The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-05
BLOCKdDED BY SNOW AND ICE.
Ferry Bonts Delayed In the Rivers and Travel
1mpeded In the streets.


Travel on the waters around the city,
difficult and dangerous enough, was yet not 40
tedious yesterday a. on the day before. The
cold was more intense and the waters were SO
chilled that the bits OF ice churned up by ferry
boat wheels and split by steamer prows froze
together as soon as they touched one another
Continual agitation Of the mass stretching at
Intervals from shore to shore In the rivers and
as far as the eye could see down the bay, alone
prevented the formation Of packed and frozen
ice fields. The sight was novel and beautiful as
the low wintry sun slantod across the bay, and
struck all the oolors OF the prism out Of the
piled up ice. Tho tide 10 the rivers does not
appear more Irresistible than when rushing
1x91S esaT Hysr r w'igss OF es
OF nearly two hours, as upon the previous day,
but not, as before, at the hour whom travel was
an irrepressible solid field. IL lodged, as usual,
IN the narrowest part OF East River, between the
piers OF the big bridge. The Fulton from New
YORK and tho Hamilton from Brooklyn, Fulton
ferry boats, were carried up stream. They we're
out 5early an hour, and then the Hamilton en-
the DrOOklyn pier soon afterward. and
run to the Catharine street ferry slip.
The same ice field prevented the Alaska from
entering the Roosevelt ferry slip at l o'clock.
The Montana broke passage way to her the
boats then passed each other and went their
ways. The trips consumed threo-Quarters OF an
hour instead OF twenty minutes. The Ice raft
State of New York. and by the repeated efforts
OF tugs and ferry boats South and Hamilton
ferry boats made twenty-minute trips In place
oil the usual twelve. Staten Island boats made
good time, but the Vanderbilt line took OF the
and II o'clock boats at night. The Maryland
was again caught in the East river ice on her
way with cars from Harlem to Jersey City, but
The Jersey CITY ferry boats bod difficulty in
crossing the river Yesterday, Cakes Of ice float
ed down sire am, and with the ebb tide made
solid blockade along tho river front from Cort-
iaDdt street to Desbrosses street. The ferry
make long detours to avoid the hoe. From noon
until four O'Clock the Darcy made only three
trips: The Cortlandt street boats made half
hourly trips.
The snow In the streets Ia not only a dscom-
Tort to travellers, hut detriment to business.
implorlng, from broadway business men,
s ssvo csen urs rSesiys' myot Ely and
missioner Nichols Of the Street Cleaning
Bureau said yesterday that be was as anxious
as any one that the show should be removed.
reporter heard hve able bodied men ask for
work IN the streets. The Commissioner was
have not been made for the street Cleaning
bureau, and not penny can be had to pay for
removing snow The 4oj men In the bureaus
employ were distributed over the city yesterday
keeping open the culverts aud cleaning cross
walks. This force Is powerless to remove
has no money to pay Tor carts. Com.
missioner. Nichols yesterday asked tho
Board Of Appoftiohment to set over to
the use OF the bureau for the cleaning OF Of
the snow portion OF an nexpended balance of
sUO,OOO remaining from the appropriation Of 1875.
The request IL to be considered to-day, and IL
granted, the forco now In readiness. consisting
OF 40 men ana so One-horse carts, will be set at
work at midnight on saturday to work all
day Sunday and at night IN broadway aud in
side streets leading to the ferries. The snow
has been surveyed, and its cubic dimensions
computed bv engineers and they think that |.
can be removed IN nfty-six hours.