New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-10
CITY AHEAD $4,000.
THANKS LIGHT WINTER.
Belated Snosc Takes Cleaners I'm
aacares-TraHc Blocked.


The first real snowfall of the winter. which
began Unexpectedly Thursday night, left the city
in filthy condition yesterday The rising tenn
perature and the rain turned the first oeaun-
full" Of the season into q dirty slush ankle deep
The unusually mild season made the snow con-
tractor overconfident and he was short handed
yesterday when the work OF snow removal be-
gan.
Snow shovellers were scarce as policemen
in the Tenderloin and a securing of the Bowery
lodging houses brought forth only small num-
Der.
The snowfall brought out the fact that to date
the city had practically saved $4,000 on snow
removal for this winter. There were $500 men
and $500 trucks al work in Manhattan Inc
Bronx had $50 trucks and 200 men. The street
crossings were cared for by the regular force
Of $500 white wings" The principal streets
leading to the ferries. the downtown business
section and the shopping districts received the
first attention Of the shovellers.
The snow fell so lightly al first that traVel on
the asphalt pavements was made exceedingly
dangerous The vehicles in 5th-ave. moved
slowly and traffic was greatly congested.
Nine accidents from slipping were reported
The overhead trolley service badly Grip
pied throughout the city. The frozen sleet on
the third rail Of the elevated roads also caused
lines fairly regular
The 7th-ave. line in Manhattan ran several
empty cars early yesterday morning leaving
more than hundred passengers to stand In the
slush at the bridge These cars are supposed 10
run every twenty minutes after 1890 a. mp
but between 1:20 and $50 o'clock. seven cars
passed and refused passengers The crowd
argued with the starter. but he advised them to
see the man higher up" The subway did a
aOCa1 fr1i large
crowds at every station until o'clock this
morning The Broadway line was badly blocked
in tn theatre district, and considerable conges-
ton occurred at the transfer points.
Nearly all trains coming into the Grand Gen.
trial Station were from an hour to hour and
half late.
In Brooklyn the worst delays occurred on the
West End line. which runs from Coney Island
10 Manhattan by way OF Bath Beach and Ben
sonhurst. The wires broke in three places be-
tween Timer Park and 74th-st, in the early
morning An attempt TO provide for the section
was made by running additional trolley service
on the Bay Ridge and s6th-st. lines
The Brighton Beach line also suffered severely
from the storm. Below Newkirk-ave. no at
tempt was made to the Culver line
toward Coney Island in the morning The 39th-
St ferry was tied up all the morning, and the
school teachers who accustomed TO use II
reached their classes an hour or more late The
express trains were abandoned on the 9th and
Lexington ave. elevated lines. The additional
burden being thrown on the local trains caused
a crush that has not been equalled this winter.
Owing 20 a large degree to the blocks caused by
the collapse the stalng OF trucks and bust
ness wagons on the tracks. the cars were an
hour or two late all the morning. and made no
pretence TO live up TO the schedule time the rest
OF the day. While the cars in the Williamsburg
section were greatly delayed by the condition of
the tracks and by the trucks and wagons, the
Williamsburg Bridge was kept in excellent con-
dition.
The storm tied up the lines of the Long Island
Railroad for about four hours in the morning at
the Long Island City terminals. This is the
first delay OF Importance that has occurred since
the installation Of the new 100000 system, and
the road officials say that future delays will be
avoided hereafter by means Of heating the APP
pances.
The Incoming trains at Jersey City and Hobo
ken were only slightly delayed. The lower part
OF Hoboken flooded by the melting snow
The trolley service Staten Island was badly
crippled. An unusually high tide kept the docks
awash, and two canalbosts which had broken
their moorings at Bayonne were wrecked on
the rocks between st. George and New-Brighton
William Conlon, an expressman, thirty years
old. of Newark, was injured by an electric light
Wire while driving a load Of goods To New
York. The wire. which was broken by the
storm, struck Coulon as he was driving through
Newark, knocking him from the seat He was
. unconscious when taken TO the Newark Hos
ptal
The storm was severe at Eastport. IL caused
considerable delay TO railroad traffic while tele-
graphic communication was severed through
me breaking Of the wires under the ice weight
Life saving crews experienced difficulty in Gov
er1ng their patrol
New-Haven reports the heaviest -snowstorro
OF The season. Ia some parts of Connecticut
seven inches recorded.
All over New-fork State and i'm New Emo
land as well blizzard conditions prevailed
throughout the day, the snowfall varying from
eight 10 twelve inches. In many cities street
cars were forced to cease running and tell
graphic and telephone communication was
hampereo. Railroad trains were many hours
late. and In some instances unable 10 reach their
destinations. Along the Atlantic seaboard a
gale ana storm forced shipping to keen to the
protection Of harbors.
william Bradley Company, the new contract
ors. said last night that up TO IL o'clock last
Alsht z5OOVD wagon loads OF snow had been
removed. de said that 5000 men were at
Work and ZOO teams Broadway had been
pretty well cleaned. and by noon to-day II will
81 70 42ost., will he cleaned by that time and
several OF the side streets. Crossings all over
the city VIII have been cleaned.
MI McManus said that he had received word
mat large number OF teams will come from
New-Rochelle and surrounding towns to-day
by noon ne expects four thousand men al work
aho ABOUT three thousand carts and wagons