New-York tribune., 1891-02-15

storage warehouse The present gcnera''oh mas
bcen brought up to believe that the downtown u
;dov,Iks arc maintained for the purpose oi
nromo,inc hurdle races from Broadway TO the
fer,ies skid, are a perpetual nuisance. con-
cunning time imperiling me shnS oil Wd!!dIcI''
doGl;rg iboi, ,aiment and eXacerbatlhg 'hclf
,onrors Rut de,eSt and condemn them aS we
- :, ,,us+ bo confessed that New orN was
laid ON, with such ingenious folly aN to make
them almost necessary adJunctS ana Implements
of trade. We have very few rear aile1S' anu
hence goods must get into ana our % 'ie ''ioi'
across The sidewalks. The evil douo'!e'N ""s"'
he mitjgatcd. and doubtless VIII ne d' So'i'e IT,
moto epoch in the development OF the neCfoPo-
II. . but il has some present excuse III the ne
cossitjes of business The trucks which Ell,
crubcr the streets from nighuall to dawn S'ahu
in no such relation TO the natural ordef oi 'hlnsS'
According to the report which stirred Mr'
Gilroy 10 action. there are l',OoV vi '"e'c
varton trespasseis below Fifty -nin'h-S''' anu
~ mast i,ritatinp reflection which they suggest
i tba, = large proportion Of their owners wax
Cat in Now-York but multiply and pay taxes III
%o,,. I,,sav and On Long Island. These seven
,oor tbousand vehicles must average ten 1eet IN
ror,,b from which it follows that if put in
contact ond on. they would reach to distance
of thirty-threc miles. II must occur ~ '"''
ubioIitous personage who has come down 10 us
from hoaIy past and whose progeny Will
normcatc the ilmtablc future. 10 W.T. lhe
casual observer, that an area thlrty-thlee miles
I,r, and from f,ur to six feet wide Is con-
.;dor,hlo cy.cnt O. public territory to be occu-
,,;od rcnt free during ten hours out OF every
.,rortv four The casual observer, we say, can
.oorcolv fail TO be impressed. if only he VIII
oopsep, to absorb the facts OF the case. And
commissioner GiIrovs initial distinction and SER
vice arc that he has at least done something 10
+ rostan attention upon this easy and inexpensive
! swinde. ,,...
It. Is sail that about sixty thrifty ana prudent
citizens have obtained permission from the
Vayor and Common Council to store their trucks
at the expense OF the community mere j.
J,,,h, os ~ tho validity of this bcncvlcncc but
Il iS generally admitted that the rest OF the
II 900 haven't a shadow OF right 10 'he PRIV,
Ipce which they enjoy. 1t Is 1urlherh'"ic S"l'
that Mr.. Grant has resolGtcly refused 10 faul!
any further distribution OF Aldcrmahic po"n'!
in This line II this is true. 1t Is much L" MS
credit for the Mayor is not particular bn' ON
. general sufferer from the nuisance Nlncc J. Is
| ,o,oin that ~ trnckmln 'baS eyer been 50 hold
rs +, c1nfscatc onc-third Of the street III lroN
of Iii, lIonor'> door. The MAYOR often SIPS
away from us when we think we are sure ol
him as witness hi, strictly incoGnlto Visit t'
Bo,,on and hi. subsequent devotion TO the troll
lev system: and therefore it is hazardous ia
assume that he will help Mr. GiIroy fight 'hl'
hattie through TO glorious victory. Buf he ha'
inst returned from vacation in condition %
vicor and comb,tircnc>>. and We hope he W"
feel inspired to lead charge against the trucks
in person. They wc not like Don QuiA't t'
windmill. They will vanish al once on proc
that he means business.