New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-10
RETREAT OF THE ICY BLASTS
A VASTLY MORE COMFORTABLE TEN
PERATURE HEREABOUTS.
TRANSPORTATION LINES BEGINNING TO con-
FORM LITTLE MORE CLOSELY TO THEIR
SCHEDULES-MAILSs STILL DELAYED con-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ECONOMY
INTERPRETED WITH IN
MANY RESPECTS

MANY RESPECTS
The storm has left us and gone sailing up in
the direction Of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
The temperature has risen ten fifteen degrees.
The speed Of the gale has gone down thirty or
forty miles hour, and matters in general are
settling back to normal conditions.
But not so with everything. The ferryboat
business is still hazardous and desultory. The
Wall and Fulton St lines have temporarily
suspended operations. The Roosevelt-st. line
only began running in the afternoon. The North
River lines did the best they could yesterday oul
that was only from half to sixth Of the usual
number of trips. The Staten Island boats hoa'eu
up and down the river in icefoes In the most ue
lightf,Il uncertainty as to where they were eoihs
10 hiring no To the average man VINO ioohe'
down from the Brooklyn Bridge or o'her po'"'
Of vantage on the harbor 1t was m'racie tha'
boats should get about at ALL Inc water hau
almost completely disappeared oeneath sohu
mass of grinding, crunchng Ice and only oc-
casional narrow lanes Of water showed that IL
mo. river and not glacier that lay between
the two great cities
The foot passengers and the trucks that usually
travel between New-York and Brooklyn by the
water routes were all added to the customary
multitude that ebbs and flows across the Bridge.
The keen wind made the promenade unpopular.
and the whole mass of people crushed into the
Bridge CTS II was estimated that 900 people
were handled by the Bridge cable in the course Of
the day. The rush bad enough in the three
hours Of heavy morning business. but when the
same crowd all tried to get back across the Bridge
In the two hours of heaviest evening traffic the
result was wearing on the nerves Of Bridge police
and railroad officials The platform at the New
York station covered with a solid mass OF
humanity. which never seemed to vary In volume.
Trains were shot into the station as fast as they
could be filled and sent out, regardless Of sched-
ules Every minute four-car train would alb
sorb its utmost capacity Of passengers from the
waiting crowd but for every passenger that was
taken off two more pushed forward. and the crush
increased The cable did its work smoothly and
promptly all day.
IMPROVEMENT IN LOCAL TRAFFIC.
The local transportation lines also got down to
something like a working basis. Commissioner
Warnings hordes Of snowslngers scraped the
main streets clear and gave the trucks chance
to get out Of the way Of the cable-cars. The Ele-
waited trains ran an almost full schedule
Uncle Sans postal business the test
sufferer The Southern mail service seems to be
completely blocked. Only one mail came in from
south Of Washington That at a. m. and
was day before yesterdays mail at that. Moth
ing Of any Importance has been received from
the Southwest The Chicago mail, due yesterday
morning reached the Postoice at $40 p m. and
the Montreal mails were about eighteen hours
late The clerks In the foreign mail department
broke their long rest and hustled the heavy man
received on the Teutonic forward to its various
points Of distribution. When the many steamers
now overdue do reach port, the deluge OF mail
matter will be something overwhelming The out
going mails are also delayed. the Aurania. which
was to have. sailed yesterday, being held and the
railroads being also slow in sending out the usual
mail trains.
THE VAIL OF THE HOUSEWIFE
The wall of the housewife is now being heard
above the subsiding roar Of the storm Gas pipes
and water pipes are frozen. Gas metres have
struck. Milk is a missing quantity. Fruit Is
frozen. Radiators refuse to radate. and woes OF
every kind accumulate
The weekly review Of the storm by the Cehtra
Park Observatory is of interest, as the condi-
tons there recorded the conditions or the
average New-York home while the United
States Signal Service Station Is so high as TO De
in another stratum OF atmosphere. Ihe mean
temperature for the week Is shown to have been
IL degrees, the lowest being below zero. re-
corded at a. IN. Wednesday. The lowest barom-
eter reading was at / o'clock Friday morning.
that being the crisis of the storm. The total
snowfall was only five inches. but the wind
travelled 2267 miles in the week. an average or
12lh miles for every hear.
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