New-York tribune., 1902-02-18
STARTS CLEANING EARLY
WOODBURY. BEGINS REMOE
No BEFORE SNOW STOPS.
sTARTLES OLD HEADS OF DEPART
vFNTS BY INNOVATION-SEvE
THOUSAND MEN TO
WORK TO-DAY.

NCAh Ap-DA1-
Major woodbury. Commissioner of Street
CLEANING, introduced an innovation yesterday
v-ben he started cleaning the streets before the
storm showed any disposition to abate Here
-os7re. the Commissioner says, il has been the
custom when d storm started in the morning TO
wait until the last fake had fallen before begin
mig lis removal. In the twenty-four hours
ending this morning over six thousand men were
employed in removing the snow in Manhattan
alone. Several hundred were employed in Brook
IvD and an equal number in The Bronx Yester-
sav afternoon 1900 contractors men and 4O7
trucks we're busy removing the snow below
Tuenry-tHird-st-; 500 men and 100 trucks were
A. work in Harlem. and 1 80 Of the regular
sweepers of the department We're clearing the
crosswaIks. Last night 1000 contractors men
were engaged in piling the snow to be removed
to-day. Every available truck and cart viii be
messed into service this morning removing the
snow that was piled last night Ma jor Woodbury.
hoped 10 obtain as many as 1000 trucks Within
five CT SIX days he IS confident that the last
vestige os snow Will have been removed from
the principal thoroughfares.
N VIOLATION OF ALL PRECEDENT.
y vas told this morning that it would be use
less n pile or remove the snow while IL was
still descending" said the Commissioner. The
old hands in the department told me that it was
IN violation Of all precedent. It seemed very
clear 10 me. however. that the more snow we
removed to-day the less there would be TO worry
Us tomorrow. and ordered that the men get
TO work The result is that even now many Of
the streets are fairly well cleared of snow. af-
fordinE a big relief 10 traffic"
Major Woodbury. called up the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company on the telephone. and
was informed that that company had five fat
cars removing the snow from Fulton-st that
six cars would he at Broadway ferry at o'clock
last night 10 remove the snow piled there during
the day. and that the number of fat cars would
be doubled al midnight and kept at work until
this morning
Good said the Commissioner. That's the
kind Of news 7 like to hear. That fat car
scheme is a capital one. and IN glad you are
beginning 70 use them
REMOVING SNOW IN FLAT CARS
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company is re-
oUired. according 10 an arrangement with the
CITY. 70 clean Fulton-sL, Broadway, Graham
ave. and Third-ave. In addition to the fat cars
they had so men and Is trucks at work in Full
tOn-sL, "a men and II trucks IN Broadway, and
q corresponding number in Graham and Third
sves The Street Cleaning Department had II
trucks and about 100 men in JoraIemon-st., 20
trucks II Myrtle-avc-, working down TO Fulton
st. and 26 trucks in sands-st. at Navy-st
The subject Of moving snow fat cars on
ne street railroad tracks was suggeCted to the
Metropolitan company by the Commissioner,
and President Treelard said that the idea was
good one, but that he had no such cars. He
promised 70 get some before the next storm.
A similar suggestion was made TO the New
York Central n regard to cleaning up Hudson
4 ana E-eyenth-aye, and also the neighborhood
o. the s. Johns Park terminal. which is badly
eoages1ed- The company Immediately ordered
Dut some hopper coal cars for the WORK. 1t was
Promised that they would be at work in the
morning They could not start sooner because
o. a scarcity OF cars. II is intended 10 run the
ears up 10 Spuyten Duyvil, and 70 dump there
hto the river
Commissioner Woodbury. visited the snow
Office early, and then made a trip TO Brooklyn
70 see how things were moving there
Snow Inspector William s Clark said last
4ght:
Our work to-day was confined TO DiIng snow IN
EettlnS forces IN shape for the work tomorrow.
w employed the department men in Broadway uH-
Z. IL 80 0 clock his morning. and had go depart
on f5e last falling fakes We at least got the work
At 12.3o o'clock We put the city men on their ash
aaa gar5age work, put meanwhile Contractor John
partn7ent sGu5eete The 5ar ~ NE --S co1trafo- I-
pai1 . cents an hour. don't know what the con
tractor pays his employees. Besides the extra men
engaging about one hundred trucks for that dis
After got carts work we mad 10 pay especial
attention 70 opening up for traffic the streets
leading 70 the dumps. and that a trying task
The best showing for the day was made in what
is known the business district. from Canal-sr
downtown 10 the Battery. About three hundred
trucks hired for work IN that section IN the
afternoon, and tonight we have about seven hun
ared vehicles carting in different districts Of
the city.
The work below Fourteenth-st- IS being carried
or tonight, and shall stop until o'clock IN
the morning. During the day hired five hun
ored extra men for piling shOveling and loading
Nhi!e the department regulars were mostly kept at
work upoL the cross walks. The regulars number
L59 men. Tomorrow the department hopes TO
have four thousand carts ar work and sany
men 20 load them. and this force Of city employees
vii be reinforced by the contractors men. I
expect that the total number Of laborers then n
gagged tn getting off the streets VIII be
Tar rom seven thousand
i appears 70 the present time that Il VIII
take five six days of hard work to get the main
Streets practically clear Of snow.