New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-11
SNOW AND FIERCE WINDS.

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sronw On RAILWAYS AND sTEAMBoAiS'
The snowstorm of yesterday was ooisteiou' -.
49, ,vbotore lust,ly at the danger nas' ~ ~,
al offices. which he himself nad onano" 80
"ss,aa the pedestrians in the streets anu
'"Isd and embarrassed ali the MODES VI
snaI He seemed good-natured III INC
-. howaver and caused annoyance ana 'oA
49, h., b;s freaks rather than serious injury WIN
.no,ce aforethought. The temperature was AZ" a.
the air dry and thoughthe snorT fell pgn''S -
ali day il came down dry and po"uoiy' s,rsb
fused TO melt. So there was no unp'o g nov.
rnaer foot and no one not airaiu "a
inc the wind tnghng ABOUT m .aot
ard nose and sitting the icy particles n'V I
and down his back needed to 90 tih,o aoous :;
tur,np ont of doors. The snow was o,,os
,ncb way as to cause great piurs p''oi1 a., ,iood
sn. tho wind was invigoratng; 1t sent the pioou
S,',rS aorrs,ng through the veins and destroyer
IN ,andencv TO sluggishness of action or tnoueh'
m. IND came from northery direction
IN dow and wherever it found an oPehihs
a.. oove II half chance 1t swept 'he sho" ''o''
.ho level and heaped it In graceui orii's aiune .
.,,rhs and against the buildings In Inn.
ohrrchvard the snow was banked sometimes a'noo'
to the tops of the low, moulderins heauS' on,e'
The activity of innumerabe men ana Dovs hop, ~
s;d.walks reasonably clear of the snow ou1 auuou
o. +he opant,ty in the streets. There IL was
,rropnd into fine light-brown atoms by the "ason'
and cars without visible loss OF Duik.
Though the storm was general throueho"o INV
country. there was no particular ih'eii'i0"0
with the telegraphic service This was the eei,ef"i
report Mt the district telegraph and telephone
and nj Che operating room of the Western Union
araSo,.ronh comnanv. The sreet-cars suffered the
oreaeest embarrassment Nearly all the COM
nies retired half their cars ana
aorbled the teams Oh those that were run Inc
startar of the Sixth and Eighth Avenue Lines SAID
that they were running on four minutes heau""y
and keeping reasonably good time but the star Z
Of the Third Avenue Line, less anxious 10 es'ao-
,ish good record in the face of the snow oiocKaoe
;d that his cars were running on any
time from one minute to quarter OF an "o"i
The eeyated railways Manager Ham sald' III"
their h,l complement of trains, but they "ere
trAe irregular and tardv because OF the snow ino
effect ON the extent of the traffic could har'iy W
guessed More men rode, but fewer WOMEN c'''''
downtown on shopping expeditions
There was II very slight change IN the teinpera-
,,ra during the day, the whole variation oeipg
within three degrees. The lowest point reached ny
tho ,nereurv was at q. M, when IL marked IL
chow. zero. At a. m. the record was 49, at noon
15o and from 3 until after nght-faii Il remaineu
steadily at IT, a.. c,.;,n
commissioner Coleman, of the Street-Cleanlng
Department said yesterday that he would loiow
the same programme in removing snow as ne had
done heretofore. At p. m. 2oO horses ana car U.s.
with drivers and $50 additional laoorers began
the work of piling up and removing the snow
in Broadway from the Battery TO four-
teenth.st. This will be continued until
tba roadway is cleared Then the upper
mart of Broadway will be attacked Contractors
Walton and Brown began lasi night the work of re-
moving the snow from Wall, Fulton and Corilandt-
ats. Chambers, Canal Fourteenth and Twenty
third-sts. will follow in order
Nv midnight Broadway from the Battery TO
Twenty third-st. was in good condition. All the
snow had been piled IN heaps Oh either side OF the
roadway and more than half of il had been carted
away. In Fulton, Wall, Cort .andt and Liberty
SITS. the snow had been gathered in heaps and a
considerable portion carted away. Park-row and
Printing House Square had been put in good condi-
ton, and beginning made ON west broadway
All night the force of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment were kept at work. This was considered the
best work the Street Cleaning Department has yet
accomplished.
TRAINS MAILS AND BOATS DELAYED.
The storm did not affect the railroads terminal
inc in Jersey City and Hoboken as much an
ticipated in the morning. The employees on th'
trains. especially on freight trains complained
the bitter cold, the wind and the driving snow
obaractrrizing the weather as cold, mealy' anC
comtemptible.' Little trouble and delay wer
caused by the storm the Central Railroad o
New-Jersey. f. w. Welsted. the train dispatcher
said: 1.-THE storm has not really affected us Il
amount 10 anything" The greatest delay was q
minntes IN the cass of the passenger ram due at
9:25 a. IN, the train arriving at 800. The othel
trains were mostly on time, some beng from t.
On the Pennsylvania road the through passenge
trains from the West aud South were de aye1 con
SIT eraby. The 6:25 and 6:45 q. m. trains from
ing trains from Trenton were for y-fve minutes
late. While those from New-irunswck were thirty
minutes late. Most of the trains later in the day
S %sge the tra Hs The first western tram
OF the fast line, hoTpeyer, due a
arriv d in Jer,ey CITY, at $50 hours and II
minutes bchind schedule time: The Washington
Express due It S:45 vas reported on ilme, but tho
late and due at 3:45 was 80 minutes late at Phlla
dephia. The reports all showed that he effects o.
tie storm were greatest south aud west of PhIla
delphia while the trans were only lit le benin.
in crossing New jersey. The Pennsylvania Rail
road when trains are heavy and are delayed by
storm, ''cuts" its trains, dividing them into two
and running them at block intervals. ONLY ont
tram was cut" yesterday, that being the Wash
ington Express. because II was heavy tain. IL
lison at East Fad with the tender o
an engine which was being shIftet
To another track. a snort delay was caused
Five empty freight cars attached TO a yard engine
ut the Meadows, were thrown from the track II
consequence of a frog being filled up by snow.
On the Erie road. Nos. and ~ Buffalo express
trans, due at Jersey CITY at a. m. and 1880 q
M. were two hours late at Port Jervis The nigh
express, due at 900 p. m. was reported on time a
4p IN. All other trains, including frei Zht trains
were on time. The train dispatcher stated that th,
storm had caused the road no trouble There wa
no occasion to extra engines to send. on
saow-pUughs, and these were not used on any o.
tho rOais.
The superintendent of the Delaware, Lacka
wanna aud Western Railroad said that all the train
OIL the road bad been OH time and that no troubl
had been caused by the storm. The SHOW was 70
ported to be six inches deep in New-Jersey, slonj
The line Of the road while at Scranton aud Bingham
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