New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-13
CONTINUED COLD AND SNOW.
THE FORECASTER PREDICTS MORE
WEATHER OF THE SAME SORT.
A SLIGHT RISE IN THE TEMPERATURE AF-
FORDs SOME RELEF-TITTLE LOCAL
TRAFFIC-sLEIGHING AND SKAT-
ING IN CENTRAL PARK.


Saturday evening the mercury began gradually
, TO crawl up the tube. and although 1T retrcated
a little during the night. IT never again fell TO
the record figures Of Friday and Thursday. The.
cold was still extraordinary however, and the
hand Of winter did not relax its grasp apprecia-
bly, upon the city and the rivers that incose II
on either side.
The lowest temperature recorded yesterday
was al o'clock in the morning, when the ther-
mometer stood at % above the zero mark
Ordinarily this record would have set the city
to complaining. but people were inclined to be
thankful for the small mercy Of the iniiniteSi-
NAL rise Of the thermometer rather than to
find fault because 1t was not more. The mer-
curry crawed up a few degrees I'm the course OF
the day, but it did not vary more than few
degrees from sunrise to sunset. At o'clock last
night 1t stood at degrees above. and was slowly
rising.
There is little comfort 10 he derived from this
fact however inasmuch as the predictions sent
out by the Weather Bureau last night were for
continued snow and cold weather. The prophet
declined to say when the cold wave would be
broken.
The snowstorm that threatened to develop
into n blizzard on Saturday night and early
yesterday morning moderated perceptibly early
in the day and the fall very light FOR the
rest OF the dav although Il was still paying
attention TO business last night. In all about
five inches Of snow fell. It made trouble for
Commissioner Mccartney at the very start for
he had not been able to remove more than
quarter Of what fell on Thursday owing TO the
extreme could and the difficulty OF getting
laborers to work.
The weather over the country In general was
much more moderate yesterday. Indeed, every
a1o he Nov York and New
England coasts the cold wave was effectually
broken The slight rise in temperature had a
good effect on traffic in the rivers here. The
Staten Island ferrvhoats were the only ones
that suffered severely. and some of them took
on hour and a half TO make the trip in the
early hours Of the day.
DANGER OF a COAL FAMINE.
The Association for the Improvement Of the
Condition OF the Poor opened it's offices. at
Fourth-ave. and Twenty -second-st., yesterday
and had also made arrangements with the coal
dealers who are distributing free coal, so that
the relief might not he interrupted. The dealers
however were almost helpless in face OF the
scarcity of trucks the increasing scarcity or
coal and the refusal Of many employees 10 work
on Sunday. The people who own wagons are
all receiving good prices from the contractors
for snow removal. and are unwilling to lose
money hv renting their vehicles for other pur-
noses The increased demand for coal together
with the intense cold and consequent delays TO
traffic threatens II present conditions continue
10 result in "A serious coal famine. The supply
I'm this city is already growing small and the
Manhattan Elevated Company has begun to feel
the effects Of it, Should the price continue to 60
ND the hardship TO the poor which will result
VIII be ncalcuable.
At the bakery at Broadway and Tenth-st
where coffee and bread are distributed every
/ night long lines Of men We're 10 be seen last
night waiting for their dole The line extended
to Thlrtcenth-st. in spite Of the fact thai many
other bakers in various parts Of the city are
just now giving away the bread left over to-
gcther with coffee to whomsoever applies.
EFFECT OK THE STREET RAILWAYS.
Had yesterday been any other day than
Sunday. the effects Of the storm following the
excessively cold snap would have been most
serious In the interruption OF traihc falhhs
as II did upon n Sunday however, the poor
facilities necessarily provided by the surface
and elevated lines did not cause any consider
able Inconvenience Persons who had made ap-
pointmcnts 10 visit friends were late, and the
attendance at the churches suffered. but this
was about the extent Of the trouble for the
majority.
1t IS seldom that the streets Of the city have
presented so deserted an appearance in the day
time Everybody who could possibly do so
stayed at home. and even the few ears run "y
the elevated and surface lines were only haIf-
full Those who had to travel on them couid
hardly help noticing what the effect oi Inc
storm would have been upon working day.
The Manhattan Elevated Railway Company
ran trains Of only three cars through the whole
f..rta ~
far between The cable and underground trolley
lines suffered least, but the horsccars made SLOW
and difficult progress Many Of these had four
horses 10 each car. and they were none too
many. Probably the drivers and passengers of
the belt line cars suffered more than any 'thers
In many places the drifts along III" waterfront
were more than knee deep. and the wind swept
over the streets with terrific force
When the Weather Bureau announced on sat
urday that q blizzard might be expected yester-
day the railway companies Immediately began
To make preparations. ON the underground
electric roads elaborate precautions were taken
| to keep the tracks entirely clear from snow,
and similar preparations were used on the cable
| lines The elevated road which has been some
what crippled during the last few days by the
freezing Of the water tanks, had already taken
means to avoid that difficulty in future In
spite % all these precautions, however there
were many delays In the morning on all the
! lines In the afternoon things were better but
the snow continued break the connections
with the tracks. All day long the electric and
cable sweepers kept running along the
| lines at frequent intervals.
I'd i'm the borough OF The Bronx the winds
had free sweep and interfered continually with
the trolley lines During the morning hours
., opc had long waits for cars the snow hav-
ing drifted deep along the rural roads, and In
| III. afternoon the traffic irregular because
the high winds continually shifted the drifts
| nIling up the snow In trfy where the plOughs
had made clear spaces.
! In Harlem as in the lower districts the cable