New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-23
WEATHER AT IT'S WORST.
TUGBoAT CAPTAINS REAP A HARvEsT-FERRY
TRAVEL DELAYED by ICE.

TRAVEL DELAYED BY ICE.
The prudent man rises while 1t is yet night and
grds himself with chest protector. a macintosh
and linen duster. He carries block OF ice on
his head, fan In his pocket, pair Of shoes on
his back an umbrella In his hand and pair OF
overshoes his feet. Then the weather laughs the
prudence OF that man to and turns his wisdom
to ckatering foolshness. Rain, snow, hail. sun.
shine cloudness and then cold tell the story
OF the weather for the last hirysix hours. fester
day there furries OF snow which nuttereo
| through the air like elder down then the sunshine
glnted over the housetops and bathed the city In
yellow light, and last OF all blast from the lusy
lungs of tho northwest wind swept over the isano
| and spread chill and discomfort.
Tho streets were inundated with slush and sluggish
rivers OF water and mud crept along the streetear
tracks, The crossings were sloughs ana the CUTTERS
| were narrow POOLS Rubber overshoes afforded bus
slight protection from the cecold slush whlch cum
bered the earth. Shoes as light as fairy boo's ano
| goloshes and arctics heavy as ferryboats Wers
alike unable to resist the influx of the flood They
| wer unseaworhy craft, which shipped great qiana'
| ties Of bilge water at every step. Ihere weo oA-
panses of what apparently firm and SOLID snow
| In the streets No sooner did unwary pedestrians
| try to make their way them than there "as
swish OF sush, and the shoetops of the adventurous
| one sank below the water-line. Tie steetcar COM
panes cleared their tracks and left a chanhei IN
which the water collected and was spashed hign In
air by the hoofs OF the prancing steeds which daW
| the equipages of the lowly over the Iron rails.
| The stage coaches on Fifthave. made rapid
semi-occasional trips There considerable dis
satisfaction with the rule which provides that children
Of tender age be carried for half fare. To guard
against future loss full fare was collected for all
| infants in arms whose parents wished to ride as
far as Seventy siXth-st.
| The elevated railroad trains were running under
| their usual headway. The men who pose rs clean-
ers of the streets sauntered ainessly about looi'
| ing at the semi-nuid that could be neither
| sbovelled nor swept and wondered what the people
| OF New-York were going to do about 1t. The CON-
| mound OF snow and water seemed to have been pre-
| pared from a special recipe AS slush 1t shouid
| nave been marked Al. The rivers were blocked
with ice and the ferryboats could not get into ther
slips without backing several times
II was day OF ingatherng for the tugboat captains.
| fleet OF tugs went down the bay on the iookous
for vessels hemmed in by the ice. In consideration
of few hundred dollars the tugtoat captains were
| willing to play the part of good samaritans at any
| time Lighters and barges ran aground or were
| hemmed In by the ice. Incoming steamers could not
get to their piers without the assistance Oh se'er~
| tugs. -, -,
| tn. harbor was like a big punch bowl filled with
n,oces Of cracked ice The ice stretched about from
shore TO shore in the East River. All Terry poats
were more or less delayed. Their slips were kept
from filling up BY the work Of the tugboats. All the
ferries abandoned schedule time, and the South BROOK.
| iyn and Staten Island boats could hardly make
| trip In an hour. o, -, Al, pnrsv,vor,a
Railroad left It's slip at Jersey City last mgni pc
tween and O'Clock for Desbrosses-st WIN iaree
number OF passengers board and also large guam
ty OF mail and express matter When tne oUa' n Was MAS
| nesr Desbrossesst. she broke her rdder ana was
Obliged 10 return TO her slip at jersey city ana nil-
load her cargo to the ferryboat Cincinnati running
on the Cortlandt-s route. The hudson oiy da nos @
| return 10 her Slip till 80 o'clock The Ice IN tne
nycr was so great that the company was opLSeI 80 "
.,on running boats to UesbrOsses ST. after the ifpuson
p s,op nun With her accident The average time Yes.
| tetday of a trip between Jersey City and New-forH
""T The ,ngboat Grapeshot which ties up at night at
Eourteentlst. Hobokel, was sunk at ociock yes--
terday morning the wedged Ice about her nav naVins n
cut - hole through her hull. There was no one on
! ho,rJ NJ tha time but the watcllnan, VINO eschPeI
~ The dock as the boat went down. The amou.,t
| y, damage cannot be ascertaned un'll the pea. u
raiseJ which will be done as soon rs the w'atner
| permits. , - ~. ., ,r,ra bro,v at tho rate of
,bir,vix miles AN hour, and off sandy HOOK last nghs
Tho yale whstled along speed OF fory-lour nhes.
The Spirits OF the storm held e;irhlVal IVNn ste
arhor last night compared with which nlsht OH ne
Trocken was as unexciting as PINK ra. me
,ronther officials predict that there VIII DC cie'r
weather, followed by rain tGuay'