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Show SNOW IN OLDEN TIMES. What Ancestors of the Prenent New Yorkers llsit to Wade Through. President Acton, of the Bank of New Amsterdam, remarked a few days sinca to a jNew York World reporte that New Yorkers who complained f th snow on the sidewalks had no concep tion of the sort of winters that their elders struggled through. "Snow in the streets of New York in June," said Mr. Acton, "was a common sight, and at the time of tha great fire in '35 the snow was in the streets up to the middle of summer. In those days no attempts were made to clear the snow off in the less important streets, and it soon joined issue with the mud and formed a packed and frozen mass between be-tween the middle of the street and tho gutters. All of the teams with eavy trucks moved up and down certain streets which were under the especial patronage of the street department The small streets like Spruce, Frank fort and portions Pearl street wore not eveo disturbed by the department from the beginning of the winter to the end. The authorities at that time did not think it advisable to spend money in any such extravagant fashion as that' |