New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-09
STREET STORAGE or TRICKS.


Colonel Warning has made some mistakes there
10y proving that he IS not too good for TINS "ol'''
and he has not yet been at the head of depart
mcnt which needed an immense amount OF rc'r-
ganizaton when he took hold Of 1t long enough
20 demonstrate conclnSivcly his fitness Tor me
place. But he has done some things exceedingly
WELL and one Of them is the correspondence 81
his office. There Is frank and refreshing quar-
ity in his public communications, ana this' lhuc
pcndcnty Of the action which they follow or lore
east, is considerable boon 10 a Jaded ana sohci-
tons populacc. Colonel Warning, in the perform
ance Of the eplSolary part of his duties sem yes
tcrday 10 the president Of the TruckmchS ASSo-
cation letter full of sound doctrine trllci'ousy
expressed. 1T seems 10 me-, he wrote, mat me
community is now splitting into two parties.
"thc owners of trucks on the one size ana tilc
crest Of the people on the other; ana the party
Of the second part do not propose to give up the
streets forever 10 be used for truck yards. any
more than 10 give them up for marble yards,
"box factories, cooper shops or lumber yards.
We suppose that Il large majority OF citizens
have always had this feeling about the matter;
but hitherto the authorities have assumed that
il was safer to give comparatively mild offence
70 the multitude than to make small minority
canankcrous and consequently the inalicnaDle
right Of all Ito free traffic. to free view and to
"a free sweep of mir over clean ana unoDstruct-
"cd surface" has been stolen.
Even in this long misgoveincd town there mas
never been a more generally Objectionable De
stowal Of n special privilege. The skid is m
abominablc nuisance, but In defence or tho SKID
It can be said with show Of reason that without
such device business could not be conveniently
transacted in most parts Of the city; New-lOrk-
ers Of the present day being the victims OF their
proccntors folly \ city without alleyways ami
rear entrances has Ia make some concessions TO
the necessity Of getting merchandise into and out
Of warehouses; The use Of the skid has grown
into gross abuse to he sure, but 1t cannot Do
abolished all M once For the storage OF Trucks
In the streets. on the other hand, there Is no OK
cuSe Whatsoever in public necessity or con
vcnicncc 1t Is simply an arrangement by whi'h
few avoid paying rent at the expense OF all the
rest II greatly Increases the difficulty of clean
ing the streets, in addition TO obstructlns them
and rln circulation Of air through them, and It
makes them hIcouS 10 behold 1t IS perfectly
safe to say that if the practice had never been
known here the individual who should now ap
ply for the privilege would be universally regard
Ell an example OF SiulH|Wl"u> iu'"''''' W as
incurahc lunatic
II NAV be fairly inferred from his letter 10 inc
truckmcn that Colonel WarinS has made up MS
mind To- wage a grim and relentless war against
ihi, luSty and growing nuisance. He has not
begun II too soon and he cannot Keep II UP 100
por>istcnily If anything that we have said Sus
costs 4 mood Of cyacgcration. we regret II, Tor
This IS not trivial matter about which good cl'i-
z,ns can afford - be complacent There may De
difficulty IN realizing Immediately III" magnitude
Of the owl - gradually has II reached iS pres
cni proportions. but The Commissioner who not
only sees what s;arcs everybody In the face hu'
also has full means ~ knowing officially how
great IN obstacle it puts in his way. does not
state the case too strongly II the splitting
process, To which he refers the trlck-ownerS on
onr side and The rest of The people on IN" othcr
is not We, complete, IT ought 10 he accelerated by
Colonel Warnings letter.