New-York tribune., 1907-01-18
WINTER BUCKLES DOW N
GROWLERS HAPPY NOW.
Richmond and Westchester Worst
Sufferers in First Sno1cStOrm.

For tho first time this winter all New York
lay white beneath a mantle of snow yesterday.
Little there was of the proverbial whiteness
about It, however. for most Of It lay as immacu-
late as politicians conscience. and no more SO.
Its purity aside however. 1t served several USE
full purposes. It set back of those prophets
who have declared that would be plant
ing palm trees along the Great South Bay. 1t
demonstrated afresh the farc:cal title Of the
rapid transit" companies of Brooklyn and Stat
en- Island: ii gave Commissioner Craven an op-
portunity to study the problem Of snow removal
and reminded a lot of New Workers Of the
tinued existence of tho Street Cleaning Depart
ment
Harbor traffic was held up and delayed. al
, though no accidents occurred. Through trains
all the northern roads came N late. and local
traffic for the most part was held up and de-
layed. SO that few New Workers got other than
a warmed over dinner by the time they reached
home. The elevated and surface lines did pretty
we'll. They went along nearly on time. although
Their more than six inches OF snow had fallen
by o'clock 1t takes foot or more to tie up
the lines in other cities. but when a New Yorker
gets home after a three inch fall he is inclined
10 believe that the street railroads have been
something worthy OF note in keeping the way
clear. The officials Of the street railway COM
pany appear to think so. too
STATEN ISLAND TIED UP.
Those unfortunates who lived in the hInter-
land OF Staten Island were the greatest sufferers
because of the storm. After the middle OF the
afternoon anybody out OF reach Of the steam
lines had the choice of walking staying at
home Most OF them stayed at home. There
are only four snowploughs to cover the fifty
miles or so OF electric trackage on the island
and they were all out Of commission before
dusk.
CHAMPAGNE FOR EARLY SLEIGHERS.
slelshbells jngled for the first time In the
season The magnums of champagne up at
McGown's Pass Tavern just after
o'clock in the morning. ]. d. Moulton, who
drove up from the south at $40 o'clock. won
the first, the second going to NJ. J. Mannheimer
and Mrs. Renault. The first two sleighs from
the north did not reach the tavern until nearly
hour later, when the two magnums were
won by DR.. Dudley c. Miller and Mrs. Heter-
haiser respectively. The similar prize at the
Casino was won by one OF the Gibson girls in
"The Belle OF Mayfair" Miss Elnora Pendleton.
She tried twice TO get to the Casino, and finally
won it after having given up hope. At Goth
street and the East Drive OF the runners
Of her cutter broke pitching the driver out.
Miss Pendleton making her way down on
a streetcar when she saw sleigh standing out
side of a stable at 5Sth street She jumped off
and hired the rig, driving II herself this time.
She got caught in two or three blocks. and had
given up ali hope OF reaching the Casino frsL
but she found that she had outdistanced any
other woman who might have been striving for
the prize. The magnum to the first TO
drive up went to Alfred Moulton, OF No. S2S
Seventh avenue who arrived nearly three hours
before she did.
COMMISSIONER CRAVEN LAID UP.
Commissioner Craven was not at his office to
cope with his first snowfall, being at home with
the grip. Deputy Commissioner Jerome Reilly
in charge in his absence, and started an
inspection at once OF the means at HAND, 20 dis
pose of the snow. The contractors do not have
to clean the street when the snow fall is under
three inches. and it not until after | o'clock
that Mr.. Reilly ordered the contractors TO be
prepared. Frank Bradley. of William Bradley
G. Co, who have most of the contracts in Man
haitian and all those in Brooklyn. told him that
by 6 o'clock ne could have thirty gangs at work
which meant the employment of about three
thousand men, CanaVan Brothers have the con-
tract for the strip lying between 18th and 59th
streets, and the Crimmins Contracting Company
has the contract for the territory lying between
East 10Th and East 106th streets. The rest of
the city IS covered by the Bradley company. All
the contractors watching Nj. de Marsice, who
mas contracted 10 cream Inc bfOnN lOI - Cr'i'a-
offer "A cents lower than that of the next
lowest bidder. IL he makes profit at that figure
the others are afraid that they will have TO cut
their bids next year.
The gangs at work by Il O'Clock cleaning
lower Broadway ana the side streets, where
trucking is heavy. No attempt made to
cart off the SHOW. the gangs merely pitng II up
ready to be carted off early this morning. In
addition to keeping it's tracks clean. the New
York City Railway cleaned Broadway from
Vesey street 10 Bowling Green.
Traffic all the city was hindered and
delayed and much suffering was caused TO the
horses by Needless drivers who overloaded their
trucks. The wood blocks in Broadway and one
or two other streets particularly bad. the
horses slipping and falling continually. These
troubles could have been obvated by the use OF
little sand, but the Street Cleaning Depart
ment failed to provide any such relief.
The Third avenue elevated trains got blocked
at the worst time possible-just after o'clock
in the evening. The block was just above
00f1nnsd second paGA