New-York tribune., 1899-02-09
yEv-YORK STORMBoUND.
.o,,,r,11, CAUSES INCONVENIENCE TO
: TRAFFIC.
MANY ACCORDING TO CUSTOM DIS
REGARDS THE PEOPLES COMFORT
CELLARS ALONG THE EAST

RIVER FLOODED.
-.,-r, ~ Yesterday added about FIVE inches
ae-.r ~ snow in the streets Of the city
- e,ch a continuous and clustering storm
"' .bo Greater part Of the day that few
."oho,ders kept their sidewalks clear ana
IT,, or foot was uncomfortable and "earl-
u" ~ over the city The sweepers Oh the
-, railroads kept the tracks suf1cienily
- - snow 20 allow :he cars 10 run al lA''N
- snced. lut .he horses that drew Neh'CieS
-. s--eets had hard time of H.
~. street Cleaning Department was as nucH
- as usual under the control OF James
','co~.rev. and the snow contractor appeared 10
aho,i. as helpless as Mccartney. "heh 'he
-, ceased 10 fan the weather was so coio a.
,ops tbe task Of removing snow from the
- more difficult and discouraging.
- DANGER from fires IN the city was IN
- e-4.tlv by the condition Of the streets
49, of4cla,s Of the Fire Department had extra
go. nlaced in the eneine-houses TO help ORA"
~ bsa,.v engines. and fremen were sent out 10
--,rA and thaw out frozen hydrants. Fire
s1srn wives were tested in several districts
CELLARS NEAR RIVER FLOODED.
,z,o, Winds outside the harbor backed the
- into the Upper Bay and caused an un-
-. bicb tide which flooded many cellars
- he rivers. A part of the grounds % Bellevue
,,..,,,al were submerged and water vas stand
= come Of The East side streets as far west
seoord-sve. The big sewer in East twenty
,,,tb-st overfoved. falling into cellars 10 the
,,,anse DISGUST OF the occupants Of me apart
~s,ts above In g number Of places alons me
-,vs- front the water was four feet higher 'hah
!, had been seen in e long time
?, n,a,v flooded tenemsnt-house cellars were
-..-,-,r- machines by means Of which Croton
--.te- &c DYr1ped to tanks on the roof for dis
trbutior through the buildings. Inc "~,e'
s,o,ned the working Of these pumps and the
.,~,,,e we've Obliged to walk several blocks for
dr4rsire water A humorous spectacle was pre-
.s,ted bv long rows y people with tubs buck
sts ce-s and pitchers. going TO stables saloons
ora other places Cor water. 1t looked as Il haf
,bA nonp,ation OF the neichhorhood had taken
:, ",--rzire the erowler" but Il was not beer
fnat was wanted
-~ta e-,-,oves - South-st. st0rekeepers were
,re,. r,,-,n,ng the water out of the cellars.
Those who were not supplied with pumping
eouip-nent used pals and IN this way tried 10
stem the inrush ~ the tide. As the cellars are
used mainly for the storage Of goods of an I'M
,a-isbenle kind the dansge suffered was said
70 be small.
sTrs1fERs DELAYED BY STORM.
The storm had its effect OF shipping as we'll
&c On land traffic. None - the regular lines due
came into port yesterday The ONLY steamer
arriving was the Cry Of Washington. Of the
Ward Line. which came I'm late in The afternoon.
The report from Sandy Hook wes that snow
and eeet fell all Tuesday nisht and yesterday
morning and while II was clearer last night.
here was a fresh breeze and no steamers in
sight
Among the passenger liners due are tho Ham
burg-Amercnn Line steamer First Bismarck.
from the Mediterranean; the Anchor Line
steamer Anchora. from Glasgow; the Holland
America Line steamer Spaarndam. from Rotter-
dam and the Red Star Line steamer Keusing-
ton. from Antwerp
EMPLOYMENT FOR MANY MEN.
over thousand men in need Of employment
gathered about the Office ~ the snow contractor
n the storm early yesterday morning to apply
tor work IN shoveling snow In the streets.
Many ~ them were hired and sent 20 report 10
!oreuen. At ore time it was said al the Office
that twenty-five hundred men were at work
shOvellug SNOW in the streets. apparently small
progress was made in The work Of removing
tn0W from any ~ the streets however. In lower
broadway and in Park Row q few carts We're
being loa jed with SNOW late in the afternoon,
but the work Of the contractors men seemed 20
consist mainly IA scraIing tie snow into heaps
10 s.oyel.y fashion
The forecast for to-day. as announced by the
locsl Weather Bureau late last night is fair and
colder Early yesterday a.. erncon the tempera-
tgre began 20 drop rapidly. The lowest tenn
pers.ure recorded was 10 degrees.