New-York tribune., 1898-11-29
GETTING OVER THE STORM.
NOT MUCH PROGRESS IN CLEANING
THE STREETS

sIEIGHING IN THE PARK
New-York thrust her shoulders yesterday from
under the heaviest fall of snow that has ever
visited this section OF the country In November
since the Weather Bureau began TO pile up
statistics As the storm did not cease until well
into Sunday morning. the town still to a
great extent in the power Of the snow yesterday
morning. but the railroad and trolley companies
and the Street Cleaning Department at once put
every at work who could be effectively en-
plOyed. and a result the streets approached
reasonable condition by last night. II Will not
be until this afternoon. however. that all OBJ
structons to traffic in this city are removed In
the business sections OF the town. and several
days more before due attention can be given to
the streets OF the residence sections Of the city.
Long Island remained snowbound yesterday TO
almost as wide an extent as on Sunday. The
island huge snowdrift. Brooklyn did
not begin TO dig herself out until shortly before
sunrise yesterday morning.
BUSINESS MEN DELAYED.
In the Borough Of Manhattan nearly every
body was late in getting to business. especially
the commuters The cable companies were run
ming with an approach TO regularity, but the
streets were often full OF piled snow. and hun
dreds of trucks were forced to the car tracks In
order TO make any headway thereby impeding
the progress OF the cars. The elevated trains
ran strictly schedule time, and their success
mtigated the terrors Of the morning to large
extent The underground electrics got under
way successfully in the morning. and ran cor
tinuously. although far from being on time ac-
cording 10 their schedules. II. H Nreeahu'
pr .sident Of the Metropolitan street Railway,
said Of the failure Of the underground trolleYS
to run through the storm that he though, une'
did as well as any Other form Of surface ioco''o-
ton. He pointed 10 the fact that overhead lIoi-
leys were stalled in all directions. II Is 1aot'
however that the cabe-cars much eXceAeu 'ne
underground trolleys during the storm Inc
electric motor cabs however. were fouHd u ~
more available than any other form Of trans
portation during the heaviest part Of the storm,
and they did large bust ,ess In the hote! and
tn ,atre district.
Commissioner Mccartney Of the Street Clean
ing Department arrived at his office at 10
o'clock and SAID that he was unable to give an
estimate Of the number Of men the city had en-
ployed in cleaning the streets Of snow. Every
shoveller IN the department al work and
he had authorized the district superintendent
10 employ as many men and carts as could be
effectively used.
large number Of men employed by the de-
nartment had 10 give their first attention TO re-
moving the garbage Of the city that collected
over Sunday As soon that had been attended
10 they devoted their attention to the snow. Ihe
downtown avenues Of commerce. particularly
in the Wall Street section. received the first at
tention. and below Maiden Lane they were
fairly passable particularly those leading 70 inc
ferries Above those streets traffic met with
much impedment Unable to remove the heaVy
weight Of snow al once entirely. the depart
rnent's men had been ordered to shovel II up III
beans to one side Of the streets. This opened UP
a narrow lane for teams but IT was too narro"
altogether. and as a result many OF the streets
,vore in n continuous state OF blockade all day.
The delay in advertising for bids for the snow
removal contract was widely criticised yester-
dav ny business men and It's results were Ger
tainlv disastrous. Mayor Van Wyck. however
did NOT cali a meeting OF the Board Of Estimate
Yesterday. as was expected. 10 provide for the
removal Of the snow in the emergency. Nhen ne
will do this is known only to himself
Denutv Commissioner Gibson said last night
that about thousand extra men. with as NAM
carts had been employed during the day ana
that the Department. was making head"ay as
ranidlv as POSSIBLE. The two thousand regular
street cleaners. with their seven hundred carts
bsd their regular work 10 do in addition 10
the work II removing snow, and therefore, 'h'H
had not been able 10 accomplish muoh. 10y
o'clock this morning Captain Gibson eNpec'9
tn have TWO thousand more men and near}
as many wagons at WORK. The streets ana aN'-
,uec which II was stated would receive atten-
tion first were cleared in places yesterday ana
last night. and the work Will be pushec WIN
all rossi DE haste to-day. Captain "lDs"h sd"
!, was almost Impossible to get men in the city
TO do the work. and last night h had men
occurring Long Island and New-Jersey for la
borers He hoped to have largely increa -
working force to-day. The men are divided
into gangs Of fifteen 10 twenty win '"'e-
man over each gang
In the First District. which takes in the terri
tory from the Battery to Walkerst. on the
yyeet side. and up Broadway to city Hall Park.
the men worked all night. In districts further
,,.,o,., they worked until 10 and II O'Clock last
night. ..
UPTOWN DISTRICTS SUFFER MOST.
,-r,er uarIern and the Borough of The Bronx
r.ara osneciallv heavily sntten by the storm,
and stalled trolley-cars above the river We're
etiu - be seen yesterday morning The Union
Trojlev Company's lines We're in bad shape all
do,. Sundav but they all got into business again
bv Yesterday afternoon
The congested condition Of the streets found
in the crowded condition OF the north
hound cars carly yesterday afternoon. Ihoi-
sands Of business men. fearing delay IN getting
70 their homes. left their offices an hour or so
earlier than usual In order 10 max" sure OF get
ting home by dinner time. anG Inc cars We're
c-ouded 10 the rails. The city suffered consd-
or,rlo Inconvenience on Sunday morning from
,ha 1ac,. ~ milk for almost all the milk trains
due here early Sunday morning or Saturday
night got tied up somewhere OUT III 'h' s"o"
drifts Of Nev-Jcrsev or Long Island. They all
,a,,e IN with rush Yesterday save hose from
Long Island and there was plenty Of milk.
Into last night the officials Of the Western