New-York tribune., 1899-02-15

neople have been criticising the management OIL
IL railroads for the change from the caoie 10
electricity and the stopping of the eiec'ric-ca'S
by the storm will cause more criticism. IL was
declared yesterday that the electrlc-cars "''e"'
not he able to run regularly for several days
In some places the conduits containing the eieC-
tr,cal conductors were filed completely with
srou, that had sifted down through the SLOT
Z ard q was plain that the snow would nave 10
,,o,, or be removed before the roads Couiu pc
operated. .,,...
The sixth-ave. line was the first Of the trolley
routes to run cars yesterday. Cars were run
ming between Fourth and Fifty-ninth SIS. ny w
o'clock. The Elghth-ave. line was cleared III me
morning sufficiently between Four'eeh'h anu
Irifty-ninth sts 10 run cars. The o'her uoioS
,,,es ran q few cars below Fifty-ninth-st dur
ing the day but no electric cars were runn'"s
above Fifty -ninth-st. up to last evening
Four thousand men. including TWO thouSa''N
regular employees Of the Metropolitan Company
were at work clearing the various INES a" u'S
Yesterday and last night. BY midnight iew
cars were running on all the lines ana an o.
fetal OF the company said last night that inc
cors would 10 running as usual this morning.
TEMPERATURE GOES Up.
The predictions Of the professional weather
nrophets made one pleasant failure yes'eFu@S'
They declared that while the storm would pass
and the weather would clear it would oe Io'-
lowed by colder weather This predlcuoh WAS
not realized The temperature showed ten
dency TO rise that must have been distressing 10
The nrophets. It's lowest point yesterday was at
midnight lust before the storm broge up Wheh
g. stood at IS degrees 1t went up steadily yes
1erdav forenoon and afternoon, and at CLOCK
q reached the surprising height Of y degrees
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ears and stamping their feet for the first time IN
nearly week.
The East River aid the Upper Bay were full
of ice au dav. and the ferrybOats in the East
River were very largely unable TO run because
the Ice filed their slips. A large feet Of steam
sblns that had been lying Off the bar during the
blizzard came up 10 their piers yesterday morn
ing and all Of them reported great severity OF
weather at sea
REPORTS from the Atlantic States generally
showed that the storm was at least as severe
elsewhere az in this city Washington reports
p fall Of 10 inches Of snow; Baltimore, inches'
pbnsdelnbia inches; Boston ~ inches. In
Portland Me- is inches fell, and IN Albany
Is inches.
In this city 152 inches Of snow fell after sat
urday evening. and there were last night eX-
actly two feet OF snow on the ground. To-
dav. according 10 the Weather Bureau the
temperature will rise still further and the skies
will remain clear.
There was wailing and gnashing of teeth IN
every part Of the city when the shopkeepers
went to open their stores early yesterday morn
Ing The two DAYS in which the stores had been
closed had given ample time for a large amount
of snow 10 accumulate, even had the plzzard
Of Monday not happened, but the combined i@ loice @
of the snow and wind resulted in the majority
Of the stores in New-York being barricaded with
Immense heaps of snow. And those whose DUTY
II was to open the stores remembered this, they
would probably have brought shoNels ana
spades with them. Not one in thousand ana
this and the results were highly lncOnNehlent'
II seemed TO occur TO hardly any or them that
the snow would naturally have drifted against
their doorWays and in every business street IN
the city there was a wild scuTying yesterday
morning for spades shoyels, or anything WHICH
would remove the snow.
In some cases the most remarkable imple-
ments were made use of. and a few, pad9 des-
perate by the failure 70 obtain anything win
which TO remove the snow, started the Work
with their bare hands one or two enterprislnS
lads. who had been clever enough TO foresee the
trouble, reaped plentiful harvest or quarters
and dimes II did not occur TO anybody how
ever as far as be learned, 10 invest In a
stock Of cheap spades Had this been done the
result would have been a turnover Tor the
day which would have made the profits Of an
ordinarily successful claim in Alaska for the
tame period look foolish
COAL FAMINE IN HARLEM.
In Harlem the coal famine has caused great
suffering to persons who live in the large apart
ment-houses In one Of the aparment-houses in
Seventh-ave.. near One-hu1lred and eleventh
st.. where three tons Of coal IS ordinarily con-
sumed. ;he supply yesterday Consisted or TWO
tons Of siftings. The coal dealers are unable 10
get any supplies from the pockets into their
barges In many houses people wore oNercoats
yesterday. and infants were nut 10 bed IN order
10 keep them warm. The Harlem butchers are
md q
frozen in consequence. All Of the surface cars
were tied uD. except those Of the Imrd-aNe'
line which ran cars in One-hundred -t"en-
ty-ffth-st, as well as ON the man me 40
cars we're running on Washington Heights, nor
in Second Lexington, Madison or Elghth aVes'
The milk supply is practically exhausted.
In the Borough Of The Bronx no surface cars
were in operation yesterday, and II is doubttul
II they viii be running for several DAYS. Inc
tracks are covered with snOW-dritts. and large
force OF men was at work yesterday, but much
remains 10 be accomplished in clearing the INES.
The elevated trains were running slowly. and
the trains of the NewYork New Haven and
Hartford were all behind time 1t is feared
that much suffering will result in The Bronx.
many families are almost entirely without
supplies The Italian colony in Wakefield Is IN
much distress.
Five DAYS OF almost continuous fire fighting
found the hremen Of the city pretty well eX-
hausted yesterday morning, and the moderation
in the weather was hailed with delight by the
Department as a whole. The telegraph service
OF the Department worked perfectly throughout
the storm and did not fail in a single instance.
Commissioner ScanneN found that the hydrants
were in many cases deeply buried in snow, and
one thousand street-cleaners were put at work
digging them out, so that they would be easily
reached IL need should he.
On Sunday afternoon water-tower got frozen
into the snow at the fire al the Manhattan Brass
works in Twenty-eighth-st. The wrecking
corps Of the Building Department cut il out Of
the ice yesterday.
HARTS ISLAND CUT OFF.
Some anxiety was felt Yesterday account Of
the lack OF provisions for insane persons the ISL
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