Arizona republican., 1898-12-05
THE BIG STORn
How New Workers Managed Last Week During inc Great Blizzard.

| While PhCeniciaEs were revelling ] last week in the warm sunshine of the Salt River valley he inhabitants of L e east and middle west were fighting Jak FrCst, shovelling snow and suffer-
 ing all the disco-afc-ts Of a terrific snow storm. The following from the : New York Commercial Advertiser will 1 be Interesting reading to those who ap- pcec.ate the meri>s Of this winter eli mate:
 All the milk trains which were either delayed or stalled came ia witt q rush last night, and this morning thsre was greater supply Of milk than there was Q demand for. The whole { sale grCcers, however, this morning re- ported an unprecedented demand for condensed milk, which, owing to the i:npediments in the streets, It was hard to supply. The same thing was true Of the deale il meats Of all kinds. These who had c supply over Sunday were sold out this morning.
 Net all the sidewalks were cleaned this morning, and many householder was forced by policemen to see to it that their walks were cleared An army Of men With shovels moved up and down the uptown districts this morning and obtained employment At many places yesterday Cnly narrow dcGles were cut, which had to be wid e2ad this morning.
 Central Park, the speedway and the bculevards from early hours today were flied with cya sers-in fact, any ,f4I, T F., was pressed into service
 In the borough of the Bronx street traffic was still impeded, and it will re- quire many hours work to remove the snow drif S
 Owing to the utter failure Of the street cleaning department to ria any Of She downtown streets .of the snow, traffic was practically at 9 standSiIl during the early hours of the forenoon. TEe commission merchants on the west s}de kindled big EOrfres il front Of their places Cf business to melt the snow. Old fruit barrels, egg crates and packing cases were broUgh from the cellars ard basemerts, and fires were kindlcd along Wes Broadway, Wash ingtOn. West, Hudson and numerous irterseCsing streets. In Hudson street several big trucks were stuck in the snow. The drivers, instead Of attempt ing to shovel the snCw from around the wheels O. their vehicles, promptly brought shOvelfuls of glowing embers from neighboring bonfire anu melted the chunks Of ic2 and packed snow.
 In West street the horse cars were drawn by six horses and without regard to the tracks TWO cars turned into Chambers street, one Jumping along through the drifts besidethe south curb while the ether pICwed through those along the north curb. 5bo three drivers on both cars yelling like mad to urge their teams to git out of this
 Tn Canal ssr5ot brewery wagon loaded win empty beer kegs stopped in front Ce q furnishing store. The driver and his assistant spepi- some timc in Q saloon several doors away, and when they returned to the wagon they found that the wheels had been buried in ice and snow. Several Of tGe clerks who were cleaning the walk in front of he flu. 1ishing store show elled the snow into the wheels Ca one side, while a number of employees of the " trOpclitan Street Railway company, cleaning the snow from the under ground trolley Cracks, repeated f.ha op- | oration on the opposite side. Ie driv- CT made the atmosphere blue with strcng words when ko found tha1 his t-f1liA was uLGsJrS~ 6S' A'&NSoS4 ACS AOSSNA, while tho crowd guyed him. - -~>'7
 The policemen Cn Broadway had | their hands full, as the space between | The tracks of the cable road and the ! curb was piled high with snow To mak matters worse, the n3iory Of | horses on the road wore smooth shoes, | and he trench beside the tracks in | which the electric conduits are being | laid was constant danger to the I 5orsea- T1o were b:-cg d-.ys1 a12-g the tracks"