New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-22
SNOW, RAIN, SLUSH AND FOG.
ALL SORTS OF UNpL EAsANT WEATHER.
A MOST DisAGREEABtE DAY TO BIZ OUT OF DOORS
--sIREE1s IN FAD CONpiriON

A MOST DlsAGREEABfE DAY TO Br OUT OF DOORS
-sTRfE1s IN BAD CONDITION.
When people got up and looked out of doors yes
tcrday morning the weather was mild and heavy
snow was falling. All no green Christmas this
year" said the Y, aud immediately began to think
of yhing aud in fancy Is h car the bells that
Jingle ovet McCon,b's Dam Bridge when the high
stepping horses dttw the light cutters to "gabe'
Casc's OF Batty's ot sjtn6 oh;t i0td-hbrse
wlien tho stow 70 81 the gfouha HE sn6w tatc
aUwi steadily N gfcat White llakes That eititr tB
tsttgtaph rDles ahi Biliass tiees. y ljBkth ~ "
Y iNeaht bHsliiessl and WA HeiRs tB siew ~ nat
b,i' ~ ~ JeiBek ne sagW besaa ~ 1t8W nibts
fiHisl sNh thea became fain. ihr ram Was eeh
aAa i'sasFeeabie ~ iifSi, and tGeza gn what
sFef " slFNek, iplegfaph wires heeame fapts
~ lpe and sidewalks an OF whleh the
snow had been shoyelled heeame glazed places 0n
which u was dnGult 10 stand. Then tho tenper-
ature rose aud the snow which had fallen began to
melt. This caused state Of things that narrowed
up tho soul of tho unfortunate pedestrian who hap
pened to be out. The state of tho streets grow
worse and worse, aud by nightfall were so bad
that seldom has the city seen day when walking
was attended with much danger and
discomfort When the sidewalks had seen cleared
of snow they were covered with glaze OF Ice and
where the snow had been left it had melted into
sloppy mass through which one had to wade ankle
deep.
In some places tho snow and ice were combined-
little half-meited snow to wet ones
feet and little half-melted ice to slip
mp on. Few people put sand or sawdust
on their sidewalks and pedestrians were beset by
az many snarcs and pitfalls ~ was Bunyans Pll-
grim. Little was done toward cleaning the streets,
and crossing from one sidewalk to another soon be-
came an exercise in which longed alternately
for a ferryboat and pair of skates. The CUTTERS
cleared, at least in the downtown streets, and
large pools of water collected III different
places. Near Fulton Ferry there was Il large pool
into which people were continually slipping ana
then rushing home to be rung out and stood by the
ire to dry In front of French's Hotel thero was
miniature lake which discharged large stream OF
water into the cellar of the hotel. Few OF the
downtown crosswalks were cleaned and III general
the streets were in wretched condition. 80 DeO-
pie went slipping and stopping and wadlng about,
villitying the Street Cleaning Department ana
abusing the weather.
The rain seemed to be half inclined all the time
to change TO mist, and out Oh the bay 1t was hard
to tell whether il raining or dense f0g was
prevailing. 1t seemed to be fog with down
ward tendency. Travel was light ON the elevated
and surface roads On the elevated the trains were
composed of three ears instead oi four and ran at
longer intervals than usual. Hardly person was
bold enough to walk across the Bridge. Early IN
the forenoon gang of men was set to WORK on the
Bridge TO clear away the snow 80 -
Hudnuts thermometer registered as follows; ht
3 A. w.. 15' at Q, 10 at ., 20' at noon, 3l' al
3:}0 500 at o. 3Jo.
As il grew dark dense fog settled over the rivers
and harbol. Even the electric lights on the bridge
were mere blurred points of light, and the other
lights along the water fronts became 80 lndlsthct
that they could not he seen across the rivers.
Ferry-boa moved about mourniully blowing theif
whistles and the fog-bcl were runR IN the Terry
slips. A disagrecablc day was succeeded by more
dlsagrceabc night.