New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-02

! A DISAGREEABLE DAY IN THE CITY.
| SHOWS AND RAINS REPORT D-THE STORM TUES
| DAY NIGHT--rHE TEMPERATURE RIsfSG-sNow
STORMS X vArIous PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
! Sudden changes in the weather the rule yes
tcrGay. The day was characterized by chilly,
damp atmosphere and occasi, ual lurries OF
snow aud ram, through which the
| peeped out at intervals. TIE weather H.
elections of increased cloudness and rain
| CT snow proved well founded. Shortly after Elid-
! night We sterlcv morning the mercury fell below
! the freezing point end tho moisture IN Do alr con
| gealod m the form of snow. A. and , O.. IL TIE
SNOW was failing heavily, and when daylight broke
! fall of about three inches had coThed She city IN
/ whue. Along the HUDSON River aud n New
England the snowfall was still greater. In conse-
/ quence the incoming mail trains were much de-
/ laycd At the Grand Central Depot Yesterday
morning fho trains from tairtY minutes 10 TWO
hours laie. The trains on the PENNSYLVANIA Road
/ from the West and SOnti and the Boston unii
! trains suffered even greater Ceiay.
shortly after sunrise toe mercury had risen 10 the
melting point. and tine we'' heavy snow beEan, 10
| assume the consistency Of sem-hcud sush Pcdes-
/ Trans were compelled % vide through tnl',
and horses slipped and FIJI and splashe'!
! travellers with mud. TIE siush piled
! along the sides Of the streets began 81 melt and
| streams OF water tTcbled ont Upnu the CROSSINGS.
| The sky was heavily oyerca {, and about noon
cold shower added 20 the general discomfort Later
| the clouds cleared away q little and Tie sun Occa-
slonally showed tse between the drops Of rJn. At
3 O'Clock the mercury had risen TO 49, the highest
| point reached during the day. 4 lac slight north
| erY wind blowing ln the mornir. had changed
! 10 he Northwest Throughout the attc. noon ut
tie rain fell occasionally aud the uncertain char
acter OF the wgalntf seemed 20 DelonG 70 Apfl
/ rather than December Ile total rainfall from the
beginning of ire storm early Yesterday morning 90
ITS close M. 0JOO OF an inch he morning 0OseiVa-
| tons taken ut 7 d. M at the United STATES Signal
! station, on the Equitable Building. shaved the
mercury tD be at $40. wind north, sky cl0ldy, with
light rain anu the rainfall OF the preceding cght
| hours 2'lOO of an inch. At otnST points
| he observation, were as ioIio,w--Al-
| bany, so wrh heavy snow Ballmjtt,
! So, with ieht raln Boston ~ showing signify;
| Ea9ipOTt, Maine. 100; Louisville, kentucky a.
| Ncw-Orleans. So; Omaha 20; San francisco As;
| ST. LOUIS, Sc. and Washington, 80. Throughout
| the day "a rise in temperature occurred at nearly
| every station, which was strongly marked when
| the afternoon reports arrived nc BIO p. m. Inc
! wind ~ most cases continued rang ~ between
| north and southwest The mercury iu NoW-l0rt az
/ 3:1j D. H. marked 3d. n gam Of four degrees
/ and the barometer indicated - Ok tn" wind was
bowng from the northwest at the r5te OF nye mlrs
an haurand the rainfall Or the preceding eiyht hours
was 25lOO of inch. The mercury at Albany at thls
! time mar0Cd3lO. ana iight snow vas Iallhg; - IT,
timore. AZ Boston, $40. with heavy snow F.; CHI
cago, $685. EaspOrt, Me-, l9o Leayerworth AliL
! 4so; Louisville, Ky, ~; NcW-lrladus, 90;
Omaha. heb. 43o; II. LOUIS. 80, 4J0; aud Weeks
burg, Mss e.
The rise IN the temperature throughout the coUu-
try together with tact th1t 40 GINS IF greater
cold were detected a Cheyenne or Omaha, r." q"
tine inference that the polar wave bad passed. ana
season OF cDuDar IflNeiF warm ana clear NcdT HNf
WOud prevail. Is no evening reports were
| received yesterday at tie signal STATIONS
from coast stations 10 WIS concluded tNal
storm was coming along the coast winch had inter-
fer-d with The The following table obtained
ai Hutnuts Pharmacy gives com1arlsoH OF yes
terla.s temperatures with the temper ture on tne
corresponding day IA TWO preceding yea aa on,
H., 1919 A. i' dee" - - ~
December 1. 1873. 49, 90
DcceAD r /, 1851. -...-.--.....>JS So DO
TIE HORRORS or BROADWAY.
Broadway from one end to the other yesterday
was q reek ng bed Of slime, mud, siush and filth
The dsspliring walls Of pedes rians were
varied by curses. loud and deep from the
profane. Cleanliness seemed faded dream
dry feer a fable aad the Street Cleaning Bureau
hollow mockerT. Doctors and ta.lor' alone re-
iaiccd The prophetic eye of the physician bched
an abundant outcome Of colds, bronchla, troubl
and uouralgias. Iaiors f0r-saw a steady stream OF
moist AMI muddy men bringing clothing 20 be
pressed and cleaned.
But Broadway presented graiations Of ilthness
which from an upper window 10 was interesting to
contemplate. From the sidewalks to tie middle Of
the street there WAS n shading of from
solid 10 liquid forms OF backncss. Here
and th,ra along the cIr5stones wore piled
dark. repul-ve heaps OF what had once been snow.
ON tine tides ui the sceet stretched beds Of pIstT,
sem-uud siu5H.' The p1vtrg-s-ones lU the
centre ot tle street. plastcrcd with tenacious nud
ned frequent pools Of fert water, which proved
snare 90 tile unwary traveller. In places 2. de
of the slime was erred still more n0tlc able bg
feeble attempts to cla.I crossing which .mbed
tie scratching OF a welregulated and indu.trous
w ,gI; could be crossed Comparatively
drr-shod was ri Fourieeuti-st. Elsewhere Ia was
Gehcuna-a place accused. InAy rVu,e's' looking
Ike che contents OF sewer poured down tue
CUTTERS and made broad pools on tine worn tagging
of side-sIreet Gro Sings. Two rch'y-dressed women
paused hesltatng ON the verge OF one OF these
4
Opposite side. He BROUGHT hs lias To- bear upon
tie aoG and re- 50, ye 10 put fem nine timdt- t. HE
blush. Ii braccd himself and icaDed. Bur his weak
vision bad mlscacu'afe1 lie dls.i5nca: There Wa
an VIII splash, az DE- allgGted eAdciE 100 tAe Md
die Of tie pool. J BE- muddy v ter flew IN every
direction. The women Shresel. LOOKED Or Their
brsp4i tered oressts and turned a stony Giare upon
thar adventurous young man, waicl reduced him 30
atect ID scry ard ho hastliy vanished moist uil-
Bn. yronIen we're rarely seen upon Broadway yes
'erday and the few visible wore look OF suffering
aud desperation. Men with their trousers
rolled up and equipped with heavy rubber
overshOe., and even with rubber trousers waded
reck!e,sy through the O1ze OF the street, tracking
the mud up on the sidewalks until they rY1ci
the streets IN nlsti4ess. and making havoc with enc
floors of Offices and stores. The stages we're crowded
with people WHO looked with an ar oil pr0ld
superiority on their dirty fellOw-m0rtals outside,
and We're instantly filled with a deadly hatred OF
every newcomer who brought ln = fresh install
ment ~ street mud. People who GIFTED
from stages did reluctantly. picking their Wy
among puddles and seldom reaching me sidewalk
=
wheels Wherever was The greatest travel thffc
filth unutteraOe abU1udcd IN most uauseatng
profuslon The slush and mud We're churned and
10 shoes and clothing. the very h0rs. $
looked as AIMED of their muddy condition.
Broadway seemed covered with pail Of iuky oiIci-
ness. The drcary expaDse of slush aud misery WAS
without auy mitigation. IL was u Slough OF
Desmond through which who had negun the
dgy clean and happy plouGhcd their way IN sucn
II ence dirty and much ashamed. The side streets
presented realms of unknown horrors too awful for
explorations.
TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGES AT AN END.
. RHlvAI OF FIVE OF TIE OVERDUE STEAMSHIPS