The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-15
EYCiVITIONs ~ BROIDWIY.
stone Pavement Discovered under u Thick
Deposit of snow aud Ice.

Yesterday, while Broadway was freed
from is lumbering omnibuses and the press OF
business traiic Capt Gunner invaded II with
his army OF street cleaners. About ITO men
answered to their names al the six o'clock roll
call. AS II whom were cart drivers. Commls-
sloner Nichols aud Deputy Inspector o 'iirien
rode up aud down from the Battery 10 Four
teeuth street all day experimenting the work,
which. owing to the long delay, presented great
difficulties. The ward street cleaning organlzi-
tlous were preserved to each Of winch wa
signed division Of Broadway. consist
Ing Of from two to 1ve blocks,
The foreman oreach division commanded
tSc gangmen. who comm lnded the mon, who
commanded the picks and shovels. Flistthe vel
low mixture Of mud and loose snow was shovell-
ed into neaps and carted away. Then the real work
WIS begun. The snowiiskes OF two weeks ago
which had reen I, ssed into piles with wo den
shovels had later been transformed by melting
md freezing weather into beds Of 31d Ice. A
half dozen strokes of pick were offer nece ssary
TO loosen piece six Inches tnick, which then
broke away from the mass Jagged md irregular,
like blasted rock.
amount OF snow removed yesterday Al 500 cart
loads. liy luesdnv morning, he believed, Broad
way would be cleared from Fourteenth street
TO the Ba tery. lhe carts, he said, could not be
used at night, because they were all employed
In removing ashes and gmhagc.
Al noon the wieluers OF the picks and shovels
stopped work hnd rested on the sunny
side OF the street, on steps ana In hall
entrances, while they ate their dinners. The
c4rtmrn att.ched The feed bags to their horses
heais, and soon joined their comrades. Under
the eies Of the gangmen the workmen moved
WITH aidCrity, tut when toe bosses were not
present they rested and discussed the progress
of the work and the la or question. They re-
ceiVed twenty cents IN hour. Ine ice was caTted
To the nearest points on the North river where
permission could be obt ined OF the occupants
Of piers TO dump n. At these places policemen
were stationed TO see that the loads were prop
erly and promptly dumped, and TO keep tally
After broadway Is Gle ned work VIII be begun
In Fulton, Wall, aud Nassau streets, and in
ILlr;y-fouTth street also on those portions OF
AT O'Clock the iii ed laborers again rested
while they ate tn ir suppers. The battered tin
uhils we're brought OUT from neghDOting door
wavs. and the picks were stacked on the piles
Of broken ice. II WAS a novel spectacle. At
half pas work was resumed in the dim light
ui me street LAMPS, rts were constantly ap-
pc"ring hni dlshpueaTng with tnelr broad tires
Cruurhing the Orlito lee, while the picks raug,
We are like sOldirrs,' sdid ono II the fore
men; 1--WE eat hs Nc 90, ana We are workiug
under sealed orders, Inc men nave been AT II
since O'clock, tut we dOu't know whom We
shall get through. Perhaps We shall work all
nVnt, bat guess not
LAKE in the evening the two divisions cxtcnd-
iug from FulIon street to Warren street had
been dug over and the Ice gathered in piles.
The Iickmeu Luen went nome, but tho cars
con inutd TO rum 10 ~ ireule liiitdllOn " the
ruar Il the omnihu-es in the daytime. Puk
row and iHLfiug II use squHre were also
uIlcTt q to he Cltanru, and IL " ~ tnOugut mat
briura midhlgut. A. ashes aud K glrlage are not
remON q tn ~undN ui-his all the carts belong
iLg TO thv S,iocl Cleaning Buread were kept in
service,
Chateau Lagro-se, pure delicate clarets, IN
quar- ~ q, aud caAAs- NietJr L. Msaslr no kesde