New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-14
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LieCEFACrIos.- New y ork yesterday was in a state
Of liquefaction On Saturday evening, about nine
o'clock, the snow commenced falling with promise OF
another heavy coat in addition to that of the previous
Saturday, which had remained nearly intact for week
when the storm commenced il was pretty cold, and
about al irch Of fine snow fell without much wind
At IL O'Clock II blew hurricane from the eastward
AT O'Clock on Sunday morning the storm turned to
rain, which for time fell rapidly, turning the new
SLOW to ice on the sidewalks and putting the old snow
into state Of solution that furnished an amount OF
water entirely beyond the wants of the people. For
tunately the rain ceased about o'clock so that the
excess OF water beyond the power of discharge from
tie streets was not very great. True, great many
people bad to turn out and cut open the street cutters
TO save their Easements from being flooded
We noticed great many places in the Fourteenth
Ward where the water had no other channel down the
street than the sidewalk the food in many instances
kept out Of the cellar ways by dikes of In one
place in Mulberry street the whole current poured
down the stairway leading to the cellar Of stable
that the owner had neglected. In the First and
Second Wards the condition OF things Is worse per-
haps than in any other part Of the city unless in the
Eleventh Ward, where the surface is very level. If
the snow continues to melt slow y and constant vigil
snce i exercised TO open the CUTTERS may escape
without serious damage. For preventing such dam
ace the MAYOR has ample authority Let him send
pertmptOry orders 10 every policeman to enforce the
clearing OF cutters without q single exception. Let
u, zee If there is any official power in the city.
In some OF the narrow streets which are
entirely occupied with tenant-houses, the snow is
piled from curbstone to curbstOne, three or four fee
bigb to which is added the ashes OF week. This
uess the tenants cannot as to open the gut
te,s In many cases the tenant IS poor widow, with
destitute and helpless family. In such cases the
work must be done aud it must be done at the eitys
expense or else the ofcs must compel the landlord,
al not the tenant 10 open the CUTTERS. rain now
will produce immense suffering sudden freezing
I'D will be equally disastrous, for It Will shut up all
the channels 50 that the water of subsequent thsw
cannot find it. way TO the sewers.
A good many people had TO turn out on Sunday nom-
rg 10 clear the roof. The OF Friday melted the
STOW partially, and the water settled down toward the
cutters and then froze solid four or hye inches
thick. stopping up the outlets, 30 that when the ram
ftu this morning il stood III reservoir Until II could
fnd hole through the tin and down through the roof
into the bed Of some late Sunday morning sleeper.
People should look to their roofs to-day. Hthey allow
the mass Of wet snow to remain and freeze again,
they gll probably wish they had taken our advice.
MANY of the crossings were yesterday nearly impss-
sable for females II the thaw continues to-day they
viii be quite 60 Nothing but long lines of semihqud
dark coored suid viii be seen, in place Of our late
excellent sleghpaths, and the streets viii be almost
impossible FOR u.sn, beaet, or vehicle.
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