New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-21
RAN. SNOW, SLUSH AND MUD.
TIE STREETS IN VERY BAD CONDITIONAL COLD
WAVE EXPECTED.

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WAVE EXPECTED.
Tbere was plenty of weather at large yesterday
snch as il was People did lot have 10 look Tor IL
it was here there and everywhere. The DAY opened
in a lowering, threatening sort oil way, Dut soon
after noon il got tired of scOwing on the city ana
lust set about the work 1t had in hand III method
ical and business-ike way. A wind came uowh
from the northwest, cold and piercing, ana tneran
act in with a persistent and ulSheaftehlne pour.
Though the wind was cold, 1t did not lower the
tempera of the atmosphere 10 a freezing polnt,
and the streets and avenues soon became rivers OF
slush and water. The rain attempted 10 90 the
work of the Sreet-C Cleaning Department, but soon
gave up tho task in despair ana collected IN pools
and puddles wherever II could ina the least excuse
for so dong Ii was or the days described by
Dickens when the ice it isn't water and the water
isn't free and you cannot say tiat anything is as IL
ouabt TO brr The water and slu5h were inst deep
enough TO come over the tops of ones oversnoes ana
add the delights of feet to tho ENJOY ment OF the
day. Pools of chocolate water S,ooa III
ity for catching rheumatism anu pneumonla;
Broauwav WAS mass of snow and mud diversified
by puddes Some OF these pnuulcs NIL ~
that they called loudly for the establishment OF
new line OF ferryboats or tile construction oi
bridge To make things more charming on thls
crowded thoroughfare the Aiherlcan o.e1 ,,,
ing Company had 4 yawniHg cavity IN operation
lust below Fulton-st. and men ut work tearing up
the pavement lower down. he cutters In Broadway
made no pretence of carrying on the wafer, Dut
only collected il IN pools Tor people 10 step INFO.
There was not clear crossing from Union square
to the Battery: nothing but mud ana NTH ana
water everywhere abounded" :,
Seyenth-aye III the vicinity of McCombs Dam
Bridge where, on pleasant winter days The fast
trutters and swift passing slcghs oil wealthy drivers
are most seem was u deserted aud dIeary place,
and few there were who saw it. "Gabc" Cases bear
had fit OF the sulSs and slept all day. anu all the
keepers of road-houses in that region were blue be-
cause the sky was not. Ghc ice III Central Park was
ruined. and the bare trees tossed their arms about
beneath the cold wind and wept Tor vanished
summer The walks III the CRY Han Park were
only partly cleared as II the job had been started
and then given up as too much OF an undertIking.
In short il was snow and slush ami mud ana water
and rain all over the city
The Signal Service officer said that this sort of
thing could not last forever, bat was noncommttal
as TO lust how long ii would last. The sorm-ccntro
was said to be over Michigan. - cold wave II on
the way here said he, and IS coming with great
rapidIty. storm IL disportlng itself III the st.
Lawrence Valley. but has not yet announced
whether IL will visit New-lork. II IL comes here
and brings with II easterly winds bearing the moist
ure of the ocean, IL will meet the cold wave from
the West and we shall have SNOW. But II II dos
not the weather will be clear and cold. lt is gong
10 be cold enough too. Down IN Texas II is -
below the freezing point az Galveston, and all over
the grazing country in the northwest of that state
the herdsmen and the nocks and herds have been
caught out Oh the plains 10y intensely cold weather.