The day after the end of a large storm that dumped fourteen inches of snow on the city, New York sleigh-riders complained that the extensive salting of Broadway, largely by the large theaters there concerned about access for their audiences, together with other snow-clearing, was ruining sleighing in the central part of the city. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Snow-Storm," New York Times, January 5, 1859, p. 1.
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