New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
PRICE THREE CENTS.
AN ANNIVERSARY STORM
BIG FALL OF SNOW A REMINDER OF
THE BLIZZARD OF 1SSS-MORE
PREDICTED

I
looked out from his eyrie in the tower OF the
Manhattan Life Building in Broadway. last night
at sunset, and after noting the direction or the
wind and soaring the telesraphic reports from
different points around the United States where
other f1recas-e-s make close Cuesses on the
weather. said that we might get a blizzard II
the temperature fell sufficiently and If the wind
veered TO the northeast. as he expected IL would
At midnight the slest was stiu coming and
there was some rain. The night superintendent
OF the bureau said:
The indications for tomorrow are: Snow or .lee-
and continued cold Friday; Saturday fair and cold.
night '''' ~ r'i'Ax
1t is somewhat doubtful il the temperature
will fall enough TO give rs blizzard said Mr..
Emery. but whether il docs or not we shall
have storm that will satisfy all but the most
exactirg weather crank
We are expecting a high northeast wind be-
fore tomorrow noon" continued Nr. Emery
The heavy snOwstorms usually come from the
northern points Of the compass but this one
apparently started down where cotton plants
grow ard where the pickarinnies go barefooted
AS near as IL can be located, Il developed in the
West Gulf and advanced northeastward 70 the
mouth OF the Mississippi where it was central
this morning Then it swept rapidly up this
way, and We began 20 feel IL before o'clock
There have been light snOwfalls throughout th-
the seaboard Virginia A cold wave covers
the northern and central portions Of the coun-
try the level Of freezing temperature extending
as far south as Northern Tennessee The tenn
perature has fallen from 5 70 Is degrees from
Virginia northward to New-EngIand and about
20 degrees from South Dakota southwark to
Texas"
The following message was received by ths
local Weather Bureau last evening:
Northeast storm, o-5erad
O'Clock from Breakwater 70 Boston The storm Is
central in South Carolina: moving noruh-norrheast-
Wind will be high northeasterly tonight. with
Chief Weather Bureau. Washington. D. c.
The snow began coming at about s:45 o'clock
yesterday morning. and at : o'clock in the after
noon nearly five inches had rauen. Since the
blizzard of So one any longer speaks dis
respectfully CT a March snowstorm- The aver
age New-Yorker last night on his way home set
his face resoIutely against the sitting crystals
which Mr. Pluvius unloading II such liberal
fashion. and determined tn make the best OF
whatever happened
Commissioner Nagle, of the Street Cleaning
Department. said last night that he was all
ready for the storm The regular srreet sweep
ers kept the crossings clear in the afternoon but
nothing done toward removing the snow.
This morning at o'clock the Uvalde AsphaIt
Company. which has the removal contract
will begin work with two road workers and four
thousand men. who will operace from forty
/ eight different points. Superintendent Sargent
/ in speaking Of his plans, said:
/ We got along with the other heavy storm all
/ rtshJ. and We are in better shape tonight than
/ man and know v-har We can 40 Two hasyv rad
workers will De used Broadway beginning al
These scrapers work rapidly We expect 70 usa
and fro1 TvventVt9s S 10 the CREE afrer wa
/ finish with Broadway viii the scrapers on
/ the other busy thoroughfareS-
/ S,1oari7rardar+ Pra1fSh ri+v's
| charge OF the removal OF snow. has arranged TO
have the street cleaners work all night tonight
/ Il necessary. THE weather people tell US that
going to have plenty OF snow this time"
said Mr.. Bradish- They say that snow VIII be
/ falling for thirty hours yet"
| Traffic over the Bridge was greatly delayed IN
| the afternoon on account OF the storm Heavily
laden wagons caused the horses to slip and fall
on the heavy grades. and there were many OF
| them. Twenty-Five thirty inspectors OF the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
toned the roadway and did police duty IN
helping the drivers and the fallen animals. The
/ slow headway OF the surface cars over the
Bridge drove many people to the elevated cars.
which were not f1terfered with by the storm
The cars occupied about twenty-five minutes
/ yesterday afternoon in crossing the Bridge.
| The delay on the Bridge owing 70 horses slip
ping and blocking the tracks became serious
Il
10 take the ferries on both sides OF the river
One or two wagons had been smashed in the
mean time and were left hauled UP alongside the
railing The crush at the Bridge entrance be-
tween 5:}O and o'clock was terrific. and the
| police and inspectors had their hands full in
preventing women and children from being In
jured
William HOutz. a truck driver. was knocked
of his wagon and injured at the Park Row en-
trance to the Bridge He was taken 20 Perry's
drug store. where he was found be suffering
| from contUsiOns OF the legs and back He finally
got on his truck and went home
The storm greatly delayed incoming passenger
trains the Pennsylvania. the Jersey Central
the Delaware, LaCkawanna and Western the
Erie and the Ontario and Western railroads
Nearly all the main line trains were from one 10
two hours late.
Night Station Agent Hanna, AT the Grand Cen
traI Station said that all trains were on time
/ Engineers and conductors report that there As
very little snow in the upper part OF the State.
No delay experienced by any OF the trains
The Fall River liners and the Sound boats.
the City of Lowell and the New-Hampshire. did
not leave their docks on the North River until
the had turned 10 sleet- They were about
three and one-haH hours late in getting away.
AT the General Postofice II said that the
storm had not delayed the mails 10 any extent
/ The Western Union officials said there had been
no interruption CT their lines on account OF the
storm.
FerrybOats were compelled run on slower
schedule after the storm had continued for two
or three hours. All the vessels reported on
/ Wednesday night at Quarantine came up during
the morning. L LAquitaine got of. and so did
/ the F'uerst Bismarck
The City Lodging House at Fi-st-ave and
Twenty -third-st. was hlled early in the evening