The New York herald., 1921-02-21
SNOW SCRAMBLES
TRAIN SCHEDULES
Cars Stalled for Hours on
Hampstead and Jamaica
Lines of l.. /. K. X.
LOCOMOTIVE Is DERAILED
Arrivals at Grand Central
Vary From 25 Minutes to
an Hour Late.

Tracks covered with hard packed
snowdrifts. and switches locked by Ice
and slush seriously hindered the op
Grafton of trains into New York city
during the blizzard yesterday. In
many instances, particularly on the
Hampstead and Jamaica divisions OF
the Long Island Railroad. trains were
unable to make any headway at all
against the binding snow and the big
drifts that had pushed across ths
tracks. Several trains were stalled for
two or three hours between stations.
and not train pulled into the Man
ha ttan and Brooklyn terminals on
time All day however. snow shovels
and gangs OF men worked at clearing
the tracks. and the railroads expect
to be able to handle the incoming
crowds of commuters this morning
with a minimum Of delay.
Several thousand commuters. fear
ing TO depend on the train service this
morning. came into New York and
spent last night in the city, crowding
the hotels to the point where IT was
almost impossible at midnight to OBJ
tain a room Many OF these people
were several hours coming TO the city
from points on Long Island.
Late yesterday afternoon the North
Shore division OF the Long Island road
was tied up. and passengers bound for
Port Washington and intermediate
points were compelled TO take the SUBJ
way TO Woodside or Corona. transfer
ring then TO the trolley systems that
were able TO operate. Others got homo
ty boarding the express trains at the
Flatbuch avenue station as this SER
vice was maintained without many
delays.
Tunnel Tram Blocked.
The delay To trains was result also
Of the snow wedging it's way into inter-
locking switches at the Jamaica yards.
the Sunnyside yards. the Whitestons
Junction on Flushing Meadows and AT
Winfield. \ derailment OF a locomotive
al II tower. near the Sunnyslde. yards
al y. NJ. held up number Of trains
The Pennsylvania Railroad was pre-
pared TO accept the full sunday schedule
OF Long Island trains AZ II tower. bu.
the deraiment and the delays caused by
drifting snow served az "a stumbling
block 20 tho westbound service through
the Pennsylvania tunnel
The suburban service on all roa ds IN
New Jersey was better than on Long
Island Tho Central Railroad OF New
Jersey announced that trains were run
ming Ave OF ten minutes late An on
cial said that the railroad was pre-
pared TO run all OF the usual daily COM
muter trains this morning rhe West
Shore reported its trains were nt,lc de-
laycd by the storm The Ponnsy.S ania
made an optimistic report % its New
Jersey service. Six hundred men were
put 10 work clearing the tracks cast Of
Newark
The !. and O'Clock trains sched-
ulcd 10 leave New York for Philadelphia
on the Pennsylvania we're annuilcd yea
terday and passengers waited for other
trains. Tran novemen; between .ha
two cities WIS said 70 ne exceeding
difficult No. SO, from 81. Lou \. arrived
two hours and seven minutes late ord
Chicago trains pulled into tho Pcnnsyl-
vania station about two hours atc
Other Western trains and trains from
the South arrived from twent, 10 thirty
minutes behind their scheduled time
Trains Are seut out.
Tho pcnnsylvan;a sent away the fo.-
loNin trains last night without encoun-
,ering very great difficulty In getting ~
equipment into the yards No. 81. Cor
st. Louis 30. %. the Chicago Limited
No 80. the Clevclander No. ise. tde
Richmond special: 80 40. tho Cape
Charles and Norfolk Noe II and 10.
PiitsburR ana. tie Southwest. No. 81.
the Iron city Express Nos l0i and 1903.
the mi0night train for Washington.
Tho r. VI. local train for Phiiadcl
phia left on time. but Il was expected
to hc late IN arriving at its dcstlna ton
N the Pennsylvania station u was re-
Torted that sixteen inch fall ~ snow
in West Phiiadelpha and throughout
Pennsylvania was causing delays. pas
sengcrs arriving ON late trains over the
I'ennsylvarla said Members OF the train
crews had been compelled frequently 70
leave the train and temove snow drifts
and ice from tho track with pick and
shove.
Tho Pennsylvania hurriedly organized