New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-17
PRICE THREE CENTS.
ALMOST AT THE ZERO MARK.
THE SEVERE COLD WAVE STILL HANGS ON.
HEAVY ICE IN THE SOUND AND LOWER BAY.
VESSELS HELD FAST IN FLOEs-A RISE IN

HEAVY ICE IN THE SOUND AND LOWER BAY.
VESSELS HELD FAST IN FLoEs-A RISE IN !
THE TEMPERATURE EXPECTED TO-DAY.
1t was bitterly cold day yesterday, tho
thermometer cvincing a strong desire to record
zero weather Early in the morning. just about
daybreak the mercury was only a fraction above
zero in the thermometer of the Weather Bureau.
1t gradually climbed up to l3 degrees about
o'clock, but could not get any higher. The peo'
pie who came in from the suburbs in the morn
ing to business rcported much colder weather In
the rural districts.
The ice in the rivers and bays did not give
much trouble 1t was soft and springy. whas
there was Of it, and steam vessels forced theif
way through it with only little delay. from
Governors Island to Staten Island there was
clear space Of open water, and the staten island
ferryboats were not delayed in their trips cxceps
off tho Whitehall Slip There the ice from tho
East and North rivers collected and made progress
slow All the ferries ran OH their scheduie tii'e'
however The ice in the Sound gave consider
able trouble. From City Island 1t was reporoeo
that six tugs and schooners were stuck iast IN
,hc ice there. The tug A. Z. Burnside, which
he'd been imprisoned in the ice at City lslahd
since Saturday, got free yesterday. ana came do"n
to New-YorlI. The schooner Druid. at ahcho!
in City Island Earbor, cut by the ice packed
about her, and at last accounts was leaking oauy'
It was decided to carry her cargo ashore. ino
icc was 50 thick around the imprisoned vessels
~ Citv Island that the crews visited each other
bv walking over the ice. TIE tug Hercules was
rorortod stuck in the ice near the Stepping
Stones.
T,oro was somc DELAY on the elevated roads
,.os,nrdor owing TO the cold Colonel Hahn said
Tho DELAYS have been slight. We have 10 use
moro coal and have to stop oftener to take IL on
hoard Besides. the en- zines do not MAKE steam as
welI in exceedingly cold weather All RAILROADS.
suNer from delays more or less IN cola "ea'ne''
We have fewer than other roads
The cold wave Yesterday covered all the country
eastward of Minnesota and extended as 1ar sou'n
az Florida. Tennessee, Virginia and other se"
| tions where one does not look for intensity cola
weather were severely affected by the temp cratur'
Il was the coldest snap known IN the SCUM
for some years, and it was also pretty coio he'e'
The mercury in Perrys thermometer regS'ere q
| temperature of degrees above zero at ocioc"
| in the morning Three hours later 1t was DOWN
70 . degrees above At o'clock it had only
| crawled up to 3 degrees and at noon 10 D. Az
3 40 it stood at 13 degrees, at 6 o'clock NJ IL
docroos and at o'clock it was down to degrees.
The prospects for to-day are that it VIII . ,, De
| warmer and little warmer weatht.r Miii no' w
| unwecome 10 the citizens of New-ioIK .ha,
u' The air was bracing Yesterday, and altogether
the Weather was not unhealthy. The ice which
has been hanging around the waters Tor ne neaIy 1h.
week. is "A source Of great discomlort 10 'Hs -
niIots II carries away buoys in channels. ana IL
Tenders the handling Of big ships matter OF aiii
Guilty. One or two pilot boats are irozen iasI ro ra
rho harbor. and some that are outside are reiuc-
tant to try and sail in while the ice is so thick ~
tbe Lower Bay. No general thaw is promlIsesa
for some time, but when one Goes come the iiuu. 20.
son Is expected TO pour great quah'i'es " ''
| down into the bays.