New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-14
WARMER VEATHER And A THAK.
RISE IN The MERCURY-THE WORK OF STREET
CLEANING

RISE IN The MERCURY-THE WORK OF STREET
CLEANING.
In few hours Yesterday the city had its pavement
of hard snow that cracked beneath the pressure OF
feet Turned 10 slush which grew softer and nlthief
as the day went On. The mantle of ernne IL mad
gathered around 1t became a garb OF rags Inc
sidewalks were pasted with mud and IN aie s..eS.s
travel churned and stamped the snow into layers;
and heaps and plastcrs of n composition that Monid
defy description The efforts oil the Street Clta an,
ing Department only aggravated the CONDITION OF
The streets for evening yeers would hsye hailed
with Joy a carpet OF snow to walk upon tnaw
set In early tho morning and the temperature
continued to rise until late at night. AZ " o. NJ.
the Thermometer registered 26o, against l0o at the
same hour on FRIDAY by $3.50 p IN. the hRures han
risen 10 81 and from then until near mdIgu; , ,me
peratuie was the highest since.ten days ago, out
ranged a few degrees below the record oil the core
spending day last year. The thaw postr oned al ex-
pected trouble in tho rivers from ice. terryboats
met with riiling interruption from floating lee ana
no delays OF any consequence were reported AZ the
offices of the companies That still run river UT SOUND
steamers. -
The afternoon was varied with snow. sloct and
rain. For q short time the ugllness OF the streets
WAS hidden by fine powder OF snow IL was not
Iopp before the faces of pedestrians were cut by
sharp smitngs of hail, but after that rain fell for
The Street Cleaning Department broathed
a sigh of relief that the next day was
Sunday. when it's work would not be
hampered by tho interference of commerce
Commissioner Coleman said that he thought It best
to allow the drivers and horses attached 20 the
Street Cleaning Department good nights resi- "a
they were al work nearly all OF Friday night To-
day the entire force employed by the Department
aud by Contractors Walton and Brown, with a
number of extra men. will be employed IN removing
the snow II is intended TO clean Broadway thor
oughly from the Battery 10 1hirtyFfourth-st. fui-
ton Wall, Cortandt Liberty. Chambers. Canal.
Fourteenth and Observation-Disclosures ara also 10 be
gone over again. On Friday night Twcnty-thIrd-
St. FROM Fifth to Sixth-ave.. was put IN good con-
dtioD The Twenty-third street Railroad Com
pany loaned itsboxlcars forthe work In addition to
the streets mentioned. the snow vii ne removed
from Grnnd-st., from the BOwery TO the Last RIVER
and from the lower part OF Washington GreenWlch
and West-ss. South-st. and Maden-laDe. An
e1ort will be made to clear MulbeIry-st,
from Chatham 20 Cana-st. Five Points,
and its vicinity are in a pretty bad
condition, and will soon ne a gOod deal worse un-
less the snow is removed.
Regarding he adjournment OF the argument III
the injunction suit ia the matter OF bids Tor street
cleaning Mr. Coleman has been advised Ivy the
Corporal on Counsel that there Is no substance IN
the points raised in support OF the injunction and
C. at the argument dissolve 1t VIII without
doubt be successful. An impression seemed 20 pre-
vail in some quarters that the injunction snlt lrc-
vented the Commissioner from receiving bids. That
IS not the fact lie will receive bids up to noon on
Tuesday.
The cold seems to have been more intense in some
parts of Westch .stcr County Yesterday morning
than on Friday morning, AZ Mount kiscO the NOR
curry was down to zero on Friday morning a.
O'Clock and % below at the same hour yesterday.
IN the valley katOnab tue mercury sank 90 IL
below zero at q o'clock yesterday morning beng
thee Qrees colder than it at the hour on
FRIDAY morning.