New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-08
A MARCH WIND BRINGS SNOW.
IT COMES WITH ALL THE APPEARANCE
OF A BLIZZARD.
THE GALE CARRIES 1T AWAY UP THE
COAsT-FAIR WEATHER AND HIGH
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Over the city a. o'clock yesterday morning
glittered starlit sky. One hour later a savage
March snowstorm raging borne on the
breath OF thrty-fve-mile gale. The storm
took the city entirely unawares and fooled the
weather prophets completely. They had prophe-
sled fair weather for Tuesday. and all things
seemed to point in that direction But II some
times happens that a storm that has been lurk-
ing some hundreds of miles off the coast. where
the weather observers cannot it. takes 1t
into its head TO sweep in 10 the continent with
out giving the least warning That what
happened yesterday morning.
When the city woke up for the days work
things looked most promising for repetition or
last months blizzard The snow was tearing
along horizontally a northeast gale. 1t was
soft and heavy and Of just the right consistency
to work mischief with telegraph wires, railroad
tracks and traffic generally 1t continued heav-
fly most Of the day but toward the latter part
OF the afternoon it's violence abated 70 some de-
gree and at o'clock in the evening the clouds
blew away and left the stariit sky again visible.
In all five inches Of snow fell. The wind was
high all day. and IT continued 10 blow at the
rate Of forty-eght miles an hour from the north
west after the snow had ceased falling.
James Mccartney the Commissioners Of
Street Cleaning was a troubled and anxious
man when he got out Of bed and looked at the
snowstorm. He sent word TO Barthoiome"
Dunn the snow contractor 10 get ready for the
work Of removing snow from the streets as soon
as the snow was three inches deep. Mr.. Dunn
was organizing a brigade OF snow shovellers
later In the day when the sun began TO shine
.ba nd Commissioner
Cartney said he hoped it would not be neces-
sarv TO nut the city 10 tho expense Of carting
much snow from the streets.
Employees Of the Street Cleaning Department
scraped snow heaps in Park Row. Broadway
and several other streets, and Mr.. Dunn may
remove some Of the heaps to-day II he has time-
LITTLE TROUBLE CAUSED BY THE SNOW.
The wire chiefs of both the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies reported more
o. less trouble with the wires along the coast
during the morning as a result Of the storm.
The trouble was principally along the New
England coast. where a few of the western
Union wires were down. but not enough TO IN
terrupt business seriously.
General Manager Shirley Of the Postal Tefe-
graph Company said that his company had peeh
Inconvenience by the heavy snow clinging 10
the wires mainly between New-London ana
Boston The snow became incrusted upon the
glass insuators. and caused such loss OF cur
rert that il made the operation or the quad
ruple system impossible. and this impaired the
facilities of the company BY II o'clock, ne
said the trouble had disappeared
1t was generally said that the storm had no
serious effects in the immediate nelghoornood
Of New York.
AT the Offices OF the local and long-distance
teiephone companies il was said that telephono
communication had not been hndered by the
storm. Every long distance wire was lhtace al
day.
The elevated and surface lines experienced IN
tie delay. the storm began so late In the
night that the snow did not have time TO ac-
cumulate. -
MANY persons expressed fear Of another bliz-
zard and this fear so general that most
OF the coal dealers found it impossible to I'LL
all the orders they received.
SAILING VESSELS PUT INTO THE BAY.
A feet OF southbound sailing vessels consre-
gated in the Bay to tide over the storm
fair wind sent them to early Monday morn
ing and by noon the Bay was clear, but at
niohtfal nearly every vessel had returned, the
wind having shifted and the barometer gwen
warning The Upper Bay presented mid
winter appearance. AT sunrise three steamers
Law off the Quarantine station. They were the
Iumeu the Birchtor and the Brilliant, the last
having arrived at Quarantine at ! o'clock IN
the morning. A..
Last night the storm passed away TO the
eastward and was raging along the New-Eng-
land coast line from this city to PASSPORT, Me.
Snow fell along the coast line Easterly winds
blew in advance Of the storm. and In its wake
northwest gales prevailed YESTERDAY tenn
perature remained stationary nearly all daS NJ
a little below the freezing point
Fair weather stationary temperature ana
gales from the northwest are PROMISED ior "a"