New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-15
DIGGING THE CITY OUT.
METROPOLITAN LIFE REVIVING.
TRAINS RUNNING FROM THE GRAND CEN
TRIAL STATION.
THORoUGH-GOJNG MILK FAMINE IN TOWN
BUT PROVISIONS NOT WANTING.

LONG ISLAND STILL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
TRAINS BEGUN IN Nrw-JERsEY-LossES AT
SEA NUMEROUS. pUT THE EXTENT OF THEM
NOT 1KNowN-BROOKLYN AHEAD OF NEW
YORK IN STARTING STREET CARS
FAIR AND WARNER WEATHER
PREDICTED FOR TO-DAY.
Slowly but surely the pulses Of life began to
stir In the thoroughfares Of New-Yorx yesterday,
and the city gradually emerged from the torpor
cast upon 1t by the spell of great dsaster-for
in no other light the visitation of the bliz
zard, bringing with it hardship. desolation aud
death, be considered.
There was a ludicrous suggestion Of the dsen-
tombing of Pompeii and Herculaneum from their
lava graves in the digging out Of the snow-tilled
streets Gangs of men, the total force of them
exceeding in number any ever before yeputed to
similar tasks in this city, piled pick and shovel,
and disinterred-to strain the of that word
here wagon, and there wheelhaTow here
pile OF grocers boxes, and there an ash barrel;
here forlorn hat wrested ON its owners head
in the wild bluster Of Monday, and there dead
dog or cat. Every endesvor was made to force q
way for traffic, especially in the princ pal streets
In these the SHOW was piled on the right hand
and on the left and as these ways opened
tiny stream of trallc began to tricllc through
them by and by increasing to at least something
approaching the usual volume that roars through
the busy streets.
THE MAIN THING WAS TO MAKE STARE
In the smaller streets the snowbank was hcap"d
only on one side. The actual removal OF the
snow was in all cases a secondary consideration
The object sought to be obtained was to get
things g. going AS each forsalcn vehicle was
brought to light, its owner ascertained and
told Of its resurrection, and he never failed TO
send men and horses to remove 1t with all pos
sible dispatch. But that generally did not mean
much In Some of the downtown streets-Fulton-
St., for eXample-where the deserted dIays
thick as autumnal leaves In Vallambros'., there
was presented at one time the curious spectacle o.
q string Of carts, wagons and carriages with their
teams, standing in one long blockade, ana eA-
tending almost from river to river.
battle with the snow, and supplied wood enough
TO build hundreds Of bonfircs to melt 1t. Never
on any Fourth OF July have there been more OF
these burning In the highways and the oyways
OF the city.
STILL VAST PnIsON-HpUsr.
Rnt notwithstanding these manifestations Of
activity within, as regards the outside world the
metropolis of America continNd to be a vast
prison-house. Communication opened up on the
more or less rapid" transit lines within her
boundaries: but the great iron ROADS that lead
out from her gates were slow in developing am
nation The railway companies sent out work
crs by the hundred but their glGanuc TASK was
accomplished with difficulty, yet with diligence,
the principal lines Perhaps of them all the New
York Central deserves the palm; but the West
Shore and the Erie were close at It's heels III an
The relief that the resumption Of travel viii
give comes none too soon. The necessarles on
fife have umned to famine or s'egc rates WIN ~,
alarming ra apidtv Fuel Is scarce. though an I'M
proved SIMPLY began to dribhe through the streets
in small loads yesterday afternoon; PROV siofs :
70 he had Yesterday. Restaurants and hotels
gave grudging driblets with coffee or tea; out
there was no milk ard CRACKERS no no. milk al, anG
mush.' and, last straw Of all no milk puhhcncs
Go GREAT moreover. was the " run on condensed
milk that groccrs cut every order s'h'l'g
only from a quarter to half OF the quantity
The moil service continued to hc scantv. Some
arrived in the afternoon from points near M a.
hand. For once The communal S ION ,,ails from
Roston. w.IIaycn. Stonington, etc, were
brought by the Sound steamers.
WIRES PATCHFD Up LITTLE.
Rv noon the city wns once more IN tclcgrarhic
and tclephonic touch with some Of her neighbors ;
and when the full opening up Of the railroads
allows tho comnanics to send out large enough
bands NJ mon Manhattan Island viii nave ceased
70 be a Juan Fernardez. 1000, IT.,
The cxaspcratcd Ncw-Y lr'Sor who Croprh n',
way homo IN darkness Monday night, VIII rcad
With considerable asfonishmrnt and perhaps some
nrter trcmors the explanation OF tho tallure ol
the electric lights rs given IN IHF IRIlaTr, % %
dav Rnt for the forcthonght OF an oIlcaI ~
tbs telepbone company. who knew what would
hs the result of an attempt TO use the electro
lqht wires when crossed and tangled WIN nfoHSn sa
toIccronh and telenhone wires, the clty, so iar
from being plunged into darkness. would have
been hathed in fire. or the two %altHrnatiVeS' %
the former was much thg mors proddost story NJ
,be great storm will come from the coasts me
news Of the fate Of the drfted pllot. ooats
awaited tre%bngy, Sc 9ne those Of which no
tidin@s have reached Ncw-Yorl the GravoSt fears
nre entertained Nor will the terrible refGr6 Of Of
The sea be completed even by the realzaLoh oCa Ua
ashore at Delaware BrcaIwatsr; ana the III d11s sos o
human life must be awful. No news at ~ nas
come from the NcwJersey SoaSI nnq made m by the
Merritt coast yyrccl,ing organization, there is as
much room for doubt as for hope.
,rrrrr TUAw AND FURRY or SNOW
rrue n the personal forecast Of the capable
officer in charge of the Signal Service bureau
+bere was a decided rise in the temperature yes.
,crdav and a o." furry" Of snow, which scareu
some timorous folk who ovcrestimated Hs sig
ni0cance new coated the soied surface OF Mon
aar,e donos,t. As the mercury gradually rose IN
the tbermomcterturc, till at length the freezlng
l., The otmosphere, a musical "drip-drop' from
lodges and caves an occasional niue s.owI I'll III
.lidinp snow and above all, or rather prneath @ ~
simsb warned the citizens that the Ihaw was
on the trail Of the Blizzard ,,.,- ~ .bo roes-
I've gray piers Of BroGKSyn ta brGS sister M cities that
cluster beside her were t'nt"d win al !nD TSo eat
cate coloring Of realized faryland. ne naU
roofs eced by white patches, mere hn gnu to,vcrS
o,d s,aenlcs were radiant in it, and a big bronze
church cross was lighted up into namG a n ,zarI ~
calm that camc after the storm soo'heu oi'~N"''
yexod New-YorI into peace.
FEW CATTLE COMING IN.
- -, y.xD IN SUPPLY THF MARKET