Show SNOW V AND RAIN MAKE NEW YORK STREETS A MODERN VENICE NEW V YORK Feb 20 Lower LoT Lower tl temperature tern tem this morning has brought measurable meas meas- relief to Now New Yo Yorkers Yonkers kers from a aspell aspell spell of about as diga disagreeable weather as has fallen to their lot in iu years rears Tho The I trouble started with yesterdays yesterday's early carly i snowfall on and became decidedly accentuated accentuated when a rise in temperature of often often often ten dc degrees rees about noon brou brought ht on a arain q rain that of ci itself was sufficient to flood tho streets and amid on OH top of the tho snowfall produced conditions that made the city's Cit'S streets for several hours resemble a n network of canals Cellars were flooded flooded flood floor ed b by hundreds water Kept out of the time sewers by dams darns of com combined snow and mud overflowed the sidewalks in innumerable places an and ma made o them im im- im- im passable At most points it was impossible even eyen evento evento to board hoar a trolley car without a thorough thorough thor thoro ough wetting wettin and anil carriages were at a a. premium B By midnight ht conditions were considerably relieved the rain bavin having ceased early in tho evenin evening after baring having bar hav in ing washed away may a goodly oo lly proportion of the snowfall According to tn Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner Crowell of the time street cleaning the thaw and ruin rain department probably saved the city a bill bilt of about for snow 1 as ns the contractors were not called out |