Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-04

Central trains for several hours this
morning as a result. This necessi-
tated further delays At the local
headquarters of the Pennsylvania
little was known concerning the
trouble except that there was be-
lieved to be a washout somewhere
about Woodbridge The agent In
charge stated at about 10 o'clock
that the e:e8 O'Clock train had not
left the Perth Amboy station at that
time.
Word from Woodbridge reached
here at 1850 o'clock this morning,
stating that the .lrst Pennsylvania
train had just passed through. Troll
ley service between Woodbridge and
Railway and between this city and
Woodbridge was stopped curing the
greater part of the morning. Floods
over tracks and wsshouts md axsha
line impossible at many
There were floods over tbs. trraaA1 - at
Sewaren as we'll as in Woodbridge
prope- at Maurer. and the food un-
der the three Lehigh Valley bridges
on State street was so severe as to
make the street absolutely impassa-
BILE at that point except by boat The
water rose as high as six feet in
places at one time and for the great
er part of the morning ii measured
at an average depth of four feet. A
grey automobile became stalled therl
from O'Clock until almost noon to-
day The water rose SO high about
1t that the license numbers could not
be seen.
Trolley Traffic is Maintained.
Through activity on the part of
local trolley officials, service was
maintained between this city and
Keasbey, and an occasional car pass
ed between this city and Metuchen
this morning. There was serious
washout over the trolley tracks near
Bonhamtown, and because of this
and smaller washouts there was no
service between this city and New
Brunswick for several hours. The
track between this city and Keasbey
was cleared quickly and cars operat-
ed over that territory and up State
street. Because of the food under
the Lehigh Valley bridges passengers
had to transfer from one car to an
other on both the local and Newark
services.
Damage to telephone and electric
light wires in and about the city was
extensive. The most severe toss in
that line occurred throughout the
southern section and parts whers
trees abound In large numbers.
Large and small trees and hundreds
of limbs fell during the night and
early morning hours. breaking down
wires City Electrician Jay B.
FRANKIE was on the watchout at an
early hour this morning. He and the
police kept the Public Service noti-
fed regarding fallen. dangerous
wires. Superintendent Chamberlain
and two linemen were out in an auto
mobile from an early hour this morn
ing, cutting and hanging up ele trio
lines, so as to prevent injury to Pc
destrianas The New York Tele-
phone Company had about hundred
lines out Of working order this morn-
ing as result of damageo wires
Large repair gangs of both the Pub
lie Service and New York Telephone
companies are out making repairs IA
fast as can be done.
The bulkhead in front OF the Par
ker property on Water street between
High and Lewis streets, now oceu-
pied by w. B. Pratt was undermined
by the heavy flow of water from the
streets and the pounding of the
waves. E. j. Warnings sailboat was
battered up against the bulkhead In
front of his property adjoining W. b.
Pratt's and more or less damaged.
1t is now totally submerged. Tho
trees in that immediate vicinity suf-
fered greatly, many being entirely
uprooted and others having bia
limbs broken off. A large tree In the
yard of Anton Jensen at High and
Water streets was blown out against
the house doing some damage.
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