New-York tribune., 1877-01-03
THE CITY SNOW-BOUND.
HEAVIEST STORM OF THE WINTER.

ing the heaviest that has visited New-YOrk this Winter
has caused great impeachment to travel both in the city
and on the railroads leading into IL. One Of its appar
ent advantages was in the employment which the mme-
date necessity yesterday morning OF paths OF inter-
course to large army of and boys in need Of
work. In early morning the sound of the shovel was
heard in the streets The of the various street
lines made deep canals for the to in but
failed 10 reach the bare iron of the rails and the nfre
Guent hard employing the utmost strength Of
the double teams that dragged them The stages
also obliged by the deep to add another horse TO
their of three and many trucks and heavy drays
followed suit But the suffering OF horses throughout
the city terrible Blocks continually occurred, and
many cruel scenes took place where struggling animals
tugged AMI strained at their too heavy loads trembling
and sweating while their efforts rewarded by curse
and lash general ebb in drivers good tempers seemed
TO be the consequence Of the heavy travelling.
Excepting that IT was not cared away and thrown
into the the best disposition possible was mace OF
tie that clogged the streets Between the canals
formed by te snOw-pows and the cleared channels Of
the sidewalks were two lines of breastworks in every
street Frequent passages cut through III se
for the convenience of those aghng from
ing the At the functions OF Canast and Broad
way and Broadway and SiXth-ave., and also at Union
and Madison squares passages cleared all TIE way
across the streets at the city's expense. In
broadway many of the bTo lstworks were shOveled
down during the day and the which formed them
scattered in the middle Of the street, in order ha'
riagcs might be driven up the sidewalks without
trouble. In front OF Tfanys and some OF the other
large stores where the tracks interIered with this
work. special passages cut 10 the sidewalks and the
breastworks, reduced area, piled up to i'm
posing nights. suggestive of a boys fort. There
was continual warfare different shOvelers
OF road aud sidewalk each encr0achiDg little the
Others domain and getting his thrown back upon
him in return The upper par; OF the city received
noteworthy injury from the snow Yesterday Weak roofs
and wooden awnings were somewhat tried by the weight
Of the drifts had blown upon them and men and
boys We're early clearing away the dangerous loads
Numerous accidents took place among wagons, and
broken wheels, axes. and poles were frequently met
with The SHOW. dry and fcathery in the morning grew
moist and heavy wherever the reached IT, seeming
then 10 try the wheels than when light and dry
But tins SUM- the middle Of the day. thawed the snow
remaining on the sidewalks in many places effectively
pavements became frs covered with water and
,hen dry.
The leteaIiers 20 have hal the hardest time OF
Il on their early morning yesterday They started
out for their first delivery at 7:3o and had to make
their own paths the had not been cleared from
the sidewalks. Those who unfortunate enough TO
have routes at from the office returned almost
exhausted.
The scenes down town anything but encouraging
10 pedestrians and those Obliged TO battle with the great
snowp made in clearing the sidewalks Until late IN
the afternoon, when the snow had become parudIy
hes
vehicles met on streets where the travel was limited and
were Obliged TO side in the deep drifts ser-
obs consequences often resulted There wrecks Of
vehicles TO at almost any point The snow WploWs
werein constant in clearing The car tracks passing
wagons continually threw the snow back upon the ras
making labori0us for the horses This was es e
eally the case on the where there was only
single track On SOuthst. the Of the Belt and Sec
ond Avenue lines became blocked for nearly
an hour between Peck-slip and Roo>eveltst The
snow upon tho tracks was fully three lnches
thick and hard packed. The horses pulled, the
drivers swore, and the passengers became impatient
Three large snowplOws finally removed the obstruction
On West-st large gang OF men were employed by the
get line with soyels and other Implements which they
used with more thin could be obtained by the
use of the -Vows. This rvcrrOnt was more re
quentIy blocked than other tAOrougiare especially
in the vicinity of Washington Maket and when Vehlces
turned of into the lesstrayeed seels they were more
seriously mpeded in their progress Harnesses proved
nsuhcenty strong to overcome the resistance which
the offered.
1t was feared that many Of the wharves alorg the
river front would give way beneath the extra weight OF
snow In where the wharyes were supposed TO be
in a weak condition, men were employed with shOyels
and vgbeebarrows clearing the snow from them The
long line of trucks usually cartIng freight had
largely diminished, and many Of them remained III 'front.'
of the warehouses and other places almost lmDedded ID
the snow. Where it Absolutely necessary TO remove
freight from VESSELS III the case OF cotton the
trucks frequently became ohsruCted by bank of snow,
and the horses would become perfectly exhausted in try
ing to exricate their heavy load Notwithstanding the
fact that tie loads generally light IN many cases
half OF what put on wOuld nave TO DE thrown on
again as il was impossible for the horses 10 drag tic
already chOked wheels through tue heavy n1ss OF snO"
DELAYS On TIE RIVERS AND RAILROADS.
In the East ana North Rivers large Hoes OF snow
covered ice spanned almost the entire width of the
strea and the trips OF the IbOas were IN conse-
oue1ce made I1 guar the boats frequently became
blocked in making tneir passages The Hood tde OF yes
terday morning swept an immense noe OI ice up INC ES
River None Of the ferryboat5 yeAtured 10 cut through
IT, but waited until the Sound steamers passed along a
cut a passage-way for them. Tie irregnlaiity OF the
trims of the boats caused large crowds OF people 10
gather at the ferry houses, waiting 10 be transported
Travel oil the railroads also rendered diicut All
trains on the several railroads late yesterday ac-
cordng 10 the distance they had rraVecI IN the s'o1
The Longest delays occurred the Pennsy wanna Rl4l-
road Tne PIttsDurg express when was de al Jersey
civ at 1000 D. MOnuay, dd not arrive nun ~
a. m yesterday. INC tram nom is"hWdyi u.le dt iiu M
night 6l2 hours Dtnnu dlu tHc Iist my ~ u
Wst due Al c9g a. m, over ive hours behind the
usual time The local tram nom East AsIont & uut az az
Jersey City at s:35 a. M Se-tt wis inoi - % Ia i
hours behind Ii delayed al Newark lOi heS az O,
being unable get under head|ay owihs 70 ne
trocRs Tne Pittsburgh express assisted ny IcIcihS IL
ahead few feet. pat the train soon stOpped aG'n. a
locomotive was then called into It4ulstOn ana EhtC ~
'nntber start which proved CtcCtual. Ihe prncpal
nnOyance was caused by the delay 10 All ciisats o coll
muters who anxious to be III new oiA aI an an Sy @
hour Serious delays were also occaaigheu Oh u'o
Jersey Central and the Dclt" are LAchd"anla -i. Inv
Western, especially beyond Ne"aih anu % & ran,
the Erie ROAD tho longest delay WIS "i uio o t ,
- Cbi,,gO which arrived at on nNe hOuis IAIe.
The eastward-bOund trans are between oic anu 49,
hours late TIE WESTWARD udln' MlISi 4ot' ito,,I'
nahf WIS about two and half hours late al Dulao.
All the others were httle b5nind Lac Las iaSt & Gsens
IN. trains were running upOn nearly the usuaI uule
The endent- # the thrcc railroads erniha'lhg
at the Grand Central Depot reported yTs.nqa? M ] @ 81
trains mad suffered no mate ue,entVH b ~ Haie
the storm, except III very Few cases Az hT % cS