New-York tribune., 1912-01-13
THREE STORMS JOIN
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course, which brought it to . degrees
above zero at / o'clock and ! At o'clo'H.
Storm from Three Directions.

course. which brought it to . degrees
above zero at o'clock and : at o'clo"6.
Storm from Three Directions.
Whatever is in store for New York to-
day is coming To IT. from three different
! sections Canada, the Mississippi Valley
/ and the Great Lakes and from the
| neighborhood Of Cape Hatteras. All
three were enjoying partially developed
| bizzards yesterday, and the weather
man says that New York will surely
catch one and probably all three to-day.
! At that IL isn't expected at the Weather
Bureau that any cold or wind records
will be broken. but It was fully expected
that to-day would be the coolest day
New York has had this season.
Wesley NJ OIer, president Of the
Knickcrbockcr Ice Company. said 1T
wasn't very cold yet, around Now York.
| The Hudson River, he said, showed only
from two TO six inches Of ice so far this
winter. and the company does not begin
10 cut ice until IL reaches thickness of
from ten 10 thirteen inches. Six weeks
Of real winter ahead, however. th" ice
company president said. mace them feel
that thcr" would be- ice enough before
the season was over.
Commissioner Edwards of the street
Cleaning Department told the contract
ors who hay, the job of snow removal
shortly before noon yesterday that ne
wanted them 10 he ready 10 start ln on
the work by ] o'clock Pning gangs
were rounded up and that part OF the
work started on time, thougr the snow
was still falling AT that time.
At the same time the Bureau II
Weights and Measures began to measure
and certify the carts and wagons in
which tn" hauling will begin to-day.
! 4. f. Gunthcr. superintendent Of snow
removal. figured that the fall was about
three inches mp To ! o'clock yesterday
afternoon. and he thought that the reg
! ular twcnty-ouc inspectors of the
Weights and Measures Bureau. together
with Tn sixty-thrcr additional special
| inspectors hired To measure and check
the snow hauling carts, would have their
Wurl. finished before this morning. That
! viii mean that there viii bC no delay IN
, starting the snow moving this morning.
Commissioner Edwards said that th"
work was going smOOthly-nO labor
! troubles. 40 strike in sight. either for
ward or backward, and every one on the
/ job with good running start II was
mentioned at the Commissioner Office
! that Il few OF the recently engaged street
! cleaning workers, who moved in when
| the former city employees were out ON
strike, deserted Yesterday when the cold
/ made their job unpleasant, but the num-
/ bcr wasn't large enough 10 worry tho
/ Commissioner.
| The big trains from the West wCra
! generally reported a little late, running
/ in some cases 10 as much as an hour,
| but where these trains were behind the
schedule the railroad reports were that
| they had been delayed more by the bliz-
yards in the nciGhborhood of the Great
| Lakes than by the comparatively small
[ storm around New York Further proof
along this line came with the statements
| from the various railroads that their
suburban trains were keeping up 10
| schedule.
The New York Association for lmprOy
! ing the Condition Of the Poor sent out an
appeal for funds to meet the increased
/ demands for assistance caused by IN"
severe weather. The requests for food.
clothing and coal have almost doubled
since the severe weather set in, and the
association has been called upon TO help
an unusually large number Of families
| upon whom dispossess notices have been
served within the last week.
Kansas city. Mo. Jan. l2.-Relicf from
| the low temperatures which have prevailed
over Iowa, Nebraska. Missouri, Kansas
and Oklahoma Is In sight The weather OBJ
server here issued statement tonight
that beginning tomorrow II would be
warmer In the affected district. II is rain
ing In the Northwest and the storm centre
IS turning this way
vicinity were broken to-day. In Kansas
! city the mercury stopped at ~ degrees
below. BY o'clock tonight II had rlsen
however and the reading at that hour was
! degrees below.
In Kansas train service west Of Topeka
IS still badly demoraliZed. Tho Santa Fe
road is detOurng its California trains by
way OF Wellington and Amarillo, Tex Four
Santa Fe trains are held between Syracuse
and Dodge City. Another Is still tied up
at Kingsley. According To railroad reports
the passengers are being well cared for
and II is probable the trains will be moved
tomorrow.
Louisville. Jan l2.-The cold wave that
swept the Middle West earlier in the week
extended its grasp southwark until to-day
Il reached the Gulf in all It's fury. Light
snow fell in New Orleans for the first time
in years. Tonight the thermometer Is con-
tracing all along the Gulf coast
The wave has been rushed south by
north wind blowing about twenty-five miles
an hour, which will help materially in fore
ing the thermometer to zero In Tennessee
AT least. and to points lower than for years
further south, according to predictions to-
night.
Even though zero has not been reached,
there has been much suffering owing 10 un-
preparedness OF inhabitants of the South
against cold. Charitable organizations in
the larger cities are taxed TO the limit I'm
aiding the poor.
DIX AGAINST REPEATING LAW.
NIhap,. Ian 10 Hfforts IN renoal tho ncuv