New-York tribune., 1899-02-14


The surface car lines. with the exception oi
Tho Broadway ana Third-ave. cable lines were
nracticallv stonpcd by night. The underground
trolley lines. which ran with great difhcultY al
dav. stopped entirely early In the evening Inc
FiChth-ave line. upper Sixth-ave ana A"'S,0'
dam-aye. lines stopped Mt q o'clock !es'c'u"S
morning. The Fifty-ninth-st. cross town I"e
stopped al { o'clock yesterday morning Inv
Tenth-ave Boulevard and FortY-sec"nu-9''
crosstown horsecars ran at irregular Intervals
drawn hv four horses The cabe-cars. whlch
usually run at the rate Of nine miles an hour'
were able 10 make only four miles an hour'
Tho Third-ave. cable line was in better con-
dillon last night than any other surface n''e'
,,srs ran from the Postoflce 10 Harlem at larry
rrcoue-t intervals The Ore-hundred- -and-tweh-
,v.0fth-st. line was also running, although no
attempt was made 10 observe schedule time.
Cars on the Broadway cable road ran rs OF
90, as possible Two cars often ran toge'he'
10 help each other along. few cars We'e
,,,rninc on the I.exingtOn-ave. line nut Ut'
did not make much headway
The Eighth. Sixth. Fourth. Madison anu 90
ons ave trolley lines stopped entirely early III
the evening The Avenue Il, Avenue anu
First-aye. horsecars topped in the al'cI''
The Fulton-st. De'ancey and Spring ST. "I"NN
= Canal and Desbrosses st. Fourteenth-s''
SpVertpenin-St.,
St. Twenty-ninth-st, and all OF the do"''oN"
,,o..ooo, lives NOT mentioned stopped running
last evening.
The Thirtv-fourth-st. line had q few cars run
,irq 4 foy cars we're also running on 'he
1,;cb,v-sixth-st l.ne. through the PARK cars
rar at intervals of an hour and half on Nlls
line TO.
All traffic IN The Bronx was stopped last
night The lines OF the Union hali"a' I'm
many which stopped early yesterday morning
were not able 20 resume during the day.
STEADY SERVICE OK THE ELEVATED
Had if not been for the elevated railway, those
who had business Of any sort away from the I'M
mediate vicinity Of their homes would nave
Jared badly. AS It was. the trains on the oH-
fereDt roads were far behind their usual ho"-
dav schedule time and did not run IN anything
1usa ;be allotted time The Thrd-ave trains
from, fremont. which are supposed to make the
yuu TO CITY Hall in an hour did not cover the
distance in less than an hour and half. and the
same rule applied t. the Second-aVe.' SiA'h-aNe'
ana Ninth-ave lines
Tho cars were kent fairly well heated the
chief discomfort to the passengers being caused
1,. tho cloud, Of snow which We're swept into
tho GAYS whenever tho doors were opened at
stations.
Had yesterday been working day the ele-
vatcd roads would have been greatly overtaXed'
as owing 10 the interruption to traffic on the
cable ana electric roads there would have been
no other means Of communication between the
various parts Of the boroughs Of Manhattan
and The Bronx.
MCCARTNEY DISCOURAGED
The Street Cleaning Department and the snow
contractor appeared to he helpless yesterday.
Fmnloves Of the Street Cleaning Department
devoted most of their time to making paths
through snowdrifts at the crossings. The sho"
contractor had some men az work making snow
heaps. which the wind scattered. James NC
CARNEY the Commissioner Cf street ClcanihE'
was al home talking 10 some OF his suOordlnates
through a telephone. and he seemed to be as
couraCcd He said he supposed the newspapers
would expect him to have all the snow removed
from the streets by to-day and il might be I'M
possible to remove any Of it for day or TWO.
Mr. Dunn. the contractor reported 10 Mr. Nc
CARNEY that ne could Get 10 carts Tor the re-
rnoval OF snow in such weather as tilc VMiiis VMirS
of carts would not risk the danger or klHlhg
their horses 4 have two thousand me me" ,ir at
work piling the snow in the streets. saio MI MI
Dunn "an1 II the storm stops tonight we VIII
have three thousand or four thousand carts 10
take IL away. That ~ all We can 90 Ior '''e
present. Is IT enough , =.
oh I suppose it is all you can do but 1t IS
not enough" replied the Commissioner WeariE
The newspapers viii expect me 70 nave thls
snow all removed tomorrow. l guess. HOW
ever. do the best YOU can. =,
Mr. Mccartney might have taken leSsom som III
holders who were clearing the snow from the
sidewalks in front of thci. homes. Ihey cIeatSd
The walks a dozen or twenty times during the
dav and were not discouraged because the Wlnd
blew the snow back again. Women were 10 ne
seen helping the men at the work IN several
parts Of the city. and they seemed 20 ENJOY the
"The best we can do with the regular force
OF the Department" said Inspector Bradish, is
10 keep the crOssWalks clear Even in that work
We are NOT atogether successful. for sooner is
one crosswalk cleared and the men go 10 an
other than the first Is as bad as IL was before
being touched.
CARE FOR THE POOR
Chief Devery issued several orders to the vari-
Gus police captains in regard T. persons in need
Of food and shelter
The police have been instructed by me-" said
Chief Devery. ito d. everything IN their power
10 lessen euffering AS il is an infraCtiOn o. the
rules 70 keep dodgers in the station houses |
have assumed the responsibility OF sendlnG out
an order 10 the CAPTAINS directing them 10 allow
any person seeking shelter 10 sleep In the sta
tion-house at night during the present storm.
Any person in va1t OF a sheltering place may
go TO any stat.on-hOuse for the night Under
my instruction the police are trying 70 learn
The names OF all persons I'm destitute circum-
stances. Tnese names ace being promptly for
wafdcd 70 Secretary Devine' OF the Charity Or
gauization Society"
one Of the most important orders issued yes
terday 20 the police captains by Chief Devery
was follows:
You will impress upon the members Of your
command that they must use extreme vigilance
in seeing that no person overcome or exhausted
bv the cold is allowed TO fall and remain help
less in the snow. You will also see that All per
sons having fire hydrants in front of the prem
iees keep said fire hydrants clear Of snow Tor al
least ten feet on each side thereof. At the end
OF the present storm YOU Will instruct the mem
bers Of your command 10 make dilgent Efforts
10 see that walks arc promptly cleaned OF snow
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