New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-17
Coolest FEBRUARY 16.
DELAYS on THE CENTRAL.
Drop o. 70 Degrees Causes Mach
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wan a mercury Fan of p degrees. another
colo wave cane fr yesterday. with huAH
,.o-thv-e-t wind t--- SIZED the ha-bor with Ice
roe the pavement and caused much suilerlng
among the poor aa1 ,he homeless. The onlcia'
rhe-noneter marked ] above zero at , a. N.
yesterday ~ was The coolest February 10 I'D
The hlrtc-v or che weather Bureau
The weather prediotion for to-day IS fair ana
continued cold: ror tomorrow. Increasing ciouol-
i,esr and warmer, probably snow by mGhI ul-
minimizing northwest 20 north winds.
rb.ea,r.aa-.Ila as 81 was yesterday, the Weather
J..r.r. eave g. may be even colder to-day anc
-r.- Tomorrow VIII he distiEEuiEhed chieiy' as
(r~ as meteorological conditions are concerned
I. ..e entire Jack OF warmth
~t. ..o1 in The temperature began before
~ .1nleI.t. Monday but soon sfter J. O'Clock lt
began 90 fan with rush BY J a. m yesleIlaS
a had tuu1Ica degrees and II kept drop
ping u-tl 80 was only a single degree aooNs
Tho zero mark There ii stuck for severn
hours. with p penetrating northwest VINO re r.
lhcred bv an who happened 20 be gong 10
1rrir work Pr The time. $500.
The alleged rapid transit ~ the city added 20
the discomfort OF She unfortunate waylaLe ,
Even fn such q the cars as were ostensloIy
Heated. the atmosphere had chill pfoNocalINe
% pneumonia. in tho Manhattan eleNateo
44ef~e 81 WAS worst conditions there being IN a
consider bile degree the fault q the trainTlen
Doors were opened before stations were reaeneo,
and arctic crauglt created. Nhen nc uoN'-
-rerp closed the front door, as usual, was Aot
closed t--t1 lest. by which time more cold air
lad been piled !uto The cars than biast iuI-
F7Tor5 constable Hook 10 weehawken the
North River was frozen from shore TO shore Tor
The SECOND tirua this winter. The big Ferry ooaJS
cuF the numerous TUGS broke up the ice some
what. and the strong WINDS soon pllea II "
along the Eev-GoIk ehore. leaVlns a .laiI ow y,
etrsD of open water along the Jersey Dank All
che Incoming and Outgoing steamers had 70
ha,-a double their usual complement OF tugs 10
make any progress. The Calderon. from Bra
rrTa Tel s. 81
steamer had 20 have five powerful tugs 10 take
her up the East River 10 her Brooklyn COCK
she was over an hour Passing the BATTERY Win
sic wind su5 tide q her favor.
Tho East River. too. was hled Win PACK
See. Prom the Battery 70 Governor $ lsiallQ
there was an unbrokon heid OF Ice bIoush
,lrfcr she farrvboats made their way with
cimculg. The slip of the Atantic-aNe me AZ
tho South Ferry was in the worst conoltlon-
n Sc the longest and deepest along the shor~.
and tie hig foes that driftsd IN made it almost
impossible TO dock the ferryboats. Three OF the
boats the Brooklyn, the Winona and the shinhe-
cock were stLgk In the ice ln The morning, anu
the tug RoHert j. Parker had TO break channel
Tor them The Shnnecoclz leaving Brooklyn at
SOS g. m. was stuck la the ice more than an
hour with a rush-h0ur crowd on board Further
up the river the ice had not packed 50 badly
The Staten Island ferries were all seriously
delgved bv the ice. II the cold wave lasts two
days longer steamboat men say that tratlc IN
the harbor VIII be suspended entirely.
Along tlc main streets of The city the Ice
was hard on the horses. and several cases we're
reported where The animals had 10 he killed.
l3y noon the ice was cut ND enough on the
streets paved with granite blocks 10 allow the
horses a 7rmer foCtroId. and fewer accidents
were rruorre7 on the aeDhalteG streets cCDdi-
TiCrs were iuleea-iben bile. Flfth-nye-. p2rricu-
1arlv ar the hin Thirty-fourth-st-- where
travel is always u0lEesred, was hled with
DlunEi-F and faIinE horses
DELAYS were reported nv all The railroads on
She Erie road. where cold snap causes lcicles
70 form tr the boilers. the trains were behind
their schedules even more than usual AT the
Grand Central Station trains began 10 crawl IN
IN hour 10 three hours late before noon the
r~afr crews declaring that state 4 was the
1-C-et dsN 0f the winter. By ulghtfal the con-
Git.rrs were worse and the stalled trains further
,--In 0r -he rr.G prevented the northhounu
---f-.e r-1rl leaving rhe ets-ion on time. Many
--a-- over au hour behind their schedule in
leaving The station.