New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
HORSES SLIP AND FALL.
s,ow MAKES THE STREETS LIKE
GLASS. AND THE ANIMALS
HAVE A HARD TINE.

.,, ,oId hlowv winter-is here,
ard there is no mistake about II. Inc an
lately warm and burdened with huniio''S' -
been whipped and thrashed by hisii
racing wind that knows its business WIN"
voc par+ IT'S ave r,pon the waning calendar. 1t Is
- 80 -. 49, ra1f u,av through December, ana
the elemental gods know it. 1t is past liie -
<,- ,istlassness Henceforth the walker IiluS'
oaosa his 1aeging if he would keep the plooo III
his limbs warm. - -,a
Yesterday came the first real snowfa" OF Ule
season The morning storm. when reF'C'1e "
zenith about noon. was OF short a"l 9'i'--.
skv RAPIDLY cleared and the slShI Co".'9 -
snow upon the streets was short ilNeu'. -l
p m the elements were again thrown lnto us
temper Three-quarters of an noun az -
lunged singing storm was on me ~ ,
Goo enanned viclousIy over tie local Nea1nei
Rureau. Tall fagpoes leaned away lioiI 'NV
raIe and seemed ready to snap IN tWaili i
from the northwest came the snow. t'io'
zontally and in sheets that had no IesF M
the laws of gravitation. No one aiSp"Pe" '4 "
prelnacy of the gale; no one was
doubt its potentiality. All boWea |" ''e
king and thousands were glad of his arrlVal.
- thousands were disposed to grumble-
,to,1, c4 these latter had cause for theH NUT
+oad ,oe1adfctions against tbs sudden ADVENT u
mastering weather. The teamsters were aino.is
those displeased. In every street they -ouiiO ~
same difficulty in making headWay' ENSl1
ond stones were equally smooth. Humorous ol
horses sIinDed and fell. In very It" cases
whips were used. but, as rule oiiFe,9
ler,ient. Many of them led their anhha's.
In Eighth-ave., upper Broadway anu '
ave were lines Of cars and wagons Inc sIoi'
ba+rreen the car tracks helped the horses so con-
eiderablv that nlotormen were not lhcllheo ~
cor,nIain. In the busy shopping districts ualil'
vas so heavy that such an alignment was I'M
nr.cticabIe. In these districts dozens OF hoFses
Fall Occasionally an animal dropped across I"
cartracI5 which brought on more delay anu coil-
fusion Christmas shoppers darted III ts1,nt ousr
street medley and added TO the eAGItis eAGtIst NC
Nv and then one slipped ana lullpIeu No 10
neckages under the feet or thoSe ne 80 ~ no
p-11,,sa Schooboys cried 10 each otnef III t.'s
side streets. They were in high leatieIt l,led
4ba4r icv slides and sleds. 1ile9 Po"'po
snowhaIIiny until the morrow ,.1 .,,,,.o
According to the weather ofhclats thIee
r,-artsrs of an inch of snow fell yesterday up 70
4 n M. when the fall ceased or t@oLuaS @ S triI
nradction Is more snow, followed pS !1lt q
continued cold weather. Io-Hlol w VIVA ~ -'
with fresh to brisk northwest WINDS. a;,-,s,or
Tho Nev-Yorl CentraPs AdircldaCh III VI $50 80 -
,s 1iad nm tight and fast. No trains nave COM COM
+bro1,er since last Saturday, and yesteru1iE
there was no indica tion that lLe liVuP P+o,So, u,
he hroLen The storm that set III !estctu 80
oftarnoon apparently closed up the Wv So .
tierb+er than ever and last night the VI VI
80 Nav-York Central could not ten "flel %iI'
t-etns would get up or down from the AdiLoLt- t
G,I.ks 5onts aired G. Vanderbilt is one OF those
sroUbound in the Adirondacks. ne I'd? ny ~
the wires hot with messages TO IN oIu!dtS @ ~ ~ ~
eat a train out and bring MN do"il Jul 'it1'
are unable to grant his request