New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-13
TIE coLpEsr DAY OF TIE SEASON.
1nE MERCURY ONLY II ABOVE zEEo-GEfrNG
READY FOR SKATING.

1uF MERCURY ONLY u ABOVE zEEO-GEfHNG
READY FOR sXATING.
Yesterday was another crisp. clear and cold
day The mercury Respondent and went down
further and further until the lowest tenn cratnrc was
.corcd For several hours the morun, lludnuts big
thermometer Indicated = above zero. a"d throughout
the day II went no higher I2. Tho main streets
had been fairly well cleaned OF snow, aud tho big rail-
road swecpers drawn by OF eight horses each,
nirted what left into to faces Of people on
the sidewalk Down about the piers the snow had been
trodden until It looked like raw sugar, and the heavy
draws noundered about in it, becoming iuextlicably
mixed in spte OF the efforts Of the policemen at he
s eet crossings The accumulated dirt ana snow made
the automatic switches on the street railways Work
badly and kept the drivers in chronic state OF pro-
family The ice accumulated all day In the rivers ana
the feryboas poughed aud ground their way through It,
continually behind In the narrow streets on the
East 81 e tie snow from sidewalks and tracks was
s piled high ia the cutters. The small boy with one
skate hoblcd serency ice. dirt and bare stones,
while the four small boys with one small sled fought for
sunraacy and the sled. The chapped hands OF news
boys and carconducors testified to the advance OF win
ter but there was little wind that no one moving
out enough to keep blood ia circulation. suffered
In fact IL was the and most enjoyable OF winter
weather.
The Street Cleaning Department continued last night
the work Of removing from Broadway and the
downtown business streets. Two things have hndcrod
thc work The snowfall was much heavier than that Of
any storm for the last three years. and not pound OF
SNOW has melted under the rays OF the sun Superln
teudept Green has procured from time to time all the
available horses and carts that could be hired Tho
men and teams Of the Street-Cleanng Department are
Incoming worn under the unusual strain and nave
been compelled to rest. Some OF the large contractors
uptoyn have let TO the Department what horses ahd
carts they could spare by this means inc force mas
been kent up nearly TO the number with which the DC
partment began the work OF cleaning the principal bus
ness tboroughfares The work last night was confined
nrncipally To cleaning the snow out OF broadway
hrouRht In the side streets by constant aNe ana
TO removing the business streets dOWhtoWh as
fnr as moss bile OF the streets the snow Is
nearly foot deep and travel by loaded Teams Is hel
ously iBterfered with. -, ... ..,
The Bleecker street Railroad Company had mon ana
teams engaged all yesterday and last nght ~ removing
snow from Ann and BceknHn sis. Nearly all TIC street
railroad lines had teams engaged at various points
where the nteriered with the running or inc cars
The surface railroads last year procured repeal OF
the law prohibiting o of salt on their tracks lney
forgot however, that there an ordinance TO that
effect. Salt may lawfully De used Oh any curve vi
switch but not elsewhere.
The ebb tide yesterday carried down the bay great
fields Of ice. whcn Buoy No. 10 on the South
west Spit and ca rried IL out to sea.
The lakes I'm Central Park frozen TO thickness or
nearly ak inches This morning teams will be put on
the Ice with scrapcrs II after thorough examination
the ice is found strong enough The lakes viii DO
cleaned during the day so hat hey can DC tnro"h open
10 -Funr