New-York tribune., 1900-03-17
sloppy. SLUSHY, SLIPPERY
r-,rrTs n A HoRRID MESS AFTER THE
STORM
x.cTE RErRoGRADEs FROM THE STAND
ARD OF HIS FIRST sNow-REMOV-
ING PERFORMANCE.

while the skies were bright and smiling yes
.o.sa7 the streets of the city were in such
.sonrv. sushy and slippery state that travel
,,.s 5ssagreearle and tiresome The Uvalde
..t,sl, ror7pany. which has the contract for
-,cv removal aided and directed by the Street
I-,..,ire DEPARTMENT. made poor beginning
= +he work If clearing the streets Of snow.
r,,e~ese vas 81 much slower than after the
s+o--7 IN February that everybcd. noticed
=. 54~ererce P T. NagIe, the Commits
- - Street Cleaning did not have occasion
.-.r,srda- n applaud himself. Not much
,rr had fqllen as that which encumhered the
- i, the storm in February. but it was
,,o.,,.5 n 1.e in the most important streets to
-, f7-o elr,sh Many crossings We're impassa-
tEe cutters thar should have been kept clear
,rs~e clicked with melting snow. Pools of water
gathered IN every street.
Considerable praise was bestowed upon Com
tss;o~z~ Nsgle after the removal Of the snow
.ns, fell in Februsrv. nut yesterday New-York
- ,,-zre saving with much emphasis that Mr..
,-.gla vas as much OF q failure a street
cleaner as q Tamnnany politician of his record
-, ne expected 70 be. The condition of most
- me streets where the snow melting yes
.s-sav was 50 shocking as to make thousands
- vew-Yorkers cisgusted with Tammany ad-
-1inistra1:0n-
~ Nagle was al his Office early yesterday
ling 10 urge the employees of his department
and the Uvalde Asphalt Company TO concerted
s--ack upon the snow in the streets. He drove
,roy+ the city most OF the day, directing the
vorl of the snow shovellers. Nearly three
..opzand men were set to work shovellng snow
., Proadvvay l)et Neen the Battery and Forty
..iv+b-st About TWO thousand carts and wagons
,,ere engaged in hauling the snow from Broad
wsv TO the rivers. 1t took from 4 g m TO Z
n 10 get Broadway cleared Of snow. The
rsr-s iurerfered with the cable cars TO such an
ar+ent that some Of the cars took two hours TO
go from the Battery TO Forty -second-st. The
cs-s also fnterfered considerably with the load
s,g of the snow carts. Blockades were frequent
u along the line Several breakdowns oc
c,,--ed M Nagle was disturbed at the slow
ness Of the work in Broadway. where nearly
al The force was being expended.
We can't get carts enough for the work, he
ssi6 Al one time and without enough carts
op- hands are tied. Owners Of carts are afraid
of their horses. This job is giving lots Of trou-
HE but we'll keep al it until all the snow is in
the river
While Broadway was being cleared, many men
were employed shovelling the snow into heaps
IN the Bowery. Fifth-ave and the Boulevard,
and in the ferry streets II was announced at
the Office Of the contracting company that the
night wiki all the carts and wagons that could
ne sAc11red Superintendent Bradish said:
.,+bo,,vH The present snowfall is only about half
as beavv as the last was, we are having a
great deal more trouble with T. because OF me
sieet and rain which made II dlIrclIl 70 haaule;
The heavy traffic IN BroaoWay Jo-day lnIerIeTso
with the work. We expect 10 make good show
ing tonight.
At the Office OF the snow contractor late last
night II was announced that about seventy
thousand loads Of snow had been removed from
.he streets during the day and evening. II
was declared that 4S00 men and 2,7o0 carts
had been employed 10 do the work. The fol-
lowing streets were said. TO have been cleared:
Broadway 10 Seventy-ninth-st-. Fifth-ave. to
One-hundred- and d-twenty-f -ffth-st-, all the down
town ferry streets and Fourteenth. Twenty
third Thirty-fourth, Forty-second, Fifty-ninth
and One-hundred- red-and-twenty-nft SITS from
river TO river. Snow had been piled in Park
Row and the Bowery for removal Representa-
lives of the Cvalde Asphalt Company said the
removal Of the snow should be completed by to-
morrow morning.
wEsTCHEsTER TROLLEY ROADS DISABLED.
The heavy snow and the sleet and rain blocked
trolley traffic in Westchester County yesterday Il
was well into the afternoon on some OF the roads
before the ploughs and shovellers dug out the
tracks that the cars could run
sTATEN ISLAND TROLLEY CARS DELAYED
The trolley lines on Staten Island were in poor
shape Yesterday morning owing to the @ snow; W
attempt was made 10 observe schedule time
COLLISION OF FERRY AND CATTLE BOATS.
While crossing the North River yesterday morn
ing about g O'Clock the Erie Railroad ferryboat
Erie bumped into heavy cattle barge coming
down stream. The ferryboat was crowded with
passengers. bur there was no panic on board.
Neither boat was damaged.