New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-06
COLD AND SNOWY.

LOW TEMPERATURES AND CUTTING WINDS.
, COLD WAVE THAT CAME TO sTAY-REMovING
SNOW FROM HE STREETS.
The cold wave from the Northwest which arrived
in the cty nj a late hour on Thursday night bring
ing an a travelling companion brisk snow STORM,
remained in town all day yesterday and exhibited
no particular intention of departing. last hiRh''
At 6 o'clo * yesterday morning the thermometer
indicated a Temperature of 14o. AT a. m, the
mercury had risen to 60 and the streets the house.
tops and the trees in the paTks.were covered Win
white mantle of light snow The snow was railing
slowly in minute flakes. but with logged SORT Oh
persistency which it maintained till nightiall. Inc
air was very raw and disagreeable. pedestrians
were few in number and all of them looked az IL
they wished the cold wave and the cutting ar III
Florida or somo warmer climate. Wraps ana 1urS
were of little avail iudgng from the blueDosed APP
rear,nce OF people who were mulled to the ears In
cosby winter ramcnt, while the rags ana !tatters
that covered shivering figures in numberless nooks
and corners seemed only to heighten the Visible
effects OF the nimble breezes. Trucks ana stages
went through the streets with mailed souuus anu
the street-car bells nged with Increased intensity
on account of the unusual stiffness ana tue uouo
ling up" of the horses. Tho horses were nor
doubled up with the cold bat thelf hunioer ma1
Increased on nearly all streetCar lEeS as ID usua
In snow storms. At noon tho mercury stuou az -
and by }:3 D. m 1t had risen to loO, where IL 70
NAMED till night, J.,
I'm the AFTERNOON there were many sleighs 10 ne
sern i'm the streets uptown and on the smooth road
vays of Central Park. but the snow was TOO ury 10
make the sleghing good. Toward night the air lost
much of its rawness and the snow came uVWh III
large flakes and in greater Quantities than ~ any
time during tho day. The thick aud stormy state oi
the weather at sea kept many sailing vessels at an
chor inside the Narrows and IN the lpNer Day "alE
ing for a favorable change "a, ~
Commissioner Coleman, of the Street Cleaning DO
partment said Yesterday: We will begin the work
OF removing the snow after nightiali We Will
have about 300 horses and carts, with the same
number of drivers. There will he employed ABOUT
$50 men in piling up the snow for removal ny ihe
carts We shall dump the snow into the Nortn ana
East rivers from the same piers used by US alter te
last snowfall We shall begin at BoWling-Uieen
and Broadway. That thoroughfare viii be divided
into sections aud gangs OF men, horses ana carts de-
| tailed to each" =,
Will YOU wait until the storm Is over
"NO Ii In better to remove what has fallen rather
| than to wait until the snowfall ceases
How about the side streets u
| have informed the contractors that shall OK
pect them to set to work and they have rep led that
as soon as the ashcartmen have finished theiI routes
they will put them at reno wing the snow from nj
| ton Wall Chambers, COTtlandt and Llberty-sta
| We will employ the same tactics ~ before ne
| gnow will be removed from Broadway and the
streets leading to the ferries AS soon as II can be
| done. Then the other business streets Will be
| taken in ORDER