New-York tribune., 1897-02-13
CLAD IN MANTLE OF WHITE.
SIX AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW IN
THE CITY STREETS.
THE TREASURY THB WORSE. But wELcoME
WORK PROVIDED FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
No SERIOUS DELAY TO TRAFFIC-A
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snow this winter. The vestiges Of the heavy fall
OF January ~ had not entirely melted away
from the grass plots in City Hall Park when
at 3 o'clock yesterday morning the first big
flakes OF another white avalanche began to find
their way to the ground and when that part or
the city that sleeps o nights awoke yesterday
morning a about the hour the Arion ball revel-
lers were finding their way home it saw the
streets already several inches deep in snow.
The storm continued with unabated force until
the middle Of the afternoon. when almost az
much snow had fallen as in January's great
storm.
The absence Of very high winds made the
storm comparatively mild and harmless to
traffic Half an hour after noon the wind blew
at the rate Of thirty-slx miles an hour, but most
Of the day il was much calmer than that The
thermometer at no time fell uncomfortaby low,
10 degrees above zero being low water mark for
the day.
STREETS ALMOST DESERTED.
Yesterday being a holiday, too, business men
could stay comfortably at their iresides or their
radiators. instead Of struggling with the storm
in the narrow downtown streets. AS a matter
OF fact the business streets OF the lower part OF
the city wore the deserted aspect that is COM
mon to them on Sunday. For this reason. doubt
less. the Street Cleaning Department took it's
time in beginning work. AS usual. the streets
leading TO the ferries were first attended TO. and
the other downtown business streets came next
in order. The heavy SHOWS OF the winter have
proved costly for the city, but they have been a
boon for the army Of the unemployed. hundreds
OF whom were only too delighted when they
awoke yesterday morning and in the snow
more bread and butter.
LITTLE TRAFFIC TO BE DELAYED
The fact thatxhe day was holiday reduced
travel the surface and elevated roads, and
with one exception there no serious delay
any OF them The exception was the Third
ave. cable road which was blocked near the Post
office for about half-hour in the middle Of the
forenoon The officials OF the horsecar lines put
four horses on each car. so that there was not
much delay. The elevated trains ran only
trife behind their schedules, while the Bridge
trains being nearly empty, had no trouble 10
sneak OF. The overhead trolley-cars above the
Harlem River, however, were practically stalled
and helpless ali day.
The storm was a widespread one. but the
snowfall was as heavy IN this city as anywhere
in this section OF the country It rained heavily
as far north as Philadelphia, and the rain, freez
ing into seet, raised havoc with the telegraph
wires With the exception OF trouble near Bal
timore however, the telegraph compenies re-
ported no delays. The Western Union Telegraph
Company has recently put up great quantities
OF copper wire which. by reason of its lightness'
is much less liable to damage from storms than
the heavier iron wire.
MAILS BEHIND TIME.
All trains were running over the various roads
Yesterday with only a slight loss of time in vari-
Gus cases The Long Island trains, which have
TO travel across a country that Is open TO the
fury OF the storm, reported on time through the
day Sweepers were sent out early in the morn
ing and the tracks kept clear.
The PENNSYLVANIA trains coming in reported
nasty weather outside but no serious delays
were reported. The engineers said that II the
storm continued much longer the snow would
drift and impede travel. but 20 far they were
able 10 get through all right. The New-York
Central trains and those running up into New
England came in covered with heavy blankets
OF snow.
Officials at the Postoffice said that the storm
had not DELAYED the mails seriously. The worst
DELAY WAS in the arrival of the Southern mall ny
way Of the Pennsylvania IA lroad, three hourS
behind time. Malls coming from New Eng laHu
were an hour late I'm the afternoon, ana the mans
from The West coming over the central rOdd
we're half an hour late. The delivery OF mails
g., Tho citv was retarded somewhat by the snow
started earlier than usual to make up for loss
Of time on the way to the branch stations
FOG OVER THE HARBOR.
The storm did not seriously interfere with har-
bor traffic and ferryboats ran on their ordinary
schedules Incoming vessels could not he seen
from Fire Island nor from Sandy HOOK. ana con-
seouently were not reported until they reached
Quarantine Few came In. and those that ana
come reported heavy weather at sea North-
westerly gales have prevailed for several days
of the coast and vessels that encountered them
suffered. ,,
her nose through the fog into the harbor. several
days overdue. and much the worse TOR wear
a bout the decks as the result or some TREMENDOUS
seas that rolled over her on January 20 y life
boat was torn from It's fastenings thrown up
against the engineers skylght ana the bridge
wrecking both. and for nine Gays tne Vesscl ~ Nd'
bufreted n bout By the gale her decks being con-
tinuallv swept by heavy seas. The Phladel-
phian bark Marion : Harris from Demerara'
also came in with spar+ gone ana ~ sal.s spI,
storm signals were displyed generally along /
the coast and few vessels ventured TO sea The /
fog that hung over the whole coast led 20 an
accident 10 n farryboat near Hell Gate Inc !
of the New-York and College Point |
Ferry Company. while on her way 10 the slip |
at Ninetv-nnth-st. early IN the morning ran
onto the rocks at Middle Ground keef ana ',uck
fast The three passengers on board were trans |
farred in a tug to this city. and the seven trucks |
and their horses were later taken ashore on |
ecou The Daily Towing company sent lux /
to tho Hackenslck and il Is thought that she
can be pulled off perhaps to-day.
RAD WEATHER FOR THE TREASURY.
George NJ. Furrnan. the city's snow contractor, |
had | 800 sweepers and shovellers and loD
carts and drivers at work on the snow between
Cor,Iandt-st and Forty -second-st MI Fur
man said that he lad experienced some difficulty
in securing men because yesterday was legal
holiday and many - the laoorers were reluc-
tant 70 turn out without Increased pay Inc
contractor estimated the present SNOWMAN as
abou, the same as the last one WhlCh cost w
90, 40, uou In that case the Citys eXpendi- |
,ura on this account will be raised to about
S435 900 -, :, - u
Mayor Strong said yesterday that IL was very
unfortunate weather for the city treasury, but
there was no use lamenting about II. lie /
,hough, that the Board OF Estimate would not /
al r,uch dlfncultN In providing The money :