New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-02
- nrsT DAY OF THE WINTER
RE WARNER TO-DAY. But THE
+" SNOW WILL REMAIN

SNON
r- CLEANING COMMISSIONER CANT 'hi
AND DOESN'T SEE MUCH PROSPECT
-.v,xc AWAY THE FIVE INCHES
-s,- rEII~-MAIL TRAINS De
r,YEp AND CARS LATE.
.-ovstorm with which the New Year
the 80" ,n babe fair for little while to
vas MIG November storm. but 1t got tired
I'VE. Great deal Of wind accompanied the
ear. ~ assisted the snow in making itself
s'o''" - nuisance as possible for half
grown storm. - or,,rs,v soon after g
-. ,,os.s-dav morning. but the earliest risers
.hs, looked out 81 doors saw drifts OF
va" ,,ar respectable size They are likely 10
n'V .,er, for some days. too. for the Street
,,s DEPARTMENTS snow contractor took
- ., his lob Yesterday with plentiful lack
ho'o The Weather Bureau said that FIVE
=. snow fell but FOR all that the surface
in''' "a some trouble They got their plougts
70 -rork al midnight. and the cable-cars were
- -,,ch troubled. The underground electric
nv Aou-e,er seemed 70 get the worst Of in
aoriy morning hours. and were considerably
,-,.rsS hut bv the time travel assumed con-
D,.a.obls proportions they were running regu-
80. 90 that the public felt almost 10 incon-
yeuience
THE COOLEST YET
r.A.-e the weather hit New-Ysrk hardest
-.o,.s- was IN its temperature. 1t was the
"s,sss. sav OF the winter. Just why it should
=. .oi6er in the streets than w in the loft or
-. ,ocaI Weather Bureau II is hard 10 sax but
IS The lowest official record yesterday was
: aes-aes above zero at II o'clock last night
49,. shore we're plenty Of street thermometers
..., accorded only degree or two above zero
over in B-ooklyn. on Prospect Park slope one
.so--,orneter stood exactly az the zero mark at
s2o o'clock last night and IL did not climb far
d, .be course Of the evening. either. The brisk
-r,,5 that blew in gusts all day did not make
30 cold any more tolerable At times the gale
,-ovsuea as RAPIDLY as forty-six miles an hour
h,- IN the afternoon X declined rapidly.
Tho grinnen and mOtOrmen on the surface
ears suffered as much from the cold as body
Int the guards on the elevated trains found new
cause for complaint. A seemingly useless rule
has been made that compels them 10 remain
on the platforms OF their trains
The forecast for to-day promises fair weather
and a temperature somewhat higher than yes
terdsy.
MAILS SEVERAL HOURS LATE
The storm caused some delay in the arrival OF
mails as well as in the handling Of local mails
and those from incoming steamers. The effect
u the storm was not appreciate on the Eastern
railroads and all Of the mails from the New
England States arrived practically on time at
the General Postoffice yesterday morning.
On Gil roads from The West. however. the sit
astion was far different. and the mails were
greatly delayed. The mail due over the New
York Central road al 80 a. arrived al noon
together with the mails due at 9o5 and 94I a. m.
The mail due al $40 a. m did not arrive until
1915 ?. m On the Pennsylvania Railroad the
mail due al S.o+ a. arrived at 11:O0 a. m, and
that due 40 a m at 20 a. n On the
Erie road the mails due at 6:39 and s:l9 a. N.
arrived together at II o'clock On the Lehigh
Valley road the mail due at 9:24 a m. arrived
at Hos. while the mail due over the Baltimore
and Ohio road at sO7 a. m. had not arrived at
2SO p. m.
ne delay mails gives an indication OF
the effect Of the storm on all passenger trains.
LOCAL TRAFFIC DELAYED.
The blockade OF snow in the streets caused
much delay in the local mall service. Half an
hour extra time was allowed in the dispatch Of
mails by wagon 70 the Grand Central Station
and no frst-class mail was sent by wagons. all
Of the letter mail between the General Postoffice
and Station n. the branch station for the Grand
Central Station. being sent through the pneu
matte mail tubes connecting these points Mails
arriving az the ferries on the North River were
slightly DELAYED I'm transit % the PostOff1ce.
The Street Cleaning Department announced
yesterday that il hoped 70 make a better show
Ing with the snow which fell on New Years
hon "a Of. 10
storm
MCCARTNEY SOMEWHAT WORRIED.
commissioner Mccartney when seen by a
Tribune reporter yesterday was not in a cheer
ful frame u mind over the prospect however
We are doing the best We can" he said.
but We are having the same troubles we had
before We cannot get enough carts with which
70 carry away the snow. The contractor has
occurred the city and has even foraged New
Jersey for them but it is impossible 10 obtain a
sufficient number for the work The snow is
being snoveled into piles now. but il will. be
i've or six days before the central district is
cleaned. This district comprises the streets be-
low Fourteenth-st., with the exception Of some
on the East Side We cannot do anything for
the rest Of the city until that is finished
We Will get 10 the other streets uptown as
soon as possible taking the avenues first
There is not much hope for the side streets yet
sVhls. but wish TO say that We are doing Just
as vel as our predecessors in every respect
Inc Department never could get hold Of enough
eaFtS 70 remove the snow in good time after a
AVe-inch storm Ike this last one. We have
extra men al work 70 meet the emergency
A PROPHECY RECALLED
Commissioner Mccartney referred TO his state
ment 70 a reporter the other day that New York
would have the cleanest streets In the world on
New Years Day. "Of course this storm knocks
fraf n II. l. L. L IL.