New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-10
WORK on THOROUGHFARES.
RIG FORCE OF MEN REMOVING SNOW.
GREAT SUFFERING AMONG THEM ON fHlpN'
NIGHT on ACCOUNT OF THE EXTREME
CoLD-1MPossIBI.E TO GET DUMP

ING scows TO SEA
I'll. .ork NJ removing snow from the prihclPa'
s,r.ats of the city was continued yesterday ~ -'
mon of the Street Cleaning department ''
force The men engaged DURING ''e NV"
daylight in scrapnG and shovelins the Sno" '' ~
niles and after nChtfall, when the h''l'
,he s,reets had ceased. they shoveiled 'h' S"'"
en-, ,hs beaps into carts. About Leo car'S WIZ
,,sed during the nigh, in the removal OF sho" '''
Rroadwav the Bowery and other s"'e'H 49,
town The men found the work more "'''""'' va
on Friday and Friday night, when th'Y S
severely from the cold. on Friday hs"' CIV
who were AT work shoveng snow into carts WI
so nearly frozen. in spite of their eNer'onS' '.''
,h., uero Obliged To desert their posts ana 20 -
,hair homes \ number OF cart-drlN'rS "'S' '
their horses to stables. declaring ina' wa
human TO keep the animals exposed 10 INV
The work OF removing snow from the SH'''H, ~
fore WAS not carried during Friday n'gh' ~
the extent which Commissioner Waring h"' "
,oc,od Considerable snow was remover ''oi''
park Place and from Wall. Liberty ana 'oI'"'''
sts however Superintendent Robbins ha'' Nv ~
r.cted to have most OF the snow r'n"''i
broadway and from the streets i'aulhs ~ Wv
ferries last nigh. -, No.
Colon.l Waring said yesterday that ne """'' '''
attempt TO estimate the cos; of removing the fn""
go tho s,ree,s on account OF the cold weather
he said the cost would De great as very i'u" S"o"
would melt In the streets. 1t would De po7S'"''' ~
.td ia reu,ove the snow only from IN" streets In
uh,,b there was the heaviest traffic In oth'r
s,reets the employees Of the Street CLEANING h'
partment would level the snow ana aIlo" IL L" '"'''
| when the weather became milder. Super'h'''''"'
| Robbins said II would cost $4,000 to remove Inc
snow from all OF the th0roughfarcs south "i f"N
| nnth-st Deputy Commissioner Moore saii mat
| the department would remove the snow from about
22j miles OF streets. and the WORK "oui cost w
Nr Moore went down the Bay In tugboai lat,
I,vfd. pfg he
,he dcnartment scows emptlei. When he got BACK
,o the city yesterday morning he reported thai h'
encountered Ice foes which Ur"FcntrI IN" '"N
| boat from getting within mile ~ tnr N''N''''
| Al which the anchored II ""nil ~
| rnpos.ble 10 get the rcov- To sea 'pI a H"Y Nl
,xn n. said and Il was also impossible 10 t"t ~"
a tn. dumps down IN ht} on "'
count OF the tee n" informed tolpn"l N"iIN
that the sixty ur"1 10y m" H~iif'ih'h' "
ali loaded with refuse. and there Ms NJ room
any ashes and garbage which might be coiiec''i
In the city by the department carts ., -, ,,.,.,
WaEing had "a cvlHl4fafl'h Win go" II
Board and obtained It, approval ~ l.Ann, '. ~, ~,
noslt ashes In streets near TIE dumps uuil mere
Va. a change 81 weather. Then i' on'hi.'' W
ni,s from the Department ~ Pubic WORKS. an
| informed the Police department ihat a'i,s N".,
Tor,v.sey.nth and seventy ninth sts near Inc
| East River In Peck slip, IN to"nii,s S"i an ~
stanton Scvenfy-ihlrl. Eighteen ana On num-
and tenth SITS and the nurfh SIDE ~ me iidl''
| River near McCombs Dam lfnEr 49, .,.t
Colonel Wariug sent letter u" l'"l'' ''"p' '-
| tendent Byrnes. asking him 10 direct 'l' POI.
moi 10 interfere with the dumping - afh's az '''
rlaco. mentioned while the snow llnckhlt lh-i'l
| 80 cci The scows un.oad.d and back - the dumps
| n. would have all II The nvailahl" force 81 tI,
dcnariment set 10 work 20 remove the ash"s ana
| clean the streets thoroughly.