New-York tribune., 1884-03-01
COLD AND A FURIOUS WIND.
SWEEPING UP THE COAST FROM TEXAS.

TwENTY-EIGHT MILES AN HOUR-THE MERCURY =
ABOVE zERo-THE LOWEST TIDE FOR YEARS.
The average New Yorker yesterday found
his vocabulary. though rich tn expleYes and suerla
t,ves inadequate portray his feelings regarding the
veather II was of the coolest Gays Of the winter
Alto A. m the thermometer at Hudnuts registered 20
above zero At the signal service office 1t was only 20
above. The wind blew oil day with velocity or from
twenty-eighI to twenty-five miles all houri and thus
impeled the cold seemed to penetrate the thicEest
elothing There was no dOdging the wind. II raj
through the city and across the city and turned acute
angles with the greatest Everybody Whose
business carried him out Of doors was In desperate
hurry 10 ret indoors again People did not walk much
When they ride they generally ran OF trOtte"
through the streets with collars turned up hands IN
pockets and tint the tips Of their noses III
dicatiye OF the warmth which was not there They did
not even tarry to study the thermometers, which
generally prove Irresistible attractions when the weather
forces itself prominently upon the the public attention.
Not few however yielded to the seductive invitations
displayed il tho windows of the liquor shops but found
no beverage there which would keep out the cold The
trains on the elevated roads and the surface cars.
especially which were heated carried an unusually
large number OF passengers.
TIE wind started in exas and nom there made bee
line for the Jersey coast Itruck Cape May Thursday
morning the evening Skurry1ng through the
streets OF NewYOrk prOclaimng its presence by whst-
ing through telegraph poles banging shutters, shak
INC sieus aud giving many a luckless pedestrian long
chase for his hat. From New-YOrk 1t followed the
coast line until IT heard from at New-Brunswick
Chief Signal Service Officer Finn thought that from that
point II would sweep to the Atlantic and probably
expire on It's bosom from exhaustion he predicted that
the storm would subside in NewYorK before morning
and that there would be a slight rise in temperature
The area Of low temperature was large one and ex-
tsnded throughout Ohio Valley and the Lower Laks
region At Escanols, Mich, yesterday morning tie
mercury went TO 29o below zero. At Cleveland ana
pt,~a ~ was At A
at Pittshurg 10 above aud at Cincinnati above Key
west Fa reoiced IN q temperature OF Gao The OF
high wads was also large. At p. the velocity of
fhe wind In NewYOrk 26 miles an hour; IN Boston
Indianola Texas 25; Fort Buford Mon. 20; and st.
Louis "a At agd1uts ~ $50 p ~ ~ e 5ne @
February for the purpose OF comparison one mas 10 GO
back four years 10 1850 The average temperature on
that day was 53o
A Low TIDE-EAsT RIVER FERRY TRAVEL DELAYED.
The strong northwest wind made the tide low yester
day that running OF the ferries on the East River and
to Staten Island materially nterfered with 1t was
the lowest tide that been known here FOR many years.
In fact, there scarcely any food at all II
was low tide all day. and only varied IN its
degree or Owness. There premOntions Of trouble
along East River ferries about p and at o'clock
the trouble began. II extended along that yer front
from the Staten Island Ferry 20 Thirty fourh-st The
nrst trouble with loaded teams. The water
low that made the incline Of the bridges unusually
steep and horses unable % draw their loads up from
the Doats NlIhous -Ssls Ialce: Ibeh inc IelTymeh
had be- careful and not load the boats loo
".
taking teams altogether The greatest trouble with
the Roosevelt. Fulton South and Staten Island ferIies
Reveen $50 and $50 O'clock when tIe rush set In,
Fuou Ferry unable tCruu boats regularly and the
Hhouse became filled with impatient and Disguised
thronR struggled rom STORE 10 shore best
tbey could many people got tired waiting and went
~ Ire Wal Street Ferry, where there plenty water
or 70 tIe Brooklyn Bridge Finally the tde
rose somewhat and before O'Clock the bOats
were running regularly A TRIBUNE reporter asked
gatenan Fulton Ferry last evening II the boats Iad
been running regularly all day. AS regular as ciOch
replied the gateman without a blush. Finally nc al
mtted that there bad been slight tr0u e Ine Dc
ay ut this ferry caused great rush 10 the Wan street
Ferry during the commission heurs, and except some
dcuy OF getting teams tue incline there was ttie
trouble there.
Az soon as the South and Staten Island ferries stopped
taking they began 20 accumulate ia the open space
IN front the ferry houses and the square soon
filed brewery teams trucks, drays and other heavy
vehicles The drivers kept themselves best
could making occasional trips 70 DeigDDOTng liquor
shops and every bost that In greeted with
than this the ferry slips, but IN place
In the OF Hamilton ave. the watar left shOal OF
bud entirely bare. There Is a sandbar on the
New-fOIk side OF the river extending in
front OF Hamilton and south ferries and the boats had
dmculty In getting over this In the OF the after
no0n the ferIybOat MOnucelO, OF Hamilton Ferry, got
e,aok Ia her 81 the HewY0rk side and three tug
boats were required pull her out The ferryboss OF
the staten Island Ferry obliged a. omit the landing
before O'Clock the tide sufficiently TO ALLOW
ths halt00, South and Staten Isand ferries 10 take
shd by O'Clock the rush had entirely ceased aud
We square was comparatively deserted
Ahe Trouble with the ferries Brooklyn eau Cd great
ssA 70 Tie Bridge aud from " o'clock the buse cars