The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-23
CONVERTED INTO sLusH.
Horse Cars Blocked. Travel Impeded and
Mails Delayed. 81

however. all vas changed. The heated aud hxzy
afna0spaere chilled by tho hoar aud frostaden
blasts ~hinh we're let loose from tho cave Of the
winds in ths far north. and tho crisp.
clear alr, cold aud bracing. which ush-
cred IN Sunday morning. wss hailed with
aelisni on every land. "whewi" said the in
the nsw ulster. sthis 10 something sessonsble at
last" Tho small boy seen burnishing pair Of
last winters skates In the Kitchen. and 20 all
proofs Tor sabbath breaking he only dcgnod to
answer. This ball viii be mp tomorrow All day
lonx the most delightful auticpations INDUCED
b. young and old. aud With agreeable "reminiscences
Of tnsllng aud hngers the youngsters went to
bod oa Sunday night singing the words Of Mercury
rather than the songs OF Apolio;-
whea al aloud the ~ind doth blow,
Ana birds ~ sssssins In shs .ss.
Asd Marian . leeks rcd aud rae.
Tie appearance OF the morning. yesterday was
we'll calculated 10 keep M the Illusion OF tho night
before. The snow. tho snow" hurried tho little
ones TO the window pane soon a. tho opened
shutter disclosed the white. nimy. Aeecy mantle
that covered tho earth. socond look. however.
brought disappointment With 10. The snow crystals
had ceased 60 fall and instead Il IVES raining aud
freezing. "A bad dsy for business" growed pster-
familias over his roll and coffee. "Be sure and
wrap mp warmly" said the mother OF the family.
.And take cars. DEAR that you don't slip. tho aide
walks ere like gia~s" Il was. indeed adisasrceabe
morning. Ths mantle OF snow. white and nlmy.
had been changed inso . blanket OF slush--bfown.
soft and brdrAgxlcd. The being only partially
frozen Il linsiy trcseherous. severe falls
were the lot Of many pedessrssps-wet feet the
fate % ALL The siush ankle deep and the streets
were In . horrible ness. losk 1t broadway from
the HKnxID once in the afternoon vas one OF the
most drcary sights imaginable.
coxDiriox 90 THE srsKxn-
In that grsss thoroughfars throughout the day n
was siush slush everywhere. The stages and other
vehicles ground the snow up into black ooxy mud.
To ladies Who we're compelled 10 make the
passage washingson's feat OF crossins the Delaware
was an insignificant affair In comparison. Even the
grim citizen faced y With ds.psrtng countensnee.
III i impossible to work snsesivsly during
at the Street Cleaning bureau. ''but tonight
broadway shall be swept and gsrnished iron
promise the work in broadway began esrly in the
evening. soon the heavy business vehicles we're
ss The o as
s s ss sss x. .ss: s. \ .. s .s =:
chung 20 the copinys and window silis. FROM
broadway % the river down town. on both the east
Pearl. Fulton aud John streets were often ,mpss.a.
streets between Warren and Canal. west q Broad
way. hsd boon swept, hity-thrce cars iosds q
III
the tool OF LaIshi street. and ON sandsy
the Street Cleaning Department soug ht TO improve the
Murrsy Now EIueS rsssxen wssinssop ssd
West streets. but despite these efforts they all
day yesterday melancholy examples OF misapplied
the slippery sidewalks were tho chief evil In COM
parat,vcy few cases tho snow removed by prop
getlsnen sat down rather kurriedly on tbs cold and
fagstones and looked unutterabie things at moro
snc instances All oers OF wore rudeiv re
fused. ..... 1919,
It was anticipated that . grand rnsh would be
made tor the IL road trains. but such was not tho
case. While the travel Increased II not ia
stage lines. Throughout tho day the latter in
every direction were crowded. 'The street
to q HERALD reporter; sand the INCONVENIENCE
Is almost great to-day before the elevated roads
werc built" One OF this Inconvenience Was
that the horse cars had TO be doubled up aud con-
seQuently ran only ON halt time but oven with
four horses to each car the progress was slow and
slush which impeded travel. All day long tho
horse cars ON Tlird. sixth aud Eighth avenues
from the fact that tho IL" roads the trains ran
regularly and there were no delays ON account OF
tion aud the Sound aud river steamers. although
arriving little late yesterday morning. all reached
their docks in safety and departed on time In the
evening" Railrosd travel was also retarded and the
early mails from the North we're from two tn four
hours late. but all OF them reached the Post ofEce
during the day and evening
Before daylight sono Of the agents al tho Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animsls were u
street railroads. but only switches and curves
sailed. although pentifuly that the eva effects
tna day many aDn truck ssa%s we're
and tile drivers compelled 10 dump portions Of their
traveller In other cases the drivers were PEELED
to stop and give their horses q rest Later IN the
day several or the lines singled out bat Of
them were compelled to again put extra hcrscs.
. PAINFUL RrMon.
painful rurpor was circuia Cd in the morning
that the steamer Old Colony OF the FAN River lima.
had goue down with all on board. but the suxicty
which the report occasioncd was relieved by the ar
ray street. about eleven O'Clock. Tho story u the
loss OF the Old Colony found many believers. bat
when It was demonstrated that Inc rumor was un-
founded another story. equally unfoundcd. vas
started Some ono suggested that ~ the ola Colony
was safe It must DO tue Newport. which lott thus
equally unfouided as the other. The Newport
arrived At her destination At twenty minutes TO nvs
yesterday morning. only few minutes late. n %
worthy Of remark that the officers OF the various ifc
saving stations ON tho Long Island and New Jersey
but fortunately their services were mot called nte
requisition.
COURSE or rnE STORM.
The sudden rise ii temperature and consequent
rain storm OF yesterday followed closely upon
cIa AZ os s Ssy % sssy =,
morning the Thermometer reached it's lowest point
in this city, being then only II degrees above zero,
Then II had been showing for nearly two hours. by
three o'clock there rise OF four degrees aud al
six o'clock the thermometer stood ~ "a IL contin-
ucd to rise until haifpast three o'clock yesterday
afternoon when IL reached Its highest point 81 de-
greos. Tho lowest point reached BY the thcrmon.e-
ter was ut burlington w. where II fell 20 20 degrees
below Zero. and the heaviest snow fall was IN hos
ton. where more than foot OF snow IL reported.
The snow fall IA this city was between Ave ana
six inches. but tho rapid rise GA tcinpcra-
ture and the succeeding rain did not give u
al opportunity 20 snow itself 10 advantage.
In the South instead OF snow there heavy rain
The storm moved very rapidly. originating In tho
Northwest aud moving In n0rthcastcrly direction.
After the had settled down into rain IL became
what in hocy phrase. before tho OF area OF low
barometer, was called country rain, the storm
centre extending from the Canada limo to Kentucky
1t felt In its severity to the north OF Us, not
tending further south than Washington and incIud-
! ing New York only IN the tail OF tho storm. Al
though tho tall In temperature last night which fol-
lowed the rapid fall and OF tho previous day ~
not so sudden marked II Il predicted that tho
green Christmas about which 80 much has been