The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-14

BITTER COLD In NEW YORK.
&aossdrsfss Tea Feet ftssp-f hos
saaas of Poor Made Ds.tssate
by the blizzard.

NEW y0BE Feb. 1.-THE storm sxfaicn
hes tssa raE3ng since sa' sr'iay nimat n
er.aaes lr tlageneo TODAY, booming s
thorough ai.zxa ~ Suow fell al DAY ard
T. sslll coming down 4 bitter uoFfhwaa
wind arifsz tiss sno& iu e}oe5s Toe s5reet
cleaning department.. after struggling
sfitrfg-sin hours t. ciear tho principal
sfrsefs. gave up entigslg, even surrender
ing Essoadwa 20 ths ~i:a and SNOW. TIE
surface railroads run sFlp~ rioHx over tbs
roads at interests ard maintain 81 .as-
Vice fut sfan eaIn are rot hsafsd and not
well pAtfonizsa. Tbs elevated roads ar
running but trains pay no regard 70
schedule tine.
In the suburbs. whore The wind has free
sweap. tbe drifts ARE tve to ten feet high.
street railroads haYs been stopped slto-
getslar and suburban steam roads are
blocked Aany ne shborinE towns are cut
of from New York altogether
Few trucks and delivery wagons we're
seen on the streets tonight.
Floating Ice cakes III the river hinder
The ferries greatly. Few persons ventured
from their houses today unless obliged 10
do "a. Courts had to he closed because
of the cold, and special Lincoln day ezIs-
brlisors and the theaters were thiaIy al
tenaeyt
Today waa a legal holiday with the
banks and exchanges. and an enforced
one in tits business aistristE generally. As
there were 40 shoppers. the big stores
closed sheir doors ard sent their clerks
home. The streets. even Ia the theater
district. are almost deserted.
All the eharitafsls Institutions are taxed
beyond ihefr resources, owing - the ssid-
dan demands made apon Them Of the
~ 100 destitute families in tha city, a. esti-
mated by blair. superintendent, IL the
outdoor poor. nearly All are either freax-
Ing ar starving today. The continued
STERN has Handicapped al Efforts IA aid.
sad t9,e blizzard of today has neeeasitatea
acensFlato suspension.
The thousands ri poor Jews. Italians
ssfGnsSa. syrana ansi Armenian. who make
"a living bay aiding ffsat. confectionery ard
ositef small articles from push carts nfsa
sss.nsss have been driven ouf % business
altogether and brought to the verge az
starvation
Persons employed outdoors have last
employment temporarily. They number
many thuusastSs asl5 some of them wiu
swesl the ust 81 destitute.
The task II keeping railroad trains IN
sugtion Was almost hHreaieau. raFtieu-
lsfiy was this fhe cahe wlth the lire run
ming eut = fhe Grand Central station
With eaeh hos;s tho scvegliy Of ths con
dislnus Increased and theno In charge q
the wsrk were reluctantly completes u
ssNli teat tbs totsl sfs.naiieu II traffic
stared then IA fhe fase, when told of the
continuation 80 the existing conaitsoFs 10
be expected tonight. ogielats If ghs road
said Il Ma iikely that traffic would come
10 s'sufistlli before tomorrow Tonight
orders were lssoed SO suspend operations
an tha Iusin tire and hrAnches ~ the I.oax
islana railroad unsji the storm yuhs.detl.
fsyifts mearlx ten feet high we're preya-
lent throughout tha Island. All 81 the
Sound sf.snh8as@ are tied up Is the
storm. ard g eaa announced that nane
of Tbs Fali River. sgeuinxtov or Norwich
iinsa Mould venture 81 make trips anita
the Storm ceased aua tssp entrance - ueI!
Gate t. fFea FROM iee
~ Gut Il tesn mails were resolved here
ta.lay ~ith th~ exception ef t.se morning
r<''isi@An}ettis r. "a Haston.
Chief - lsa,aee fseerrY taniel.i lsesesl
AN nf-1sf ta ths eausatps ~ tee .r4asss
stfecin - }n Urva.nr Neyv yosk a. ste.
shsi.ee Sc aN ht a.Q}s fav h. aul - az
feFa gsnefa1 assistance 81 teeutaio ger
SONS
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1aeHt r e'ssrss!re tsst So ha1 80 sss e,.s,
5sct e. f'.e esnssniss'.se7 a,aft far tns
ssprtesa ~ sxitas .sss f',~ g7ee
TAmmtux glaii g4>e hast she sraetfes