The New York herald., 1869-12-08
THE LATE STORM.

The City yesterdny-How the Cars We've Run
the City Observation-Disclosures Under
Observation-Disclosures in Arrival OF rae Maiss--
The Storm lie soaRd.
The storm beginning on Monday evening coltlnu ed
through the night Yesterday morning found tho city
wrapped in huge mantle OF snow. The hurricane
blasts had subsided, the storm clouds had all dis.
appeared, and The sun shone from coudiess sky, but
the air was keen and cutting and The snow crisp
and unyelding TO the sostitan influences. Juvenile
New YORK, Win visions Of sleigh rides on dininu-
tive seds, was pleased. Older New York,
In the promise of exnllaratng rides on ma
turer runuers to the music OK sleigh bells and
behind mettlesome seeds, felt thrill OF delight, and
last and not least everything augured pleasant
day for election. To those living up town, and par
tcuary In the remote regions OF Yorkville and Har-
lem, aud depending on cars for getting 10 their
places OF business, the morning air did not hold
forth very brilliant promise and particularly after
the trying experiences OF getting TO their hoIes the
seemed somehow to have taken the city railroad
managers by surprise They did not, at all events
act with their usual promptness IA clearing their
roads OF snow. Up TO noon no cars were running on
the Second avenue road above the depot at Sixty
second street. IL was somewhat better on the
yaird avenue road; but although WITH teams
doubled the running OF cars ABOVE the depot was
irregular and nke DOUBTFUL things very uncertain.
track. Tue result was that everybody was late
getting down town. 1t was about the same on tn O
other roads. During the early forenoon hours mat
tiers thus continued loosely and irregularly but In
the afternoon the cars began to run with more regu
larlty and by night, when the great homeward tide
OF travel set in, the cars run On nearly
their usual time. In the compact cars 1t
was a hard day for travellers ana unprece.
denedLly hard tor horses. The omnlDuses were
not severely affected by the storm. The worst
trouble was the horses slipping and falling down.
They frequently fell by platoons and particularly on
Broadway, completely obstructlng Tor a time the
street. Take It all In all, the severity OF the storm,
the Incidents OF travel and everything connected with
1t, as topic OF conversation 1t absorbed far more
the pubic attention tnan the Presidents message or
the election.
Nearly all the trains railroad lines coming into
the city were good deal delayed by the Storm and
arrived yesterday morning several hours behind
tme causing delay TO passengers ana the mans.
midnight, did not arrive TIL eight A. Nj.
yesterday. The Northern mails by tue Hud-
son River Railroad were oil behind time.
None Of the trains Of the Harlem road reached the
city on time. The Erie mali due at forty mlnu tes
past ten y. NJ. arrived at four A. nj. yesterday, and
tue morning ma due at eight O'Clock did not reach
here tn three hours later. The Washington mall by
was two hours behind Time. The mail by tue New
Jersey Central road arrived only an hour and half
after ume aud on the Morris aud Essex road there
were no detentions. The Long Island roads came
In for their share or detention. BY afternoon the
trains on most OF the roads were, however, running
regularly.
Steamboats, on the Sound h3d q rough passage on
reached the city very little behind time.
Inc depth OF snow was nine Inches The worst
feature Is vet 10 cone-a regime of sinsn I'LL the
snow disappears.