New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-16
A HEAVY SNOWSTORTS WORK
IT WAS NOT PREDICTED BY MR.. DUNN.
THE STREET COMM ssIoNER DID MOI EXPECT IT
EITHER-BUT IT CAME.


IITHER-BUT IT CAME
Dead against the wind which blew from the north
west yesterday morning came the snowstorm AS
late as midnight Thursday the Weather Bureau pre-
dcted clear and cold weather. with little" snow or
rain before daylight yesterday. Well. the snOwstorm
came. and 1t came before daylight but 1t wasn't little
and IL lasted till the afternoon leaving In the city five
inches Of snow. AS consequence OF it's unexpected
arrival traffic in the early morning was delayed and
the elevated roads and the surface were all be
hind time Swecpers cleared the tracks, however
and the afternoon travel not impeded to an ap
probable extent. The storm the worst OF
the season. At half.past l O'Clock in the morning
there were no indications Of its coming. except that
slight drzzle began to fall At . O'Clock this
had ceased, and here and there the paving stones
actually began TO dry but shortly afterward there be
gan cold rain which changed into driving seet At
ialf-past O'Clock in the morning the snow began TO
fall on the slush and mud and daylight struggled
through binding storm, which hid the sky and the
horizon. When the storm ceased. at l O'Clock I'm the
afternoon. the streets buried under the feathcry
burden, which hung in graceful festOons and clumps
from trees and caves. lending touch OF lovelness
even to the tangled web Of wires overhead
With the coming Of the storm there was a re.
markable fall in the temperature The thermometer,
which had registered the extremely high temperature
Of 81 degrees Thursday fell suddenly. and at
O'Clock yesterday morning registered 80 grccs. At
p. 1t had dropped two degrees and registered %.
At 10 p m. it was 60 degrees. The snowsorm
covered comprising oil the Atlantic states
north Of Virginia and extending westward to the
lake regions West and souTh Of the lakes the
weather fair and the temperature was decidedly
colder in all the states except the South Atlantic
states on the immediate border OF the coast West
OF the Mississippi Valley and In the Northwestern
states the temperature was generally below zero.
f. B. Dunn said last night that the storm would
vanish before morning. and that to-day would be fair
and much colder. II this prophecy prove correct the
sieghng will be excellent the snow Is wet and
deep ON the roads ard only requires freezing weather
to make it pack well 1t too soft Yesterday after
noon. and rs the weather looked threatening. few
eleighs ven;ured out on the road or Central Park
Eig Commissioner Brennan the picture OF
despair Yesterday. "Was ever street Cleaning Com
missioner struck with such Internal weather as we
have had the last fortnight" lie asked In disguised
tone IL thought the trouble was about over last
night But look at this snowfall" Jr. Brennan
withdrew his gaze from the forbiddne looking street
below him and continued I'm going 10 do the best
| can. however. There l. one thing want To say
The statement that the first snowStorm nearly eX-
hansted nv apr opration for removing snow and Ice
Is not correct. There is enough money lcIt II We
don't have too many snowstOrms
Mr.. GrennGns plan is hrst 10 clear the snow from
The streets leading the ferries, from Broadway and
other important avenues lie said that he would put
sixtySve men on the ferry streets 30 on broadway
n work up from Bowling Green, and eighty i've on
Park Row and other downtown street. ~ many
carts as coud he so advantage would be- put IN
service. But the heavy that NOT much
could be carted away the nrst might q the depart
mens raid
4 prominert official said yesterday that efforts
should have been made TO cart away the snow durls
the dav while il was Stil soft A. freezing weather
during the night woull put the Commissioner IN mo
predicamcIt lie seems Ia be In ole now. >ald ihis
man and Is making more fuss over the Fifteen ihche'
Of snow which fell this year than his predecessors GA
over fifty and sixty inches, which was what Coleman
mad IN contend with" The labJrcrs who were n','eH
Yesterday al work In Broadway were obtru1vcy ap-
parent At 4 30 p. m. twenty-five lt"iHh idgNcIN
fvddnlv hurst on the scene at Dcyst and liruad"ay
few Of them had shovels. most OF them rad spahc>;
Why spades for soft s>ow Amid innch !ehDcl ",u
gestlculatlon they leaped at the sluShy COMPOUND III
Iroadwav and impctuously shovelicd IL lnto DcN-,l
What wasn't thrown INTO or in front "i DeE-sl' va,
carefully piled into heaps ana for ".dic uil ~
az Broadway compal atvcly clohl. u Cart hf1
taken the niour up at once. II wond have rchatcu
clean But 10 carts appeared. and at . ro,h' are,
hund reds Of trucks and other Venice, haI ioIrI
through and the mounds. Broadway ioohed IH''
about muddy ever $500 .aiot,. ,.-,
The bad conditi1n Of the streets vas especially aId
IN The letter carriers. Nearly all the Tram mans
were from two TO three hours h'e.