New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
WINTER IN VARYING MOODS,
zoo AND plaooMFoRr IN TIE olfY,

pHotPiWH POOLS IN rHH GurIHRs=NAvidAfIos
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" was hard "a tell whether it was raining OF a
fog was prevailing yesterday morning, but early
III the afternoon the question was settled IN favor
oi fog Aud dense fog IL was too, tog that
settled down over the city aud harbor and over the
TWO rivers, making navigation slow ana
dlihcult and making unfortunate pedestri-
ans III tho streets feel as If they were
walking about at tho bottom of the sea. Tho
streets were not as slippery as on the day BEFORE
but the pools OF slush were larger and more ire-
quent They remarkably deceptive pools,
too. They looked like good, honest, dirty snow
but the unwary wavfarer who put his trust
III them found himself floundcring in pene-
trafing and dirty snow-water. trip 10
brooklyn in one of the fcrryboats after
the log had closed in was ftaught with varied expo
Fences As soon as the boat was fairly out OF her
slip she might have been in the middle of the At
lahtc for anything that could be seen of land She
moved slowly, marking her progress by frequent
blasts of her whistle AMI guiding her course by tue
tolling bell on the ferry slip to which she was
bound Every now and then there would come an
ear-picrcng shrek from steam whistle, and some
tusboat steamer wonld start oat of the obscurty
unpleasantly near. The fcrryboats were run at ir-
regular intervals, and large number of people
despairing OF ever getting across by ferry, went
up to the Bridge
GREAT CROWDS AT THE BRIDGE ENTRANCE
But there they were almost MS badly Oft a. If they
had waited for boat, for about o'clock the rush
of people aud Of teams bound to BrOokyn became
so great that IL was beyond the capacity OF the
Bridge. The streets In the ncighb0rho)d soon be-
came filled with waiting teams, and tho crowd OF
people camoriDg for admission to the cars
and tho footway extended out to tho side
walk. The people going TO the Bridge aud
to tho City Hall station Of the elevated
railway formed u solid mass of slowly-novlhg
human beings that reached down as far as IiL
IRtDCNE Building. Tho sidewalk, was not lnrge
enough 20 accOmnnoda q the crowd, and some I'M
fortunate people were forced into the deep poo OF
water and half-meltcd snow that filled the CUTTERS
from the Bridge TO Franldort-st. Them 20 make
things more exciting for the people OF Brooklyn
who wanted their dinners, block occurred III the
running of the Bridge cars he ears were crowded
10 Their utmost capacity and ran SLOWLY. my ~
could not he moved ont of the way last enough to
leave room for the cars coming from brooklyn.
THE CARS LoNG DELAYED
The result was that about o'clock there were
ten empty cars standing on tho north track at the
New-York end of the Bridge. Two cars loaded with
people were waiting in the station fora chance to 60
across, aud two other cars which had started
out bad TO release their grip on the cable ana slide
back into the station. When car arrived IRON
BROOKLYN IL stopped half way up the New-l ork
approach and the passengers were assisted by the
guards over the railing into the roadway. By o:p
o'clock the trouble was over, and the rush ana th'
lam were ended.
The Staten island ferryboats made irregular
trims and the space in front of the ferry house was
crowded with teams and poop g who vanly sough
home and dinner Many people gave u up III .u., II,
spair and went to hotels for the night AZ the even
ing advanced. however. the fog Lifted ana Dy
o'clock had almost disappeared.