New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
WHITE WINGS BUSY.
RIG FORCE ATTACKS .SNOW.
Weather Helps in Cleaning Up the
Cifg's Streets.

This city paid the usual penalty yesterday for
-. snowstorm of Thursday. The streets were
su.d with deep layer OF soft, dark we. s.u-r
,rbich resembled snow only I'm its dampness. The
,,aeUalks were covered with a slippery Slime
md The air was filled with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
,;st as a result Of the melting snow. To maize
!, more unpleasant for those obliged 70 be out.
,here was fine rain during a greater part Of
the day.
The work of snow removal which was begun
,,nder the supervision OF the Street Cleaning DE-
rartment at G O'Clock on Thursday night ad-
ranced only slowly in the morning. but before
,bs night the department and the various snow
-emoval contractors had got into their stride
Nr. Reilly Deputy Street Cleaning Commits
elmer. said the work done in the first twenty
,our hours was well up to the schedule which
has been prepared a result OF experience with
mast storms. II is estimated that one inch OF
snow can be removed each day, and as there
was six and half inch fall, according TO the
osicial records. II win take ar least Ave DAYS
raore 10 finish the cleaning OF all the streets on
Che schedule.
The only streets that We're entirely cleaned az
midnight were Broadway. from 42d street 10
whitehall street. and those in the financial dis
trict. Big holes had been eaten into the drifts
a other prominent thOroughfares. however. and
clean streets. Fifth avenue. from Washington
Square TO the Park. and 42d street had been
only ''roughed out" TO use the vernacular OF the
cleaners. That means that the snow had been
heaped in piles near the curb but little had
been carted away and the streets had not been
scraped.
The atmospheric conditions caused the pessi-
mist 10 declare more enphaticaIiy than ever that
New York has the worst climate in the world
There viii be no relief from the dampness until
the snow is entirely gone. The fine rain did little
10 help the street cleaners by melting the snow,
but on the other hand the temperature was not
low enough to cause the damp snow to freeze.
This would have rendered the work OF snow re-
moval extremely difficult; but the snow con-
tractors were cheered by the prediction that the
weather would probably remain moderate for
several days
Mr.. Reilly spent a good part OF Thursday night
with c. s Dunphy. chief snow inspector. in
going around the city to see that the work was
started properly. Inspector Dunphy out
again at ; O'Clock and did not reach his Office.
at Fifth avenue and 42d street. before o'clock
IN the afternoon. Commissioner Craven started
from his Office in the Park Row Building at
O'clock to see for himself how the work was
going on.
II was said last night that the various con-
tractors had $500 men at work and about 2 600
carts in commission. That was about all they
needed, IL was said. There was some complaint
IN the early part OF the day OF difficulty in OBJ
tanning men. but the deputy commissioner said
that the full quota OF men had been obtained
before nightfan
Il was said last night that the streets OF the
city would be practically cleared by o'clock
this afternoon. The contractors reported that
the only street in the downtown district which
was not cleaned was William street. The snow
that remains in Fifth avenue and Broadway
viii be removed by this morning.
1t is estimated that the cost of removing the
snow from the streets OF BROOKLYN VIII be
$4,000. William Bradley. the contractor who
IS responsible for removing the snow, had more
than ! 500 men and 500 carts work yester-
day morning. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit and
the COney Island G. Brooklyn Railroad COM
panies have charge Of the clearing OF almost
twenty miles of streets through which their
lines pass