New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

THE FORCE OVERWORKED.
Horses Have GrO1cn Thin, and Some
Haze Died from, Long Strain.

While almost unprecedented progress was made
yesterday in removing the newly fallen snow. &C
cording the SNOW Removal Bureau, and the
weather conditions were extremely favorable for
getting rid OF last lingering 81 the for
mer heavy storm there Is the possibility - more
snow this afternoon The forecast indicates warmer
weather followed by rain or snow. II snow comes.
the Street Cleaning Department. collectively. and
each Individual therein will grit teeth and strive
suppress expletves. II, on the other hand. IL
is rain. there will be general thanksgiving from
Commissioner Woodbury. and his heads of depart
nents
More men were at work yesterday and more
wagons were available In the three boroughs than
at any time before this winter. In Manhattan
there were four thousand and thrty-two hun
bred carts at work; in Brooklyn. two thousand men
and fourteen hundred vehicles. while up IA The
Bronx there we're i've hundred and ,hree hun
dred and twenty-five wagons. This force has been
able 10 do an increased amount OF work because
the weather has been mild Still. the men and the
horses are about worn out rs a result Of the last
Storm whose effects kept the streets in pad condi-
ton FOR weeks. The and slush could be re-
moved. but. when Ice formed, II was almost i'm
possible TO get II on There has been about an inch
and half Of this, with mixture Of ashes. scat
tered literally to prevent the horses slipping fro
zan i1;o IT, Superintendent Bouton OF the snow
Removal Bureau declared yesterday that this COM
position would turn the blades OF the contractors
scrapers.
When it finally stopped showing yesterday. "a
inches Of snow had fallen. The sun came out
brightly however. and. as the thermometer crept
I'D from % at o'clock 10 % at and 30 r the mid
die Of the afternoon things looked rather cheerful
for the snow bureau. The white wings were at
work clearing the street crossings and keeping
cutters open. The contractors men had been at
work all night removing the snow, so that Broad
wav up TO Forty-second-st., the ferry streets the
Park Row section Washington and Greenwich SITS
around the market. Centre-st, Pine. vail OeuaT
and Pearl SITS. pretty well opened In mar
lem Onehundred- and twent -hfth-sI was r Lea
from Madison-ave TO Columbus-aVe.. ana ihlrd-
ave from Ninety sixth-st. 10 One-hundred-and-
elGhth-St. Lo,,-o,-er +bJs
had 10 be done again yesterday.
There are many difficulties to fight Chlcl IN
sI.ector Snanton told II few of tncTn yesterday
..SinCa the beginning OF the last storm salu ne
~ think for only night the temperature mas
beeu above freezing. Inc men have WORKED ana
The horses have been the go until they re SO
thin and tired m almost ashamed TO look az theII.
"a NV horses which at the beginning or Ilis WoIh
weighed 800 1900 pounds have lost go or 5og
hounds lis no wonder when they have 10 traNel
fyyeutV-fve or twenty-six miles a day over slppety
a. and One hund and nd-thirty fourth ST u.i
the West Side We're unable TO get one because
~ The opposition of the residents here SO we hTS
IN do lot OF extra work. and Kill OF hoIseS l.Ie
Srsf day of the last storm, January D, Duny, "IT
Of our Contractors lost four horses he thteW az
his teams back into the stables. ana wouluh "VtA
another horse. That accounts for some o. the
trouble in getting our work done It's just the
So with