New-York tribune., 1901-02-11
SNOW QUICKLY CLEANED OFF
THREE-oUARTERs OF THE CITY'S BUR
DEN REMOVED FROM THE
STREETS YESTERDAY.

All the city's horses and all the citys men were
at work in the cleanup yesterday and three
fourths of the that covered the big streets
and hooks ani byways OF old New-York was re-
moved between the hours Of m. and p. m
Twenty thousand truck and cart loads Of snow
vre dumped. after long and short hauls that
taxed the energies Of shoveers, pick wielders'
horses and their drivers. The whole regular force
OF the city Department performed a record JOB. ac-
cording TO Deputy Commissioner T. Harry Shanton
last night and the snow contractor was not asked
FOR emergency men. lie said:
Broadway from the Battery TO sixtieth-st
Ffth-ave.. from Washington Arch to seIents,sesGi sec
son. Sixth and Eighth aves. were cleared OF snow
and ice a. far Fifty-ninth ST. one-hundred-and
tMenty-hfth-st was cleared al me way acIoss a
Eighth-ave. all the way 70 one-hundITeaf o. fana- mo-
forty-seventh-st This Was the sum iotaI or IL our t
$50 O'Clock our ''hoodoo" district. where pedes-
trians who use the middle Of the road as much as
the sidewalks, and pushcart renders trample ,ne ,
snow into ice hard az flint was mace the Sen'te i
everything from the Bowery east and includes
Division. Houston. Allen. Chrystie orGhard ,- F9r-
syth Eldridge Ludlow. Essex. Norfolk; suffolk
Clinton. Attorney. Ridge and Pitt SITS Three nun
dred men were assigned to clear these sIreens. ti,
Commissioner Nagle. accompanied by captain GID
son. over the work i'm this pushcaTt dlstrlct.
bndre eerscncv mem In !he second Fourth and
Sixth districts. better known as the h.asi sue ZEN
ement district as Commissioner Nagle is anxious
10 look after the poor people who may suffer IL the
muddy. microhic snow is allowed 20 remain long IN
those narrow streets. There was magnificent disci-
pne i'm yesterdays snow assault: SiNtY-nNe lore
reporte before o'clock. We find that there
Is hut little more work 10 do. and thar is mostly on
the river front. We Were retarded some In dump
ing snow on Of ice In the river at stanton,
Canal and Clinton stations. Extra tugs were sent
break out the Jam and expedite that part or the
work. The weather has been unrelenttng, and load
upon load of ice has been removed as well as
our system in fighting snowstorms this winter
has worked admirably The city Is cut up into
thirteen districts Each district is subdvided into
five sections. Each section has a foreman and two
assistant foremen. The superintendent of each or
the thirteen districts is responsible for his district
ntrrT of oh of he mil les
the Commissioners Office posted on the entire
campaign
Commissioner Maggie worked indefatigably. and
when he found the cold work telling on the sweep
and shovellers he ordered he's coffee for them
lie emphasized the fact that the police VIII he re-
quired that storekeepers and householders
shovel on their walks and a gutter clear when
the next sHCw falls. In Boston and other Northern
cities where there is much traffic and much snow.
arrests are made. he says, Of those who fail to
live up the city ordnance regarding the removal
Of snow. He SAYS IL is matter of vital Inn
pOrtance 10 all. involving the health Of thou
sands the expediting Of traffic and the prevention
Of numerous accidents.