Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-02-21
many At WORK
WITH SHOvELS
City Gets to Work Digging
Out of Heavy Snow FaIl
That Ties Up All Traffic.
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This Section Isolated During
Worst Part OF Blizzard and
Traffic is Still Tied Up.
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have cars i'm operation between this
city and New Brunswick tonight
No hour for resuming the service
could be given. The track up to Tie
present time has been cleared of
snow from New Brunswick 10 Me-
tuchen junction and from Perth
Amboy TO Fords Corner. No cars are
operating between this city and
South Amboy and none OF the South
Amboy cars are in operation as yet
Al bus lines are again n cpc<z-
ton. the last one to GO into service.
being the busses from this city 70
New Brunswick. the first bus TO make
the through trip left this city ~
1905 O'Clock. The Roosevelt slina
is I'm operation as Is also the South
Amboy line. Buses were kept IN
operation over the South Amboy run
all night In order to keep the road
open.
This section of the country had IL
first real snow storm of the winter
over the week end. twenty-hour
snow fell resulting in traffic by
train. trolley. automobile and boat
being more or less demoraiized.
Commencing with small furry ri
fine snow shortly before midnight
SATURDAY AhN SUI AAf <'fQlt III
creased in intensity the Wi i came
up and the temperature cropped
Although about twelve inches Of
snow fell during the night and yes
terday, the strong wind caused
drifts to heap up in many places
/ several feet high. while in other
spots the ground was cleared OF -
snow.
street Commissioner Antonio r.
Munoz started to tackle the big job
with an extra force of men and VA
CONS about o'clock yesrerdsy
morning. confning their efforts &c
the business streets of the city. The
snowfall was so heavy. however. tina.
their work was almost for naught
In the afternoon still more men
and teams were started and the work
of CLEARING cutters about sewers and
clearing paths from corner to corner
along many of the streets was COM
menced. The two scrapers were put
/ into use and worked not only during
the day. but all night as well-
This morning veritable army of
unemployed besieged the street CONF
missioner's Office. looking for jobs at
shoveling snow. About 500 add
tional men were hired. given a shovel
and assigned to the different groups
working in various parts of the city.
These men are receiving forty
cents an hour.
In former years a majority OF
1 those applying for these jobs of re-
moving snow have been of the lab
4 oring class. many of whom were for
eigners. This year, however. owing
( to the fact that many of the factories
have laid OF men. finds many skilled
craftsmen and industrial workers
I glad to secure something to do. ap-
I plying for the jobs.
The storm did not interfere to any
great extent with the operation OF
trains on the New York & Lons
| Branch railroad. which trains use
! the Central Railroad of New Jersey
! tracks through this city. The trains
I from Point Pleasant and other
points south on the Central and
4 New York & Long Branch railroads
4 to New York yesterday. were only
/ from ten to twenty minutes late
1 and today are running about on
I time.
Trains from New York yesterday
( on the Central were operating on
/ time, but the Pennsylvania trains
were from thirty 10 thirty-five min
! utes late. due TO the snow blowing
I in the switches at Manhattan trans
1 fer. Some of the Central Railroad
/ of New Jersey trains from points on
/ the Atlantic City and Lakewood di-
/ vision were being pulled by two en-
4 gines.
The Jersey Central Traction COM
/ pany. which operates trolleys from
/ this city to Atlantic Highlands, Red
/ Bank, keyport and Matawan, was
+ completely tied up this morning.
4 Only one car was in operation and
/ this was running between Matawan
station and Keyport. The snow
4 plow was at work. however. and IL
was thought traffic would be re-
sumed over the entire system TO-
I day.
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