New-York tribune., 1882-02-07
SNOW IN THE STREETS AND PARK.

REMOVING IT; TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 1T.
WORK OF THE srREET-CLEANING DEPARTMENT
ruorsANDs OF sLEIGHs IN THE PARKS AND
DRIVES.
Tho work of cleaning snow from Broadway and
tbe streets leading the ferries was continued YES
trrllay and last night The heavy SnoWlal mace
the work of removal slow. Up to last night me
nrincinal verk has been done IN broadway. Aito,
gether Commissioner Coleman mas Zoo norses ah1
carts employed III Broadway alone. Besides the
drivers of these there arc $50 men employed IN assist
inc the drivers in loading the carts and IN shONciny
The snow into heaps on either side OF the roadway.
The men not employed in Ioaalne me carts are
scattered in gangs all the way from the Battery 10
Tbirty-thrti-st Sunday and sunday night Wer'
taken advantage Of to accomplish good deal ihe
work was prosecuted until midnight. Every man
Who c"nid furnish horse and cart suitable for the
work was employed. \ good deal OF snow was
taken taken out of Canal-SStt; between Broad
near the dumping ground thai Comms-
sioucr Coleman decided tnat ten loads should ne
deemed a days work for horse and cart. from rom
other points eight loads were decided TO be the
n,Imhrr The number of loads of snow on a block
in Broadway was estimated by one o. the fOrelnen
at from 100 TO 200 The large carts Owned by the
Strret-( leaning Department when piled with snow
carry fifty-cght cubic feet. lhis VIII give some
idea of the amount Of the snowfall i'll given space.
The work of removal will be continued until Broad
way is clear. Contractors Mairs and Walton each
has a large force Ol men and carts at work The
former has confined his attentions principally to
Iherty Cortlandt and Barclay-stS, ana the latter
10 The a. Iarge amount of snow thrown into the slip
from the dumping ground near the 10 pl Canal
snPcteT in charge fearful that 1t Nould freeze
solid The services of tug were brought into
requisiOn, and the masses ol snow were pushed on
of the slip intO the stream ana allowed 10 nodt
away. -,
Boards of Health and Police aSkiH them 10 enforce
the ordinances requiring that two hours after
fall of snow exceeding one inch IN depth II shall be
removed from the sdcYalks and cutters IN IrGnt of
houses or places of business Ia case o dhcultY IN
removing ice the person IN front OF whose premises
If is shall sprinkle thereon sand or ashes, 50 that
travelling shall not be P"Ilious. lhe iollce Com
miSSlOners returned answer later IN the day thal
tney had given proper UOtIce to hOuSehOldeTS, and
where these ordinances have been violated have re-
ported the fact. From } inuary 26 to February
5475 complaints OF this character were forwarded
by The Police Commissioners 10 The Corporation At
t0rDey for ms action Commissioner Coleman lays
"a good deal Of stress on the necessity OF house
holders and business men Keeping the cutters open
in front of their premises. In case OF taW TINS Is
very important. He Will endeavOr TO enforce the
ordinance i'll this particular.
While attempting TO cross F0mth-ave. at Sixteth-
St., yesterday. a grrl named Fanny RldhnScr fell
and broke her leg, she was taken to the Mount
Smal Hospital. Ms. Bndget Brown. No. lOG NGl-
beTy-st, broke her leg by falling on the sidewalk
in IOnt OF 1913 Canal-St. yesterday
Ten thousand slclghs, with prancing horses, Jng
ing bells and wing piuues, poured their merry
tlde through the Ftth-aye entrance TO Central PARK
Yesterday afternoon. There were all sorts of slehs
and all sorts Of people IN Them. There were Old
an old family duveT, and conveying the entire oid
family: and there We're brand new selgns, drawn bv
brand new horses, driven 10y the most respondent
OF coachmen, and, wrapped III costly furs III TINS
gorgeous vehicle the vulgar could AZ VIII upon
the brand new family. There WAS greater num-
bcr If family slcghs out yesterday than the day
hrfore but still a gOOdly number of single sic CHS
was amid the thrOng, AMI many of them WeIc
drawn by well-knoWn trottcIs. The favor
lie style Of turnout seemed to be, Tor double
slcighs. low vehicle, black Is jet, with
= biph dashboard and drivers seat; an abundance
nf mack bear skin roUcs, and on the box driver
and tootman smOthcIcd III capts oI Tie same mate
raj. blacl horses WIih sIlyeT-mOuuted harnesses,
and having on their saddles chimes OF SILVER bells.
These somore turnouts were relieved by long bright
cOlOIcd hOIsehalr plumcS, grHeldill oI led Whlth
and the corners of the dashboard. The bright cos
TUNES of the women, of whom every large sleigh
contained al least two or tree tent Iurhcr coor To
the ncturc ana the whole was thrown out III strong
relief by tie snow-coyeTed ground. There were all
the varieties OF single aud double sleighs which the