New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-01
cNOW FALLS ALL DAY LONG.
r,,r CITY UNDER A MANTLE OF
WHITE.
..,oyx FOR THE sTREET-CLEANING DEPARTMENT
HOW COMMISSIONER MCCARTNEY WENT
AT 1T-lNCoNvENIrNcE OF TRAVEL.


NOW COMMISSIONER MCCARTNEY WENT
AT rT--iNCONVENIENCE OF TRAVEL.
,,. a-st hea,y snow storm OF the winter began TO
.u obout O'Clock yesterday morning. The flakes
..n bv groups and gently at first. Then they began
'or,a " in gusts and more heavily until long be-
-. 5aylisht the storm was in full progress Early
- looked with surprise from their windows
-, an inch and more Of snow that covered tho
I,rd for at II o'clock Sunday night the sky was
- and the moon shining. As the morning
20 on the snow fell heavier and heavier 1t
NC IN small fakes that had peculiar way or
- down the necks of pedestrians and into their
let's and up their sleeves. If one tried TO put
. hts gloves in the open air he was more likely
,ho, not TO have the fingers OF them partly hled
.,, the pervasiye flakes before he had them but
na Al noon the tops of the tall office buildings
- all become shadowy and indistnct, and those
Ono had Offices In the upper stories were prac-
,,cauy in the clouds.
The heavy snowfall caused more and more oeiay
- ,r,vel as the day The earliest risers
-, 10 their destinations with little or no delay pu'
80 snow fell heavier and heavier and sifted into
.vsry corner and crevice, until by O'CLOCK theie
,ss more or less delay on all the lines OF travel
~ neople were hindered In getting downtown to
~ offices The .now had little chance 10 drift on
- sck 10 The tracks OF the elevated roads, and tho
o,iv delay there caused by the slippery ralis
,hs, offered small purchase for the wheels. 1t was
found necessary 10 run trains slowly in order TO
avo,d rear-end collisions This made all the trains
somewhat late.
SURFACE CARS IMPEDED.
IN. surface cars were even more delayed by the
storm AL Of them had their sn0wploushs running
.a-,v IN the morning, but the snow was too heavy
srd too persistent 10 be kept entirely from the
,racks ana delay followed. The Bridge trains had
less difficulty than the surface cars. In the morn
,r, they were not delayed to any great extent
.l, On q
,or these trains were somewhat delayed
although there no blockade.
The suburban trains on Long Island and In New
Iarsev were all delayed about half an hour IN 'he
,. ,oo-,.,nr and on Staten Island also travel
uss impeded. In The Bronx district there WAS
more delay than in the lower part OF the city
In the early hours Of the morning the ferryboats
a.. .h. enect Il the storm The snow thick
and binding that IL had the effect Of heavy ios
ON ,he wafer and il became necessary 10 run all
ferryboats slowly. There We're some accideh's' III
smile Of the care that used. The Red cross
Line steamer P0rtia ran into the ferry BOAT NeNa'd
NJ the Roosevelt-st. ferry, just after ocIocN' III
the East River. and completely wrecked 'he star
hoard side OF the river-boat There were seNeraI
ror-ov escspes from collision. but about o'clock
the light grew brighter. and the ferryboats We're
able 10 run on their usual time Had the "lhd ueeh
hlgh the Inconvenience Of the storm "oNId nave
been uuch greater. As It was, there were many
who ShG
and prophcsled another blizzard, Ike the mem
orsfJa one u 1855 But II 10 be no blizzard
The teruperature was not low enough, nor was the
wind high enough 10 constitute blizzard. IL
started In Ike the famous storm that paralyzed the
activities Of the city TO effectually. however.
sald Mr Dunn the forecaster, as he glanced OUT
al the whirling clouds OF snowy particles from his
lofty tower in the Manhattan Life Building; 'Ihe
weather conditions Of this morning have taken a
form more closely resembling those OF the famous
blizzard than any storm have had since theh'
1T the time OF the blizzard there was storm cen
tral over the Lake region and secondary depres-
SION over the South Atlantic States. This morning
the same conditions prevailed. do not anticipate
4 repetition OF the blizzard. however, although we
cannot tell vet how long the snow VIII continue 10
fail The temperature this morning at o CLOCK had
risen 70 q degrees rise Of seventeen degrees in
twenty four hours. 1t will be bad storm ioT the
Street Cleaning Department to handle.
REMOVAL OF THE SNOW
The removal OF the will be facilitated by the
fact that the American Transfer Company. which
has the contract had all It's men enlisted for the
removal u Fridays snowfall, and so its forces were
in readiness FOR yesterdays siege. street Cleaning
Commissioner Mccartney, however. was IN no haste
about giving the word lie had all the employees oi
his department early at Work in the downtown
business streets. keeping the crosswalks clear ana
ping the snow UP in heaps that heavy teams
would not be stalled. He said that he did not In
tend 10 make any radical change IN the methods OF
clearing away the snow employed by eX-Commls-
Wartng. who was one OF his callers yesterday
morning
II has been the custom TO wait until three inches
OF snow have fallen before beginning 70 remove II.
This amount had fallen at noon yesterday ana
when word %! this Was received from the weather
Bureau the American Transfer Company was or
defed 10 hold Itself III readiness 10 begin "orK az
d moments notice. The superintenGeEts OF the
eleven snow districts Of the city accordingly got
eyerythine in readiness for the work. n addition
the Commissioner sent out notice that there was
employment for everybody who had d carr cdpanIe
Of hoding three cubic yards of snow, ana horse
10 pull j. The result was gathering oi a mVst
remarkable lot Of vehicles OF an sor's ana oesCilp
tous which were assigned 10 the Various snow
districts and many Of which were al work by noon.
especially IN the business secuons OI ue Guy ny
nightfau. although the snow Was coming uO"l
heavier than ever, the American Transfer Company
hsl many of ,ts men at work keeping the buster
streets passahlc. II was sall, hoNtNtl' tHui tlc
whole force would not be pui al "orK UNI" 'ne
In the morning Commissioner Mccartney esti-
5000 and $1,000 for the removal Of sn9w put It's
long conunuance VIII G9ub,,'sbs b o;hSr bsn4 give
T. ana Who have mus far this winter missed the
few dollars thev have been accustomed TO earn
A number of Italians who went TO work early In
the day went 10 tho office OF the American transfer
Company In civ Han Park at O'Clock 10 get the
S05 due each Of hem When told that they must
yai, for tteir money they became disordcrIy ana
threatened all s0r-s Of horrible things infft ItIh
when The lccoun,s incident upon the storm are
pad but they VIII not get any iI.'tv 49,. into sr,,
The storm drove vagranis OF an sOgi.n1 Uo,'scS S
First-age and Twenty third-st was lIH r,p3 p
noon There were more than four munro, i"0''
and BOYS there and the doors had 10 be Closed
FEW sLEIGHs OUT
Had the storm not Continued 50 heavily through
the afternoon there would have been plenty oi
seishing I'm Central Park and along hNe'''"'
Drive As il was, few sleighs were out a'tho'sI
the unaccustomed jingle Of bells was occasio,'"n'
heard To-day v,uI pr5haby see the drives Of the
PARK fuI a, the cutter turnOuts. whose owners
have thus far had little for them this winter
In the outlying districts. notably on Long lSlahu
and Staten Island the storm had fe" terrors ior
the owners Of sleighs and fast horses ana ". ~.
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