New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-20
SNOW FLIES BY CARLOADS
NaGLE AND THE CONTRACTOR STILL
HARD AT 1T.

REMOVE 1895 LOADS ON THE SECOND DAY
FROM ABOUT sIXTY-FIvE MILES
OF STREETS
The Street Cleaning Department and the Uvalde
Paving Company did not relax their energies yes
terday but continued removing the from the
city's streets with dispatch. and at midnight had
piled up a record 1896 loads for their second
days work. making a total of about 10000 cart
loads in two days of twenty-four hours each.
Fifth-ave was completed by O'Clock last night
from Fifty-ninth-st. to Washington Square, and
all the broader streets between Thrty-fourth
and Sixty-sixth SITS were partially cleared The
night gangs were directing their energies parucu-
lary TO the financial district and the wholesale
rygoods district last night. and it is expected that
tomorrow night Thursday morning will see as
many of the streets cleaned the Department
thinks necessary TO have done by the contractor.
The Uvalde Company had about 1000 shovellers
and $500 work yesterday, while the regular
force of the Department attended to the removal
OF ashes and garbage, and the cleaning OF cutters
and walks.
THE STREETS CLEARED so FAR.
Here the streets cleared up to last midnight
estimated by the contractors at sxty-hve miles In
length
Hanover-st.-wan Hanover Square.
Hanover Square.
william-Hanover Square to Liberty.
berty-7BrOadway to Maiden Lane.
Maiden Iane-Pearl William.
Fulton-Nassau TO West.
RaTsagnWsst to West R5 Broadway
Dey-West Broadway to West.
Washington-Dey TO Cortlandt.
Centre-Pearl TO White.
ElmT-FTanklin to White:
F'Fanklin-Baxter TO Broadway.
Baxter-Bayard to Worth;
Morth-Baxter to Centre.
Houston-Bowery to Tompkins.
Bowery-Thrd-st to Sixth-st.
Third-st-Bowery to Second-ave.
Canal-Centre to Essex.
second-ave.-Second-st. to Sxth-st-
West-Tenth-st TO Barrow.
Christopher-west-st. to sixth-ave.
Clinton Place-sixth-ave. to Broadway
Bleecker-Broadway to Bowery.
Houston-Broadway 10 Mott
Nineteent h-st.-BToadway to Fifth-ave.
Twentieth-st.-Broadway to Fffth-ave
enty-first-st.-Broadwsy to Fffth-fve.
Twenty-seeOnd-st:- Broadway to Fffth-ave.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to Madison-ave.
fourteenth st.seyenth-ave TO Union Square.
SiSsesnth-sf1 ,j F5ff57ays 70 Union square
Thrtythirst to PifTejsbfbs|
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to Broadway
and Fifty-sixth-st; to Fifty-seventh-st
Forty sixth-st-sixth-av to seyenth-ave
Broadway Ninety-sixth-st to one-hundred- and
Fifty eighth-st-Seventh-ave to Tenth-ave
Twenty ird-st.-Lexington-ave TO Eghth-ave.
Madison-ave. - sixty-eixth-st. to seventy-sec
Seventy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to Fifth-ave.
to st.
one-hundred-and-thirty- fifth-st
One.hundred-a Observation-Disclosures TO East
one;hundred-and-twenty nfth-st- - Third-ave. to
one-hundred- and-twentieth-st. second-ave. TO
Tbird-ave-sixth-st. to Twelfth-st.. Twenty
eighth-st TO Thrty-fourth-st.. Sixty-ninth-st TO
Ninety second-st Ninety-ninth-st to one,hundred-
one-hundred- and-twenty hfth-st. one-hundred and
and one-hundred- and-sixty 10 One-hun-
Observation-Disclosures
Thirty-fourth-st. TO Fifty-irst-st
Fifth-ave.-seventeenth-st 70 Ffty-eighth-st.
ICE BOTHERs FERRYBOATs.
The ferryboats plying between Manhattan and
Williamsburg were delayed yesterday by the slips
on the Williamsburg side being filled up with ice.
There is q bend in the East River off the Navy
Yard and the incoming tide brought so much ice
that the slips of the Roosevet-st line at the foot
Of South Eighth-st. were almost completely shut
out from use. The ice packed the slips TO depth
Of from five 10 eight feet. and some Of the boats
were compelled TO back and then advance under a
full head of steam many SIX times before an
entrance could be forced.
The slips of the Grand-st and Twenty third-st.
lines were also choked, and boats were delayed in
getting in
There was rush to the Offices of the Outdoor
those Rho wanted fuel and food Fuel Was partcu,
ay in great br Inc orG W 9 c6a @se
distributed in great numbers A large number OF
thing TO keep warm with.
POOR CALL FOR COUGH MIXTURES.
A surprisingly large number gather ed at the dis
pensary of thu Outdoor Poor Departn ent yesterday
morning. There unusually large demand
for cough mixtures and prescriptions for pulmonary
and bronchial affections The prescription clerks
\ had their sleeves rolled up and were buster than
Y before this winter. More than four hundred
applicants were the dispensary early, and "a
fast left another took his her place.
There with children in arms
Superintendent O'Rourke of Bellevue Hospital
relieved the congestion of the hospital yesteId day
morning by transferring large number OF patients
BlackWelrs Island. Before the transfer took
place there S25 patients Bellevue. The
hospital accommodate $50 patierts but six y
Of the cots 1or the insane and alcoholic pa
tents Many obliged 20 sleep springs
placed the floor, which mattresses were super
Imposed. Superintendent O'Rourke says that
he is ready TO accommodate all corners. The con-
gestion at the hospital yesterday and Sunday night
was due many cases removed from the other
hospitals 10 Bellevue.