New-York tribune., 1902-12-17
R4N n USEFUL Ally.
Wood5wy Finds 1.S5 Inches Most
HeZptaE IN RemoUing Sno7r.

The weather and Major Woodbury. together
~rere an irresistible combination yesterday
The masses Of heaped up snow became nrse
mud and then running water. The snow SUI
fered a shrinkage of 80 per cent, and sl6ooVo
was saved TO the city
up 10 10 p. m yesterday lSo inches hao
fallen The various constituents Of this wet
+otal were O5e inch up to a m. for the sue
reed,ne twelve hours LOO inches. and the next
&vzo hours O20 inch It continuous ram
and exceedingly penetrative- 1t dug through
an overcoat and soaked even a guaranteed
,,aclr,ntosh Eut it not only had this unrelent-
.ne ouality-it was also subject 10 suuuei
,se,,ce spurts. At 5:10 p. m for instance anu
,bereafter for twenty minutes the rain fell
ahor,t as fast as has been seen in the last year.
IT was more like the overturning OF celesual
60 nan than the raethodical close Of a wet
day
The dav was warm the temperature staflis
IN al s a. m. at 4S degrees. At various tiiheS
through the day the wind arose, and sianted tne
-ain so that il srnote the face like hanoIul
NJ sand Umbrellas were rather useless. siii0e
the wet came in from all directions water
logged derbies were the order of the day. ana
pne's shoes gave out the sound which the New
HIngland realists call "cheeping.
1t was twice blessed rain. in that IL safeo
the coal situation and did the work or tne
Street Cleaning Department
Or Woodbury. was everywhere through the
rity Yesterday, experimenting the WORK. WHICH
rvas twofcld-to keep the sewers ano suttets
summing clear. and to spread out the heapeo up
s-aow so that the rain could get in It's own
ou,etly effective work. Three thousand loaos
cf snow were removed. This was from the plies
,+ the intersections of streets and avenues
Eighteen hundred sweepers were at work. anu
szvelve hundred extra laborers. Five hundred
in II The East SIDE re-
,oe,z,ed early and especial attention The reason
,4 ,l,fs was that the poor Of the Second anu
Fourth wards are apt TO regard snoWpank as
rhuck pile The result is that the melting sho"
teayes nools of decaying food discarded clolhlIs
and the wrecks of bottles. 1t is convenient anu
practicable TO relieve housekeeping by throwing
CHE non-essentials into a soft snow pie bul u
s,e result is a. clogged gutter and an unsanlIdIy
sewer. -, L.. Aha order
.uoe for a cleared space for distance OF nFe
r. +ror,, rbe gutter After the householder mas
mel the ordinance by plling ms snow eight
inches from the curb. the nrst oenxeIS very if; GSGr
that happens along pushes the snow @ pach Win III
tbe forbidden space, so the street cleaner is or
,aered 10 give more than a margin
THE order for this afternoon IS 10 sweep ths
streets which means that the rain has reduced
T1Sere were plenty of points in the city yester-
cav which were formidable. To cross the SlreeI
a. F,ighty-third-st. and Columbus-aye reQuIreu
Tading And Fifth-ave-. from the Union Club
almost to the doors OF Coiili " 49,. -
hury's house was mass of sIusglshIy running
tnud. ,. .,a u@
NJ d. Bouton, general snow inspector, SAID OF
rhe work in hand
.aT-his transform came just at the right time.
II xvould have cost the city at least S2UUUoO 10
SaTn removed what was left Of the snow. but It
viii now cost because of the timely arflVaI OF
rain about $4,000. We have been nlakIllS
ms gnifcent progress in removing the snow, anu
,eya1 II rain had not come TO help us out We
sEould have had the town cleaned up IN a feW
-oora days: So you see the rain has not only
.ocifire+ed our work but saved a big sum OF
money for the taxpayers.
securing carts and horses Horses are IN great
demand for the delivery of Christmas shopping
TSarts everywhere are being devoted TO the coal
trade The department is only able TO pay % oo
q day for truck. But just now e Truck can
carrv ten leads of coal a day at 81 90 q load,
snatine SIS for the owner. just double the re-
rults from street cleaning work 80
The forecast for to-day is fair ana coIoer' WIFI
brisk 10 high easterly winds