The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-14
Come From Hatteras and
Great Lakes With Snow
and Gales.
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT,
SAYS WEATHER MAN
Felher>ton Unable to Mus
ter Enough Street Cleaners
Horses Suffer Much.

Horses Suffer Much.
Tho phenomenal autumn storm bloeked
he national forecast from Washington
BIZ more than an hour. AZ 1850 p. NJ.
II came through. II prophesies snow for
thi. day. followed by clearing skies.
II may he colder tonight. Tomorrow
should he fair. with northwesteriy guies,
diminishing In the afternoon or evening.
\ great big storm, located or Cape
Hatteras on Sunday afternoon, entered
INTO conspiracy with another storm
hen located over tho great lakes. and
together they fixed up plot to descend
with all their united violence and see
Just how uncomfortable they could make
Sew York city yesterday and last night.
They made all the arrangements be-
iorcAand and then In concerted action
;hey piled down upon this town early In
,Ee morning. Working hand In hand
,e,y hurled currents of wind. which blew
,s 'l,t as s!xty-two miles an hour they
dropped snow and then So tha; things
would be Thoroughly uncomfortable un-
oerfoo,. they followed that up with tor
.,a;s oc rain, and then resor;cd again
70 suow
Their efforts have won Tor the storm a
..dce ~ the Weather Bureau records as
the worst late autumn storm on record.
for winter does not bcstn officially until
december %. Worse than all. al mid
l.gat the Weather Bureau held ou, no
Encouragement for fair weather to-day
or soon. The snowfall a. that time was
trihe over three inches. but by morning
'He Weather Bureau sharIs thought il
would be at least six inches.
The combination-snow first then
rain, then snow-dre nch.d the town IN
heavy, soggy uncomfortable slush. made
walking difficult and unpleasant. I'M
peded traffic. interf.red with the SUD
way, caused numerous accidents amt
blocks. The suburbs suffered worse Than
he sreater city, except possibly from
slush.
Blows 81 Miles m Hour.
The wind at midnight was fortN-nv.
miles an hour, with frequent gusts. when
II blew fifty-hve miles. 1t caue from
ne northwest. The coalition of the two
great storms passed its centre over the
city at 8 o'clock in tn. afternoon. and
I was then the wind attained it's great
est velocity-siXty-two miles an hour
The storm swept the Atlantic coast
from virginia 10 Maine. and reached in-
and for several hundred miles. Tele-
pAore sud telegraph lines through the
district suffered severely because of the
great weight Of sleet which bent them
iowu. Strained by this weight, the higii
Winds 'pmhl-d them over easily The
p roads had a hard time Of IL.
N.Ierr Cleaning Commissioner John
F'tn-rston issued a call for his
me- sru.y itborers early In the after
COW, but be had difficulty in rounding
f'u up. iis plans called for $4,000
ne'sency iaborers. 10 be divided into
Nr"c equal shifts, but his first call only
0't',d 1900 men, The Commissioner
.rpiy appealed 70 the police TO aid
" IN ce'tins the men on his lists out
'He'r warm homes.
Policemen. armed with many addresses. |
." sent on their beats with instructions
m Hotifv personally The men. At s
'c,osi the Commissioner did not have
Tough for one full shift, but ne put
nos" men AZ work, augmented by regular
r'1ners Of his department They con-
tneir efforts to the main crossings
'r' chief lines Of traffic. The heavy
. .s1 made snow shoveling unusually
'@t'y work, man would throw a
vNe.ful toward a wagon and more than |
#, o' II would fall from his shovel, IL
's 20 llquid.
~" Commissioner and his stafr ex-
''''s' t1 he on the job all night, but
midnight the indications were that
itI j. comes time for the town to go
'" work THIS morning not much impress
N'r '.l have been made on the snowfall. |
Horses suffer Intensely.
~ h1rses. upon whom every such !
''o u falls hardest. suffered Intensely !
Yesterday. The wagons pulled hard. and !
nAans turns skidded in the oozy
~ 'hu lie, driving sleet into the faces |
' 'A, drivers. made many Of them im- /
a'aut, and they vented their temper
IN c'r nimals.
Downtown police stations wer. besieged !
daF 10y truck drivers who had lost
tE1.- and teams Most OF them came I
". peers along the rivers. In nearly /
very of-e the trucks were located, but /
q ." we've still lost at midnight
lr police AZ the Brooklyn Bridge had
? HJ't time during the homeward /.
.-. tnUdItons on the rails caused /
I.'r car congestion, and the Brook
AIrN trains, always 10
-ra..ir. had extra passengers to handle
Trucking ou inc bridge was slow, and
AIDED ZOO delaying the trolley cars. I'm /
rIG crowds caused a general slowing .
.. ~ the subway and there were three |
,sp. lowut wn due TO short circuits
ON" Of the accidents was caused by |
p leak in the subway roof near the |
ErD1tyu Bridge. Repair gangs tried 70
lde H. but could not without turn |
- hir the power between the bridge |
'ni Eeadr street This was al 8 o'clock.
a. 'e height OF the rush.
T.' frs, trouble occurred at o'clock
m tae northbound local track when
prr of the contact shoes Of train
grpgr led. The slightest movement |
aus"d a brilliant electrical display,
, Iowers of sparks and explosions. The
r.n was unloaded without the pas
'"'F"rs becoming unduly frightened.
A'01l ilng 10 A. l.. Merritt. supcrin-
Z dent ~ traffic. the local northbound
ps were held up for about twenty |
4t's while an attempt was made
1d the trouble. Al o'clock, how
''.. The nurthbound express trains be-
f'0e afected at about the same spot
30 pr1bahly from the same cause. II
"as eded to cut off the power at tho
'-,'ation which controls that part Of !
's subway between Brooklyn Bridge |
Continued on Last PdoS.