New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
CITY WALLOWS IN SNOW
BURIED IN FIVE INCHES.
Storm Uitbip T5co Days of 10Th An
ni5erSayy of Big Bli2zard.

Sar% OF the blizzard Of 1883, Ola BoredS Hiao9 d
feeble effort yesterday to let New Workers know
that he was still able 10 "sit UP and take
notice ana might be able to give them pinch
or two about the ears and toes before the sea
ends
II may be that the mischievous dispenser Of
snow. sleet. low temperatures and glazed pave
ments thought of bringing traffic to a stand
still as he did nineteen years ago, but realzlng
that the subway would thwart any such intent
he perhaps gave up the plan and "let the city
down easy with only five inches Of snow.
heavy snowfall invariably recalls the biz
zard of 1888 and the storm of yesterday was
10 exception. 1t was remembered that on
March l., 1883. the business district OF the
city, especially the section below Nth street,
practically depopuated. Throughout the
day, as the subway trains carried thousands of
persons under miles of snow hummocks and
surface traffic moved slowly and uncertainty.
there much favorable comment passed on
the impossi5iIity Of any great blizzard paralyE-
ing traffic as it did in 1888.
II was also recalled yesterday that while the
city struggling in the clutch of the storm Of
March -. 1885, it was generally believed that
il the blizzard did nothing else it would start
a boom for what vas then considered Mayor
Hewitt's great underground scheme"
The storm whicn caused the snowfall yester-
udN Ntt- tti II! western leeHS
and moved over the Ohio Valley and eastward
to New York and by to-day it will have passed
off to the northeastwerd.
The official record Of the Snowfall yesterday
five inches, which makes total OF 439
inches of snow for this winter. Last winter the
fall of the season was - inches The fall yes
terdav was light compared with the 1906 inches
which fell in twenty-fcur hours on March 70,
1883
Apart from the delay elevated trains and
surface cars. the storm unlike the day OF
the great blizzard. The storm at that time
worked it's way up the coast from Cape Hatteras
and the wind, which had shifted TO the north
west. attained a maximum velocity OF forty
TWO miles an hour. The wind yesterday. which
blew in occasional gusts from the northeast. at
tained a maximum of twenty eight miles an
hour
Snow began to fall about 4 a. M yesterday.
and continued UP 10 p m. II was dry. and
apart from thick drifts which covered cross
ings and blew up in heaps against stairways
tlere was no great inconvenience for those who
chose to walk
The surface lines took no chances in having
blockade. and from early morning until the
snowfall ceased. at p. m, there were many
motor sweepers running up and down and across
/ the city The sweepers had to run at a reduced
| speed thoroughly to clear the tracks. and this
caused some delay Frequently Broadway
! line of from ten 10 twelve cars hardly thirty
/ yards apart followed slow. buzzins sweeper.
The fine flakes settled firmly the third rail
/ OF the elevated tracks. and caused some delay n
/ the schedule OF trains.
/ The Pennsylvania Railroad reported that
trains last night were coming in on fairly good
time. The trains from Philadelphia were hardly
/ minute behind time, but the trains from the
/ Fr,r hale bo., 70
of an hour late.
The trains Of the Lackawanna Railroad made
good time. 1t was said at the terminal in Ho-
| boken that the snowfall was not heavy outside
/ of New York and Jersey City and there
was practically no wind TO buck against the
trains had little difficulty in keeping up the
schedule The Er!e and the New York Central also
| announced that their trains were not much be-
| hind time.
! While the milk trains may be n few hours
late to-day, the various railroads do not expect
/ any great shortage in the suppy
! The gentle fall Of the unbeautiful will cost
the city for removal about Sl35O0O. At 6
o'clock this morning six thousand men began the
work of clearing snow from the important
thoroughfares in Manhattan and Brooklyn. and
these. with the assistance of three thousand
| trucks will be busy for five days. unless sun or
| rain takes a hand. before the main streets are
restored to anything like their normal condition.
! According 20 the Western Union and Postal
! Telegraph companies. the storm had little effect
on their wires. The snow being dry. did not
cling 10 the wires to any great extent, and no
wires We're reported broken
| The trolley lines on staten Island made a
great effort 70 keep moving, but by : p. m the
| entire system completely tied up The
! Bronx service suffered little
The municipal ferries maintained a good
! schedule Notwithstanding the thick weather in
| the Lower Bav.
! The snow kept back fleet Of steamers that
Fshould have arrived. La SaVole. of the French
! Lire and tho Panama liner Colon were the onl.-
! passenger steamers that reached their piers
! The Cunarder Carmania and the American liner
! New York anchored al the bar about IL O'Clock,
! last night and VIII dock this morning at about
$50 O'Clock
/ lhrec persons who were injured by falling on
| slippery paVemsnts were taken to Bellevue Hos
| pial HANNAH Jacobs, ffty-fve years old. Of
| No. 2ll I'd street. slipped at Avenue G. and Sd
street. fractur;ng her right arm Morris
| WorschotsNy fifty years old. or No llG Eli
bridge street ara .Iohn King. thirty-nina wears
Old. of No. 500 East 14Jth street fell near Avce
nue. and 10Th street. each sustaining . froc,-
| u-e Of tho left leg
The highest temperature recorded Yesterday
vas II degrees above zero at .. m: !oyezt u;
degrees, at 3 D. III
The local weather bureau promises cloudy
Weather sor to-day.
COURT COSTS FIFTY TIMES THE FINE.