The New York herald., 1877-01-04
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.

NEW YORK AND ITS sNowrAIL-MAns.
FREIGHTs AND PASSENGERS BEHISDHAND-
HORSE CAR MIsERIEs-wHERE TO DUMP THE
SNOW.
The streets OF this city wcro yesterday still clossed
up with the snow which fell SO abundantly ON New
Years night, and Notwithstanding tho efforts, oosn
public and private that have been made to clear away
the obstruction the progress very slow. Broadway
was stll covered with dirty and slushy snow, and
some of tho cross streets almost impossible, er
pecally the narrower ones On the lines OF the horse
railroads The tracks kept comparatively clear py
the constant Of snow pioughs and sweepers' ou'
ALL nearly all, OF the companies stiil 'ounc nc"
essary to drive four horses 10 their cars and tns
Church street and South Ferry limo, which ordinarily
uses but ono horse to each car was compelled to use
two The Broadway stages all had either three Ut
four horses TO them, and most Of the large express
wagons and trucks also compelled to Use four
norses This Is the which will most edcctuallY
test tho efficiency OF the Street Cleaning Bureau Po-
lice Commissioner Nichols, who Is ut tho head ot the
Street Cleaning Department, has said that II he 10
allowed sufficient money ne have New York clean
IN twentyour hours but that he IS poworless for the
want OF money.
THE BLOCKADE IN THE srREETa
In the narrow streets east OF Broadway running up
rom Canal street, which are traversed by the horse
streets the snow pioughs have thrown the snow ON
either side the track in such manner as to make
these utterly mpassabe for vehicles except on
the tracks, and many were the mprecatons heapeo
upon heads OF slow drivers OF carts and wagons
from the drivers Of the mpeded horse cars Tho tenn
perature yesterday in this city was not very iow HUI
nuts thermometer at threc +. NJ. marking only twen
ty-one degrees Early in tho morning. lhe therinom.
eler marked much lower temperature. Tho Signal
Service Office IN TINS city reported that the wnu NJ
thirteen minutes to eight yesterday morning was tray
eing at the rate Of thirteen miles an hour anu ths
thermometer at that time was twelve degrees aDoVe
snow was sul falling at Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit
Erie. Indianapolis, Uswego Rochester aho loiedo.
The wind at Buffalo blowing twenty-six niles an
hour und at Indanola Texas, twenty four miles The
pi iobabites are that the weather Will be sti COLDER
rho weather office ut Washington gave us also the
dismal announcement that we might expect more
snow.
Tho Hudson River, owing 10 It's great width ana
straight course not much blocked up AS the
East River but SIN, on the Barclay street ferry to
Hobokcn, the Twenty-tlfrd street Jerry Q Long DOCK
the Charlton street branch Of the New Jersey Central
ferry and Dcsbrosses street Jerry to Jersey CITY,
the boats frequently detained from twonty MIN
utcs to malt an hour.
During the carry hours Of morning, on the cbb tide
a part Of the Long Dock ut Weehawken was carried
away, but no other damage is reported.
Tho river men are anxiously looking for westerly
wlnd which, they say, VIII relieve tho rivers OF most
OF tho lcc IL may have subject OF inquiry with
many where the Ice comes from, as they are told that
the cc m the upper Hudson is last bound The river
men say that most OF that which blocks tho waters
around New York comes from the Jersey and Gowanu4
flats At low tide tho water settles these hats and
with each flood II receives additional ayeF A
slight ihuw and u strong hood oosens il and II IL
carried down with the stream.
THE EAST kivER lMPAssABLE.
"a the East Rivcr. with It's swift current and
tortuous course the utmost difficulty was Experienced
slips, and in the morning one at those occurrences
which SO frequent in that river happened As the
ice foes come round Corioars Hook. where the river
takes sharp bend, thoy are often apt to become
Jammed. This was the case yesterday morning, when
tho hapess Brooklyn erryboats were caugh! by
an immense field o! and held fast until released by
tugs aud other boats which to their assistance
At half o'clock yesterday AFTERNOON the Terry
boat Garden CITY was disabled and put INTO pier No
50 East River
now TO RID
In anticipation Of ''thc January thaw" and In view
Of oil that be thawed II has becn suggested that
rryboaIs would be IN order as substitutes for horse
cars aud stages The mseres Inevitable from the
thaw may In measure be mitigatcd II the privilege
granted by tho Dock DEPARTMENT yesterday Is accepted
6y the authorities. Through tho kind consideration
OF the Dock Department conundrum III connection
with the white elephant" has been solved. 1t ap-
pears tnat the Dock Commissioners have gwen per-
mission 10 police and TO everybody else to dump
clean snow and from tho different dumping boards
ON tho water front when by the Police Dc.
pariment and from the following piers and uulk-
heads North River-New pier NO. i, bulkhead1
north Of pier No. H. south OF pier No. 49, north pier
No. H. loot Of Bank street, between Fiityn aud
Fitty-scventh streets and between Fury seventh Aud
Flty-eghth streets East River-Pier No: Z foot OF
Whitehall street; pier No. ", loot OF Pike street;
bukhcad foot OF jackson street; also inner end OF
pier foot OF East Twentythird street. In
all cases dumps must be made into the river and NOS
upon any Of the premises designated
DETENTION og NAILS.
The eject OF the yesterday on the mail service
great on the day previous. Tho decn.
ti0ns not long, yet tho mails were by means
time rhe East mail, due in this city At 80 A. ~.
did arrive until y:45; tho South mail, due at the
same hour reacned this city at 20; tho North mail,
Hudson River Railroad, WAS reported three hours
and half late, and not IN at T. M south and South.
west via Pennsylvania central one hour late ut noon,
ara not arrived unti evening" The ST. Louis express,
due at IL 3 reported wo hours and iorty minutes late,
and until night; the Erie mail, due a. 7:45,
noshing heard from It up to O'Clock IN the evening.
SNOW BLOCKADE on LONG ISLAND.
The snow blockade stii continues on Long Island,
causing much delay TO travel. On the Long Island
Railroad the freight trains have been abandoned on
the sd,ngs and are completely showed IN. The snow
poughs nave been running Oh The road and s
branches since Tuesday, but have SO lar made but
slight progress, the light snow blowing in tho cuts
tast rs cleared out.