New-York tribune., 1883-12-20
WINTER IN EARNEST.
THE CITY WEARING A ROBE OF SNOW.
HOLIDAY PURCHASING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
sLEDs OUT IN FORCE.

HOLIDAY PURCHASING INTERRUPTEp-sLhioS >-
sLEDs OUT IN FORCE. 49,
twas NOT a "real old fashioned snow storm tna'
came Yesterday, but 1t was falrly goou onv 80. ~
these degenerate days. The snow pegah tHAins
about o'clock in the morning, ana "nen INC ~
went down to breakfast the telegraph "hos hau
become white cords and brown-stone Hon''
were beautifed by tracerleS oi WIZ VIZ.
The air was filled with tne ,,-s iaiire
flakes and the streets anu ,, So
were covered with a white carpet. Ihe otree'-
cleaning Department was sad for the night before
it had cleaned Broadway from the batVolg "
Thirty-Gfth-st Colonel Rogers, the Deputy Com,
missioner. said in the afternoon: 1--WE have hau
men at work all day cleaning the cross-Waiks anu
keeping the openings to the sewers clear. lo-isnU
we shall have $50 carts and 300 men at WorA oh
the thoroughfares The streets leading 10 tne lor-
ries will be kept clear by the contractors. VIC "ie
ready TO meet this OF any other sno" S'oii" '"-'
may come" A..
The Signal Service Office announced that
n cold wave was coming, ana 'haV
was going to stop showing In inc oppo, 5
Mississippi Valley the thermometer reelStotIu oi,u
from 100 to $50 below zero; All ,ersev. and this
state there was light snow. Down III S Lv
there was seet. No trouble was expoI,Uiii;U in the
the Western Union Telegraph Company N, ~ IN
yorLing of its wires The snow caused boom III
the business of dealers i'll sleghs AT bTe"ssIi; ~
Broome-st il was said that the demand IoI sieLb no
had been brisk this year, ana was IL any 'Hi"e'
excess of former years. . r,uv
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES IN CENTRAL ram
Central Park. in all the beauty of its summer
foliage, never looked better than IL dld yeS'oIudy
The snow, beng moist, cung to every STATUE ouIn %
and tree. The cedar and fir trees were eSpeciany
beautiful, and looked as if they had peeh trans
formed INTO pvromids Of white plnmes. Standihe
.l,a IL
drive one seemed to be gazing down the alslo 2 Oa
some vast cathedral whose pillars ana alCneo vi nf
carved out of white marble. A nuniperi VI
sleighs went dashng down the vista Win sltbs W.
bells jingling and red pumes waving . but snow CH
ground was not frozen hard enough emo t, us nI"
was too light to make the sport hrSt-ciasS' 1 of
As soon as the snow ceased falling the Houhu W
the shovel and the scrapcr hogan 10 DC heaIu 81 '
broad and narrow streets. BOYS ana Hicn'I % tLc
sorted sizes began 70 ring door bells ana solClU %
lob of removing the from the do9f-5lePs h ah1
| sidewalks. Ii grew colder, 100, ana ING ii uSnt
| closed upon a scene Of shOyclimg ana cIcdni"Sii
The street cars doubled up and ran VIII Win, Dt
four horses, and furthermore than tne isllI & .,s
of profanity from the drivers. Inc loTel'"n "i' i
not favorable to Christmas shopping puI iniisnn III sn
/ aHrr,nnu tLe vicinity Of Union and Madison
sanarrs was as lively as In fact the pItsehfo
of snow seemed to remind the people more eneC,
/ than the almanac that CAIl,tMds vas "'"-
tl.at il comes but once year, . i, f,rco
/ The children with their scds were our III '"i,o '
/ before the snow had ceased lallulg anu !r,S ,bo
ccrdcd IN making II lively for the pe'iSslII"s
came IN their way and in eXtraciihga iaIgt a"lo.'
of pleasure from the first real snoWstofih ol TIC ''
son.
TIE BRIDGE ALMOST DESERTED.
The great Bridge during the snow-Storm
,,,. rractically deserted by everybody sayc the
Messengers ON the Bridge railway. The pedestrians
could not fcc the Arctic severity of the promenade
and tbe team, after 10 o'clock concluded TO try the
Fulton Ferry The hill up Futonst., bad as 1t CON
f.>.rdly j.. was more cudutdhlc IMAM 'It N'I,I''9
rutdvays of the Bridge. The olhrla', "l I'r l,,l
gEftt,yN NI,firp
/ vrrr Larger iur stormy weather, but oalu 'uat, lHA
might be- caused by the extra iiriHIl"E' o tnlINl-
mas week Superintendent "i l1II %n nhN,,,,''i,i
however laid that the BIldg" should br I''"el'Iru
Ly aIl sensible men a. aw kWdrd iu r"ld ahN SNOWY
/ weather The ferry has at such times tie ad' an J.
/ agc over the Bridge winch the BlHBr HAS o''' Wy ~
Z -. Inn d.u-. la4s and Whenever there j. mnNh
hoaiing ice IN the East River. They are the com CON
/ nIcurpt of each other. I'm the meantime the IalI-
| way Is recognized a real boon |" th' tIaN'IIlls
| public though the cars are not heated i"5'1lE.l'
| came i'm with snow upon their cloth'5 anu, pW"'H,
and this fell in u hali-mclted condition TO the moor
anre besides adding largely 10 the moisture III the
already damp atmosphere oi the car A.. ...,.
Colonel Pane told a lEiBj ~ reporter lh'l' "l''.
! ,r the steam and acetate OF soda arrangement
might not bee selected for heating the cars since Iie
/ r,nI,u,,tiou of the steam, which must contlhulIN
90 on created "a dAmpuc~s which was any luluE p',l
agreeable IL Is probable that the trustees VIII Ihl!
I5ck upon the td stove system and nave one Il.
each end of the car aS on the steam laihnad,' pu'
thcy feel reluctant to cut hoirS LOT pipes III .''r ~
of tAcr pretty cars. Meanwhile the tiaNtllinB Pup
I It, is crposcd 10 Catauh, lallhBllS. OIoItHl'lS
uu,umoula. rheumatism and rheumatic sJut, 10 say
uothing of coughs and colds
! Clearing the Bridge OF the accumulaliohs ol shD"
vas NOT prosecuted with much vgor ne
snow continued 10 fall lightly throughout th'
dny but the great bulk of the fail happened btlnt'
noon. aud much of it IN the earliest morning, lt
! Ina Ncw-Yogk end of the prUmcu".c was u0t tItdIe'
| nf snow until after sunset. The shONtlllng au'
! s,yrating of the roadway- was conducted win MOI
| rurur,tu,,- but II was tar from thorough, hhu I
/ track i'm places WAS more slippery alter u l"n pc
| fore The Italians employed piled the Suo" oi
each side of the driveway, and II was Carted away
/ instead of being thrown INTO tho Iast iNN'l
There WAS an uuwisc economy of Sand, III '"iI''
I,eucc of hic and of the sloyculy clearing scNeta
IoI-r, camo To- grief. Under the present system
snow fall of ten inches would blockade the BIlds,
completely since the officials eyldenSy 90 not hlo'
how to handle such visitation.
NAVIGATION MPEDED.
D Several Of the outgoing vessels were snow-boun
by the storm and anchored in the lower bay. In
dense snow had as serious an effect upon navigatlo
j. as a fog Besides large number OF saiIih
a vessels anchored in the IOWer pay vi
Cuuard steamship Cephalonia, bound l3T LlNcilVI" lV
| the North German Lloyd steamship Ilbe' lor hie
| men and Southampton and the bla|H lIluo i So -
q ! shin Reliance bound for Rio Janelro, rehtheu 1
anchor until the snow storm ceased IaI' III ~, ~ "
: noon and then went TO sea. lnward-DouhuN NcsNr! n,
" asa rule kept well of the coast, anu consequent y
only few arrived. including the Anchor Ln1 sITa'l
!, ! ship Furncssia, which anchored OH SANDY hooA'