New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
M'ADOO SEEKS MAYOR.
W4NT.S MORE P4TROLMEN.
Uould Widen Ffth-aue. to Prepent
Coneestion--Narro1cer Sidezcdtks.

Police Commissioner McAdoo held an important
conference with the Mayor yesterday WIN ie0'
euce To police conditions in the leioe' 90
elsewhere He also revealed himself as a socloiosl-
cal student - =; do
..7,,o congestion Of traffic in Fifth-ave- IS oe
plorable" said the Commissioner. ana u So -
be getting a little worse all the Tune ii'S'sau
- II is especially noticeable these days when
,he troroughfare is flled with Christmas shoppers
,,d she notice are holding up vehicular tafhc 10
make il safer for pedestrians soclol"sioai e"
son strangely enough Is responsible loI " 'ai =
mart Of the congestion l have closely "atcheu
FYfth-ave trafiic for more than a year, ana say
it without fear a successful challenge thaI 'i,e
average truck driver seeking diversion IS 4areelS
responsible for the congestion there
There seems 10 be q longing in the soul OF the
average truck driver for compamonship among TIE
wealthy. He plunges into Fifth-aVe-. ana We nave
no right TO put him out Start truck driver from
almost any part OF the town, and, IL he has norlh
OF south haul he. four times out Of five VIII steer
for Fifth-ave although he must know from preNl-
GUS experience that he will lose lot OF time oN
going there 7 have talked with truck drivers and
with their employers. and my suspicious have been
confirmed. I find that the average truck driver
she man who earns his bread by the sweat OF his
brow delights in wheeling his load Of merchandise
into the most fashionable promenade or the city
and exercising his legal. but hardly moral. rlsht
of blocking handsome carriages and automobiles
What is the remtdy?" the Commissioner was
asked.
20 get through an ordinance keeping trucks of OF
Fifth-ave. The attempt never has succeeded. Per
haps il failed out fear of the truck driver votes
The ONLY remedy suggest is the Wluenlh- o.
Ffftb-ave Well have to come 10 mat It's cost
will BE- tremendous. and thsre VII Dc opposlt on
hllt il st-ike: me that snail come around % II
rowed and moved back toward the building line
From fifteen TO twenty feet OF space could be on
fained in this manner, and then there Woulo ne
epace in the middle Of the street for lines OF swift
moving vehicles. while the curb sides WouLG De
used bv truck drivers in quest OF diversion Win
wider street the police would not have diffculty
in separating the traffic" ~
ulent?' Mr. McAdoo was asked
The only thing ! judge by, said the Conris-
sioner. is the number of complaints received no"
as compared with year ago. When l took once
about two hundred written complaints reached US
every day. To-day do not receive more than
I'VE or six day. I believe that the people are
convinced that trying to run things faith
fully and honestly.
What is needed 10 Improve the service?
An Immediate increase in the force. SAID me
Commissioner. We have application before the
Board of Aldermen for increase of four hundred
patroimen. That will cost perhaps. $4eApo1 year
IL we get the increase make a better record
We particularly need more men in The Bronx;
That section is growing very fast. and 1t would
grow still faster II the prospective residents felt
that there would be ample security for property
and person. Another thing greatly needed Is a new
central office The revised bids expected to be
within the s750000 appropriation. and we should
hsVe a central office in Ce1tre-st. within
eighteen months. I think the builders, once they
cause they can work from all sides of the build