The sun., 1909-12-26
WINTER DROPS IN ON XMAS
STORM CENTRE Goes BY us,
LEAVING 8 INCHES or SNOW.
Fny Nile wind blowing at siidnixhs
Enough FAN 70 Have Made M
Inches In Colo weather--Tramc ne
Iays-Edwards wants Lots Of Help.

Enough FAN 70 Have Made ls
Inches In Cold weather--Tramc ne.
. Isys-Edwards wants Lots OF Help
With cold weather there would have
been eighteen inches Of snow in
these parts by midnight last night
instead of five. The other thirteen
inches that may have started rs snow
either turned to rain on the way or melted
after falling. There wss some prospect
Of letup at midnight. but as the pre-
diction Is for more snow and colder
weather to-day we may be In for greater
trouble to traffic than arose last might
The wind got up close to 90 miles an hour
from the northeast at midnight and is
expected to go around to-day to north
and northwest and drift the drier snow.
The sticky stun that fell yesterday plas-
tered the trees with white. and south OF
Washington it knocked out telegraph
Iines Navigation was made dangerous
and all hands were on duty in the coast
life saving stations.
The storm began down In the South
weet. Friday morning the storm centre
was over northern Texas; yesterday
morning II had moved up to the Misis-
ippi Valley and was heading for New
York. The snow began here at Io:s1
o'clock yesterday morning. IL dribbIsd
along until dark and thenfcii moro heavily.
At O'Clock last night the storm centre
had moved up nearer. at 10 O'Clock il was
over eastern Pennsylvania and westsrn
New Jersey and at midnight il had moved
on the Jersey coast south Of us. The
bottom fell out Of tho barometer along In
the afternoon, but it 10 now rising.
Down at Atlantic City It was raining
hard last night and the wind was blow
ing on shore at q good clip. There was
snow at Albany. Boston. Buffslo and
Washington.
They were making big preparations for
clearing the streets last night at the snow
office of the Street Cleaning Department.
The actual work OF shovelIing snow wasn't
begun last night as the men In charge
figured that the best way was to let the
storm play itself out first. The telephones
were working hard calling up all the big
team owners in Manhattan. Brooklyn and
Jersey City. The directors Of the shovel
we're having their troubles for they
couldn't land al many teams as they
needed. It.was Christmas night and the
drivers had gone home early. To-day
being Sunday they didn't expect to show
I'D until late, II at all. But the team own
,rs made promising promises and agreed
70 send around word TO their mon to come
% work this morning.
Commissioner Edwards hasn't let out
my regular contracts yet for snow re-
noval. The latter part OF last winter he |
ried the experiment OF hiring his own
nen and doing the job himself Il was |
'uceessfuI enough to convince him that |
ne system could be worked. and last /
nights storm. the first heavy oue OF the |
vesr. found him working under those |
conditions.
There are. however. a number OF emer- |
yency contracts for just such occasions |
" these. and the team owners who hold |
.hese contracts were instructed last night |
hat they would be expected to come up
With the required number OF wagons and |
men.
The bread line will have a chance to
york to-day. Instructions were sent out |
ast night to all the district superinten-
ients to hire all the men that applied
or jobs. They expect 70 get great
rowd
COMMISSIONS Edwards was at the
now office last night directing the pre-
'arations and both he and Deputy Com
missioner Hogan win be out bright and
ariy this morning.
Big Bill said that he didn't expect toll
% to bed at all. He was going TO stick
o the job Of plotting out the city into
istricts. organizing gangs and giving
to the superintendcnts. He
ad intended to open the bids for oon-
racts next Friday and this storm had
D be handled by temporary job lot con-
racts to individual firms and men And
y the departments men. His organi-
alton was pretty well completed at mid
light and he wasn't anticipating much
rouble. II the slush freezes up he may
. bothered by it. The plan last night
as TO get men and teams on the street
y o o'clock this morning at the latest.
The scraper Of a southbound Third
venue train caused short circuit at the
ighteenth street station at tan minutes
fter 10, tying up the road for nearly an
nv ~ " WYNN tno bt1Ih Nu.I8t tCtfcF
aported that there had been no other
elays
The Metropolitan Street Railway people !
'ported at the same hour that they had !
nd no trouble Whatever. Their sweepers :
Id ploughs had been running for several y
ours and the tracks were clear every
here
The Brooklyn surfsce cars became I
-etty well tied up. The elevated trains
ept going. but the snow on the third
VI put them well behind their schedule.
he Church avenue and Nostrand avenue /.
Iriace lines were blocked and II look ed
II they might have 70 give up until
orning. About 10 o'clock q Bergen
rect car got stuck crossing Smith street !
I'd tied up both lines for while BY
e time they got the car going again the n
ock was close 20 hopeless. In
Down around Fort Hamilton, Bay
dge and Bath Beach the elevated trains
ere infrequent and the Christmas trav- /.
ers crowded them TO overiowing or !
bod out unprotected in the gale. A
Imber OF small boats anchored In Sleeps !
ad Bay broke away from their moor I,
gs and were carried on. The water :,