New-York tribune., 1902-02-18
DETAILS OF THE STORM.
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Inc cars continued to run all day. but at many
points progress was slow. The rails were slip
perry and it took longer than usual to start
cars when they had been stopped
RESORTED TO THE ELEVATED.
IN the morning thousands of persons who
usually ride downtown on the electric cars
waded through the snowdrifts to stations Of
the elevated roads They went in such num-
bers that they trod paths in the drifts before
the work of shovellng the snow from the side
walks could he begun. Before that time the
milk wagons were having difficulty in making
their rounds. and many families had to wait for
their morning supply Of milk The delivery
wagons Of the grocers. butchers and bakers en-
countered the same difficulty in getting through
the snow.
There was the usual rush of travel on tha
Brooklyn Bridge yesterday morning and thou
sands Of persons who usually crossed on the
trolley cars took to the bridge trains to escape
further delay, after getting to the Brooklyn ter
minal behind time. Most of them paid the extra
fare for crossing the bridge. The effect Of the
storm on ordinary traffic was shown by the com
parativey small number of vehicles that crossed
the bridge. Thousands of people deserted the
trolley lines and crossed the bridge on the
bridge trains the return to Brooklyn last
evening. The trolley cars crossing the bridge
were delayed badly on the bridge as well as in
Brooklyn streets
In the downtown streets, particularly streets
leading 70 the ferries heavily loaded trucks
could not be hauled through the snow. There
were countless bIockades and tangles. In some
parts Of the city the traffic by vehicles was
nearly abandoned Freight deliveries were
shut off at the steamship piers. and boats
the Sound failed to make trips. During the day
the greatest difficulty was encountered by driv-
ers Of coal wagons in delivering coal in various
parts OF the city.
Business in Wall Street was not affected seri-
ously by the storm. News agencies and busi-
ness houses having out Of town connections
said there we're no important telegraphic inter
rupuons. All the wires from the West were
said to be working well. In the city the tele-
phone and telegraph wires seemed to be work
ing about as usual
FIRE DEPARTMENT PRECAUTIONS.
Fire Commissioner Sturgis and Chief Croker
became anxious early in the day about the diff
Guilty that might be encountered in sending fire
engines TO extinguish fires in the city. All
leaves Of absence were stopped. and the fire.
men were ordered to tighten apparatus as much
as possible. All the spare horses Of the de-
partment were brought into requisition and
distributed to engine houses Commissioner
Sturgis asked Police Commissioner Partridge
70 have the police stir up property owners TO
clear snow away from fire hydrants so that
the hydrants could be reached by the firemen
Commissioner Partridge was prompt in COM
plying with the request
Two or three persons who were taken 10 Belle
vue Hospital yesterday. apparently suffering
from exposure 70 the storm, were found not 70
be seriously i'll. policeman found one man
apparently unconscious in snowdrift early in
the morning but II was ascertalned later that
the mans iusensibilIty was due 10 drink and not
70 the cold. A few persons slipped and fell on
the street and we're hurt. but none Of them
dangerously. AmbUanCes from the hospitals
had some difficulty in answering calls
The Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals had score OF men out in various
parts Of the city to watch for accidents Super
Intendent Harkinson said that in every in
stance Where a single horse pulling a truck
or any other loaded vehicle. the driver was
forced 10 get another horse or take the single
morse out OF harness and put him in his stable
He was not allowed TO drive with a single horse
and a load. Loaded wagons were left in yariors
parts Of the city because they had been found
with only one horse attached No large coal
wagons or furniture vans were allowed IN on
even with only two horses The socetvs men
had to shoot three horses two Of which fell
from exhaustion and one from broken leg
Ten horses were taken TO the society stable for
treatment Three extra relays OF horses were
required by the society. four horses being
hitched 70 each ambulance
The temperatures reported at 5 a m. We're;