New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-29
TRUCKS OFF FIFTH AVE.
McAdoo to Free 1t from Them and
Cruising Cabs.

Commissioner McAdoo said Yesterday that he
had abandoned his idea Of a week ago to have
FIfth-avc widtuod and lrate@1 e. that would
forbid the rs. Of that thoroufhfare to trucks and
business vehicles from a N = m The new
order OF things VIII INTO effect rs soon as
the details Of the plan nave been WORKED our
by the Commissioner. l. VII require an increased
number Of mounted police. and about fifty days
VIII be consumed in irai2ng mon and horses Not
only VIII business traffic he stopped but an end
Is to he put to cruising cabs, sad Nj McAdoo
yesterday:
The situation IS and has been for long time
Eigi 80 - e--i,,esI,f measures should be
taken relieve the situation. winch Is not only
Serogs The chef detail Ct my plan viii TO
Emit tho delivery of coal and ice. AHc"Irg SuGGn
traffic ia F,ftn-dve only before n clock in the
morning and after o'clock al night. TRUCKS ana
other heavy vehicles will he EXCLUDED except when
having TO make such delivery viii lot be ef9lttso
street nearest to his destination and will not
thus block the lighter tramc more than IS aoSo-
nav fully satisfied myself Of my power to en-
Charter gives me fun power believe, TO DO this
Ny mail this morning vas tuJi Of le1ters on ~
nearly all The others werc Enthusiastically in favor
of Il l. c Weir president OF the Adams EX-
press Company. has written to ne protesting
against the exclusion of the wagons Of his com,
problem would adjust itself without the IadiCai
action I purpose TO take. He suggests tnaI We
as
a cab is allowed 10 enter The Strand only WIN =
fare and TO leave as soon as that fare IS dropped
bnsn nS sd2R nsf s sS6 KEEP Out Of the
This Will be great a hardship TO the truck
men at first appears for on Madison and SKIN
ayes we viii probably place street signs bearing the
nearest house number in Fith-aVe. Most OF the
traffic will OF be Diverted TO either OF these
avenues. preferably Sixth-ave
In Mr. Weir's letter certain statistics were quoted
to show that express wagons and trucks formed
much smaller percentase Of the Fifth-ave traffic
than had been shown. According to 4 count which
all kinds passed a given point in one day and of
these $500 were pleasure vehicles. nearly one
half the total. a similar count said 70 have been
made two years showed total Of less than
$500 vehicles Of all kinds and much smaller total
OF pleasure vehicles. In commenting this state
ment Mir. McAdoo said:
This statement shows. think that even the
jhlng OF value. The problem can pe solved ana II
will be the satiSfa CtiOn OF the public. IT Will
take at least ffty days 10 get the machinery Tor
this new departure in working order. Every morse
and man we now have in the department IS being
used. and il viii take more than hundred new
one hundred and thirty horses, but what is most
needed is a school where the horses and men may
be educated. ! wish | could get some retired cav
airy officer to lick them into shape.
Most of the merchants of the city have no fault
to find with Commissioner McAdoo's plan for a re-
strcted Fifth-ave. They say that since the trade
in Fifth-aVc is principally carriage trade the
thing possible for FIfth-ave. merchants Below
Fortysec0nd-st Fifth is business street but
long maui traffic which has been blocking Fifth
ave is most detrimental and they welcome the
st, in London. the Rue de Ia Paix Of Paris and
the Friedricbstrasse of Berlin as thoroughfares
SIMILAR to Fifth-axe where no heavy trucking
mas ever resulted from the exclusion.