New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-19
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trict superintendent and the punch mark OF the
foreman.
Saturday nights storm was Gulf born. ana
the snow fell from the Tennessee Valley over
Eastern Ohio. Pennsylvania, Maryland. part
OF Virginia Delaware, and all OF the New-Eng-
land States While the storm was the severest
OF the season here. IL was followed by few IN
conveniences All Saturday night and Sunday
morning the streetcar companies had snow
plcughs going over their roads. The etreetcars
ran on a slow schedule ali the morning. but as
the day wore on they began running on usuai
time. The snow in the slots of the electric
roads caused some fuses to burn out and thus
stalled by the snow. The sweepers kept the
tracks as clean as floor. The Metropolitan
snes reported all their cars running on schedule
time by noon, and the Third-ave line was also
running on regular schedule The crosstown
ears were delayed somewhat, but were running
all right before evening.
MORE DELAYS IN THE SUBURBS.
In the suburbs. where the wind had greater
sweep there were more delays The drifts in
The Bronx were deeper and larger than in Man
haitian, and the Union Railway Company was
obliged to run snowplows nearly all day yester-
day. though most Of their lines were in opera
ton The Mount Vernon line had the most
trouble in getting its tracks in condition.
On Long Island, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company reported to have most of its lines
running though great difficulty was experienced
in keeping the Jamaica and South End lines free
from the drifts The Bridge trains fire.
quently they do on Sunday.
Trains from the North, West and East were
rom thirty minutes to and one-half hours
late. Most of the trains from the West came in
covered with snow and with icicles hanging
from the roofs OF the cars.
The mails were delayed somewhat. The long
est delays were reported at the Postoffice from
the New-England States. These delays ranged
Central Park in the afternoon presented a
scene of unusual beauty. the snow sticking to
some bare spots in the drives, but they had been
hlled in in many instances, and the sleighing
was of the best
At the Arsenal. the police station for Central
Park. il was said that runaways had been en-
tirely lacking yesterday. Accidents were also
unusually few, and OF Importance had
been found The police were ordered 10 be par
ticularly careful about fast driving, and mount
ed policemen were on the drives by the dozen
looking for offenders.
The gay jingle OF sleigh bells was heard from
early morning until far into the night uptown.
and the avenues and Central Park were
thronged with handsome cutters. The snow
was well distributed, and there were compare
lively few drifts bare spots to mar the sleigh
ing. Although the snow came late In the season,
the keepers of livery stables were not caught
unawares, and the majority OF them had sleghs
ready for all carly corners
CARTMAN NEARLY DROWNED.
The men who drive the carts employed in the
removal of snow get much per load. 1t
behooves them, therefore, TO obey the boss when
he wells Get a move you" AS rule the
desire to make q good days wages renders the
boss's injunction superfuous but he has to hold
his Job, and to do so must make great show
of hustle and energy.
In the long line of carts at the East One-hun-
dred-and- twenty-ifth-s dump yesterday after
noon was one driven by Albert Miller, twenty
one years old of No. 232 East One-hundred-and-
twenty-third-st. He tried several times to get
out of the line and dump his load ahead of the
others but threats from dozen drivers TO
punch his head" had the desired effect and he
waited his turn. Once at the dump, however.
he proposed TO show them how to dump snow.
He worked so fast that when he pulled the pin
of the cart the snow went into the East River
and he went with it He was finally brought
20 the surface, after several minutes Of angling
through four or five feet OF snow that hoated
the water
DR. Babcock answered call sent to the Har-
lem Hospital but when he arrived his patient
was in a saloon drinking whiskey as fast as
half q dozen anxious drivers-the ones who had
a few minutes before threatened to punch him
could bring IL 10 him DIR. Babcock sized his
man UP, saw how ne could drink whiskey and
went away.
He'll do" ne said. Take him home when
he's thawed out" They took him home as the
doctor advised.
I'd a hauled two more loads if I hadn't fell
overheard" said Miller That he had escaped
drowning by the narrowest margin never oc-
CURED him. He declared his intention OF re-
Stunning work this morning.