The New York herald., 1922-02-16
10000 Men by Hard Work
Clear Way for Home
Bound Workers.
RIVER AND HARBOR HIT
Ferry Service Delayed and
Many Liners Anchor in the
Lower Bay.

A storm which began at 4 o'clock
yesterday morning covered the city
with six inches of snow. and in its
early hours gave indications of de-
veloping into a blizzard. Streets were
blocked, surface cars delayed, and it
was noon before the Department of
Street Cleaning had the streets fairly
clear for traffic. A force of 10000 men
and 31S pieces of apparatus labored
continuously all day and into the
night
In tie morning rush hours a strain
was put on the subways, particularly
in The Bronx and the Washington
Heights sections. Brooklyn trolley
cars poked along, horses fell on the
tracks, and delays were general. In
Staten Island some of the city's troll
for several hours.
No serious accidents were reported.
The wind was not high in this city. but
along the coast 1t swept at great
strength. Atlantic City reporting fifty
two miles an hour.
The snow removers were just begin.
ming to win in the battle when the snow
switched to rain, and this hardened to
sleet. which fell for several hours. An
other turn late in the afternoon brought
the snow back again. Alfred A. Taylor.
Commissioner of Street Cleaning, said
last night his men had fought a good
battle.
Homebound crowds in the afternoon
found the going practically unobstructed.
but the sleet was uncomfortable.
Ferries Are Delayed.
Trains arriving at the New York Gem
trail and Pennsylvania terminals were
on time but ferry service was somewhat
delayed.
The thick snow and SECT obscured the
course or pilots in charge of transatlan-
tic and other liners from Quarantine to
their docks yesterday morning. holding
up for several hours the White Star
steamship Olympic. which expected to
land her passengers early in the morn
ing. but did not reach her pier until
afternoon; the Adriatic, from a Medi-
terranean cruise the French liner
Rochambeau, from Harve, and the Span
ish Royal Mail steamship Leon XIII.
Several liners anchored in the bay
rather than risk mishap.
Clearing operations in Fifth avenue
were aided by sweepers of the Fifth
Avenue Coach Company. and along the
surface car routes sweepers of the trac-
ton companies operated. Before IL
o'clock practically all streets In the
Madison. Park. Lexington and Third
avenue districts had been cleared. Mid
town Manhattan, along Forty-second
street. received first attention and was
clear, except for snow piles at intervals.
Reports from New Jersey told of
heavy snowfall and early morning de-
lays. The State Highway Department
sent plows over main highways and
had them clear by the time the rain
began. Early delays in train service
were reported on the Newark branch
of the Erie Railroad.
In Harlem no attempt was made to
maintain schedules in surface car SER
vice. In The Bronx 1,400 men were
put to work with $40 sweepers and $50
drivers. Twenty five plows were sent
out in the first hour
In Brooklyn emergency crews of the
B. r. r. and the Brooklyn City Rail-
road began early to clear the tracks.
and there was no delay on the c'evated
lines. Michael Laura, Deputy Commits
sioner of Street Cleaning, who nas been
ill, got out of bed to direct the removal
work Thousands of office workers
throughout the city were delayed get
ting to their places of employment.
The snow was deeper on Staten
Island than previously this winter. The
municipal trolley line between st.
George and Richmond was tied up by
heavy drifts between and o'clock,
and remained so for several hours. The
line connecting st. George and Silver
Lake continued to operate at Intervals
of forty-five minutes. The shore lines
of the Richmond Light and Railroad
Company operated practically at nor
NAL.