The daily gazette., 1880-12-30
MORE SNOW.
THE sTRnsTs BADLY BLooKADRD-
WHAT WILL BE DoNk.

or inches were added to the Qreat
load OF snow that already burdensd
the streets Of the city. What to dc
with 1t 10 serious problem, and IL the
eleven feet fall predicted by Prof
Venner arrives the city will be fairly
swamped.
| The streets, at present, are seriousIy
blockaded. Front street, from Mar.
ket to Tatnall, 10 covered with fine.
densely packed snow, over a foot deep.
Ihe cross CUTTERS, particularly at Ship.
icy street, are in a bad condition, with
heep ruts that are apt to ''play smash
with wagon springs and axles IL great
care is not exercised in driving over
them.
| With 30 much snow in the streets
business travel il Of coure greatly i'm
| peded, while tho suovv cleared FROM
the sidewalks and piled high along
the cutters is also serious annoyance
to drivers of coal carts, express waR-
ons and other vehicles that are requir-
ed to approach the curbstone to un-
load. On Market street, this difficulty
applies with peculiar force, and 10 an
annoying obstruction to business.
The prevailing opinion is that the
snow should be carted away from
Market street and Front street, which
thoroughfares bear the bulk of busi-
ness travel, and dumped into the Chris
tiana. Ibis 10 the course adopted in
New York, the harbor officials there
not fearing any evil effects, though in
Philadelphia the Port Wardeus refuse
TO allow snow to be dumped into the
Delaware, on the ground that it tends
TO ill up the stream around the
wharves.
Another serious result of the snow
storm is that many Are plugs of the
city are rendered practically useless
by being completely covered with snow
thrown around them by persons clean
ing pavements.
This was found to be the case during
the fire early yesterday morning, and
was not only great disadvantage to
the firemen, but caused additional loss
by delaying the operations for the
suppression of tho flames. Doubtless
the snow packed around the plugs
kept them from freezing, bus the out
let's should at least be keptI free and
easy of access.
On the City Passenger Railway, yes
terday, only about one third OF the
usual trips were made, and tho cars
were run with four and six horses
apiece. This morning he tracks were
thoroughly cleaned, with a view to
making regular trips.
1t is reported that the Chesapeake
& Delaware Canal is SO tightly filed
with ice that the steamers of the Bi
csson line were not started on their
usual trips between Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
COLD WEATHER.
During the continuance OF the snow
storm cold weather prevailed, the ther
mometer ranging from to II degrees
above zero. After niue O'Clock, when
/ the snow ceased falling, the mercury
"took drop" of the most decided char
acter. Just what point IL reached
through the night Is not exactly known,
but at sunrise this morning the ther
mometer in the Sixth street duor OF u.
James Belts drug store, marked etgh'
degrees betolo zero. At the GAZErTl
| office, about eight o'clock, a thermome
ter was taken from warm locat on ant
hung outside the door, where, iu abou
twenty minutes, the mercury descended
from fifty-eight degrees above zero t.
Two degrees below. All morning th'
weather continued cold, and though th'
sun modified the atmosphere slightly
the mercury kept hugsing zelo very
closely.
This W, ,ather is by far the coldest ex
perienced in this neighbJihood since th'
eel brated 'scold Monday in January
Monday, j ,nuary s,1so6 } Thenthe cole
commenced on the night Of the Tth, th'
heI mometer descending to 4 degrees be-
| low Zero a; l6& o'clock. The next morn
| ing, at 8 O'CLOCK, the thermometer In or
binary locations In the city, was 9a de
grees btlow ro aud the GAzkrIE o
hat date says that at points along tn
Chrlstiana front il was as low as -four
teen degrees below zero. This weather
was the coolest since 1856, whan th'
mercury marked 9 degrees below zero.
and the previous tcoldest day" accordinA
to the weather record Of Mr.. John He'd
yes, then one of Wilmineton's sold resi-
denters," was January 25th, 1921, when
the thermometer stood ID degrees below
zero, wind W. N. W."
HOW THEY RANGED.
The state of the thermometer at Z
O'Clock, this morning, In several loca
cations, was as follows:
At <. A. Van Trump's house, Jener-
sou street, below Delaware Avenue, III
degrees below zero.
Al John f. Miller's house EleVent
street, near Jefferson, II degrees below
zero.
At u. James Belts house, 90s West
street, 81 degrees below zero.
AT Edward Bringhurst's house, NO
500 West stleet, o degrees below zero;her'
The thermometer fell from six to nine
degrees after the sun rose.
At Almond Il Co.'s grocery store,
Eighth and Market streets, {. degrees pc
low zero.
At Henry G. Banning's residence, IN
the southwestern suburbs of the city, the
thermometer marked degrees below
zero, but 1t was not hanging in an eX-
posed location.
The barometer, this morning, indica
| ted more snow.
THB ooLDEsT POINT.
The "bossn thermometer heard from
was one hang out all night on the wharf al
| Harlan b Hollngsworth Compsny's shll
yard, which indicated, at seven o'cloes
this morning, sixteen degrees peio"
zero. This makes the weather TWO de-
grees colder than on the famous "coie
Monday" above alluded to.
The next coldest place recorded wa
Edgmoor, where an outside thermohele
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