The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-15

who were forced to forego that pleas
ure until evening. Bright and early
Superintendent of Streets Baldwin had
his force assembled, and by o'clock
100 carts and 240 men were at work
clearing the streets. This number was
materially increased later and the snow
was disappearing in many places like
magic. AS fast as removed it was
carted to the green and to the depot
lots and dumped, and by o'clock last
evening a good part of the recent fall
had been erased. The work will be
continued in the same manner to-day
and by the snow to-day the snow will
be happily out of the way.
The snowstorm will cost the city, it
is believed. about $4,000.
Bad as the night would have been
for fire, the fire department was all
in readiness. All the substitutes were
on hand and the hydrants We're cleared
as much as possible, while the alarm
system was constantly inspected. AS
result Of this vigilance it would seem
not an alarm was sounded.
At the Organized Charities, although
every preparation was made for extend
| my dll 10 any ulllOItuldlcS that llil5iL
apply very few calls were received.
| The sound ines, as usual got their full
choice of the storm and 1t will be some
time yet before they are able to resume
their regular trips again. The Richard
Peck, which succeeded in making her
regular trip on Sunday, is now in her
berth in Peck's Slip New York, and will
not attempt the return trip until the ice
in the East river breaks UP. In this
harbor the channel was broken through
after a hard battle by one of the local
tugs to-day, and one of the oyster boats
of the City Point fleet came up the har-
Dor, but outside Of those none of the
regular shipping of the harbor has
come up. Two schooners laden with
coal, bound east, are stuck in the ice
down off the coast and will not be able
to eXtricate themselves for some time
yet.
The situation in regard to the city's
coal supply is becoming worse with ev-
cry twenty-four hours. The big bins Of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad in this city, usually heaped
to overlooking, are at low ebb, with
no prospect Of their being replenished,
and the yards Of the other dealers in
the city are in the same straits.
rise in the price Of coal by the retailers
is looked for to-day
The list Of casualties from the snow
and wind is not quite as large as that
of the blizzard Of 1888, but number of
persons had to be dug out of the drifts
during the night by the policemen. The
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house of Mrs. Herbert e. Benton and
signs and other such things everywhere
suffered Many narrow escapes were
recorded during the day from the minia-
ture snowslides from off the roofs of the
many high buildings. One very
narrow escape was that of an ell
derby man. In passing the Boardman
building at the corner of State and
Chapel streets large piece of ice fell
from the roof, loosened by the thaw,
and crashed down behind him, just
missing him by a few feet. 1t was a
very narrow escape and the old gentle
man trembled quite perceptibly as he
passed on his way.
Superintendent Kendall announced
yesterday afternoon that all the schools
of the city would be opened this morn
ing unless another storm reached the
city before that time, but the children,
rather put out on being denied holt
day in honor of Lincoln and getting one
not only in his honor, but also one in
honor of old st. Valentine as well, are
now perfectly satisfied to go back to
the school, and to-day will probably see
a full attendance.
The temperature to-day will probably
be about 80 degrees, and the snowfall
which was 10 1-2 inches on a level on
top Of the preceding snow, making a
total fal of 10 inches, will be consider
ably reduced.
The opinion of the weather experts Is
that the storm was every whit as severe
as the blizzard of 1883, although not
nearly so lasting.