New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-18
SLUSHY. SLOPPY, SLIPPERY.
DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING ABOUT ON
FOOT
r,,, pAry DESTROYED MIR DUNN's BEAUTIFUL
SNOW HEAPS AND CAUSED HIM Loss
IN MoyIY-COAL FAMINE SOME
WHAT RELIENEp.
WHAT RELIEVED

The best that could be said OF the streets In TINS
city yesterday that their CONDITION was i".
quite % shocking as on Thursday evening" anu
might have been worse n there had been RAIN IN
stead Of sunshine. People did not need to consult
thermometers to know that there had been an
other rise I'm TEMPERATURE They merely had TO look
out of their windows at the melting snow and sush
10 know that the thaw was continuing and increas-
Ing All the unpleasant incidents OF a thaw after
a heavy snowfall were present and apparent.
In the morning the sidewalks were slippery. as
well az sloppy Enough ice and snow had re-
manned over night to make every sidewalk little
skating rink and its wet surface was so ueacher-
Gus that many people had unpleasant falls Later
I'm the day the sidewalks were merely wet SHINY
and sticky. The cutters were filled all day with
pools OF dirty water. At the crossings were pools
Of water ard sush People had to wade through
sush whenever they crossed street
The vapor rising from The melting snow seemed
10 create another epidemic of Influenza so many
people sneezng and coughing. Unpleasant
smells aboundcl in the streets The melting snow
took on n brown color. and the slush was so mixed
with mud as 10 look like chocolate paste
II was apparent that the street Cleaning De
partment was making failure Of the work Of re-
moving garbage from houses Garbage cans which
had been filed and set out IN front OF houses were
reeking and untouched, and with them were many
old washbolers. barrels and pans filled with gar
bage. The carts OF the Depart cut had not oeeh
those streets were about impossible yesterday
as at any time since the blizzard There was the
same difficulty with the delivery OF coal and pro-
visions at the houses.
The forces Of the snow contractor were driven
70 cover by the rain on Thursday night. but they
returned to the attack on the Snow heaps yester-
day Mr. Dunn declared that the rain washed
down snow heaps which had cost him about $1,000
10 erect II the thaw and the rain had held or
week longer. he might have made moro money
and removed the snow entirely from Broadway
and q few other streets. The weather was re- -
moving Tie snow yesterday much faster Than II
could be removed BY the combined forces OF AI
Xbafeyer embargo had been placed tho de-
livery OF coal because of the choked condition OF
districts where coal famine had been imminent
fresh supplies being delivered The c0ai
pockets IN the basement or the puldlns "TTDuPi,u
bv the New-York Steam Company. IN Dey-st'
were replenishod. Large supplies OF coal were de
livered 10 merchants an the city from Iertn ANNOY
Hobokcn Wcchawken and other coal-supplying
centres There only IL few bushels OF coai IN
ana the steam pipes leading TO the various court
rooms were cooling down when ne Jan!Ior received
a load Of nut coal from frm holdlhs the contract
for suppying / for t 1he 9uidtns ,dea,ers were
.,,,,,,nis ,ric.e their slpplies Coal
that sold for 81 % ton before the blizzard was
retailers said the cost OF delivery had neeh III
creased by the merchants.
The ice in the rivers, preventing the remoNal OF
the bodies IN the Mofgue. has caused the deleI-
ton there Of - bodies The lee was observed 10 he
stcamboat Of the CHARITIES Department would be
able to 80 up 10 Harris Island with some or the
bodies.
There were hundreds Of poor men. women and
children about the Office Of the superintendent OF
the Outdoor Poor Department yesterday. by 10
o'clock there were eight hundred OF them They
walked through the slrsh in bad shoes. carrying
reccptacles I'm which to receive coal some OF the
women had children Some received 81 or s. 30.
Many families had coal sent 10 them. Men were
taken out Of the line and asked Il they had fani-
lies and those who had were put at work snoyeling
snow while their families were supplied with hair
a ton Of coal.
The official forecast for to-day IS: Cloudy wealth
er. stationary temperature.