New-York tribune., 1907-12-05
ROLLING SNOW BLANKET
THTTE H7INGS At UORh
Tortracfs Not Let, So Regulars
Tackle Job-TrdRSIt Delays

After FIRING all 6av Tuesday 10 make up NJ
.,7jrd the weather man decided 20 paint li'e ~
white and Yesterday morning New ORR aNoN-
20 rud a blanket Of snow over the "hoie -
~ wasn't ? very thick blanket as less 1hei' 1i'le
.,,,o. ~ snowfall was recorded, but X was
enough 10 make lot Of trouble and 70 oraE
Commissioner Crovel of the Street Cieafihe
foepartrneut and his deputies. Hessrs- Eo"aIo=
,,,-r,,,,v and Reilly. out OF bed unusually early
The stoy1n. Tor such IL really a1nouh'eu -
-.,,h . fairly high wind. bothered the street
cleaners a lot because they DIDN'T expect II
SNOW contracts have rot been let and viii not
he until Tomorrow when. If the Board OF ksl-
,ns,e and Apportionr1ent Is IN accord with COM
missioner CroNell. arrangements VIII be mace
under the new Bensel form OF contract for 'he
removal OF snow all over the city AS conee-
s1,eace the regulars OF the department had 10 90
1he work Of cleaning. The situation was I'M
r,roved by the return TO regular day work OF
sa,,a hundred men who had been working at
might. and pyho viii again go back TO night
shifts when the weather improves
The snow removal contract is 70 be let thiS
.,.s- m ,f7a basis OF the amount of snow re-
snove5 instead of. as heretofore, by measure
-,ert Of the amount that falls Under the sys-
TEN last year the price all over the city WIS
1910 cents a cubic yard while this year the
average Of the low bids for all sections In the
.hree 7oroug.s shows that the city will have 10
nay an averase price Of So 2-1Q cents cuhic
ward In Manhattan the work, Of when 'he
lions share is likely - fall 10 the IioiIlaS
--i-nr7ins Company as the lowest bidder, VIII
Fe paid for at AT average rate OF IA cents 4
cubic va-d: IN Brooklyn. 29i4 cents and in The
R-onx % cents the last being the bid OF
TollD n Dynnigan for the work in the whole
nF that borough Eight out Of eleven Man
haitian districts viii 20 10 the Crimulins COM
-anv II the lowest bid is accepted. while the
most successful bidder in Brooklyn may be John
= ATonohan who 11nderbid his rivals in four
out Of eight districts.
The White Wings Cid fairly well with the
snow yesterday although the absence Of trucks
end pIo-ghs made the work slow intersections
sf important streets were attacked first, and
attention vas paid also 20 the great crosstoWn
arteries Men were concentrated at these spots.
and soon made their presence felt More snow
to-day viii mean the calling out Of carts and
extra sxeepe-s but Deputy Cornnissione- Ed
wards said yesterday that he did not expect
rny more trouble to-day, and his view con-
e-71ed by the Weather Bureau.
The Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty 10
Animals had busy day. as the storm surprised
many driver who had failed 20 attend to the
,4rorer sroeing OF his horses. The animals went
down OF the slippery pavements all over ths
titv and the officers Of the society too busy
- compile any figures as 10 the number OF
cases reported. Few horses had to be shot but
one or two cases after dusk held threats CT
what might come, for the snow. which had been
.nelting for time began TO freeze and the sIush
gave Ray to rough and dangerous patches Of