New-York tribune., 1879-01-17
THE STORMIN Ills CITY.

A SNOWFALL OF 0NE rOOr ~ DErTIG-WrEDI-
MENTs TO srEEEr-C,G TRAvET.-GGEAr CROWDS
| or TIE ELEVATED ROADS.
| Ncw-fork awOkc yesterday morning 10 find
the streets and sidewalks hockGl,i with snow that had
fallen during Tho night. Nor the storm ended. The
large dry Res were blown in the faces OF the early
pcdes rlaEs by col raw northeast wind that Yad tic
snow up in drifts several feet n IN. and dashed it N
gusts around unprotected cornor5 At early hour The
boys were on te street rcycius in au
that the c,ty seldom sees The shovel brigade began
work carly. aud tho scenes in winch IN motley
uani's of men Of an nations took part often hgHy
anu sing Every one was anxious 90 have his side walk
cleared o early and work all the was carried
! on IN very liv,ly way.
Notwithstanding the cold wind and tEc that fcll
at intervals uutil the middle Of the afternoon to many
the tcnpi1tion 10 try the PAGES OF tacr horse" IT.
IoslStble. Hence many fast ans swept up ard down
Fifih-ayc daring tine entire day. The snow dry
and did no. pack well; s the slciehlng good ard
was highly enjoyed. Several tho ctvic
Russian scighs with their led planes, made
very picturesque appearance. In IN yicidity Of the
PARKS men were ct work clearing the pains and thc
cty teams were cmp.oyoi in cartng away tue drifts
that TIE p!ou;us cf the horsa-rairo9ds threw ~ tie
sIdr OF the rOld. Fourtrcnti-.t. G.d not present
! particularly lively appearance, Tor there was
! too much snow to permit many ladies to
venture ont of doo"7 The horses had a haId
time Of the coaches had four horses each
! HnlS"S
express companies also had much difficulty in dragging
their loads. Toward nrght the snow midstrcct WIS
! ot chocolat" color, and WIS st dry. Tie snow fell
inccssauy until noon. when IT turned fine damp
mist, which many aIcl would result iu rain showed
however at ntr rras untl about 3p. Tho clouds
tiuud TO look threatening In TIE evening, however
! the storm appeared entirely 20 nave passad.
At the Signals office. in the Equitable Building
it was rtportrd last nlgnt that the barometer began r
ing tie early part Of the evening, and there
pros pect of clearing weather, despite the fact that the
! storm signal stil upon the tower. The
| storm, 1t was said, extended over wider
tract OF country than any storm of Ike severity in many
months. II started Texas Wcdnc day. and swopt
north tnrou shot entire Mississippi Valley, the rain
as it reached the Northcrn states turning to In
| Ohio and Indiana, TIC snow that fell ar fl,t
"a EuIo "nd IN Genital Y%wYok the @ fan of snow
WAS .i heavy, gradually SroNluE deeper as the storm
passed ~ the east the depth Of snow along Io Hudson
River ana at New York being ahoat oot the Tail
O SHOW heaviest at New London. Conn. IuE about
SIN showing in Boston Al Portland. the snoA
| would pass over Labrador this morhiug.
DELAY IN THE STREET CAR TRAVEL.
The quality and quantity OF the snow that Ie WCdncs
day nj III and yesterday morning caused much delay 10
the car, on the seycrI surface railroads in the ely
on the Broadway, sixth aud Eighth Avenue Liucs snow
plous5 and scrpers started few hours after ne
storm BEGAN, and tne- teams were increased tp four
horses for each The Third Avenue Road undertook
to it. through the nj ht with pair Of Eorscs
for each ana the result much delay and annoy
aucc 10 those who compelled the road cS-
rncily ih the early morning hour'. IT, Fourth AvcnGc
Road used four horses To ear fronI a ~ YESTERDAY
| on account of the extra teams Of horses that
cars were usrd the r,ais. Iuch delay caused
carly in me forenoon ON nearly all the lines as It va.
extremely difficult to kct tracks cleared, ana tbs
Pnnhs and ,cr1pers, hovcycr wcIe bion .ut to SEP
running neatly on schedule tlnc. Tue " bon
cross ,r'' town nGeS we're ,r'w by two horses. \
srean-sWccper was used t. clear the Third ANeuue
,rack. and II made very clean work Tne oh Avenue
Road seemed 10 b- swept the most thoroughly, tue
h,lvy railroad serapcrs ling n.cd ;'r TN. rml"~.
ncay,r than usual Conductors explained this by say
M mat nary men 40 ~ i'.d tAe c'ys as 4 EG"e:,I
ihlt Inc snow sept many persons, particularly women,
III the house
BEsrrGING TIE ELEVATED ROADS.
The storm drove great many new patrons to tie
elevated railroads, oo,A Es ani Vest. mt II also de
pftvcd them ol the pArOnaSc OF ladies', WHO found II too
dincut to reach the ttajon>. On the Wcs SiI' New
York Road The travel about n,ati the cara 'Hn
regularly but WcTc lew minutes longer ~ mdn-
ing the uip. Oa the Metropolitan Road the
trains ran regularly consuming about four minute -
extra tine clch rip. During the day the st'am in
one. of th, engines Dccdmc exhausted, which caused
;rhng delay and the backing brakes OF two iins lot
out ol or. from tc ,t0ppl-c OF -,rNm by TIE h"'i
The halarc TIA s,i ia the mornin. W's unusually h''!
TIC md lay .,ay, We fully up to u" average more
business men ana fewer Lanes uSiu2 The cat, tu ESul'
fi' ih>h ~ me ~ hE 90 t.. 80" ,,,. '.t ~
rtCat. md tliy equal To mat du'i's h. i'''l '''
storm. The train, 50 re Iu ~ lh'i ' 80 one 'Ii''.
Nuot one train three. after taking IA tnc passengers
,i ~, Rector Street ~;at0n. vouii h. ram "l"H -
t1idrIh.t without 30 Hcr"uHu"t'tc
the crowd tcrc ad avoid ihr rru.G Nh,, her,t"i',s
alNa,s rctuii, when pas.cHseo al tat station i'u /"
e, ~,. on tla.ls which had been hllns up ut liic-
on the Nr,lor, E,st side road trans were ran with
the arp roI Harlem q -1ah fIi, or ''"'' ~ i." "
more than creGu,' TIM: Is an eNtV-, i"I M
ccuy il was sad tmt the ,."o" on 'ie "G,CH "G,C
made III. gai.- slpDr.y IHe ;,"'H9 on ',"S ,'"
, ro.d VS. heavier thH H,u"l. AZ 'H' I..."u
street -tp,ion 1t Wa stid that more pis'eiSt.S
toa, that place - ihr norni- ma '-i'lt huIs
as tc day VA about u',' bat At tnr lht, il'a%iic %
s,auru. IN increase e. 10 ,cat fares "a Ito'ci On
d1ctD.s s1h That thcre were more 7"oll ~ li'
nan i,ai From $50 a.. ~. 10" y ~ tic sue Z" itbr'S
al tAc Iw'nyh.nl street s''in a Ini'un,9T ;nr a4v
day tals mouth. on few OF the H.Hns tihSG thSG
,g. 'l GI rn.- b, 70 bc u, in no-t ~ III raus
ON this I'M. the .sI- exec. dlr-y c"d ana 'l' -
ib: III, m lin a possible L.-tr ha'e IL" steam
heaters al cars IN orcrlon me iish ~. r @ c''nls
run o! minute ana hall head Nay Tor 'rDdtl l5 ut
.y ot SON, III the down trains s?J9 eIHSt H. ] "iS
ur,dWay and a. Il rJuIe along 10 ihr cr1"'d Platforms
,n,r s. - = rgt ,cfanpt to get board. After l,ay-
in Fr'.,rf no p.fs,ulcr, were allowed to sc on M
81, Iou.,-., ". reached. on train 0f tufcc ears
shic. ief, -o;ih Fer.y a, 5.-G =. M 49, fares w,le
tk,n before reaclils lIai'n and oth'r thioSn TIl'
were similarly crowded I1ch ca st'' ~; 4 'g' ~ ,t
sons. ana the seats in many cases were Atu o'O'' ''
tram ieit Hanover: GGare.
DETENTION OF TIE MAILS.
All the mails irom the West were d'ayed W 'hc ftorh
ycserlay III" trans over the NcN-S"rk C"h'i'i HaI
,d due at G.i5 and -l5 a. H., reached the Grand Cen
tr,l not together at 1880 another train dnc al
a IN. arrived at 4:j0 p One u the employees Ia
the railway mail sorvir" %hl aff't! on ~ III
i:5o IRAN, said that II lc.t >'IN'h,t ~ - ~ "'''N
On W,iDcity evening, aHd Glt ""t airikr me snow
Storm until schenectady "n~ frHcE'd zoe Hi-' serious
oi ,rnefous were along The hudson k'cr hui DE- dI
mon mink there would he diucuy IA Getting trains
| over the tTdcK to-day. go % .,t. , ,,..-
Tie 1jO a. mail from ~" N"r hlu 0"utHM ''o