New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-29
The Commission adjourned to Wednesday.
AN UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT SUNSET.

At sunset last night there was beautiful ana
able display IN the western nGaN hi nu
sooner had the sun disappeared below tne hofllVu
than pale golden light suffused all tne west l.
soon deepened into orange, and a. Dana oi iog ~
color appeared at its upper cage. IL cAtSnu 10y e.
most halfway around the horizon, anu Nv NC
highest point reached nearly TO the lenltI AS tlo
cOOrs grew in intensity the scene from Il NE
BUNE edtOrial-rooms was gorgeous oIe of nigbt
as If the sun iii passing through the gates OF hlenI
had set the gates of dawn a]ar LoIIy cnulc IN
spires rising above the snOw-cOYered roofs WeIe US
black ebony on one SIDE ana on tS JUN GDbt
with strange mixture of golden ana rosy ng snI
The waters of the haTbOr aud the snow-coNeISu
hills around caught up the splendor and IN TN, inc
houses on the Heights in Brooklyn every. WINDOW
became cleaning Jewel. The towers OF lemPle
Court shot up like great black wedges INTO the
fiery sky. Venus, the evening star, shone Drlghi,y
in the southwestern heaven. The red gradually
disanneared and then reappeared along the horizon
Slowly the orange tlnts faded and red began 10 DC
the predominatng color me evening bSftcrav
opening and closing its wings on bed OF CRIMSON
poppieS Tho display did not entirely fade until
Tho coHse of the beautiful sunsets of late was
explained by Professor j. r.. Rees, OF Columbia
College. in an article published in The TRIBUNE on
November 2S. The Professor ascrDed tneii w tq
pressure of an atmospheric mass in layer otdlierent
deusitics. The prevalence of red untS was eA-
planned by the fact that the red rays nave o one
more power to penetrate this atmospheric mass
The length of time the colOrs last is owing to re-
fraction and rehectlOn,
STREET CLEANING RETARDED BY FROST
81 am lust going over the streets where the men
are at work removing the suOw," said Commissioners
Coleman Yesterday afternoon, but the Deputy
Commissioner will give you the needed lnlorna-
ton, | know in general what has been done but l
wish TO see how much has been accomplished, ana
where the forces had better he sent next"
THE sudden freeze" explained the Deputy COM
missioner has seriously retarded our Efforts 70 re-
move the snow The rain helped us little yester-
day. hut now il is almost impossible to clear the
cr0ss-walls without pick. The regular forces OF
the contractors and our own men are at work. ana
tonight five hundred men will he set at work IN
FiftII-aye. which is IN bad condition. All OF the
snow i'm Broadway will he removed at an early hour
and then the carts will be sent 10 t1fth-aVe, Inc
cross-walks down town are in a far condition;
Owing to the heavy downtown travel
there has been some delay in dumping
the snow, the carts being delayed IL
going to and from the piers There have been a
few temporary blOckades, but no serious delays
The street railroad companies have helped us som"
in carting snow, but only in those places where
there was certainty of their cars being blocked
A few complaints have reached us from merchants
and others in Fourteenth, Iwcnty-tMTd, thirty
fourth and other streets, on account OF the snow
piled M b. the rlAsshs &c The different railroad
companies and allowed foreman. have heard OF no
complaint along the route of the Bieecker Street
line. $50.
that an persons should keep their cutters clean,
and also TO level down the snow banks III front Of
their houses and places of business so that the ASH
carts may be driven nearer to the pavement