The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-02-06

Fulton Street line were running at
irregular Intervals an hour and half
behind their schedule. What few su--
face cars were running we're jammed.
To add to the confusion, motor and
horse drawn trucks by the hundred
got stalled in tho car tracks, causing
constant delays The bus service
proved OF little assistance in handling
the crowds, becoming stalled almos!
as frequently as the trucks.
Practically no elevated trains were
operated over the Williamsburg
Bridge and there were few, II any,
New York Railways tpolleys. The
Brooklyn cars on the bridge. were
iammed TO such an extent that the
police reserves from the Bedford
Street station had To be called to
prevent a stampede.
Service on the Brighton Beach
Elevated was practically suspended
at IL o'clock last night, only one or
two trains coming from Coney Island
to Manhattan since that hour and
these requiring three or four hours to
make the trip. The tie-up resulted
when the power shoe OF train at
the Sheepshead Bay station got out
OF order and stalled the train until 2
A NJ. This caused the tracks and
third rail to become heavily coated
with snow and sleet No trains on
this line were observed in operation
between 4 and Z o'clock this morning.
The bulk of the eHrly-to-work Flat
bush traffic was dumped on the
! Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue and
! Smith Street cars. Thousands were
unable TO get to work. Others were
forced to walk miles before they could
| get on a trolley or bus.
Cars on tho st. Johns Place line
I i. 90 N,pN
! to sixty minutes. The service wrs
| further paralyzed between and s
o'clock by the collision at Washington
and Atlantic Avenues of a big moto!
truck and a bus crowded with pas
/ scngers. The front of the bus was
smashed. but no one was seriously in
jured.
At the Atlantic Avenue subway ter
minal there was a jam of more thou
sands, with trains running far behind
their normal schedule. Work-goers
splashed around in muddy water and
slush UP TO their ankles on the station
platforms.
with but two exceptions trolley
service on the North Shore OF Ions
Island has been completely tied VI
since yesterday afternoon. The eX.
ceptions are the Steinway branch o
the New York and Queens County
Railroad Company and the shuttle
service operating over the Queens.
bOro Bridge TO the 34th Street Ferry
Two cars OF the Manhattan ant
Queens Traction Company ran from
Long Island City to Jamaica this
morning, The Corona and Astoria
branches of the subway and elevated
lines were running on fairly gooC
time, but the II. r. T. service L
Flushing was completely tied up
Staten Islanders who yesterday
thought they never had seen the Dor.
ough so PROSTATE, changed thell
minds to-day, when only about 6,00j
OF the Islands $4,000 commuters wert
able TO break through and get tC
New York,
There has been no attempt at troll.
ley service at staten Island since tho
night before last. The municipa
buses, which began petering out yes.
terday, today were helpless before
the snOwdrifts.
Service on the Staten Island RapiC
Transit Railroad was so reduced tina
hundreds, after waiting an hour OF
two on the platforms OF village rail
road stations turned about and won
home, Instead OF the flfteen-mlnutl
service OF ordinary rush hours, trainl
were an hour or more apart Th'
result was, for example. that NOR
than one train leaving Tottenvllla y
the south was jRmmed TO chpac't!
before It made lts second stop on TIT
way TO 81. George.
Municipal ferries wero ton o. hfteeI
minutes behind their schedules. PrRc
tlcally the entire island WAS withou
street lghts last night This morn
lnE poles were down and in SOM
places tho roadway was "A network o
wire, Tho light power was shut CT
to prevent trouble from fallen wires
II was said the borough Is short o
coal and that because OF condition
I In the coal yards, tho mon are unabl
to get motor trucks TO the coal banks
; Streets OF Cnnsy Island wen
hoOdei this morning, The work o
, relief was handicapped because o