New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-04
THE COLD Not 50 SEJERE.
TIE TEMPERATURE YEsrEEDAY-lNCEH\~ro DIS
TEEsS AMONG TIE PooH-ThElCEl IN HE lNE EMS
IN THE BAY AND IN THE SOUND.

1rEsS AMoNG TIE PoOR-TnEICEl IN HE hlNERs,
IN THE BAY AND IN TIE SOUND
The temperature was mnch lcss severe cstcrGay
Than We inrsdav The maximum point reached OH
III" thermometer on that day was 10 above zero.
Yesterday. it indicated a. much a. ~ above zero.
The travel downtown was much linprd"o a. II mas
been for thel ast two months 10y frequent bockades
The hard frozen snow, presenting III many places "A
surface as slippery ice. calsed many ncc'hi7 10
horses and wagons. Broadway presented IN some
rlaccs the aspect of fIcShly-pOnghcd h"m'
Scarcely any attempt was made by the Street Clean
ing Bureau to remove the snow and dlrt which nave
accumulated IN large @ant,ln' III Inc SI' S'Lr''s
TRIBUNE reporter whether he lau dctalIcI lofCe
IN rcmoye the snow in the streets mentioned by the
Mayor III his recommendation to tie fo!icc CoMhis-
One hundred men and fifty carts are at work
now in those streets" he TcpIodi ami II we can
get the bargcs ont 10 sea we VIII DC @oIc 10 IeoNc
some Of the snow
The poorer classes are beginning to suffer severely
from the continued cold. shown by TIE increased
number of applications for relief NJ chaIitaOle IN
stitutions. There was tho usual detention OF the
mails Yesterday The early Eastern mail was two
hours late The Springfield mail due at o'clock
arrived at g. The Eastern Shore Line mail due Mt
I'D n m arrived at Q:lO A. m. The Southern mail
dine nj o'clock was three hours late. The
G:15 a. m. train The Nc''-York Central WAS three
hours behind time, whilot cSOclock man over the
same road was four hour. ate Inc thIough Iehn'
sylyania mail, due at 7:lj m: was more than iont
hours late whlc the o'clock Pr" mai w9S nary
1890. did not arrive until few minutes before
o'clock. ........,
thc change in temperature during III" last twenty
four hours at the places mcutl"ncd: At Albany
~ rise Of c,nc,nra it II li".I''a i Of r. r.
81 ctroi H Sy Ite of at Inlanapos i?9 a OF
3 at Louisville % FAY oi Al yNi,"at44Ne+,
tail of q At Omaha. Ncb - n fall OF q :at Puts
burg, Penn, lac a rise of at Portland Me- 20
y rise Of ~: at Shreveport 81, rise OF at
.i,sn IA !
a RISE OF 1872. At Chicago tie mercury remained
stationary. indicating - above zero. Iipht snow
was reported from Albany, Burlil gton ". liuii1io
Cincinnati. PASSPORT. Me-. and Osw"go, \. J. me
minimum temperature reached here was = above
zero, nt o'clock a. III. NOrhwcstcrly winds pre-
The nee continued to impede the boats in the rivers
Yesterday. The North River above tie llobnkrn
Ferry was completely cLoked WITH large cakes. aud
the boats could only run irfcgularly. The jersey
| CITY Ferry boats were not on tn"' Iut were
most of the day i'll the rver tying to
get to either snoTg In o the ,o E@s' hE%r
Staten Island boats were IN the same condition. HE
| tug boats met with much interruption. LIrg"
| ocean steamers were compelled I" move slowly IN
the hnrbor The Greece arrived AZ her pier III the
morning after much difficulty. HE Parthia arIlNcl
at the bar at p. III. "Wednesday, and was detained
| there until yesterday morning. L. W. BertauX -"
| No. ~ Beaver-st., received a disphtch stating that
| the ship Criterion, of which he Is the agent. had
run ashore at SANDY Hook yesterday morning. She
had cargo Of petroleum. and leit her per Nrdhcs-
day afternoon Tor Bremen She was driven close to
| the shore, and was trying to make pa,sagcway
| through the ice when she struck. IL was Thought
| at the Office that she would be able tn resume her
trip as soon as the tide became high IN the night.
| Tugs were ready there to assist her.
dIspatcn from CITY Island received AZ the Ship
| News Onco stated that Long Island Sound was
nearly frozen over. and that three steamers wcTo
| ten miles east of Sands Point trying to yet III. AT
the office OF the Old Colony Line dispatch re-
celycd stating that the field OF zee III the Sound was
from SIX 20 eight miles IN length and that the cakes
were packed 80 tightly that only those steamers
| provided with the most powerful engines could
make passage. The agent Of the Fall River Lane
SAID that the steamer Newport Oh account OF her
powerful engines had been able TO get
through on her last trip ont. About
twenty steam vessels thus enabled
to pass mp tho Sound following III her wake. All
the Sound steamers were DELAYED seven or eight
houis. The piers in the morning were filled with
tuckmen waiting for freight. The steamers Of the
| Fall River, Providence, StOnington, Hartford and
New-liavcn Lines did not arrive until between and
4 o'clock in the afternoon. The captain, of these
vessels report ted that they had not seen the Sound
50 solldy frozen over in II was thought that
the Fall River Line would not send out steamer
last night. The principal point where the steamers
met with delay was near Fort SCHUYLER.
The main line of the Long Island Railroad. except
between Jamaica and llicksviilc, Is sull blocked
with snow. rs Is the stewart Central Road and tn,
Port Jefferson and sag HarbOl branches.