Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, February 13, 1901.
IN BLIZZARD'S GRASP.
Central and Northern New York Literally Snowed Under.
COLLISION AT STORM'S HEIGHT.
Freights Crashed Together at Jordan and Before Tracks Ware Cleared Two More Trains Struck Obstruction, Not Being Able to See Any Distance Ahead.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb.13.—Northern and Central New York are feet deep in the worst blizzard of the winter and in some respects in recent years. Over a territory extending from Rochester to Utica, and from Watertown to Ithaca, the wind is blowing a gale, and while it is not exceedingly cold, the fine snow driven by the wind makes travel dangerous.
In the cities snow plows and shovel gangs are keeping the streetcar tracks in semi-passable condition but in the country districts the roads are drifted to such depths that travel is practically impossible.
Specials to The Post-Standard from outlying towns say that worse conditions have never been known. In some cases communication with other villages, except by fire, is entirely cut off.
In Cortland county drifts 10 feet high are reported in the main roads and travel is impossible.
In the northern counties the same story is told.
Two freight trains on the New York Central railroad collided at Jordan yesterday morning while the storm was at its height. The work of clearing the tracks was delayed by the snow and before they could be stopped the limited fast mail from the east and a passenger train from the west crashed into the obstruction. Neither was seriously damaged.
Trains on all the roads are hours late.
Blizzard at Oswego.
OSWEGO, N. Y., Feb. 13.—A blizzard raged last night. The roads are badly drifted and railroad traffic is impeded. The wind blew at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
Snowstorm at Geneva.
GENEVA, N. Y., Feb. 13.—A severe snowstorm raged here all night. All incoming trains are late and the electric road from this city to Seneca Falls is tied up.
Train on E. & C. N. Y. R. R. tracks near McGraw, N. Y.
AN OLD FASHIONED BLIZZARD.
Plenty or Snow and the Wind Blowing a Hurricane.
Cortland has got a genuine old time blizzard on its hands. The experience is rather a novel one just now as a blizzard has become old fashioned. But it seems to have been gathering force all these years to descend upon the town with increased violence. It began snowing yesterday morning, and how it did snow all day long. By noon the wind came up and before night it was blowing a gale. The snow stopped falling about dark, but the wind kept increasing. The redeeming feature yesterday was the fact that it was not cold. But the mercury kept falling all night, and to-day the wind continues blowing at top notch, while the air is stinging.
The railroads are trying hard to keep open. Snow plows were run all night on the Lackawanna and Lehigh Valley roads. On the former the trains were not far behind the schedule, but on the Lehigh they have not fared quite as well. Snow plows went out from Cortland each way this morning. The train from Elmira found little difficulty till it came to the Swartwood hill. Then it came into the snow belt and the plow was needed to help it along. The train reached Cortland at about 11:20 A. M., an hour and a half late. The plow that went toward Canastota found a world of snow. One of the Lehigh men who has been on this road for ten years says he has not seen as much snow between here and Canastota at any time in the ten years as now. In Perkins' cut just beyond Rippleton the snow came even with the tops of the car windows. "With the tops of the windows, not the bottoms," said this man. The train from Canastota reached Cortland five hours late.
The snow seems to be in a belt, for north of Canastota and between that point and Camden there is not much snow and the Lehigh Valley trains are all running on time and without snowplows.
The E. & C. N. Y. R. R. is badly tied up. It has no heavy snow plows and has to depend on its engines and shoveling. A train left Cincinnatus this morning on time drawn by two engines. At 11:15 it was reported at East Freetown, and there it was at last reports, with a gang of shovelers.
The Traction company has been doing heroic work. The snow plows are kept busy and two trips between Cortland and Homer have been made with double headers. On other trips a single car has been able to go alone. The wind blows the snow in about as fast as snowplows and shovelers can get it out. The worst places on the Homer division are at the D., L. & W. crossing and near the Tisdale mill. On the McGraw division the worst places are near the Conable farms and Polkville. In other places the wind blows harder, but the track is somewhat elevated and it blows over. One trip to McGraw was made to-day with cars doubled. The cars are all kept running but are not on schedule time.
The country roads are drifted full and will all have to be dug out before people can get about much.
One lady called at the STANDARD office this afternoon and exhibited a woolen glove from which one finger was just about gone. "That blew away while I was coming along the street," was her astonishing statement. "I am afraid the rest of the glove will go on the way home."
But the weather forecast is fair and warmer. That will make all things better.
Erie & Central New York railroad between Cortland and Cincinnatus followed pink line on map.
SOUR MILK SUBSTITUTED.
Creamery Hand Pumped Wrong Fluid into E. & C. N. Y. Water Tank.
The Erie & Central New York Railway Co., whose tracks extend from this city to Cincinnatus, N. Y., a distance of about eighteen miles, is noted for the up-to-date method by which its business is conducted, but it was not till yesterday that the idea of generating steam from sour milk was put to a test. The experiment did not give satisfactory results, however, and the plan will be carefully avoided in the future.
The railroad company's water tank in Cincinnatus is kept filled by the pump in the creamery. Some one, in pumping into the tank what was supposed to be water, made a wrong connection and poured into the tank a quantity of sour milk from a vat in the creamery. When the morning train was being made up for Cortland yesterday, and the tank in the tender was filled milk was used instead of water, but the change in the character of the liquid was not noticed at the time. After the train had come some distance toward Cortland the engineer experienced not a little difficulty in getting water from the engine's tank into the boiler, and upon examination found that the milk which had become thick had choked up the passageway. With difficulty the train was run through to Cortland and the engine was cleaned of its contents by that time largely curd.
E. & C. N. Y. R. R. ELECTION.
All the Directors and Officers of Last Year Re-elected.
The stockholders of the Erie and Central New York Railway company met at the company's general office in this city this afternoon and re-elected the following directors for the ensuing year: I. H. Palmer, H. M. Kellogg, W. D. Tisdale. C. W. Stoker, H. P. Davis, L. N. Frederick, Charles O. Scull, F. M. Hall, G. F. McKeongh, H. C. Harden, J. S. Rosenthal and R. D. Lang.
At a subsequent meeting of the stockholders, the directors met and re-elected these officers for the coming year:
President—Chas. O. Scull.
Vice President—Lawrence N. Frederick.
Secretary—H. M. Kellogg.
Treasurer—W. D. Tisdale.
Attorney—Irving H. Palmer.
Executive Committee—Chas. O. Scull, F. M. Hall, R. D. Lang, J. S. Rosenthal and L. N. Frederick.
THE OLDEST COMPOSITOR
Born in Cortland County and Worked till She Was 82 Years Old.
The Syracuse Herald of Sunday noted the death of the oldest compositor in the state, Mrs. Amanda Hull, who died the previous week in Bath at the age of 82 years. Miss Hull was born in Preble, Cortland county, in 1819, and was for a number of years a teacher in the public schools, but for the last forty years had been a compositor in the office of the Steuben Courier which was owned and published by her brother, the late H. H. Hull.
DELEGATE TO ALBANY.
N. F. Webb to Represent Cortland County at Good Roads Convention.
Supervisor N. F. Webb of the town of Virgil left Cortland to-day for Albany as the sole delegate and representative of the Cortland county board of supervisors to the good roads convention of the state of New York to be held there on Feb. 14 and 15. Mr. Webb is the chairman of the committee of the board to purchase the stone crusher, screen, elevator and portable bin ordered by the supervisors at their last session for the use of the county in inaugurating the system of labor upon the roads by county prisoners. These have all been secured from the Climax Road Machine Co. of Marathon. This committee also has in charge the executive work of instituting this labor and getting it into operation. Inasmuch as it is all new for this county it will require no little matching and work. None of it, however, will be started till spring.
A very pleasing compliment was paid to Mr. Webb in the recognition by all of his constituents in the town of Virgil of his efficiency and worth as a supervisor by the omission of the Democrats to nominate a candidate for that office to be voted for next Tuesday at town meeting. Virgil has sent many good supervisors to represent the town in the years that are past, but it is conceded by all of the residents, regardless of party, that no one was ever more conscientious, painstaking, watchful and efficient than the present incumbent. While in some of the towns it is still an open question as to who will be the next representative on the county board, there is no such doubt in Virgil, for but one candidate will be voted for, and that will be Mr. Webb, the Republican nominee to succeed himself.
Ryan-Dennis.
Mr. Thomas Ryan and Miss Fannie Dennis, both of Cortland, were married this morning at 8:30 o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic church in the presence of just a few of their nearest relatives and friends. The best man was Mr. Roger Ryan and the bridesmaid was Miss Mayme Ryan, brother and sister of the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan took the 9:27 train south for a short wedding trip. After March 1 they will move to Cheningo.
Northrup-Gardner.
There was a very quiet wedding last night at the home of Mr. Wm. R. Weld, 115 Homer-ave., when Mr. Weld's niece, Mrs. Carrie L. Gardner of this city, was joined in marriage with Mr. Pharis S. Northrup of Homer. Only a few of the most immediate relatives were present. There was first a 6 o'clock tea and at its conclusion the marriage occurred, the ceremony being performed by Rev. W. Jasper Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Northrup went at once to their home in Homer which was awaiting them.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH CHOIR.
Program for this Evening at Taylor Hall will be Attractive.
The baseball fair was not as largely attended last night as it was the previous evening on account of the extremely disagreeable and stormy weather. The program was carried out as advertised, and was greatly enjoyed. The management is receiving merited praise for the excellency of each night's entertainment.
The program to-night will be furnished largely by the members of St. Mary's church choir, and will be first class in every respect. Pearson Bros. have very kindly offered to set the stage this evening with the best furniture their store contains, and so an attractive room scene is assured. The program in full for this evening is:
Grand parlor concert given by St. Mary's choir assisted by Arthur Williams, tenor, Herman Carver, basso.
PROGRAM.
Piano Duet, Mosskowski, Mrs. Lanigan, Miss O'Connell.
Baritone, selected, Mr. Walsh.
Violin, selected, Mr. LaFevre.
Quartet, Messrs Lanigan, Williams, Carver and Walsh.
Piano Solo, selected, Miss O'Connell.
Tenor—My Dreams, Tosti, John T. Byrnes.
Child Soprano, selected, Miss Lillie Mack.
Bass Solo—Bandolero, Stuart, Mr. Carver.
Quartet.
Free dancing, McDermott's band.
BREVITIES.
—To-morrow will be St. Valentine's day.
—Rehearsal of the First M. E. church choir at Mr. Bowen's studio this evening at 8 o'clock.
—The setting of the poles for the new Home Telephone Co. will be completed to-day to the city line of Syracuse.
—New display advertisements to-day are—M. W. Giles, Inventory sale, page 8; Burgess, Clothing, page 8; Palmer & Co., Bargains, page 4; I. W. Cudworth, Optical Talks, page 5.
—The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Kent Dorsey was held at the undertaking rooms of E. R. Wright at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. Robert Yost officiated. The remains were deposited in the vault at Homer.
—"This winter reminds me of those we used to have thirty years ago, when we had some snow in the winter," remarked a resident of Cortland this morning as he struggled with his shovel to remove the drifts from his sidewalk.
—A boy in Buffalo was killed on Sunday by an icicle which fell from the eave of the church he was entering to attend his Sunday-school. Icicles are now hanging from the eaves of nearly all buildings and constitute a serious danger. They should receive the attention of owners of property, and of the authorities.
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