The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-03-03
Heavy Snow Driven by Terrific
Gale Tears Down Telephone,
Telegraph and Electric
Wires---AIl Street
Lamps Fail.
FIRE ALARM CRIPPLED
HORSES FOR APPARATUS

MOrrlStnWn Is -StTlVlhS " ioSo.S
from the paralysis following the Diiz-
zard that devastated the country sun
day night. While other places SUI
fered greatly Morristown on Monday
found itself crippled in many ways.
Sunday night the town was IN DARK.
mess bseause of the shutting aown VI
the Mgrris & Somerset Electric Com-
pany's plant after a large part VI l.s
overhead construction mad oeen .ern
down Inv the wind and snow. Tnere
has been no trolley service since sun
adayzafternoon, many of the streets are
aI,nost impassible from drifts and
from the limbs of trees torn down by
,thp gwind and the fire department IS
hammered by the snow and by some OF
,,tIa,tfire alarm boxes being out of COM
mission because OF = aerial lines
heing broken. The. r, bell, too,
has been. out of commission.
MANY people returning home sun
aav night were forced to spend the
night in the railroad station, their
only light being from few stable Ian
terms hastily impressed into service
there being no gas in the buildings
The Morris and Somerset Electric
.,Comnany and the New York Tele-
sphone Company suffered the most
NEARLY all of their wires going down.
About the Park where the telephone
wires are in underground conduts ls
Z the only place where service WaB
maintained. The trunk lines carry
ing the long distance are completely
out of business. The telephone com
many has all of it's linemen repairing
these as the break ties them up pe-
tween New York and Chicago. rover
has been shut off by the MOTIFS ana
Somerset and will not be turned on
until a temporary line is strung. Inc
whole town is dark, those stores
which have no gas being forced 10
close. 80
The fire alarm system is not SO
badlv affected. superintendent Oh
the Fire Alarm Frank e. Plerson mas
ali the boxes with underground con-
nection working, those with aerlal
wires being the only ones out OF serV-
;ca The tower bell in the court
bouse which sounds the alarms is not
working and the Methodist Churcn
hell will be rung instead Chief OIL
the Fire Department w. +. Day mas
sacured from Sturgis Brothers pair
of, hob-sleds and from John 1. hltter
n team and houses the outht III tne
Resolute Hook & Ladder co. mouse Oh
Sneedwell avenue, where there are
stables. The sledsl are equipped WIN
Eve hundred feet of hose and some
ladders and extinguishers and VIII
answer all alarms. The automobile
anparatus will not go except Wl'hln
short radius of the park. Ihe cnlel
has also ordered that no chimney hres
will he answered until the roads are
better. The auto chemical answered.
an alarm for a chimney nre at me
house of oliver Show on Willow street
sunday night to find on arrival tne
fire was out. Com
The Morris County Traction COM
many nut a new through service scneo-
nle into effect Sunday morning. De,
tween Maplewood and wharton anu
kent the same going until three p. III.
Inspector Joseph Prout and tne con-
ductors were stranded mere Sunuay
night and spent the night IN roiice
Headouarters. A car was stallea oi
Seendwell avenue at Lake roau win
four passengers aboard. A llVeryman
brought them and the car crew pach
in a sleigh. to,,+
The post Office carriers were ABOUT
as usual the delivery of the mall hos
being hindered. 80 ro-
The police received NUMBER ol re-
.norts about fallen trees ana wires
and reported the same to their proper
departments. - - +rao+
A tree opposite y Flagler street
hlew down striking the house Oh MAI
fin Cutter next door. Inc Wea.nel
boards were broken but no serious
damage was done. A.. ho
A shutter blew through the snom
window of Louis Kllmme, .aiioi NJ NJ
Park place, shattering the glass. No
one was hurt. ,r,,11oob
avenne and Madison street blew
across the porch roof OF tne Tesiueno ,et.o,.
of T. j. Callahan breaking the laS1sz J ~
down. asa
some time during Sunday afternoon
the bisr. smokestack on the Morris and
somerset plant on Cole avenue blew
OH No damage was done the roof.
A Buffalo train on the D., l.. q w.
railroad cut the trunk line cable OF
the New York Telephone Co., which
was hanging low.
Some of the reports made to the po-
lice during Sunday and Sunday night
were. cornice of the burned Lyceum
building fell, police built a barricade
about this; a telephone wire fell
across the live trolley feed wire at
Speedwell avenue and Speedwell
place; telephone and electric light
poles down at Water and Spring
streets; wires down on most all the
streets; trolley wire fell across troll
lev feed wire opposite Smith & Fos-
ter's, Speedwell avenue; tree fell
acrnss James street; tree down on
Elm street near South street; tree in
Memorial Hospital yard blew across
sidewalk; trees down on Morris street,
South street opposite Pine, Washing
ton street near Atno avenue, in the
Park Another tree in the Park was
sagging and a barricade was placed
about it by the fire department. The
Resolute's hose wagon was pressed
into service by the sewer department.
Power was shut off the trolley wires
at four-ffteen Sunday because OF the
danger with telephone and telegraph