New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-19
THE SNOWFALL A RECORD.
RIG JOB FOR CLEANERS.
Street Railroads Not Doing Their
Clearing Wos'k Promptly.

,,,l;os ton Of this Eibernien saying city dwell
-, discovered 10 their cost yesterday, for while
.,e snowstorm ceased before cook crow. its ef-
,.c. was aggressively evident throughout the
.-,i-e day The occupants of automobiles and
.r-faoe cars no longer boasted a monopoly of
xcstenent for with the sidewalks slides and
.bs car tracks skating rinks humble pedestrian
g.. had strong spice OF danger and adventure.
while snow ceased TO fall after 430 a. m,
.6estrtens did not. Many q sturdy, upright
sosv sxayed and doundered. humbling its pride
q, the slushy snow. Many a soiled skirt sore
ap,p and snow daubed overcoat attested the
,reacherous condition OF the streets. and If i'm
n-eoa.ions could have reached the mark, the
,,re Street Cleaning Department and the snow
,antrsctors would have beer wiped of the city's
payroll.
The department was confronted with an eight
inch saL This coupled with an estimated $4,000
wagon loads OF snow removed, made the record
thus far OF the winter.
Bft II the public rallied at the department., the
ssnartrnent N turn rallied the street railroads
sor The failure promptly TO remove their share
~ SNOW. According TO NJ. D. Bouton. general
x,ow inspector. the New-York City Railroad
cad the Union Railway Of The Bronx We're the
chief offenders IN this regard.
RAILROADS SLOW WITH THEIR WORK
Under the law the railroads must keep the
1-ro tracks es well as the intervening space
clear of snow. AS Mr.. Bouton explained it,
however. if this were literally done the work
Of the contractors of the Street Cleaning De-
-a-trent would clash with that OF the railroad
sborers Certain streets and street sections
ere therefore assigned to the railroads to cIean
but according 10 Mr.. Bouton. the railroads will
not bestir themselves. and have TO be spurred
or incesssntIy by the Street Cleaning Depart
~.
to clean al Twenty-third-st.. certain sections Of
rhlrty-fourth and Forty second sts, West
Broadway and Grand-st. Little work was done
On thess streets and sections yesterday, how
ever
As a result Of the heavy weather, most Of the
Sound steamers arrived late at their piers. The
Fall River boat Pilgrim, from Fall River, Mass,
reported 3 storm Of such severity that for half
en hour she was forced TO anchor off Stamford,
Conn She reached her dock about hour be-
hind time Other boats reported navigate
difficulties, due TO the storm The majority
from half an hour to an hour late in docking.
HARBOR TRAFFIC IMPEDED.
In the river and harhor. while the storm was at
ts height traffic was virtually at a standstil.
So heavy was the snowfall that lights were in
visible on the river at even boats length away.
Ferryboats and other craft proceeded at half
speed blowing orens and feeling their way
through the binding storm. Strangely however,
10 accidents OF any moment were reported. al
huugh, according to the weather wise. the storm
vas enc. of the heaviest in several years. Luck
Iy there was little ice in the river, the pilots
thus escaping an element that would have ma
terially npeded still further the diminished SER
vice.
Although it was Jingle bells" in all the streets
and parks, the ploughs and sweepers Of the
various streetcar lines were busy throughout
the night and most Of the day. The traffic delays
which are generally considered inseparable from
big storm were IN most cases notably absent,
The cars moving regularly on all lines. although
somewhat slower than their wont
Travel on the car lines on the Brooklyn Bridge
was not materially impeded. The elevated rail-
roads ran on their accustomed headway, carry
Ing larger crowds than usua, In the subway
the rsfic was much heavier than usual there
beirg proportionate decrease OF patronage for
tbs surface cars.
The railroads which have a terminus in New
Fork were running much as usual Practically
only tgo trains over the New Yarll. New Haven
and Hartford and New York Central entered
The Grand Central Station last night behind their
Hheduleo time
Being Sunday. there was relatively little vehio-
Lsr trafac What there suffered small
early cleared Of their burden of white
In the park and in the principal avenues and
boulevards from dawn untii long after dusk
pungs and sleighs OF all varieties ploughed
shaIhnleo over the frozen snow, AS early as Z
oe4ock drivers were abroad with sleighs Of every
VlhtAse' from the old-fashioned double runner
uSec by corner grocers TO the spick and span
tufnouts drawn by steppers in silver mounted
Aarhess As the day advanced pedestrians be-
gan 70 flock 10 the park walks to watch the
passing throng. There was driving the
speedway. bit the road is not yet packed down
I" Tie proper condition for fast work
Al the close oS the day thirteen thousand men
'sLe employed in shoyelling the snow away.
The Official report at the Street Cleaning De.
pAfuhent at II a m showed that in Manhattan
mere were 4.2O0 men at work and 200 We
--es' II The Bronx, 500 men and 200 vehicles
si-a III brooklyn, 2l24 men and ,213 vehicles
~-gs are % 5e kept at work night and day
.--4 al the snow shall have been removed from
-s streets in which the work is undertaken
VI az estimated fail OF eieht inches IL will take
'@ Gays to get It ali away, provided the weather
e'l0iaons are favorable. Should it freeze hard
VIII take longer
"lth this latest fall the amount this winter
: '"eAty-three inches. The general average for
= entire year is only thirty-fye inches. At tho
t'eSeh, rate all records for snow falls will be
Eaten not excluding the phenomenal year
e--95, when seventy-seven inches fei.
-Ae snow Is all removed by William Bradley,
contractor, and the railroad companies.
-He temperature yesterday ranged from "a.
.serees Which was recorded at a. m. up TO 35.
"Alch the mercury climbed 3 o'clock
:" ihe present New-YorlIeIs need look for 10
Ire snow The storm has passed off 70 the
,1aeaEt After making fire seighing In New