The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16
CITY STILL UNDER
BLANKET OF SNOW
Surface Cars Are Stalled, but It
Ia Hoped to Move
Them To-day.
COASTERS ARE JUBILANT
Park slopes Are Thronged With
Thousands, Old and Young,
Enjoying Day.

Winters grip on the city was not re-
came to aid the thousands Of snow re-
movers.
As II was Sunday and 5000. 900 big and
little Now Workers. could stay at home.
the blizxard's pinch was not felt 20 an
noynsly in transportation ~ In food de-
livery. Many households went without
milk or fresh bread. because the dairies
and bakeries found the going too dificult
for their delivery service. and. besides.
the few milk trains that came in from
Jersey and UP state were hours behind
time. Some improvement is promised for
to-day. but railroads. car lines. Street
Couldn't guarantee anything approaching
normal serv3ce because the weather 10
likely to be colder and snow removal will
tiArsfore Be delayed.
Despite all OF tho vexations hundreds Of
kh0tWsnds blessed the snow for the pleas
are II gave them and their children. There
hasn't been such coasting for years. nor
puch sleaghing. nor so many out Of door
opportunities for amusement.
Great Day fer Coastins.
In Rivereide Park there were almost a.
o,any grownups ~ little folk on sleds
eipplng down the hills. From Seventy
eeond street 70 Fort Washington Park
tie coasters were beyond count All
along tho drive mothers and fathers were
harnssssd to red and yellow sleds. draw
Ing tiny tyrants. Central Park was merry
With coasters. and the fun was high in
Aforninsside and other parks.
There was no autofhobiling in River
Side Drive Even the motor buses did
not attempt to buck the drifts. Motor
cars Of all kinds. even big iimousines.
stood abandoned all over town. most Of
them having been there since Saturday or
early yesterday, and there they will stay
until the street cleaners clear an outlet
for them. In Upper Broadway between
n1oth and 125th streets yesterday people
nut In cars were forced TO foot II to the
subway or to the elevated.
Everywhere. In parks and streets. there
were jingling sleiShbells. Probably there
hadn't been such good sleighing snow In
ten years. Two years ago there was a
heavy fall. but IL melted rapidly Yes
verday the snow was dry and crusty. Ten
pairs Of high steppers drawing sleighs that
new plumes and pennants passed Ninety
seventh street on the drive within NJ
teen minutes: In Central Park were
Scores Of sieighins parties. Broadway
end Fifth avenue were crowded with brisk
6trollers In the afternoon.
snow Removal Big Task.
J. S. Gunther Of the city's snow removal
U(iice ~ 500 Fifth avenue, summarized
last night what had been accomplished
toward getting the principal streets into
shape for the resumption Of traffic but
Mr.. Gunther made II plain that the re-
,nOval Job will be long and difYicuit
unless rain or jump in the temperature
helps to melt the snow.
Our main efforts In three boroughs.
Manhattan. The Bronx and Brooklyn.
were TO clear the principal thoroughfsres.
We had at work in the daytime iO.l0O
men. OF these the contractors furnished
$500 and We put on $500 regular and
s.sos emergency men. Tonight We are
using 500 more men. To-day we had
2.A00 vehicles at work in the three Dor
o,zghs removing snow and We add ESQ
vehicles tonight.
In Manhattan We concentrated In
Broadway and Fifth avenue. We have
Broadway fairly clear from Canal street
20 Convent avenue. Fifth avenue II par
aially clear and we have endeavored to
open the ferry streets"
Saturdays storm crippled Manhattan's
surface car service so badly that up To a
sate hour last night not much more than
half the street car lines were in full oper-
alton. 1t will probably be several days
before normal service Is resumed all over
the city.
The service OF the Third Avenue Rail.
NAY Company was almost paralyxed. No
cars were running north OF Forty-second
street. except between Sixty-fourth and
eeventy-second streets.
sweeDing Car stalled.
A street sweeping car was stalled on
the northtound track at Broadway and
6ixty-third street and three cars were
stalled in its wake.
The carr Of Twenty eighth and Twenty
nlnth street crosstown lines did not run
ut all yesterday. The Broadway and
Forty-second street line to tho Thirty
fourth street forty was running, but did
mot reach the ferry.
In Harlem the service was fairly good
although the Third and Amsterdam ave-
hue cars did not run north OF 12sth street
The Bronx lines did pretty well. but
with an irregular schedule and complete
Suspension OF service on the lsist street
crosetown line.
Little Improvement 10 expected by the
railroads for several days. Tho snowfall
clty. Tho crack trains Of the New York
Central were bulietined yesterday as from
ono TO three hours late. Similar delays
~ere reported by the Pennsylvania. Com
shutters from along tho Hudson, from
Sound cities and from Jarsey are certain
10 experience delays to-day. The Lscka-
wanna, Erie, Jersey Central and Pennsyl.
wanna roads had extra forces at work yea-