New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
IN THE WAKE OF THE SIOhM
STREETS RUN WITH sLUsH AND MUDDY
WATER.
EFFORTS OF COLONEL WARNINGS MEN ~
CLEAR THE THoRoUGHFAREs-BI TO
TRAFFIC IN LOWER BROADWAY
FRANKS OF SMALL BOYS.

FRANKS OF SMALL BOYS.
Tho storm that was so much in evidence In New
york On Sunday and Monday passed away carry
Yesterday morning. visit the dweiiers III 'he -Ne"
England States and Nova Scotia But a''ho"s"
the storm itself had passed. 1t left pehhn pen'y
~ tangible souvenirs in the shape OF DlocNaueu
srae,s p,lei at the sides with heaps OF snow pe-
,us.n which raced and gursled rivers OF muddy
wa,er Orher reminders OF the recent presence OF
tho record breaker OF the winter took the form OF
colds pneumonia and newly established records ior
profanity
Last night the storm centre was with the eoou
neopc Of Nova Scotia Maine getting the last OF the
snow early in the morning All day yesterday the
sk,es were clear throughout the Atlantic states
while west OF the Mississippi there were symptoms
OF another storm brewing
CLEANING THE STREETS.
While the Street Cleaning Department succeehed
In getting some OF the snow on the more rrequenteu
,horoughfares yesterday the side streets all the
wav untown were buried beneath huge mass OF
sadly begrimed snow. Through Central PARK ana
along the Bouievard the unusual Jingle Of sleigh
bells was heard. and up Fifth-ave. a number OF
sleghs lodged In and out among the usual process
sion OF coaches. Ffth-ave. was badly blocked during
the afternoon by the heavy force OF men and wagons
sent in by the Street Cleaning Department TO get
that thoroughfare In some kind Of condition. The
force at rk was a large one and did much TO
clean UP the street but there was little room for
any one but the street cleaners.
On the East Side the boys had great sport with
the snow It was about the first chance that they
had 10 dig and ielve without the usual accompan-
mont OF mud and slush. In East Forty-third-st
where the street runs abruptly upon deep blun
overlooking the river some enterprising youngsters
erected a miniature fort. and all day battle royal
was waged The builders were called upon for
stout defence OF their stronghold. Hardly was the
fort finished when the attack was begun from all
sides
The defending party numbered about thirty and
,bev were as sturdy and defiant little patriots
A green flag bearing on 1t the Harp that once
through Tara's halls waved defianty above the
fusillade of snowballs all day 1t was matter 10 De
well considered whether pedestrian was safe III
crossing this street while the battle was at its
height policeman watched the combat. and made
no attempt to put a stop the repeated volleys Of
Icy bullets.
FORT WARING."
At Fourth-ave. and Twelfth-st. some cieVer
youngster. built a pyramid OF snow about ten feet
high and or the top of 1t placed sign with the
IN ,cription Fort Warlng" The sign was further
ornament.i with a charcoal drawing OF shaH-
rock Then the boys dug tunnel through the
pvramd and scooped enough snow from the interior
OF the pile to make room for them to play H. III
the afternoon three OF the boys were sitting on
naIlkegs inside Fort Waring' and hlnging snow
balls through the openings at Invaders
Although the sun shone as brightly over the
Rowery as II did over any other street In the city
Yesterday there was continual shower in the
Rowery all day. and the sidewalks were kept wet
and sloppy by the downpour. Snow had lodged
,bicv On the IRON frame work of the elevated rail-
road and when II began to melt the drops OF
,votsr fell fast and glistened IN the sunshine The
shower was rather pretty to look at when 1t was
ohserved from the stree'cars. but was a cause or
yreat ANNOYANCE TO the people who had to walk
along the Bowery.
In many streets east OF the Bowery the slush was
was SO thick as to make the streets almost I'M
ma sable and at many of the street corners there
,,a~s deem pools Of wate- which women and chill
dren could not without assistance BRIGGS
NJ va rious kinds thrown across the pools. IN
tho afternoon the men In the employ OF the Street
Cleaning Department busy opening up the
hocked entrances to the sewers and cleaning the
cutters TO allow the floods to abate.
BLOCK OF CABLE-CARS.
Early in the forenoon Yesterday there a
serious blockade OF cable-cars. In Broadway near
Rowling Green. The cable all right, and tho
track on which the comparatively
clean but the high heaps OF snow between the
tracks and the sidewalks were obstacles for the
trucks and wagons. and so the trucks and wagons
rot In the way OF tho cars The result was a
lam and a blockade which continued during good
part OF the forenoon. and for hour of the after
noon The line OF blocked cable-cars at time
extended from Bowling Green 10 the City Hall Park
Afte. Mr. Tate. the contractors men, had removed
way which was clean and bright in the afternoon.