New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
EFFECTS or THE SNOW STORM
SCENES IN AND ABOUT TIE CITY.
NAILS DELAYED AND TRAVEL IMPEDLD-CLEAHiNo

MAILS DELAYED AND lHAN IL lhli.bi+D 'i''''''''
THE STREETS
The snow which fell heavi until after midnight
Tuesday proved a disturbing element YESTERDAY III
down.tovn travel As it was light and dry, now
ever it was handled with comparative ease LII, rmg
street car cuunanieS started snow FOuGuN, 4"!"Nou
Inv svecpers drawn by SIX and eight nolses, oNcl
her lines early Tuesday afternoon. But as ,hg
storm continued they were Obliged TO- oe ~ fdnr
horses on each car only half rs many cars were run
Yesterday as usual The Thiri-aye cars, We
hacked on every trip. The drivers logged tloir
horses TO hand gallop and calmly ignored nervous
old men and tmd women who trled 10 atiIacU M III
attention at the corners; Az the Stlotrs ~ ttnt
Broadway line in Seycnthaye;, IL was Slaieu tndi
pockadeS on the lower part OF the roue nan cauStu
more trouble than the snow on the tFacks' ny
Siyth-ave line had four horses on each car thIou9n
the dav At the stage stables 1t was learned thdI
no serious DELAYS mad occurred, bespitc tnc Viz
plOvmeut of four horses for each stage thele Nclc
some hndrances through blockades, DuJ hohe vi
Importance. The fact that all the street cars WIZ
running on half time largely increased the irast on
the elevated trains. II was feared that Tue ran "t
snow would interfere with the telegraph wires. buU
the wire chief" at the Western mon bulldins'
who has charge Of the city wires SAID that since tG
beginning of the storm there had Dcch ItPoi'c"
even fewer breaks than usual.
While the snow in the downtown streets WIS
speedily tramped into slush, further uptown II
became source of active pleasure lnseau o allhoS
ance. IL was the first opportunity lor sis'eiuIs
offered this winter The sun rose bright ana clear.
and the temperature. being hardly at the freezing
point soon rose to 100 and above. IL Is sale 10 say
That there were few slcghs unemployed III New
York Yesterday. In Fifth-ave. the, snow was =
lowed to remain above Forty -seyenth-st. ne AIN
presented a lively scene. Every lmaEihaoie con
veyance that could be placed on runners was 10 ne
seen there from the elegant family Slelsh vi tne
millionaire to the "pu1g irGm rom inc bS 5WV,eii{,.
parties, IN which the rosy children were so merry ry
as TO make even the stately coachmen relax ther
official dignity. In st. Nicholas and Jerome-aNes;
and the Boulevards the owners OF fast horses ana
skeleton sleighs dispOrted themselves.
The snow storm delayed many OF the mails YES
L. from
NewlIavcn train due q .I0 a. III. came III a. ~
o'clock The mail by the Shore Line was nearly as
far behind time. The AR Line mail from Maine
due at t a. III. did not reach this city untll aiter,
noon Mail trans by way of the New-l ork central
and Erie roads were more than two hours late'
the mail from the South was not delayed 50 long.
The force of the Street Cleaning Department was
at work Yesterday removing the snow IN biOauI1
way Iom the Battery to Thirty" ST., ana
in some of the side streets The contractors
have nothing to do with Broaiway. That stu re-
mains under the control of the street Cleanlng
Commissioner Mr.. Coleman said that he had an gI
MS force engaged in removing snow from Broau1,
wav Fulton Liberty, COrtlandt, CHAMBERS ana
Canal-stS His intention was 10 remove the SNOW
from those streets which are the most Ised. ,o.,
The contractors, Mr.. MARS and MIR. W aiton, he9an
work Yesterday The required to remove the
ashes and garbage daily. II addition TO TINS tney
had yesterday force OF men az Woph n eoci
cutters and keeping the culyert5 open. Inc specl-
catiOns of the contracts set forth that snow mime
diaelv upon falling shall he removed with eXpedi-
ton satisfactory to the Commissioner OF street
('Ieannr from the following streets South, Front,
Water Txchanre-placc Broad Wall. Pine, Maiden
Lane, Fulton New Chambers Chambers CathaI u'
Nassau Gin, Gold. Pearl. Chatham, Centre, WI
liam Grand IiouS, ION Thames, Cortlandt, Bar
claw, Murray, Warren, Church. Canal Fourteenth
and TwentV-third: ,Iamcs-sllp, BOWeTv, last
broadway. West BT0aC way, Astor-placc, Ihrd anu
FOurth- yes. from the BOwery to Last Fourteenth
St Fifth, Sixth an d Eighthavcs. commissioner
Coleman is empowered, if the work is not done last
enough to require the contractors to employ addl-
tonal horses carts and laborers at current rates Oh
compensation. ,.- 49,. 49,. go. al
the machinery that they require. The former has
six street sweeping machines and the latter iour'
They have contracted for fifteen each' anu 'llhh
that with these they can perform the WORK better
and more eXpedItiOusly than 10y the old melhnu'
Mr. Walton has the second district bounded Nv
FouTtecnth-st. the north and BroalWaN on the
west He began work at a. IN. yesterday WIN
800 men clearing the street crossings, CuVcfts ana
cutters. There were - carts employed III rcligN uS
snow and he has advertised for 100 more. There
was so much snow in tie streets that Mt. walton
men directed their attention 10 those places where
there the largest accumulation. In CONVERSE
ton with a TRIBUNE reporter last evening lie nau
that his idea was 10 keep the culVert- ana CUTTERS
open az by doin1 the heaviest part OF the work
would be greatly assisted. lie said he expected to
be roasted in to-days papers, but he could 40 no
more at present He promised, however, that Nhen
he reached the pavements the WORK, would De KEPT
mp with such Vgor that people Woulu Imagine lhey
we're in tine streets Oi Paris.
There was more ice in the rivers and pay yeSter-
day than on sunday he ice h49g Ine NV w
York shore in the North RIVER and the BroohN Il
shore in the East River. he ierryOoaiS Were
much impeded in their travel but managed to make
fairly regular trips. on Per No. - Norm hNGr'
n tug with several freight got caught IN the
tloc lee and was carried considerable distance
down stream before She worked clear.
The snow storm and northeast gale were the
seyetest i'm five wears on Saten Island. About a
foot of snow fell on the level, making the roads
The fail of snow on Long Island was ten inches
| on the level The Hampstead train leaving Brook
lvn ut 10 D. N. Tuesday encountered heavy DRIFTS
| between HYDE Park and Garden City. Two engines
were sent out 10 It's assistance and il reached Hemp
| stead at A. m. yesterday Last evening all tTars
| arrived and were dispatched CT time.