New-York tribune., 1922-01-29
Blizzard Hits
City, Sweeps
Middle Coast
45- Mile Hour Gale
Piles Up Snow rs 1000
Begin Clearing Streets;
f3-!nch Fall Predicted

a snow storm which had been NOV
ing up tho coaet from Capo Ifattcras
slncc Thursday, burying citics. paralyz-
ing railroads and mpcl]ling chipping,
struck Ncn York yesterday afternoon.
The Carolinas were swept by record
breaking snowfall on Thursday; Yir-
gnia Uas the next to be invaded, and
Norfolk yesterday was harried by snow
and a fifty -fourrnile gale, which piled up
prodigious tide and flooded parts Of
the city. Maryland and Delaware, the
storm TOOK in It's stride, leaving Bait
more and other cities houndcring in
drifts
Washington Vas TWO feet deep in
snow by noon. 1t had fallen all night
and not b train left the capital from
midnight until 8 4. m. Streetcar traffic
was halted Automobiles werc abau-
doned in the streets by hundreds. Gov
crnment bureaus were closed because
employees could not reach them, and
only bare working majority was pres
cnt III Congress.
Philadelphia reported sll New York
trains on tho Pennsylvania system
south of the city were stormbound, the
snowfall averaging eighteen inches.
Strong Wind With Snow
Early in the afternoon the brisk
south wind which was blowing here be
gan to let snowhakcs sift down. The
temperature was high, and the wind.
although strong, was not SO fierce as it
mad been earlier in tho day, though hit
thug q forty-fivc- clip Off Sandy
Hook last night
lhc snowfall promised to bc heavy
one. The local Weather Bureau would
not risk y prophecy, but said that it
Was possible that the snow might reach
depth cf eighteen inches before tho
storm ceased. The Street Cleaning Dc
pertinent prcparad for the heaviest
storm CT tho winter and regarded the
prospect with cquanimity.
were better prepared for th;s
storm than any IN years. said an
official Of she department.. "yNc have
no labor troubles traAic is light or
Saturday afternoon and Sunday and
we have moro men available than
usual.
'Nc put $40 pieces of rolling stock.
consisting Of plows, trucks and
swecpers. at work at o'clock In the
Afternoon. and vii. work these with
the regular force Of men ali night. All
machinery WAS in readiness and VIC
have regular force Of 1000 men. all
OF whom we're notified to go on the lob.
TN fifty one sections il Manhattan.
twelve in the Broux and forty in
Brooklyn we are prepared 20 cmplov
1000 extra men II we can get them.
We will be able to get large number
to-day, probably 5000 or 10000, be-
cause on Sunday many men regularly
employed on other Jobs report TO US
tor an extra days work
Run Plows All Nigh,
The piows Will be kept running
all night over regular routes, which
means that the snowfall must indeed
be heavy il IT. gets the better Of US
Ash trucks and other trucks were rut
to work at once removing tho piles
swept up by sveopcrs and thrown up
by plows.'
All trucks, including those carrying
TIE mails, were experiencing delays and
difficulties lust night. With snow still
falling. A point in favor OF such sur
face traffic as was moviug is that I,
large part of such traffic is removed
from the streets over thc week end.
Truck and auto traffic WAS reported
from the Fifth Avenue signal towers
to be unusually light. The hurrying,
binding nature OF the storm was keep
Continued ntat psge)