New-York tribune., 1918-01-30

Hstrous Hoods on branch lines of tho
1 chesapeake Ohio Railroad in Kan
awha, GuNandct and Big Sandy Field
Dispatches stated that the damage al
hardly be repaired before the end OF
the week.
Miners Shovelling Snow
! Eleven hurdrcd miners IN the West
| Virginia coal fields were working yes
terday, Impressed into snow-Shovclinc
service. All lines in these fields have
suffered cons sderably from high water
Reports stated that the main line of
the Norfolk & Western had been
washed out at several points on the
Pocahontas division.
Movements into coal fields in that
district were suspended temporarily
carly in the day, but it was stated it
was expected to resume them late YES
terday afternoon. Branch lines and
many mine tracks will be out Of SER
wee for two or three days.
In the Pennsy ylvania anthracite dis
trct. where coal regions and nearby
classification yards were buried under
deep snow, almost superhuman efforts
were made to restore transportation to
something approXinating normal Min
crs were impressed into service as
SiIci SSHCS tIGCk ldDOrCGS.
$4,000 Men Clearing T.. X. X.
An official statement issued las
night from the New York Offices of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. which had
been completely paralyzed both in
passenger and freight service. stated
that force Of $4,000 men had been
at work all day long clearing tracks
and sidings OF the snow that fell
Monday. About 10000 men worked
on the main line between New York,
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh The
others were divided between the
Southern Division and the various
branches
Of this great force 1900 were extrs
men hired for the emergency. The
regular laborers were augmented bv
forces of signal men. carpenters and
machinistS
AS result, the Pennsylvania an
nounccs its main line running tracks
were opened up by sundown last night,
with the exception Of half-mile
stretches on the east and west ends
Of the tunnel on top Of the Allcghanv
Mountains. This tunnel. which lies
on the pittsburgh division Just west
or the Horseshoe Curve. was opened
and closed alternately by tremendous
at TINS point topped eighteen feet.
Service Almost Normal
Passenger service, which was slashed
on Monday. was reported almost nor-
NAL last night. Trains from philadcl.
pima were arriving here on time.
Western trains pulled into New York
from tive to six hours late.
Freight movements were resumed
yesterday, the statement announced. in
short trains on the Pittsburgh division.
Some bltuminous coal was reported
moving East on the middle divisior.
The anthracite coal movement was re-
ported fairly good on the Monongahela
and Sunbury divisions and in the
Schuylkill.
New York Central Traffic
The New York Central reported that
Western trains arrived here yesterday
from five to six hours late Upstate
trains reached the terminal here two tc
three hours late. The Lackawanna re
ported normal passenger service. The
New York. New Haven & Hartford re-
ported New England trains coming in
from twenty minutes to two hours late.
The storms damage 10 freight
movements was shown in Yesterdays
figures for the Eastern district There
were 64.286 loaded eastbound cars he'll!
up, showing an increase of 1880 as
compared with the day before. East
bound cmptics were held UP to tho
number of l0,3S6, an increase of 2.15G.
The number of stranded loaded west
bound ears was 2S.S02, .726 more than
the day before. The Western cmpties
numbered nD tol an incroosn Of o.