New-York tribune., 1920-02-07

The men confined their efforts to
clearing away important crossings.
Although gang of 200 shovelers had
been at work ali of Thursday night
IN Harlem they had not succeeded in
making any appreciable impression on
the drifts that blocked sidewalks and
roadways yesterday morning when
Harlemites lett their home on their
way down town.
subway trains on both the Lenox
and Lexington Avenue lines were
hacked to capacity with those who had
turned from the elevated in despair.
occasional cars were run over the
various surface lines, but they did not
attract many passengers. AS soon as
one car had succeeded in breaking its
way through the snow and ice the CEN
necessltating twenty or thirty minutes
work before it could be sufficiently
cleared to resume it's trip.
No Cars on Staten Island
Five street cars. including two snow
Sweepers, stlll stalled in front of the
hudson Terminal Building at 5000
church Street, where they had been
for more than twenty-four hours
were typical of the transit situation
when Manhattan Island awoke yester-
day.
Early yesterday morning service on
the Second, Third. Sixth and Ninth
Avenue elevated lines had been prac-
tically suspended.
With train every now and then
creeping along at a snail's pace, there
were weird pyrotechncal displays re-
sulting from the contact of the
and there were continuous showers of
sparks falling into the streets.
- NO trains on the Staten IsIard, Rapid
Transit, steam road, or cars on the
lines of the Richmond Light and Rail-
ROAD Company were attempting to
maintain schedule. They were fight
lng their way through the snow as best
they could, moving whenever possible
and stopping when they had to.
Cars were operating at. infrequent
intervals on the Richmond Light and
Railroad lines between Mariners Har-
Dor and St. George, South Beach and
st. George and Castlcton line The
lines between Bulls Head and Port
Richmond and St. George and Silver
Lake have been suspended since yes
terday. Only a few buses were oper-
sating and they only on the Concord
hne and Westerleign Hills line On
both these routes they could proceed
much Of the way on the right of way Of
sweepers and plows
Scores of thousands of persons in
Brooklyn and Queens were again put
to serious inconvenience. For
while traffic was almost paralyzed
and officials of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company, the Brooklyn CITY
Railroad and the Long Island Railroad
were faced with the most serious traf-
fc conditions they have experienced
IN long period.
Labor Hard to Find
Deputy Street Cleaning Commits
sioner Michael Laura, of BROOKLYN.
said that only about 1900 men had re-
sponded to the advertisements for
men to clear away the snow.
The department. he said, could use
1000 The men were put to work i'm
mediately.
getting trucks to aid in the removal
of the snow. The city is being
divided into sections and the depart
ment is concentrating its efforts to
clear the principal streets of the
borough.
The effects of the storm on elevated
and streetcar traffic in Brooklyn were
worse yesterday morning than the day
before. The hail and sleet which fell
uuIluE thursday nlEnC AOQed greatly
to the difficulties of the transit prob
lem. Coatings of ice covered most of
the rails, particularly those of the ele-
waited and surface lines, and made
travel slow and tedious and, in many
instances, we'll nigh impossible Seri-
GUS delays marked the traffic on ele-
waited lines and, with the exception of
the Bay Ridge and Myrtle Avenue
routes, all were badly handicapped by
slippery rails. Conditions were ag-
grayated by overcrowding from the
surface trolley lines.
Later in the afternoon conditions i'm
proved and B. r. T. officials reported
almost normal service on q number Of
lines Every available plow and ma
chine was being utilized by the COM
panies to clear the roadbeds of the
various lines. On some of the surface
lines car crept by now and then. Such
cars were crowded to the doors and
passengers were hanging on to the
rear and front ends. The majority of
Brooklynites in the early morning hours
in particular were obliged to walk to
the Atlantic Avenue and Manhattan
subways.
Service on the Myrtle Avenue sub
way and the Myrtle Avenue and Bay
Ridge elevated lines was nearly nor
NAL, according to Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit officials. On the Brighton Beach
line service was entirely suspended in
the morning and an occasional train