New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-24
TRACES OF THE STORM
ITS RAyAGEs NOT YET ErrAcrn 5

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STREETS = DIFFICULTY IN COLLECTING SHE
| NEws-L1TLE ICE IN TIE RIVERS AND BsYs-.
PROGRESS OF TIE TELEGRAPH COMPANIES IN
| REPAIRING TUE DAMAGE TO THEIR LINES
The effects of Fridays storm were chiefly visible
yesterday in the broken telegraph poles which were
scattered along the side of some of the streets and
| in the damaged wires which hung from the house.
tops or were twisted around the iamp-posts
on the sidewalks Here and there
gang of men could be seen on roof repairing tia
| broken wires. and occasionally there was solitary
workman with iron spikes on bis boots. mouating
telegraph pole. The broken signs aud shattered
| shutters and windows. which were numerous on
Saturday, had either been repaired or covered.
On the West side very little had been
accomplished in the way of repairing the
damage DONE Parts of West, 'Varck, Thomp-
| son and Canal-sts. were still strewn wish
shattered telegraph poles, and hundrsds of people
took a walk through this quarter of the city to SEQ
| the damage DONE The streets down town pre-.
sented their usual appearance aud showed very few
| traces Of the storm.
In the enrller part of the day the mud made driv.
| ing unpleasant, and the cross walks were almost
| impossible for pedestrians. Gangs of the Street
Cleaning Bureau were out in the morning cleaning
the cutters and the openings of the
sewers. No attempt was made, however,
to clean the streets. The streets in
which there are street railways were in mach bet
ter condition than the Others a. most of the street
railway companies kept their sweeDers at work the
greater parr of the day. In Cana-st. the snow was
heaprd up in piles aud last night the railway COM
panes had a gang vt men at work removing this. In
Fourteent-st there WAS als0 gang OF men at work
in the early part Of the day removing the DIRT and
snow. The driving and walking 10 the upper part
of the city was good. the SHOW having become well
packed IN the streets ana most OIL the Walks having
been thOrOuphV cleaned.
A great many people visited Central PARK yester-
day. The colder weather made the seighing excel
lent and the drIves led oil day with sleighs.
The Gee on the lake IN fine condition, and M the
Afternoon it was covered with skaters The obelisl
was the chief attraction at the Park. however and
at any time OF the day 4 cur GUS crowd might nave
been gathered around Il.
For the frt time in several weeks the rivers ana
Epperi e anG resSeTGav fse only aans ice to be-
seen in the afternoon had collected IN the neiehbor
hood of SOuth Ferry, BROOKLYN Vessels might
fectly safe from damage BY ice In the North River,
above Ihrty-iourth-st.. there was considerable
ice, but il did not work its way down the river.
Newark Bay and Staten Island sound are both
filed with ice much of IL beng solid.
W.O. Lewis, the manager OF the ship News De-
partment of the Associated Press SAID Yesterday;
The difficulty and great amount OF labor required
in collecting slip news during the past three dsys
carry US back to the primitive days Of the port be-
fore the tssgFn Is,od nt FROM sbe Hhnd
Sandy Hook and Quarantine are down and there
are no means of sending word to the ship news Office
mort that she is sighted off Fire Island or that she is
dlscerned in the least oihng" from the HiRhlands
In fact, steamer NAV arrive anu pass GOVERNORS
Island before it is known IN the city that she Is near
the port. When the wires are In working order
every vessel is repOrte as soon as sighted twenty
thirty miles from port at the once OF tne Associated
Press on the Battery aud the information sent 10
the newspaper offices, Custom House. Barge Omce,
Castle Garden and friends who have requested 10
be- Informed several hours before the vessel can pos
sbly reach her D er
In order to ob ain the news nov Mr.. Lewis has
his c. rps distributed along the water front and on
tugs down the bay. Mr.. Lewis also has the assist.
ance of the Staten Island Railway ferryboats and
of the Custom House inspectors, whose boats are
running continuously throughout the day, taxing
inspectors TO the incoming vessels and returning
with manifrsts and other reports 1t is expected
that before tweDty-four hours have expired tue
wires will again be in working order
One OF the superintendent OF the Metropo'au
Telegraph and Telephone Company said yesterday:
We have had about 200 men "a, at work t9-aay'
From Jay-st. to West Eeventh-st there are eighty
wires down for miie aud quarter There are IoO
miles of wire down In that street, all Oh when Is
total loss. In Canal-st there are thirty niies OK
wire down. There are also thirty more miles down
IN Thompson-st.. from Canai-st. TO VI ina-st. ln
wires winch were on the poles that were Down
down form very small part OF our loss. however
The greatest injury was done TO the wires on tue
honsetops. IL Will take us four times as long 10
repair these as it will the pole lines. We know now
that 10 miles of this wire are rnned and there Is
no telling now much more has been. TWENTY-FIVE
miles of WIRE, running from broadway at twenty
second-st. to the East River, are runed.
Inc First-ave line, with thirty wires, Is dOwu
for about n mile. In Brooklyn and Jersey City we
are rot in as bad condition rs We are IN TINS city,
We cannot tell what our total loss viii be- We DO
know however. that there are at least 1000 wires
connecting with our subscribers that are not IN
wolNing order to-day. aud probably VIII not he 70,
morrow. We calculate that We can put up 4O0
wires week, aud at that rate II VIII take US
five weeks 10 get IN the condltlon IN Wnlcn n
NIGHT On the ImDOrta0t
sections of our wires we will go To work INST. III
we put the downtown wires IN shape we wiz nelp
seveU-eighths of our subscribers. The uptown
Subscribers, | am afraid, will have TO wair some
timr." m,
pany said: We shall have the wires OF all our suo;
scrlbers in good shape tomorrow. We nave nao
five or SIX years experience IN TINS business.
and have learned that it y the cheapest ID
the 10 z run to put wires mp we'll We have DO con.
nection with BROOKLYN yet aud probably shall NOT
have Tomorrow as far as our Subscribers are con'
ever so that we can get the court records. Our
work IN greatly supplied by the fact that we have
very few uptown lines, cant say what our loss
has been but we are all Wiling 10 wall seven years
The office OF the Gold and Stock Telegraph Com
pany was closed yesterday. One OF the workmen
SAID. however that most of its wires had been re-
pared and that all its business could DE done to-day
The office of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company looked dark and gloomy last night There
were a few clerks there, but they did not seem par
ticularly busy Mr. Sabine, the night suDeriDten-
dent said: 1--WE are in little better shape to-day
than we were yesterday We have four direct lines
to Boston; one of these we havo given TO the
Western Union however We have had
large force Of men at work to-day on our CITY wires
and have got them pretty well cleared uD we
ha v haen able IN us. them much. however, as
fine Operators at the branch Offices throughout the
city have gone home. We shall be able to do all
the business we can get To-Day :, M - IL,
The American Union Telegraph office was bril-
Lanty lighted last night, and all tie clerks were
busy at work. The night superintendent salu .ns 1
tbo cnmnanv had connections IN every dlrectlon anu
thar ths most Of the compiny's wires 10 tue cisy
were i'm good condition. The company wouiu oo
able TO transact its business to-day proDaoy Ill
The Rapid telegraph Company u was sta'eo' VIII
my i."P- III 10 hnstness to-day.