New-York tribune., 1920-02-07
Finish of Storm
Predicted To-day
Blizzard, Mouing> North,
Expected to Release
Grip on Ne,o York

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-Relief for
the storm swept Atlantic seaboard is
in sight, according to Weather Bureau
officials, who predicted tonight that
the end of the three-day snowfall
might be expected by tomorrow night
at the latest.
With the storm area moving north
ward, New York may expect relief to-
morrow, the forecaster said. Snow al
ready has stopped falling in the South
ern group of states affected, and New
Englanders may begin to shovel snow
with some assurance that their labors
will not be in vain tomorrow night.
officials said
Clearing weather was indicated by
reports from the Middle West. Tenn
peratures will remain about the same.
Railroad operation throughout the
Atlantic seaboard region has suffered
seriously, according to reports re-
ceived tonight by Director General
Hines. Coastwise shipping, a neces-
sary link in the railroad transporta-
tion chain, was demoralized. Traffic
was virtually at a standstill at points
in New England.
Because of the gale sweeping Hamp-
ton Roads coal dumping has been neg
ligible to-day. Deliveries by water to
points in the East have been greatly
delayed.
Weather conditions have increased
the spread of influenza among railroad
employees, Director Hines was in
formed.
BOSTON, Feb. 6.-Whle New Eng
land set to work to-day to dig itself
out of the deepest blanket of snow in
years. Governor Coolidge took steps to
relieve the serious coal shortage threat
ening the section.
"The fuel situation is becoming
acute" the Governor said in a message
to Director General Hines protesting
against the Seizure by railroads Of
coal in transit destined for" New Eng
land points. "We are threatened with
disastrous shortage" he added.
With rain and snow falling THROUGH
out New England tonight, increased
transportation difficulties are in pros
pect unless moderate temperatures pre-
vent freezing. Little progress has been
made in restoring train schedules, and
it may be days before normal service is
resumed. Thirty-two trains stalled and
nine derailed was the report at the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Offices to-
night.
Many "blind" trains waited in sta
u.
but the engines did not come. They
had been dispatched to the rescue Of
stalled trains and tonight were re-
,rorted as somewhere in New Eng
land"
While vessels at sea have suffered to
some extent, the tie-up on land has
featured the present storm in contrast
to the gale of November, 1898, the last
similar severe disturbance. Instead of
the shipwreck of mariners, the story
this time has been that of passengers
stalled overnight in trains held by
snowdrifts; of others spending sleep
less hours in crowded waiting rooms
at railroad stations through a night
in which every hotel room, corridor,
hall, billiard room and one-time bar
was utilized to install cots or lay
blankets. Some trains caught in the
snow yesterday were still held fast to-
day. Special trains were dispatched to
carry food to the stranded passengers.
To get the city out from under it's
covering, city officials sent
out 1900 shovelers and offered ninety
cents an hour for more workers.
Worcesters plight was increased to-
day by the breaking of cable carry
ing the telephone wires. Transit was
demoralized.
MONTREAL, Feb. 6-All trains from