The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-02
CONDITION. or YHE CITY.

COmDlIWN 0P 1HE CITY,
Good EAects or the Stos m in New York-Thc
Thaw In tho CITY HaIl-AM tho Ferries
Rrnninx Once IOrc-Frszen Fly drants and
Fire Plugs, c<aa Apparatus to Thaw the-'
out, 60, DO.
Febru.ry has oornueaoed dsiighsaIly, and yssss<
day Is toto considersd foretssse OF what We may on
pect In the future New Yoakers should hail It with re
ocng thank tina, all te months are nos
unprop.sous Ja1uayy has been for tho Lass tive
years Yesterday Mid and p,essArt, and thsro was
indication Of the approach OF spring IN the air. shax
exceedingly sgreoAbie after the rough winter
weather have recently experienced.
After winter ram storm .Iour latitude u
snap OF colo her the moisture sp
proprates vass quantities Of salorc which, in the form
Of snow II wculd Nhrow or In the nvoiutiou or .ss
latent heat hut this sto' has been followed by
freezing point. A cold snAp would hovo been gress
misfortune as 70 would have resulted o0pgealing be
lakeo OF hawed ce and water that spread over Ne
city, and thus have made pcdestrianism impossible
But notwithstanding the closing up of tho CUTTERS and
cuvers the oe water found many vents, and the city s
the better for the sorm Hd two thousand collars beos
spent Saturday by the authorities In opening chansss
for the water Off the city wcald be almost entirely
clear OF ce, as H. It's volume has been materially
reduced.
8The City Hsll people compelled TO suigor not t
Ito by the faaw The snow, which had accumulated -
the deptL Of tho roof bf the City Hail. wAs
melted by the rain, and as the ceilings were eAky, sns
water ioud is way through every in tho building.
drenohng the poor clerks soc occupation durnG
the day dodgns the drops anu moving from pla0s
to place to OF the vsy Of the deuge Word ~ss
sent 10 the keeper Mr., Taylor to stop tho Leak bss
application to the of and Supplies
tbaxu rtia,a daclf lfped- tfs
would pay bills Here prsty state Of affairs
]. WAS impossible walk through tbs Hall without
umbrella. All the rooms soaking wet and ths
Governors room with all ts nno paintings was dsugsd
with water yet bsd aay authority to repair the
Iesks because Mr. Pagg would not pay the bs At lASf
poor waterlogged clerks made spphoston TO Mr. Ma
thanlei Jarvis Clerk OF the Common Pieas, aud haf
unctopsry told Mr. Taylor to repair abe building end
bills him. and he would ,Iuss to the honor
OF the CITY to pap them. Tne LEAKS accord iusly
stopped Mr. Jarvis expense. In addition TO tho osher
troubles OF poor clerks pay day but the Ooap
troler refused bes, known 10 himself
TO give them their money, md they ~ent home cold
wet and perniless.
The Common Council sits sht, they ought 70
provision preserve pictures In tne Go
vernors room; tho wafer has percolstcd through he
ceiling for tho last week, and the carpets rosfnu,
while the portraits moro or Tess Injured.
Or Saturday night the Brooklyn ferry boats found muoh
difficulty In getting Across and Of the Fulton ferry
boats hour IN crossing Tho change OF ude
took all the Ice again. and yss,erdsy
toler.bly clear, especially Busernns channel whom
has been frozen acroas for nearly q month rhs
Hamilton ferry boats recommended running ycssss
day morning, ater having been irozon In for tweots
for thousands OF South Brooklyn psople who have
been srievousy oy tue stoppase OF TN
ran yesercsy with yreser regularity Than ,hey have
heretofore displayed his winter, ibough there wn
much ice IN the river during the Afternoon
One ci the unpleasant, results % the cold has beaa
the freezing OF the water pipes all tho city fus
tsrsy h,,ngs winter homo 70 every family u Al, srsss
plumbers, who pot the pipes IN the ground In suoh
q manner tnst they must Desds frecss 90 ihs
several feet Though spaces and then thor
TO freeze, for they 70 be surrounded oy ssy
substance, ffoZsn earth water would keep run
ming. HousekeepcYs shoul1 therefore remember shss
tho freezing nrs, In the expose part of the
pipe which sp.rii lamp would melt. tho 100 foe
he frst twenty tour bours Is drft. resembling
"mush." and does not harden Tor n day or two. The
Croiou Water Department should some regulation
aaout this matter, ana allow ppcs 20 be plsoed
In the ground go carelessly Al least thcy
from the mains 10 the street. Annexed give
from Philadelphia newspaper, describing 90 sppNss1a
Tor ih.wiDg out pipes which night be tried advaa-
Ise oonvsnce used for the purpose OF boiler
s ss s sSs % Ss PaO w tss S o SSrIar Prepares
camphene and s,e.m thus generated N es mnn.es Tss
in end The c;her hose TO witch long branch pip. sppeA
The of from pounds 10 Ia
inch, and few minutes the heoorne~
ted and the water flows This a-r'aned By the cold
rushnH the plug into the boiler The heat Of tns
iron plug and pipes Ia great ~ completely dry -
wbish usually pNscsd Rrounc hn pipes OF the piss.
In The cold 1he shOle apparatus uotAbe esl
aiye, while effective that frozen pag
can generally be thswed out IN very few minutes.
RIVER FROZEN OVER IN NORTH CAROLfNA.
The keuse rvsr near howbern, n. @. was ffosa1
2Ist inst, and two gentlemen walked over ~
The oldest inbsbanp' has no recoleoon OF snytniag
Of the kind happening boore About twenty one ~
twenty years ago the Trent crossed tins loo