The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-27
COOLEST DAY OF THE WINTER
1RTTF SPELL or ZERO WEATHER
fOILOUS the BLIZZARD.
snrfncr Roads sim In Had Shape and
street Cleaning Getting Along Very
slowly Hut MIX Gets TO Town. and
only Fish Is Scarce-Warmer To-day.

The northwesterly blast that chased
rio united low pressure blusterers of tho
,.,-, and sent them spinning out along the
steamship lane on Wednesday. blew in the
,..dc-, day Of the winter yesterday, driving
hcuorcury down to zero, according to the
,aclal thermometer Of Forecaster Emery
According to other measurers of temper
,rre iu many parts Of the five boroughs
r Va- several degrees below zero.
The point Of the silver pencil pointed 20
tt. goose egg about fifteen minutes he
ginning a' \ w. Then the temperature
forau to rise hat is. on top Of the official
observatory In the other official tower
,n Rrookyn the mercury stuck about
three hours at zero and further out in the
vIdcrne--es Of that borough it was three
and four degrees below.
1heur after the sun cameup. was crystal.
1.-Two AVID there was a rolicking and frosty
wind which blew at the rate Of forty-hve
nile, ao houi for period less than min
~, shortly after noon Thereafter it
foil EIaluaily. and was down to fifteen
rl, -i' A. II O'Clock last night The
thermometer thon registered 10 degrees,
end fhe probability Of warmer weather
,.lay yves hold ont by the prophets.
Themos' noticeable thing about the streets
w. tho congestion caused by the resunp-
t.n ~ business traffic and the efforts of
.re street Cleaning Department TO get
iho surplus snow ont of the way. Broad
WY and ltr arteries were ldmmed with
,afi- and wagon. with snow gangs, police
mon, and pedestrians The snow wagons
went along IN caravans and the laborers
worked like lightning.
When nigh, came all the street had not
lrcn cleared, but there was path big
tUtiRh for traffic with mountains OF snow
or rlgh side. II was such fine clean
snow. crisp and crunchy. that one hated to
thul how sloppy II will become when the
thaw set, IN and the city dirt settles on 1t.
IN most Of tie side streets the business
,ohres had to do the best they could.
TIL. snow seemed deeper than the weather
reports vouched for. In the wholesale dis-
trc' there were bockades that lasted
an hour al a time. There was a jam in Duane
street that did not break up until the
wagons were driven over the sidewalks.
surface car conditions were a bit i'm
proved last night. but are still far from
satisfactory Oren Root, Jr.. general SUI
rerintenient of the Metropolitan system.
said
We are doing better than we did yester-
dav and We hope by tomorrow 10 have all
tue lines but one or two running on schedule
Il L. entirely question of removing the
no trouble on the street surface, The
trouble can't be remedied except by sending
men into the conduits with hand scrapers
T. dig out the snow. We have nearly 1900
extra men at work.
Nearly ali the north and south lines are
running However, there Is nothing doing
on Broadway north OF Forty-fifth street,
on the Amsterdam avenue line north Of
Seventy-second street and on tho Fourth
avenue line south Of Aston place.
.Of the crosstown lines, the Eighth, Four
tenth, Fifty-ninth. ll6th and l25th street
cars ran all day without interruption.
The Twenty third, Thirtyfourth and Forty
-ccond street lines are running now. 40
j M but there are bad grounds on these
lines and the service ia irregular.
We hope by tomorrow to have every
thing in good shape except the Amsterdam
avenue line. There the drifts are four or
i've feet high and the snow in the conduits
Is up to the slot rails and frozen solid.
"All our employees are holding out well
and don't know Of a single breakdown
among them Every hour and a half they
have Ten minutes TO warm up.
Win, there was OF the Broadway line ran
only Wv fits and starts and there we're few
uairou- The Madison avenue line was
really Of no Use south of Forty-second street.
Cold cars We're stalled at Aston Place and
in Centre street A pedler of toys dis
covered that the crews of many of the
stalled cars On this line were having moth
ing to do 40 he got busy.
very soon the conductors and motormen
we're forgetting their troubles over games
>of checkers They really bad more pleas
ant day and night than Supt. Root, who
at IN his Office gave telephone directions !
every twenty seconds and couldn't get a
wink of sleep
Harlemites were joyful last night when
the l2ith street line began 10 move once |
more running double headers every fifteen |
minutes Matters up that way have not |
heen cheerful since Wednesday morning. |
when all the line, went 10 the bad. There |
has been no movement on the Amsterdam |
and Broadway lines north of 10th street |
since the birth OF the blizzard.
The public went back 10 the shopping |
district yestorday-in a way. Almost every |
Huuke"per had his sad story of Wednes- |
days de-oIaton. The proprietor Of a big |
cutlery store within minutes walk of |
'H" elevated told a Sun reporter that his
sac on blizzard Day were $50.
lno hotels, SO fun Of commuters on
Wednesday night. were free Of them last
%. {ii ami regular patrons were n bit shy
hose VINO had homes dined there, if the
iir's weren't frozen. The bars dida small. |
conservative trade, and the multitude of
l'fS visible on tho night Of the blizzard
wits absent.
Az mail, due on Wednesday night
struggled ln Yesterday about twelve hours
az The mails due yesterday kept com
ms .n on the average about five hours late
- iar as delivery Of mails in town was
concerned however the carriers made
TRIMS almost on schedule time
lltn Yesterday afternoon two milk trains
fought their way in over the Ontario and |
Western and the Eie roads The New
York ''nfrai'- delayed milk trains got in.
200. and trains arrived on other roads
about uIghtiail. Before that there was
-c1rcay drop Of milk for sale in town.
Ntn',' everybody took their special brand
"i breakfast food plain. The Borden com
rany SAID last night. however that there
"on.i b." full supply to-day.
As 10 butter and eggs there was plenty
oi both n cold storage, and the market was
NOT seriously affected by the storm The
rl-' 81 three cents on eggs was explained
- auo 10 the cold weather In the Southwest
i"v DAYS age ruj to manipulation Of
Nh" market
] he only shortage in the local markets
Tor while may be In the fish supply. One
o. the large wholesale dealers Of Fulton
Market said Yesterday that there was
scarcely any fish in the market and none
oult arrive for several DAYS
in an the large markets the prices OF
meat ana poultry went up from one
~ two cents a pound. hut the dealers said
,na' the advance was only temporary.
inc-s viii be- normal as soon as street
conditions permit them to send their carts
II supplies already purchased