New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
"JOVDON WEATHER" IN THE OITI.
FOG AND MUD DON'T IMPROVE TbMPEHs'
But THEY ARE LIKELY TO LAST
OUR TODAY.

< 49, aaugb.rul weather OF Friday. ysseare
DAVIS damp and fog and mud came az an snH
ant contrast I,ondoners are used 70 'hts NM VI
exnertence and have learned 70 make tnefnsesveo
,a,rIv comfortable under II, but Lohdoh "eSe"
49,. means bad tempers bad business. and c"sds
with few cases Of pneumonia to follow
Under foot the remains OF me sho" ~"''', -
contractors in their easerness 10 fep"'' -"
area as being cleared had ssc'"n 10 ie"'
o,sed IN IT'S half thawed condition. excessive o's-
.or, 70 pedestrians In few thoroughfAfn
tbe sidewalks were comparatively clean but In the
ma torby of the streets. including the pest p"' VI
broadway there was considerable 'n'cHno~ ~
mud and slush. through when IL "as neoe-'
walk . -.
4 mist. which became more dense toward tho
evening .nveoped the city all day Az m
the official temperature was 30 degrees ana th1
rose TO several degrees above freeshs po''n o'''o
evening The forecast for to-day 10 for co'oer pu'
clear weather with northeast 70 northwest ~nos'
The harsh grating sound Of the scrapihs Oh many
.hovels on the asphalt made unpleasant discofd
IN tho music OF sleigh bells IN Fif,h-aye. yesAr~
dsv morning and many owners OF fine horses ana
handsome sleshs vigorously condemned "ht~ s~es
termed the perncious activity OF the CoHHiisso"es
OF Stree; Cleaning In making speed 10 remove
the snow from one Of the few avenues IN wnich
slegh,ng Is possible. and which Is practically tho
only approach 10 Central Park In the PARK the
sleghlng WAS splendid yesterday morning and the
drives were thronged with swHt-Soins teams
Meanwhile the snow still lay In many business
streets impeding traffic II the thaw keeps up.
however there will be little sleighing In Central
and Van Cortlandt parks after to-day.
This statement, vas given out concerning ne re-
moval OF snow by the Department OF Street Clean
ing Yesterday: The total OF snow removed up 70
Friday morning was iJ3eo3 cubic yards; Ihls was
Increased by the removal OF &i.a39 cubic yards on
Friday and last night. bringing the total up TO
yle sI5 cubic yards Last nights work below
Fourteenth-st. practically finished the streets com;
prisng schedule OF l@ miles 70 .. ccIt ,,,ns
Of to-day and tonight viii be devoted 20 shove,ns
and nirllng on those streets OF the schenule whicn
nv res son OF the cold wave were roughly cleaheo
IN the first five days. The contractor mas put
a spo men on this work alone. There NIL De no
more cartlng until tomorrow Sunday mornlns
a, y clock when every street below tny-nihtn
viii have been fully cleaned. All the dunps VIII WI,
he oren on Sunday TO take away me sno" co.-
lected and the work OF clearing away the sho"
will be finished by Monday ,,.-....., 80.
Street CLEANING Commissioner Mccartney va
driving nast Police Headquarters yesterday atter-
noon when he noticed a gang or twenty men cieSh-
Inc tho block who without foreman ine
comn,,ssioner could not ind the foreman ana tne
mon Ala not know where he vas. so commissioner
Wccartn,y directed the work himself unth inc
snox had been removed. Then he sent the men %
sno,her block While he drove 10 Police Hean-
quarters 20 visit Chief Mccullasn