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trouble. and In many cases ran close
TO tcheduled time.
Telegraphic communication with the
South, particularly With virginia and
North Carolina, began to show that
something WAS wrong late Friday night.
ny yesterday morning both the Western
Union and Postal companies wcrc shut
IN from Richmond, Norfolk and nearby
towns. while. incidentally. tho curious
were tryins IN vain to lind out whether
the Prin1 Eitel Friedrich had mana ged
10 set away from Newport News. The
service was restored gradually late In
tho afternoon, but many poles we're stll
down last night at various points along
the line
Telegraphic communication with Gcor-
ia and Florida WAS not affected. as
messages for this part of the country
were stnt by way OF Pittsburr. avoid
ing tho stormbound coast states The
undercf Sund telephone cable connecting
Nav York. Philadelphia. Washington
and Baltimore wasn't affected 10y the
weather and tho aboveground telephone
wires connecting suburban towns with
New York stuck to their poles pretty
well. so even II one failed to get home
al least he could call up and tell how 1t
all happened.
The storm was so closely confined 10
tho seaboard that trains from the West
were little affected. New York Central
eastbound through trains got into pough-
keense on time and only fell behind
schedule on the rest of the trip down
the Hudson so for the most part they
came in about when they were due AS
ono railroad man expressed II last night.
II was getting "a little thick" out and
slight delays were TO be expected.
New SnOwploughs out.
The Pennsylvania trains likewise cx-
perienced no delay until they got TO
Washington. and through trains arrived
in tho Pennsylvania station here be-
tween fifteen and twenty minutes late.
The New Haven found its chief diff
Guilty between Providence and New York
and trains taking the shore route were
between thirty and nifty minutes late.
The knickerbocker Limited arrived at
Grand Central station twenty-five min
utcs late. On the other hand. trains
from Springfield were little affected.
Commissioner Fctherston sent out the
Street Cleaning Departments twenty
six snow ploughs-the new kind that
fastcn on the front of motor trucks
at 40 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
They were assigned 10 Fifth avenue
upper Broadway and the important
cross streets. These snow ploughs. first
used last winter. have n ten foot share
which makes a path seven feet wide
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the first
emergency shift of the Commissioners
snow lighters" was called out This
ehift has a nominal total of $4,000 men
and sll were at work within four hours
from the time the call was sent out.
Tho emergency shifts are made up of
partment for snow removal Jobs. There
are $1,000 names in all on the Commits
sioner's list and a good part OF these
men VIII have chance TO earn a
little money II the snow keeps up to-
cay
Tho $4,000 were scattered over Man
haitian. Brooklyn and The Bronx in
squads each under the foremanship OF
regular department sweeper or driver
and were put to work shovellng the
snow Into sewers.
The contractors men will he at work
in full force beginning AT o'clock this
morning. They were sent out late yes
tcrday afternoon from four stations to
make a start at cleaning up the section
south OF Canal street.
Wagon Checkers Busy.
The fact that the storm came on Sat-
Ufday was blessing to the Street
Cleaning Department and contractors.
for the thousa nds OF trucks and wagons
required can best be obtained IN Sunday
Commissioner Hartigan's checkers from
the Bureau of Weights and Measures
we're sent out last night to measure
the trucks which will be used to-day
and by this morning he will have 100
men al this work
The present storm is the third New
York has had since the fail The first
OF these was February 2-3, with a snow
faH or 4.5 inches. on March 81 the
second storm came with snowfall OF
IA inches. The nearest approach TO
such blizzard in April. as recounted in
the Weather Bureaus records. came on
April ?.l0. 1907 when 5.5 inches OF
snow was registered.
one thing the storm came too late "a
prevent New York from enjoying with
IT'S Easter was its flowers. These had
been brought into town for the most
part before the storm arrived and the
cut flowers which were not shipped un.
III the last minute got through all right
But the florists had their troubles in
Eett'ng their goods delivered to pur.
chasers. The condition OF the streets
slowed down their regular delivery ser.
vice and many delivery wagons and
automobiles became stalled
Inc Dig NorlstS hired whole fleets OF
taxicabs to supplement their own de,iv.
cry services and by this expensiv,
method hoped last night to have Their
deliveries all made by noon to-day. They
were further hampered by the new rule.
about bundles in the subway under
which delivery boys with even compare.
lively small boxes OF flowers were turned
back from III" subway entrances
Shoe stores were large benefic!aries I'M,
der the storm Business going New Yorl
generally had left home before II knew
~hat was coming. and as "A rule il die
not take its rubbers. So from nool
on. when the offices began turning GU
the homegoing crowds there was "A run
on every place whore rubbers could b,
bought, and many downtown stores solo
out their entire stocks IN tho more pop
ular sizes. Umbrellas also were in de
mand. but the whirlwinds which caugh
them at downtown corners discouraged
their now owners. who either folded
thsm M and stuck them under thei
arms--or wished they had done so be
fore II was ton late.
But tho unemployed we're the one,
70 whom the storm brought the mos
luck. The $1,000 men called for h,
Commissioner Fcthcrston came from THU
class. Three hundred Of thcs. were fur
Wished by Supt. Whiting OF the Municlpa
Lodging House. who saw that each ha'
-. heavy coat and mittens before he wen