New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-02
A GOOD DAY TO STAY INDOORS.


weather on February O. One of the stanzas is:
II Candemas Day he dry and fair,
The half ~ win'ers to come and nIair.
II Caademas Dav be wet and foul,
Tie half - winters game at Yule.
The indications yesterday were that the weather
today would be decidedly " wet and foul u; bnt
there wond doubtless be few objections if 1t brought
the cheering intelligence that the winter was half
over at Christmas
There were few signs of approaching storm
Monday night, although the wind was brisk aud
cold and the sky was overcast. The wind Increased
through the night At a. m. yesterday the SHOW
began to fall. and it continued almost without n-
terruptlOn until late in the evening. Il was
panied by high winds, which blew the snow in all
directions. making travel in the streets difficult and
extremely unpleasant The streets IN the upper
part of the city were almost deserted, and women
postponed their shaping for pleasauter day. In
Broadway and SiXtlI-aye. the large stores looked
vacant, and the clerks reclned lazlly on the cOul-
ters. An occasional awning stretched from house
to the curhstOne showed that reception was being
held within, but the few carriages that stood in
front of the house were PROOF that many ptIsUs had
not been attracted from their comfortable hre. des.
In many Of the uptown streets the sidewalks and
CROSSINGS covered with ice aud frozen snow.
which rendered walking dangerous. lhc Street.
Cl anng 'nreau paid little attention to the streets,
and horses were consequently driven slowly and
with care The surface railroads suffered consider
ably from he storm. -Four horses put III front
oil all the cars aud stages, and even then their pro-
greES was slow. The elevated railroads Ieaps,l the
only benefit, the were crowded at all bOnrs.
The city. in the business portion, presented as
lively an appearances Al other days. Few per-
cons however, venureG ont unless compelled by
necessity. Men were mHtflcd up to their ears, and
hurried along the streets rapidly possible TO
escape the binding snow. The wind blew the snow
from the high buildings IN Broadway and from the
streets, aud when the two Glet Il white clond was
formed that swept forward at n furious rate.
Drivers OF trucks and draws seriously
imyeded III their efforts to deliver goods. The
horses were constantly slipping or the ice in
the streets AMI in many instances &c re-
qrired great deal of time 10 sct them
their feet again. These mishaps ocri.Vned great
tiea = especially in the streets ear Tie ste .Dlsp
plcrs. H. Wes;-st. there WAS blockade which
reached from Camal-st. almost 10 the B.tieIi leo
and trczcn heapei in hills he s,dcs Of
the car tracks, AMI tracks could hot he driven any
where except on the tracks. long line If cnIs was
to be- found at all hours waiting for OppJgtvnty
to move, and the p1SscneeTs growing impatient,
frequently got ont ald walked 10 thelr destination.
Poh,e encn were busy On Wc>t-st. trying e. arrange
the taugic of trucks and cars going IN both djfcc-
tiuns. bat their ciors were freqlenty irLitIcss A
snow -plun.h was sent down town the l;e Line
t. clear The track but of the wheels iaUiei of
at ChambcIs-st aud the sweeper WAS t!i!nwB ACROSS
the track. This caused an inex;ricatle mass Of
vc.Iclrs to be doyefalled into each other. II took
abou half hour L, get tie sweeper on :he rack,
and rncu the ransc of trucks had To be Uurvelled.
In Greenwich, Church, Greene aud CLna's-sts.
here were many DELAYS tO trucks aud ears.
- t,tU-u i'm ha af Al
ard TIA r rnteuls thrown al over te streets.
La1O'crs aid mechanics emr.oyrd 81 outdoor
wol> haG - suspend ,abOI yesterday. llrnduds OF
na>OlS. carpenters and painters, who ale Engaged
Ia TIE construction of rows of houses III the upper
part # the city, were crmpcl He'd toSpcnl an ie day
a. home The weather has been so severe this win
ter that these workmen have lost g"rtt deal of
time. Ntn engaged IN replacing the .egrIpa wires
broken by tie last storm could not ascend tie poles.
and 81 ihe wOrA was stopped. a lew "IrS were
blokcn by tiic storm.
WE'RE TIE storm CAME FROM.
The storm which caused 50 much discomfort waa in
SOME respects the most that has visited the cty
his winter. According 20 the report at the Signal
Service Station III tho Equitable Building he storm
origina ed in the northwest AMI its Ceatre Mon-
day was in Indian Territory. Its centre Yesterday
was IN Nashville, and it gradually moved north Of
east ana viii pass of III Ncw-tOrk. IL the south
heIvy rains were reported and i'll the Ac:tt @iri
West there were heavy falls Of SHOW. accompanied
tel from u to %. The report received Yesterday
showed tHat there WAS snow al TIC following
points at which also the record OF The fi!er-
monerer is gwen: Detroit. the ThrrnJm-
etrr registered %. a tall Il 10; Chicago
is. fall of 3 st. LOUIS. 28' fli OF S lndian:
apois 80, decline Of - CincilnlT;. u" tail
fall OF 90; Cleveland, ~, decline ~ - ne
10 a decline of IS AID Washington, - ircline
OF -. Al other places the iecoI 0i the !hrrmone-
ter Is given follows: Burlington low. = 1e,ow
zero. Il decline OF 10; Fort 1iahy, - 5'lo". IL
fail of 14o: Marquette. 10 below. '' ;!ne / -
Vincent, 40 below. fail of 20; No"hcad. 100
veg, ZrTo all ~ iG~ Buffalo. >. Iai oi I.0;
On ycnne, 300, fall OF TO- -. Part, 3 decline
of -. and Rochester, ~. la!l oi l00.
in TINS city tine mercury fell ~ ".icr Monday at
when II registered :! Ats u. - II mad
fallen to 10o AID varied ll,te from that time until
p. NJ, wHen 1t was at lhu edn!e tigurc In t;:e
mOlneter registered r.. AT 4. the Dl rcTfy s.ad
only dropped slightly below IL. he wand was
steady all dsy, and NEW At the rate oi n!t"tn miles
al nOur. and iis max!indn force was siNty-uve
ponnGs per ,qunre foot. Its direction wes norta,
northeast. le barometer at d. III was 80. |, and
at p. m. 1913.
delayed by the snow storm. Nearly all the trains
arriving Ut the Grand Central Depot were more or
less ayed. The Atlantic cypress due ~ 6:'io did
not airiy until about $50, and lett Albany Oue
hour behind time. The second AJanIic express Was
three holrs late. The fast express irom Albany due
at 1896 arrived at noon; Inc ex?leAs tran. wLlqa
Road reached jersey City at o o'clock. The Ilains
ON the Ene ami New-Jelsey Central Railroads were
also behind time. LIE Erie train due at ':lo 3" IN.
did not arrive until p. IN. Thcre were maay delays
Oh the New-iork, New-Havea and dar:1Ori Line.
and the Boston night express, winch was drawn by
two engines, was two hours late.
ICE IN THE BAY AND RIVERS.
The bay and rivers presented more Of an Arctic.
like appearance yesterday than at any tine before
this season. and ferry and other boats net with