow.
The Cumberland and Northern Gen.
tral lines were hard hit by the tsorm,
but trains were moved more regularly.
At the Philadelphia offices of the
Reading railroad at noon to-day the
following information was given out.
No trains are running between
Philadelphia and New York since late
yesterday except between Philadelphia
and Trenton.
THE Bethlehem branch was opened
at 10 a. m. Trains are running be-
tween Philadelphia and Reading. The
road to Harrisburg, Shippensburg and
gettysburg has not been blocked. The
line between Philadelphia and Potts
vile and Williamsport was opened at
1890 a. m.
The road to Atlantic City is open.
Telegraph and telephone lines are
prostrated, but the company expects to
have all lines open by tonight"