New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-30
SNOW AT THANKSGIVING
A FALL OF SEVERAL INCHES YEsTERD,v
THE CITY IN A wISTRY GARB-EFFogTs tn pv,,a.',

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storm. For those whofelt the first of these
kind provision was made by the heavy fall o.
early in the morning. IL began to come ao,.~
about 230 a. m, lightly ut first, but growing 49,
rapidly. The fakes large and moist and .;.
ing. They packed well, and within few ~
after daybreak the streets in the upper ua,s "a az
city, the avenues and the drives through thu p..s
were in capital condition for sleghing. seo,s. :.
| picturesque sleigbs and enters were ont hat.~'
noon, and many merry parties were to be seen. IT..
| parks became what always they ought 10 be-,l..
Fairgrounds of the httle folks, who with tbeir s5'
numbered hundreds where the older merrymat.~
marshaled scores. 1t needed very gentle slons -
stimulate an effort at least at coasting nu,ot-
OF well known horse fanciers spent the oftsr,o.
SHINING along the avenue behind their rand srs
tiers.
The area of supreme discomfort was coertsns,.
with the business portion of the city, Tbere III
picturesque element OF the storm was confined "a
the white crowns of the cornIces and telegram
poles. and the snowy ornaments on Trinity and 81
PauPs spires. A wintry prospect greeted all who
went to the housetops to view the city and bav
Sky and water were of the same dull and mouo,.
onons hue There was no cheerfulness either Ia tbe
snow. After 1T had ceased TO be binding thick. A,
ii did soon after noon, IL came in thin fakes tia,
fell slowly as though loath to drop into the mire Of
the streets. Seen from above, the horses wagons
and men moved hitber and thither without ANNA
ton churnipg ths mud and snow OF the streets aud
sidewalks into vile slush. Men paid attention
only to where they put down their feet aud
walked together almost without conversation
Street cars and stages were drawn by extra teams
the delivery OF merchandise was retarded
sailing vessels pOstooned the time OF their depart
ure from port, and at least one steamship, the City
of Merida, Tor Havana anchored ~ the stream 70
await clearer weather before proceeding on herycy
hnuua fnnnOh ha afQru
general only very slight interference with railway
service and he ma Is were delivered with no less
than the ordinary promptness.
Commissioner Coleman issued orders to his ioros
early Yesterday TO remove the ashes and garbage
promptly, as if any considerable amount Of ashes
was spie on the snow 1t looked ike large accu-
mutation, and the entire mass must be removed "a
the sun had very little impression on H. broadway
was swept clean on tuesday night. he work was
completed about 2 a; M. yesterday The $40.
in Broadway can therefore be- removed and
emptied into the rivers without carrying much
street dirt with il. The crosswalks and guttsu
along Broadway, from the Battery TO Twenty third
st. were kept clear OF snow and ice Yesterday NJ
Coleman was fearful that II might turn cold, and
for this reason anxious that the cutters and
crosswalks should b. kept clean. Last evening the
full force of men, horses and carts In the
Street Cleaning Department., and the horses which
would be used ordinarily on the street-sweepng
III chines were attached TO extra carts ana inc
work of removing the snow from Broadway was
b. gun and carried on through the night. Inc work
was retarded somewhat by tine fact that a!o9g tho
North River front, from the Battery 10 Nine
teepth-st there are only five piers which
can be used for dumping snow and leo
into the river. These belo1g TO the
city and are public piers. All the Others ore Leased
To steamship COMPANIES aud private lndlvldu1l.
rne street cleaning act empowers the street. Ciesn
ing Commissioner TO use any pier on either river of
DUN ping snow and ice. 1t is considered doubtfal
However, whether the Legislature has any power
to authorize the Street Cleaning Commissioner TO
trespass upon private property In this nanber
Commissioner Coleman asked William Z. Wnitney,
when Corporation Counsel, for an opinion On ths
point, ana Chat official was not by any means cer-
tain that the Legislature possessed TINS power.
decided aid To the ST eet-cleinIng operations yester
day was a plough, drawn by one horse whicn
tarew the snow out from tne gutter aseheetIvey as
and more rapidly than twenty laDorers couu nave
done. Broadway was divided into sections, each
having gang of men under the command Oh
foreman. 80
ououid there there not be thaw to-day efforts
viii De ma e to remove as lar as poslnie the snow
and ice from Broadway to TWenty-tmfd-st., anu
from Fulton, Wall, Chambers aud other streets
leading to tine ferries Cont actors walton anu
Brown were informed by COMMISSIONS FOREMAN .i.a
that he should expect them TO comply Win
the terms oil their contract III REMOVING snow ana
ice from the streets most used IN Their districts
rhey are only compelled TO use The force OF men,
horses and carts which would otherwise be employ ell
III cleaning the streets and removing the dlIt, IN
cartiuy away the snow and ice. The bulk OF the
work will have TO be done BY an extra force TO be
employed by Mr.. Coleman. There Is an extra ap-
preparation for this purpose, to be expended AT lne
discretion Of the commissioner. Contractor Watoa
has vet Indue any move lOndIu tuo
snow and IA tue streets by means OF mach'Hes
similar To ones used for the parpOSe III PARIS.
At the meeting of the Dock commissioners yester-
day Mr. NoOrhIs called upH resolution setting apart
certain piers and bulkneads 10 % used oy the
StIe-t-L leaning Department. street railroad con-
panies and ctlz rs for the dumping OF clean snow
and ice removed rom the streets INTO Che ryefs
The following are the piers aud bukheafs dssig-
Dated for the purpose: On the North RIver-buiK'
head north OF pier new No. d; north end VI new
maze Ia d be- ween Jay and Duane-sts., between
and Eiftv.aaveufh-4fs aud between
Fifty-seyenth and fIfty-eignth-sts; Dulkheais
north OF piers Nos. 26 and 81, aud at Nineteenth
ST.; dump at twenty seventh-st and outer end Oh
piers at f0rIleth, fOIty-slXth seventy nihth Aua
Undergraduates. On East Riyer-Uut-r end OF
piers Nos. II, 10 aud 50, and at Third, Fith
| Thirty and Fifty fourth-stS buikheads a,
Corlears. al Sixteenth and Forty second'sts, ana
foot of Second we. ut the Harlem River Inc io
lowing leased piers were also set aside Tor tne sno
purpose provided consent from the lesse $ coaid %
obtaIuel by those desiring such privileges VI no
| North River-Outer end Of piers at Canal, WeR
Eleventh. Bethune, Jane, Thirty fourth, fhiy.
first aud Observation-Disclosures enty-nnthcsts IN
the East RiveIOu,er END of piers Nos. % o anu 20
and at Twenty eight and Eighty slxth-sts.
The storm very general one, ana remA,&
able rat er for It's early date than Tor us se.In5
1t extended from the lake region down hestiy ~
the Cuff of Mexico. Snow tel north ana rdlh SOU"
OF Washington. The changes in temperature WEI
not very great except in some OF be western ale
North western cities, when the fall during msl'
before last ranged from five to fifteen degrees. -
The SNOW tell to the depth of four inches on tag
| level in Queens and Suffolk Counties making gvp
sleghlng. lie snow drifted little exeeptlog ihs
lew spots on the liempsgead Plains Causing sheuss
detention 10 trains he Lo0g Island Rallroaus .u
ITS branches Last evening the trains were nun -
all points regularly and on time ana the Nesi an
honnd trains reached Hunters Point nearl; on
time There was heavy travel yesterday s'erho ~
on all the outgoing trains In Long Island Siy ny
streets were almost lnpasSible 1t was WIN eng
difficulty the street-cars we're kept running .o h
the day, aud when darkness set III some Oh 'h''
stopped entirely. IL ., f,ov
On Staten Island the snow fell TO deptn "a a uv
If became banked up several feet hign; III was IS
seyerrst snow storm known on he island 80 h J~1
in the season for many years. Owing 70 We in
both the Upper and Lower ays,and no ye,seis VI
tureI IN or out of the NarrOws N he iorehOv. 4
few coasters welo towel up IN tue aItet hha Al
y IaLn.ln did move uullne =