New-York tribune., 1879-01-20
CLEANING THE STREETS OF Snow
ALAnor FORCE OF MEN AND CARTS rurloy

A LARGE FORCE OF MEN AND CARTS Fupt.,,..
WORK TO BIZ CONTiNUED today.
The recent heavy fall Of snow has be,,.
most serious obstacle 10 business and travel on p.
way The street Cleaning Bureau, which began ,o, -
of the snow on Friday, did considerable work ON So
day, besides arranging to clear Broadway below r,,.-
square sunday. Broadway was In fri htlnl Coua,,
viewing the street from the equine point o,vI
Truck-hOTscs tuRgr1 and strained al Quarter
ordinary loads, and Henry Bergh's agents found ol
of work do. The BOwery being very vide and ,a'-3
ing four surface railway tracks easily clear.eg3
within 1ftrrn feet of the CuTbsiuncs by ;.o,g'iu 20
leaving clear space wide enough for ndcpendcld ~
crs All streets tTayersed by street ears We're h. YEA
ane condition. except tnat II was almost mpos,Ibs% -
dTyc up IL the curb-tOncs.
on saturday The worKmen cleared Broadvav .,
F0drteenth-s to Eigb ,ccnin--t and o. SATURDAY IN %
beginning made on the deep aud Wcl!-pulys,5+,os
layer OF in walst. At halfpast A. H. VIZ,
Bureau was put to work under the dlrccfos *
the Superintendent. Captain Gunner g. a., 81
crs Ir r,d every m n on -fug huself a ho oe ~ Sf'
could borrow "a shovel and had the courage 10 a,rE ~
twenty cent aI hOdI great many Italians Win - -
supplied with DrIr'Irnt 'o9s' principally picks Were
Engaged at II - day. -Four hundred and cigt,gg
cart, belonging 20 The department were put INTO s,fIc
aad tho men cmpi0ycd num1eIed hinc hundred, lrelui
ms the ci.u,p. The men were organ Zrd mo soUT
according to the wars IN Which hcy Ycd, po lccmss
having charge -! each -puHl
Tns force was divided into three sections Ro0nd,
man stevens %a' sen WIN lhr,! cars and eighty men
to clear what j. called Printing Hous -quare ucludre
ParL-rOw. 4ssau->t from Futon t. the square IN ri
ot IuE IILUS biiJug, aud CA3iaa-si.. OF the e,s,
side OF the City Hal Park 10 he NtJHsZeitaag bnie
ing. Captain IIcHy Itrldru with 2iC carts ana ia
nhOrcrS, including 100 Italians, placed IN Iogs,
BIOadWay, and iy > o'clock cleared the ~
tcry. Whitehall street ana Broadway nom Rovt
ing Green to Readert. Deputy INSPECTOR Piunket
with 20 carts. lZJ Italian with picks ara
2Ji l1bUrcrs with shOyCs, Cartrd the from Broad
way. beginning at Rcsdet ana ending az >prDg-st :,
uightiaL They also cleaned part OF Broadway from
Fourteenth 81. down tO ESnth-st Between tls stfes,
and Springst. the shOyccd 10 the ci. bson,
bst the horses were ed before o'clock and hs
irit II thry had done severe day, wols son
found impossible 10 accomplish all tnat saperir
teudcnt Gunner intended TO nave DONE When The ore,
IN Printing House square had done IT, work a pan AZ
them began FultOn-st, and the resi- IOncu me le,
Broadway snow brigade.
T,-idy the SNOW VIII be removed between EIGHTH and
Spring-sts, Oh Broadway, and the downtown feTy
sreets-F Fulton. Wall, CBambeTs, C0u tlandg and D-ys
viii be cleared. The twenty third street r lIlw ~ ne
10 furnish >uOwcGrs and hOire-, and Depar,m NJ Ia
borcrs tor the clearing Of Twcuty thr- eas; and we.t
The places aside for dumping IA the Norm
River are West Scyrntcrntl-.t., West Eleven b. pes
No. 43. between Spring ana Chdrt1u-sts., Pier No a.
ana the bulkHctd near Canal, Franklin. Harrison
Vescy, Cedar Icct'r-.ts. and BtttcfS place. Ga ths
East side the dumping is done az Pers Ms aud
Whitehall. COeBtcs sup OId SIP, Burlmg Sip. Bees.
man, Market Pike, Clinton. BroOme stanton. ID liuceY
East Fourth, Eat sixth, East Ninth ana has, seyea
teenth-.Is.