The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-04
SNOW COVERED STREETS.

EFFORTS BEING MADE TO CLEAR SOME OF TIN
NORTHUMBERLAND is NEEDED.
But little progress made yesterday IN clearing
away tho enormous quantities of snow that encum.
Der tho Perhaps the st valuable piece OF work
done clearing up that great thorou ghfaro to
IRON Brooklyn, Fulton street. The other ferry ap-
proaches Cortandt, Dey, Chambers and other sreets
also taken In hand, and tho immense snow banks
which had lined the sidewalks were partially leveled.
On some OF the side streets radiatng from Broadway
In the vicinity Of Grand street men wero also put
to work to remove the high mounds or snow which
had obsructed traffic saturday, and the upper por.
ton Of Broadway FROM Fourteenth to Thirty fourth
street, in which great many Of the abutting property
owners and storekoepors had already removed, at
their own expense much of snow also rendered
more passabe. Broadway, however, still presented
an extraordinary appearance yesterday after the great
snow storm that has passed New York. Up to
Canal street It really remarkably clean. IL
seemed though every spcck Of snow had been
cartcd away. Further above, however, while IL was
ovidcnt that tho swcepers had performed their work
thoroughly the carts had not YET done their labor,
and long of snowy hillocks lined both sides Of
the roadway. Tho Street Cleaning Department com.
planned that they had nota sufficient number Of
to all the snow, but hoped to have romodlod
these 0bslructlops on broadway by this morning.
PICTURESQUE CONTRASTS.
Broadway In most places appearing rs though We
never had had any snow storm at all, whilo tho
rounding streets were perfectly choged up with snow,
the contrasts presented by walk through the city
PostSfnce straneer might have thought that from
unaccountaple reason this lower portion Of
Broadway had been exempted from the effects Of the
snow storm, when suddenly, at the City Hall, there
burst upon his view the itto park perfectly shroudcd
In mantle Of snow two three and iour feot doop.
The squares generally wcrc covered snow. a TACT
which, though 1t did not reflect particular credit upo
the Street Cleaning Bureau afforded the greatest degh
to the sliding, sknR and seig portion OF the rs.
ing generation OF New York WHAT was most feared by
the Sireos Cleaning Department, as vol as by most
ollizcns was ths. sudden thaw would now doluge
tho city with food oil liquid sush. TINS disap rec.
able contingency luckily did not happen, and walking
though Wet and slippery IN many places, was not ~
bad as II IL often mere in midwinter alter hcayy
snow storm. Thc scrapng away Of tho snow who
IL was removed generally lott "A smooth, slippery al
highly treacnerous surface OF frozen snow scet Al
dirt, presenting most pressing invitation to the
wary passenger 10 squat down upon the sidewaIk-n
invitation that was frequently accepted yesterday.
THE WORK STILL TO BE
Captain Gunner beng confined TO hts house byl.
ness the operations OF the street Cleaning Dent
ment are now practically under the d,rectiorpf
Deputy Inspector Captain Hedden. For the prcnt
week an immense work remains 10 be d0ne by thee.
pariment In clearing away the snow from other ti.
ing thorougniares besides broadway. There is 10
Bowery, IN the lrst place. which was still ton.
passablc in many points yesterday. Evon II tho sw
canuot he SO thoroughly removed from tho Bowefas
II was IRON Broadway something can aud shouIb0
done to improve the condition of this great popar
artery. Fiity energetic men and twenty carts aid
do a vast deal the course oil tue day to ocu
the distractions which, II left intact, will svroly
hamper tho street traffic and The passage OF NJ
Giles during tho entire week. IL Is an undisputedct
that neither tho l}owery Third avcnu will evee
clean again unless the department takes the woIof
clearing Them hand, aud does promptly he
longer tho Bowery ana Third avenue remain as ev
are now, 1t is admitted, the worse they Will beone
and the moro difficult VIII it bc TO clear them ma
task of clearing the great GLOSS ghfares-Fr
tecnth, Twenty-thrd, &c-shouId be nastenod IN
the utmost vgor, Tor the rst thaw may trausiorupe
great snow banks htapoi up IN those and other,.
portant streets into horrid streams Of LIQUID sin
broadway being now clear the depar tment can n.
centfate It's energy upon the other I'm ant tu.
oughiares, and II IT DO expensive to rend.r TN
us spotess as Broadway their coDditlon can doubds
be al least materially Improved. Commissioner Nh.
OILS says that II Is impossible 10 hire even A thouad
carts IN this c'y, bat with The 400 carts at the din
sal oil The department IN The OPINION OF expartsls
snow can be easily removed, not only from the priE
pal cross streets, which the department ms aIrdv
promised 10 take In hand, but also from West
CONTINUED ON NINTH PA0R1