New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-02
A BLIZZARD PASSES BY.
FEARS OF REPETITION OF THE
SCENES OF 1883 PROVE GRoUNDLEss
Bt-r SNOW AND WIND MAKE THE STREETS 4
MISERABLE PLACE FOR THB GREATER
PART OF THE DAY. AND KEEP
STREET CLEANERS AND SNOW
PIOUGHs AT WORK.
e o, hours Yesterday afternoon the
PIoUGHs AT WORK.

tition of the memorable blizzard of lsss. Last
night however. the Weather Bureau silenced
these fears. The forecast for to-day IS for FAR
weather. with gradually rising temperature. The
snowstorm which had continued increasingly FOR
upward OF twenty-four hours stopped az an
early hour yesterday morning. Something Ike
five inches Of snow had then fallen and II was
thought that the greatest snOws;orm of the
season had worn itself out
During the forenoon the weather was clear
and bright The sun broke through the heavily
laden clouds and there was nothing 70 Indicate
a recurrence Of the discomf0rting conditions
which had helped to make outdoor life a misery
throughout the whole OF Monday. But be-
tween 10 o'clock In the morning and O'Clock
In the afternoon the mercury fell several de-
grees the sky again became overcast, and De-
fore 3 o'clock New-York was once more en-
veloped in a cloak OF snow. II began just as
did The famous storm OF ten years ago Be-
ginning with fakes almost of the fneness OK
sleet the downfall increased gradually with tho
wind The whole surroundings We're exactly Ok
the kind that heralGcd the blizzard that par
alyzed New -Yorks traffic for a whole week.
Every moment seemed add extra force to the
driving Of the snow. which beat OF the faces OK
pedestrians until It almost blinded them.
As the afternoon wore on, instead OF there
bsnS snv diuinution In the storm Il gathered
strength and instnctively peoples thoughts
turned 10 the March OF ten years back. which
came in not like lion but whole menag-
erie Toward . O'Clock, however. the storm De-
gan 10 lose some Of its strength. and In an
hour the sky cleared II showed again for
short time later. but the fall was never again
serious. though the wind maintained its force
WIRES DOWN AND TRAINS LATE.
I, was well that the change came 80 speedily.
The storm Of the previous day had already tenn
porarily stopped railroad and telegraphic COM
municaton between New-York and the New
England States. the terrific storm which raged
in that part of the country having thrown
down telegraph wires and delayed trains to
such an extent as 10 Isolate Boston ana
the towns in its neighborhood from tho
outside world How great was the damage
10 the wires between here and Boston was
shown n the fact that tho financial houses
in Neu-York wishing to send messages 20
Boston were compelled to forward them by
way Of London. England. Traffic was badly In
terfered with in the suburbs Of this city, tho
drifting OF the snow caused by the high winds
Of Monday night being mainly responsible for
the trouble In Jersey City and upon the sur
face tracks I'm Brooklyn and the surrounding
districts snow-p -ploughs were running the whole
night through, but despite all efforts. people
living in those districts and having business IN
Nev-York were late IN reaching the city yes-
terday morning
MCCARTNEY DOING HIS BEST.
Street Cleaning Commissioner Mccartney was
more alive to the necessities OF the situation
during the present storm than he was several
days ago when he calmly announced his inten-
tion Of waiting for the sun 10 melt snowfall
At 10 O'Clock on Monday morning he set several
thousand men. in addition 70 the regular en-
ploy-s Of the Department 10 work. and during
the day and the succeeding night he cleared
away over twenty-five thousand cubic yards OK
snow Greater progress would have been made
had II not been for the hampering wind, which
scattered the snow almost as quickly as II was
gathered into heaps.
More than eight thousand Ave hundred men
were employed in shoveng snow throughout
the whole Of yesterday. and the main thorough
fares Of the lower part Of The city together with
Broadway Madison and Union Squares and the
most frequented parts Of the avenues, were
cleared over two thousand five hundred carts
were engaged in removing the snow, but even
with these and the large number OF men at
work in the streets 1t Is estimated that four or
FIVE days must yet elapse before the snow In ell
removed from the streets. CITY traffic. however.
go far as the surface and elevated trains are
concerned has suffered little. In no instance
has there been any very great delay, ana the
ploughs that were kept constantly a. work DUR
ing the storm sulIiced TO keep the tracks clear.
The satisfactory working Of the underground
trolley system IN the northern part OF the city
I'm the last three winters war repeated during
the present storm upon the Madison and AM
sterdam ave lines. Il was plainly demonstrated
there that the collection u snow or water IN
the conduits In 10 way interferes with operating
the
FUN FOR sLEIGHING PARTIES
To those VINO can arord 20 enjoy the pleas
ures Of a sleigh ride the snow brought keen en-
toyment It is not often ,hat the avenues In the
upper part OF the city Central Park present
such gay and animated pictures as they did
Yesterday These districts were given over en-
,,rely 10 the sleigh. with never wheel 10 10
seen Sleighs Of all shapes and sizes. some
with one horse and some with two. careered In
cessantly from early morning until night over
the white mantle that had covered the Park
and the thoroughfares 70 the northward. Yes
terday vas one of the few opportunities that are
Owen 70 the merry steel runner and the most
was made Of the occasion.
ANXIOUS TINES FOR RAILROAD MEN
Train. that wheezed INTO the Grand Central
Station yesterday morning brought evidences of
rough weather outside. The cars were piled
high with snow, and the train crews had great
stories TO tell Of big drifts. whlrling snow that
hid everything and Of biting cold. All OF tho
trims were late. and through the day the period
OF delay heightened.
Trains on the New-York Central were four
and Ave hours late and az nishtfali fears were
EXPRESSED that -ome OF the through trains would
not get IN. Telegrams from up the State re-
ported steady fall ot snow. and high winds
that banked the snow into tiS drifts. Word
from the Adrondacks was that the roads were
practically impassable. and II Is feared that
the Montreal trains due here this morning VIII
.hrnuRh In u-aces whore The snow