New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-12
ALMOST A PERFECT DAY IN THE CITY.

TnE TaMPTRATURE MILD AND PROMISE OF WARM
RR wFArHER-PROspECrs or SKATING.
Vest rday was such bright. crisp day that
the desire TO skim the snowcarpcted roads IN a
light cutter trace grapeVnes, crabs and other wonder
fu designs virgin sheet O lee. or lead e charge
u the glorious warfare OF snowbes made the
ofdodglng about downtown sitting In Office all The
more distastcfuk The snow covering OF the ghty
city roofs gisened the sunshine The cloud armada
piled high and white. sailed aimessly up and down the
brightest winter skies. The temperature just low
enough keep the former from losing IT. grip and
Ing down In playful little ayaanches on the head OF the
passer-by and the far4way clonds showed no signs OF
maIeralizng into more snow. The car companies hay
ing resurrected the slippery rails from their grave OF
slnsh, the cars with single teams, TO the
great relief ~ OF the suffering horses which
have been doing double work OF late but have
been unable to strike or threaten to strike The tons Of
soed snow that have been dumped OF the docks ebDed
and flowed tho tide. and many dsreputable looking
pieces Of struggled down the river to keep company
with tue Outcast snow
Tie lowest temperature was 100 aud the
prouhecy OF the Weather Oco Is that the mercury will
rise slowly until IN few day5 AN .casygoing sort of a
storm may he expected. The wind blew lightly from
the northwest. aud the much-spotted weather map In
the basement of the Equitable BIdng showed that the
sun was shining alike the just and the unjust ali
the couniry-a few small areasOf along the Canada
line being the only exceptions
IL was In Mobile when tue mercury went down TO IA
degrees" said tho Signal Service observer, aud the
people almost died from cold What they doing in
Atlanta with it down to % | cannot, Imagine.
The houses mostly built on posts, all
open underneath. aud the cold goes through
them like water through "A sieve Most OF them
have only small chimney aud that in the kitchen.
fire To keep the Inmates comfortable would
burn up the whole establishment
Workmen at Central Park wero busy clearing the
snow from the foOi-paths. The Ice the lakes looked
firm aud enough to bear many skaters, but IL IL
covered places with snow and Will have TO be wol
cleared aud scaped before II can bo opened 10 the pub
ne. superintendent Parsons said that II was nearly
thick enough for permitting skating, but IL would
aulre more cold weather aud considerable work
IN sUraping off the frozen snow before
tho skating would lie good. "Iho Park
pOnds tho longest in freezing, IL
Should be remembered" continued Mr. ParsODs but II
the weather continues cold there Will probably be skat-
ing the latter part OF the week"
The 81 Cleaning Department continued last night
the work OF CLEARING the most travelled thOrOughiares OF
snow Broadway from the Battery. fourteenth-st was
pretty well cleared on SuDGay. But "a gUod deal has
been brought IN from the side streets since then The
down-tOwn streets leading 10 the ferIos were also
cleared again. Fourteenth and Twentythird sts, west
or Broadway. Union Square and Madison Square were
cleared IN part and Broadway from Fourteenth 10
Thirty-fourth and hundreds OF loads
removed. Commissioner Coleman sadtlat all the avail
able force The contractors had Deenput the Joband
also extra horses and carts had been ell
gagged, making $50 horses aud carts employed.