New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05
ROWLING BLASTS FROM THE NORTHWEST.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAME WITH THEM
INTENSE DISCOMFORT IN THE STREETS.

SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAME WITH THEM
INTENSE DISCOMFORT IN THE STREETS.
Did soft vernal airs blow this town yester'
day and did the zcphyrs play hide and seek arouh"
the parks Did any hear the carolling OF spring
time sonesters or we. the eyes OF closed by the
sight Of trees in blossom and flowers In Inxur'ah'
bloom? There gentle breez: which swept oNer
the town at the rate OF thirty miles an hour last
night II was blown Of the bellows OF That sturdy
blacksmith. the Northwest, and 1t was tempered Only
for those who heavy vestments made oil 'he
fleece OF the shorn lamb. The blacksmith tempered
the wind and the bits of snow which accompanied IL
OF steely hardness. They cut the cheehs VI
pedestrians If they were sparks from IA mighty
anvil They filed the air until fog seemed 10 hahs
over the city, and fine mist covered the rivers anu
Raw The fine snow crystals were blown INTO
cracks and crcvices and chung with tenacity
10 everything they touched. The blast OF the
ponderous bellows sent them whhzing through 'he
air. They developed the branches OF the trees III
Central Park with coating OF whlte ana ''''oe eas
thing stand out like bit OF delicate traccry. ih''
transformed the elevated railroad tracks Into rboohs
of white, and sifted white powder over tle m's's
and spars I'm the harbOr until they looked Ike DIS
OF lace work upon the bosom Of the waters
The vandal horde of wind spirits rushed through
old Trinity Churchyard and heaped bahks Vi S"o"
over the tombs and headstones and left the s'urus
figure OF John Watts with collar OF white upon
upon the old church until the little towers ana hhiaS
were transformed into Parian marble and the tower
became a glittering shaft OF White. Inc ar was
thick with fog and snow. Way down the Bay 'hree
big steamers were stuck in the mud ike common
schooners and lay lmbedded in sand and slime until
the tide took pity upon them and came yelling up
from the fountains of the deep 10 aid thenl' froih
the deck of the North River ferrybats the shores
Of New-Jersey could not be seen. For three cents the
passengers had the delicious experience OF looking
out upon a scene Of storm and water. III was equl
TO a first day upon ocean liner
In Battery Park there was broad expanse OF
pure white snow untramped by the feet OF men, .or
there the park policemen insist that every creature
which walks shall keep of the grass. The streets
wsre muddy. slushy and almost impossible. They
were quicksands OF slush pools OF hlth' "alo"s ol
despair and depths of slime The cutters were rivers
which begar nowhere and too sluggish 10
move anywhere. The snow beautiful to behold
as 1t rested upon trees and was tossed
through the frosty air. but when 1t made JUS way
into the domain OF Mr.. Brennan 1t b. gan 10 MAKE
trouble. Mr.. Brennan usual walked to the WINDOW
OF his office, looked at the snow anu oo'a"u Mo
opinion OF il to the reporters.
al have ordered my out to sweep the snow
from Broadway for the twelfth time this year, he
said al have all the out that can be called on
today"
Mr. Brennan and his officials insisted that the
strike at the seventeenth.st. stables was over. and
turned to work. This statement was reiterated In
spite OF reports. seemingly well authenticated mat
the strikers refused return TO work before MONDAY
"The bosses are having big time OF II ct Washing
tonn they said, "why should we be sent out to toil
I'm this Storm" Commissioner Brennan ordered
general attack on Broadway between Park Place ana
Thirty fourth-st., and in Fith-ave. from Waveriey
Place as far up as possible Two hundred and MY
men were sent to the downtown streets. and 10 the
thoroughfares connecting the ferries last night. Inc
Commissioner said that he would have large force
in the principal streets all day today, and promised
that especial attention should be given TO Keeping
the crosswalks swept and the cutters and cuiVerts
open. . MI, -.
There was a large mound OF ice and In Pine St
yesterday and on the top Of 1t was pacard WIN
The words Sacred TO the memory OF Thomas Brennan
Peace be 10 his soul" ON inquiry IL was found That
the cleaners had neglected all the winter TO nc
Finest. so some OF the business men had employer
men seeking relief TO gather up the snow Ice ana min
and put IL In big heap In the middle OF the street
man who CHANGED to pass that way put the honcc
on the tOp. Another who wished TO honor the monu
ment Of things left undone added to the Inscription
In the day an old dump cart carried away the
touching memorial ,.,,
The telegraph felt the impulses OF the electrical
disturbance brought on by the storm. and the voices
over the telephone sounded like rcrains from Homo
lulu.
LITTLE DELAY ON THE CENTRAL.
The snowstorm Of yesterday and last night did not
cause much delay to the trains running into the
Grand Central station The New-York express train.
dus nj 8 so D. m was on time; the Albany express