New-York tribune., 1909-01-19
CITY SLIDES TO WORK
MANY HURT IN ICY FALLS.
~Rig BIP' Puts 5000 Men ShOUet
ing-Tro Deaths from Cold.

fnp-Tro Deaths from Cold.
Despite the many hancicaps placed in their way
by the elements and contractors. Conlrissioner Eo
asr5s and his aids in the Street Cleaning Depart
rnent made good headway yesterday in RIDING the
streets Of snow In the early morning the sun was
g. great help. bJ1 the day advanced ana 'he
mercury dropped the work became harder
The lowest temperature indicated by the ter-
rnounetsr yesterday 10 degrees above zero at
1910 O'Clock last night The frigd weather started
in about p n1- and by 10 o'clock the nercuI!
was gradually forced down the 1o-degree mark
The highest temperature was 81 degrees recorueo
ats O'clock For to-day cloudy and warmer weather
is predicted
-ra advertisements placed in the morning papers
for men 10 work on the streets sent about $500 to
she department stables during the day. Each man
received a shovel pickax. and. aided by more
than two thousand trucks. the snow began to n.y.
Sorne of the contractors whom the Commissioner
thought had been lying down" were not on hand
so the Commissioner rushed as many men as pos
sible into their districts
William Bradley, the contractor who formerly
had charge of the removal, has convinced the
Commissioner that he is the goods" when II
comes to accomplishing things. and he was
hired to &c in and get busy" Commissioner Ed
wards said that he had heard that Thomas Hart.
one OF the contractors had tried to obtain an in
junction restraining Bradley from working IN me
district from which he was removed. but did not
seem TO be greatly worried The Commissioner
pected a number in to-day from New Jersey and
the outlying districts Commissioner Edwards de-
MED that there had been any politics in the re-
leasing OF number Of contractors and the hiring
OF Bradley.
Trees and electric wires were heavy sufferers all
over the city and vicinity yesterday Branches and
twigs weighted down with ice were constantly
falling. many pedestrians having narrow escapes
The Police and Fire departments kept their line
men busy ell day the wires. as did the tele-
phone and telegraph companies
As the Sun cast its rays the trees with their
coating ice II made beautiful sight, especially
IN Central Park and Bronx Park. Automobiles as
they chugged through the parks seemed out of
place. 1t q great day for coasting. and the
younger people. especially in upper Harlem and
The Bronx where the hills steep and many,
had their fiji Of the sport
The hospitals had busy day. many bad falls
resulted the slippery walks The most seri-
ously injured were Donald P. Nolan. private at
Fort Totten vino fell at John and William streets
and was taken to Hudson Street Hospital suffering
from internal injuries. and Renhart Seth. of No
l15s East 1esth street, who was taken 10 Lebanon
Hospital from Lafayette avenue and Faie street
with q fractured skull.
One more death was reported during the day.
making two since the beginning of the storm The
body of Emanuel Brulto. negro COOK on the ship
Kenmore Eas found by passersby in a truck near
Pier :, East River. He had frozen to death.
has been beautiful snow" the thousands of
men out of work, whatever il and the ice which
o'ertopped Il may have appeared TO the unshod
horse and the hurried business yesterday. The
bread lines were not long the charitable
lodging houses full last night. because the snow
meant work for men removing il.
The lodging houses along Park Row and the
Bowery filed before o'clock One house near
Canal announced that coffee and rolls would
be served in the morning free, and several police
4 men helped the clerk accommodate the applicants
and turn away the overflow. Five hundred men
from The Bowery Mission bread line found employ
ruent IL che Street Cleaning Department yesterday.
An unusual number OF and children were
taken in at the Municipal Lodging House. thirty
women carrying eleven babies under three years
old TO fnd shelter there
Fifty thousand horses slipped and fell to-day on
the streets of greater New York" said Thomas F.
Freel, superintendent of the American Society for
The Prevention of Cruelty Animals Ten thou
sand of them met with such accidents below 14th
street. l have doubt It day of tireless
endeavor for every connected with that or
ganization the full force the society's inspectors
being alert to offer first aid horses in distress
There no statute ordinance Mr.. Freel said.
permitting society the driver or owner
smooth shod horse driven over slippery pave
meuts Il would be impossible, he added, to find
any uniform system of shoeing horses which would
be practicable for all weather conditions
Magistrate Barlow. in the Essex Market police
court imposed several fines of 81 and 2 on drivers
srresed for being fagrantly neglectful Of the CON
dition of their horses feet Il sorry can only
fine you 8, he said.
A feet Of steamers that had been held up by the
snowstorrn arrived here yesterday crusted with Ice
The big Atlantic Transport liner Minnehaha, which
called at Southampton take on passengers booked
for the American Line arrived of the pier Of the
latter company at $50 a m and for almost an
hour tussled with a northwest wind OF twenty
seven miles &c get into the dock Finally. with
the assistance OF eleven tugs she mastered the ice
and gale She is tho first transatlantic liner that
has had trouble with ice ip the dock this winter.
There was little difficulty with ice in the ferrT
slips as the frequent trips of the boats crushed
Sfa accumulated chunks. The wind made the har-
bor choppy and the customs officials had difficulty
.r climbing frosty ladder from the deck Of the
revenue cutter when boarding vessels their way
up from Quarantine.