New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-01
MCCARTNEY WATTS FOR RAIN.
MEANWHILE CITY STREETS ARE RIVERS
OF MUD AND SLUSH
MANY OF THEM VIRTUALLY TMpAssABLE-CDM-
MISSIONER BEwAIIs HIS INABILITY TO RE
MovD THE SNOW - CLEAR AND
COLDER WEATHER COMING.

COLDER WEATHER COMING.
The Tammany officials in the Department OF
Street Cleaning disgusted with the weather
The people of New-York are dlsgusted with the
Tammany officials. The condition Of the streets
throughout the city causes disgust to every
body. Unless there is a favorable change In the
weather. the streets may remain in the same
shocking condition for many days and weeks.
Not since the days Of the Tammany regime
which preceded the administration OF Mayor
Strong and the late Colonel Warnings control
OF the Street Cleaning Department have the
city's streets presented such shocking appear
ance as they did yesterday. Even in Broadway,
the centre of which was cleared Of snow by the
sweepers Of the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company-Broadway in which nearly all the
effective work Of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment had been done since the storm Of Satur
day abated-thcre were streams Of sush and
mud and melting snow which made walking
without top boots almost impossible. People
could not even walk on the wet sidewa Ss in
Broadway without danger of being spl shell
from head TO foot with tn slush which shot up
in streams whenever horse stepped on the
pavement. At several Of the street crossings
there were ponds Of muddy water through
which pedestrians were obliged to wade.
MCCARTNEY BI.AMFs THE ELEMENTS
The Street Cleaning Department setmed to be
helpless 10 make the condition Of the streets
better. Commissioner Mccartney talked AS X
he could do nothing but wait for possible rain.
lie went down to his Office early In the morning
and inquired over the telephone from the
Weather Bureau what were the prosI ects for
rain.
IF we don't get rain" he said. I'VE may be
buried ali winter" He mad his wall about not
being able To let any contracts for the removal OF
snow until December .. said he Old not know
how many md carts were employed IN
clearing away snow. complained that his de-
partment was hampered because no more carts
could be secured for the wor, in hand, and de-
clared that the clements wern against him.
While Mr. Mccartney was waiting and COM
planning impoteuCy. people in all parts or the
city were declaring that he and other Tammany
officials had exhibited their utter lack OF fitness
for public office in permitting the streets to get
into such shocking state They were saying
that Colonel WarinE left well-disclplin ,d ana
competent DepartTe1; to the control of the
Tammany officials and the first emergency
showed that they had neither the sagacity nor
the energy to keep the streets clean.
RESULTS OF THE SECOND STORM
The snowstorm which began az O'Clock on
Tuesday night in this city served to block trafc
to some extent. although II had none OF the
severity Of the blow and snow of Saturday and
Sunday. Most of the trolley-cars in Manhat-
tan The Bronx and Brooklyn had begun to run
regularly again when the new storm came
along. The hail and snow made much troubl"
for ti.c railroad companies. city ,safic vac 'e
layed. but not stopped Suburban traffic was
stopped in many places, and many persons were
toI IL
road stations in order 20 get downtown.
The storm did not delay the trains arriving at
the Grand Central Station greatly. but nearly
all the trains were somewhat behind time. ON
the New-York Central the trains were running
close TO the schedule The Harlem Division cars
were about fifteen minutes late. There
delay Of en- hour and fifteen minutes 10 the
Naugatuck Express. which comes in over the
Ncw-Havcn road. 1t due at 1l:lj a. m.
The ,ew-Haven Express. due at :26 a. m. ar
rived forty minutes late. and the Plttsield Ex-
press was thirty-ive minutes later than its reg
ular time. arriving at 1905 p. m. The delays
had been caused chiefly by slippery rails and
snow -cloggcd switches.
The incoming mails yesterday morning were
not delayed much No mails were received from
the eastern end Of Long Island by rail but some
mail from Greenport arrived yesterday morning
on a boat. No mails from other points on the
eastern end OF Long Island had been received
since last Saturday.
one thing in connection with the storm that
has caused grea: deal of comment among rail-
road men is the way in which the vast New
York New Haven and Hartford system has
handled it's train service. The system has been
completely thrown off its schedule by the storm,
many of rs trains have been bolated beyond
reasonable limit and in several cases trains
have been entirely abandoned Railroad men
broadly intimate that II the same kind Of man.
agenent were in force or the New Haven that
there is on the New-York Central the Penn
sylvania. the trains would have been handled
I'm the storm with more speed. certainty skill
and efficiency. The New-Havcn pays dividend
of $ per cent on it's stock and formerly paid 10
per cent but in the crisis of the tempest the ser
vice seemed 10 become chaotic and the manage
mcnt helpless. The Long Island Railroad has
also been unfortunate Ia this test OF endurance,
but no one expects "A great deal from the Long
Island Its resources are not enormous. and II
has not been earning huge profits in recent
years. but the New-liaven. which pays ana FOR
years has paid bigger dividends than almost any
other huge railroad system In America has not
given the service between New-fork and Boston
and other points on its line That the abiest rail-
road men think this immense system ought 10
have given ,
The latest storm was developed off the South
Atlantic Coast on Tuesday morning, ana was
central at night off The New-Jersey coast. ana
Yesterday morning south Of the New England
coast There were no high winds reported
along the coast from Maine to New York. The
amount of snowfall was a little more than three
inches The changes In temperature were
slight The forecast for to-day IS fair ana
cooler with diminishing northwest winds.
FEEBLE EFFORTS TOWARD RELIEF.
The Street Cleaning Department was making
only feeble show Of removing the snow from
city streets yesterday, although many extra
men and carts were said to be employed In
spectors OF the Department declared that Italian
contractors had agreed TO furnish the labor of
several hundred men at 81 a day for each man.
and had sent men to work with the understand
ing that the men should receive only 81 % each
a day The inspectors declared that the men
must receive 81 day each or they would not