New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-17
THE COLD WAVE REACHES THE CITY.
SWEEPING FROM THE. NOTWITHSTANDING l
CENTRAL PARK.

CENTRAL PARK.
The weather breeders In the northwest maIShalled
all their forces yesterday to sweep down over the CITY,
On Sunday night the advance blasts that have been
freezing up the praires reached the city and sank the
mercury down to 16o the lowest point that 1t reached
before daylight. With tho the air grew warmer
and the mercury ascended until noon, when the ther-
mometer Indicated 800 After that the people on the
streets began remark that the air getting cold
again. BY O'Clock the quicksilver In Hudnus ther-
mometcr had gone down again below 1S0 and was fall
Ing rapidly. Pale-faced girls who issued from the
office buildings down town had more rosy cheeks.
Red and frosty musaches were plentiful In the
crowds that lined the sidewalk fastening to the Bridge,
the ferries and the elevated stations The cold air
appeared to have cheerful influence and the crowds
hustled and pustei each other, but continued all the
better humored over the exercise.
In the Signal Service office in the Equitable Build
ing the Weather Bureau thought that the indications
pointed the arrival of the coolest weather that has
been felt In the city this winter. Yesterday morning
the codest point In the country was at La Crosse, Wis,
where the mercury showed $50 below zero at Chi
cago It registered la at Helena, Mont, 34s and at
Fort Custer. 320 below As far south as Vicks
burg the Mississippi, the thermometer at Zero
"The cold wavc," the weather man explained, " had
taken swoop down to the southeast and then follow
northwesterly direction. To night the coolest point
will be In Canada, and tho northwest winds will bring
down good share of this temperature to New York
and vicinity
The coolest weather experienced this winter has been
only IL 12' but the indications are that the present
wave will make a much lower record and go nearly
quito Far In the northwest more cold Is do
veloping and following up the first wave, making 1t
probable that the cold period Will continue without any
decided gi temperature for two or three days. The
air is generally clear and the cold Is not likely to be
attended with snow. The cOldest weather which New
York has experienced for seventeen years was In the
winters of 1875 and 1850, when both occasions tho
mercury touched ~ below
The judges who sit In the Court House suffering
fon the blizzard" They subject to me engineer
Of the building, who turns of the heat on sat
urdays At noon and trial days at D. M, unless by
special request, and regulates the heat at his own
pleasure generally. Yesterday Justice Barrct had 20
adjourn court In order to escape freezing to DEAN
Judge OGorman got a cold In the Superior court.
Discomfort because ~ he engineers msli iraecni'nI
was prevalent throughout the building The engineer
is subject directly TO the Department OF Pubic Nofhs
and snaps his fingers at the judges Ihcy nave tho
privilege Of growling-and freezing
The air cold enough on Sunday night 10 put INC
Harlem Lake In Central Park In good shape or sha,-
Ing As this discovered the Parh oihc'aIs
permission to- skaters 10 use th, lakes Inc lco
hard and snioah glass. Only a 1ew sha.cTs
knew that The lafe and they han the sport 10
themselves during the day. The red nag was not
shown In the because the lower ake was NOT
frozen hard enough open IL for skaters, nu WIN the
cold weather last night all the lakes VIII be frozen
hard and Will probably be thrown open 10 The pubic
today.