The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-03
100000 COMMUTERS
DIDN'T GET TO TOWN
Blockade on Railroads Kept
Multitude From Offices
and shops.
ALL LINES WERE CRIPPLED
Service Never So Demoralizcd--
Worse Than Great Biz
zard Of 1888.
ALL LINES WERE CRIPPLED

Ns.-osd service was never 80 COM
;is,e,y demo-aiizei IN the memory OF
operating officials. Not even the blizzard
0: IS. p.ncaed so fe-cely
There was no such thing OF mos: OF
sac lines as through train service 20 or
:-Jn his city. An occas.ona. through
.r4.n. Ike the Twentieth Century Limited
@ n. New York Central ard tire Corr
g-e.soaal Limited on the Pennsylvania,
managed 20 creep in. bu: the former was
~ hours la.e and the latter ffteen.
n. crack flyers, TO, daring TO move
a5ag lacks str.y.n with the debris OF
zee storm, or because telegraph wires
we're down and they cOul. get no orders
stopped a, the most convenient stations.
livery lire reported par,.iyL-d suburban
service The best the railroads could do
Is; Night fo- the commuters was the
-g-ning % q few local trains irregulariy
sad uncertainty. The roads through New
Jersey and the Long Island Railroad
we're the hardest hit. The New York
Central ana the New York. New Haven
md hartford mad better luck. but II was
seshins 10 boast about.
Vacation for 100000.
The demands on suburban service were
reduced. however. because many thou
sssds o. commuters stayed at home. II
was estimated that more than 100000
men and women TOOK an enforced vaca-
ton from business In .ianhattan. AZ
east 10000 were unao.e 20 get TO their
Long Island or Jersey homes on Sunday
r.sa: or yesterday.
To the railroad officials one OF the
IU,t i-y.as features of the situation was
The p..snl o. passengers OF trains stalled
50 E-s ..f
Jersey northern New York and New
England There was fear that these
s.Scred from exposure or hunger. AND
.asre was no way to relieve anxiety ne
cause telegraph and telephone lines were
down
Bad a. conditions were for passenger
.-ss!c. they we're worse a. affecting the
el,ys food supply. The milk trains were
halted by the storm and the big milk
corce-rs. which receive 100000 quarts
cA,y from the dairtes Of New Jersey and
IhS State. lost at least so per cent OF
tAs- supply. They had to fall back on
emergency stores and they made point
Of supplying families with babies. hospi-
tAis or houses where there were sick per
sons and Institutions. The supply OF poul-
~. eggs and country produce fell on
sesv.ly.
Prom all OF these distressing condi-
tons, touching 5000. 900 people in one way
or another. there WAS no promise last
n!ght OF general relief within two or
three days. !. will require that much
ems for the railroads to restore as
mahtl.d signal service and to free track
Ase from dr!fted snow and fallen teie-
Caph poles.
Tie Pennsylvania Railroad resumed
through train service at 80 O'Clock last
niSht but all trains were subject to Do
ay
pr,A.Lt,. -. ....,. .,.x. a0>,t>a nv
ne troubles OF the Long Island Railroad
han BY the misfortunes of any other
Inc Upwards OF 10000 commuters were
cut on from the city. On every division,
except that 70 Port Washington. service
vas .npossl ole yesterday morning because
Of frozen switches. interrupted telegraph
oninunication and drifted snow. Trains
ust were stalled on Sunday night had
70 stay whore they were for hours. There
vas 10 attempt until noon TO run train
between New York and the distant point
or the main line.
The blockade held fast on both the
North and south Shore divisions unit
eariy afternoon, when service was re
Ehed Several trains, lost In the drifts
we're rescued
President Peters and traffic ofRiciall
ad last night that service would DO prac
ueally normal this morning save on tn
Long Beach branch. Engines were san
out last night to buck the drifts on tina
t'anch. Eastward on Long Island ther'
vas rain Instead OF snow.
Three Trains stalled ~ Hsuss.
Three trains which were stalled a
"oodhaven at midnight on Sunday re
NAMED there until p. n. yesterday.
Conditions improved last night a r.
Yards service from the Pehnsylvania Sta
t"n and the Flatbush avenue station !
'ams.ca Trains were run on schedui
approaching normal.
The Long Island Railroad had lars
lorce OF extra men at work all last nigh
vH'e'als believe that conditions VIII .
much Improved this rhorninr PROVIDE
y Sother storm doesn't come along. ~
70 1"s Pennsylvania RaAlSoaA nd not 80
GNennpt 70 send q train out OF New Tor
taa, 40 o'clock last night. All throo9
ssrrics went by the hoard. and save q
s'e~ trains running out Of the termins
~ Jersey City there was no suburban ~
wee The last train to leave the rennsy
van'a station until the Phila6slphis.P!
s'ne express was despatched iase nigi
~ the Philadelphia express. when J!
} Haex in a snow PIE somswhsss shss -
" PhNa deiphia.
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