New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-08
THE CITY AGAIN SHOWED UNDER.
PROSPECTS OF COMING FAIR WEATHER.

EFFORTS OF THE STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT
TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAR
People in the city and neighborhooo who do not ike
too much snow will be pleased to hear that only a
slight edge OF the recent Storm which had its birth in
the Gulf of Mexico and followed the Cult Stream
,rthward passed the city. The storm began on
Friday night, with its centre off Mobile on Monday
the centre of the coast at Charleston, and yester-
day morning it was off the coast Norfolk Va. In
some parts of the South has fallen to the depth
of fifteen inches. 1t has been the severes snowstorm
in those sections since 1857.
People will also be pleased to learn that there is q
rising barometer in the Lake region and other indica-
tions of clearing weather. In the Northwest ndica-
tions point to a storm. The conditions in the Lake
region have probably prevented the northwestern cy-
clone and the Gull OF Mexico from centrng here
and producing a state of affairs which nobody would
relish Yesterday afternoon the Cult of Mexico storm
lett the brewing cyclone as fast as possible and before
dark the centre OF the former was of the coast CT
Rhode Island and the barometer at the Signal Service
ohce OH top of the Equitable Building Uegan rising.
and the wind began shifting from the north 10 inc
west. indicating clearing weather
During the snows.orm when began on Sunday
morning the tall OF snow was eight inches Inc Storm
which practically began yesterday morning at O'CLOCK
and continued until 1890. with inermissoi OF an
hour between and ) o'clock only hall as great
the fall OF being Only about four inches At
O4 1
but not enough fell after 1890 O'Clock to add
much to the ngurrs. The storm, however bad done
its work. and made trouble tor people who nave 10 get
around The wotk of the Street Clcanrni Department
had been undone; sidewalks could not be cleared ia
time for the early morning Oilers to walk about IN
comfort and travel ou all the surface roads was de-
layed OF the steetcar lines kept their sweep
ers going but still found necessary 10 put tour
horses to the cars Even there were many blocks.
The fact that the swcepers Kept open the centre OF
the streets where there lines. caused the buk
trucking etc. to pass throu gh these thorougharcs
This made those avenues unusually choked. ana IN
many Instances caused serious delay NJ ch ltemper
was displayed by the drivers of the vehicles and pas
sengers who were in hurry. On the elevated lines
there delays and as the great majority OF peO
pie recognized tDat the storm would not affect them,
they did an unusually large business. The Street
Cleaning Department did eicIent work with It's day
iorce. The walks of the parks downtown were
cleared and the of streets were Kept as clean
possible under the circumstances:
Dusk mad hardly set in before men and carts mad De-
gun cartng away the snow. he contractors who
have the contract for cleaning the streets below Four
ieenth-st put 800 and $50 carts Mt work. The
orders of the Street Cleaning Department were that
streets leading TO the ferries and the Bridge shOuo
r,t be cleared and then the Others downtown streets
in the de- of their Importance The department IL
self clears broadway and the streets n0rtb OF fonf-
feminist and put 800 and 200 carts to work on
the most important streets. Broadway from the Bat
terry to Fourtrenth-st was first attended to then
Fouri Twenty thrdst. and the other impor-
tant thoroug hfares were 10 he taken up.
Notwithstanding the storm the mails were NOT as muc
from the Northwest by the NewYork Central and those
from the East by the York. New-daNel ana hatlou
suffered no appreciahe delay The mails by tne shore
line from Boston and Providence were delayed aoou TWO
hours. and those from New Orleans and MOplIe Dy INC
Atlantic coast line we're four hours behind time