New-York tribune., 1905-06-27
rTTRR BROKERS R0PED IN.
limits SET IN BRO4D-ST.
Protest against Ne5c Conditions
Pushcart Men Hare Their Place.

Cur1 1lSThtls hcESNplctt ds IoOIlOOse III
.ts physical movements as 1t has been untram-
-,ered BIZ regulations of organization. passed
,rser the yoke OF captivity yesterday. No longer
he free company'-surging back and forth in
1,-os5st in front of the Broad-Exchange Build
.r the rattan OF the buildings special officer
- onlv curb TO their exuberance as the road
-, is the curb Of their trading activities.
Aortiug and as the spirit moved, scuffiing and
.sxlarking-the outside brokers yesterday
.houed in their chastened demeanor and their
grange ouietness q realizing sense OF the re-
GRANT which the strong arm has placed upon
,hern corralIIng them within hempen bonds on
:, oblang isle Of safety in the middle Of Broad
- and for greater security detailing two
haunted police officers TO keep watch and ward
over them The space which Commissioner Nc
ADM has reserved for the curb brokers is about
evenly feet wide and seventy-fve feet long, its
1ortberiy line being just south of the Broad
I-rcbsnge Building, the complaint OF one of the
tenants Of which led to the laying down of the
rev traffic rules by the Commissioner. This
space is cribbed and confined by ropes stretched
on iron standards, as at Union Square. the
junction of Broadway and 5th-ave. and other
points Of traffic congestion. and later it may be
cabined also, for the brokers would like an
awning over their heads protection against
the fierce rays OF the summer sun and the pelt-
ing OF the summer showers.
lust south OF the curb markets crib is a
similar corral. little narrower and q little
longer In wh.zh We're held yesterday in single
file fourteen carra of peanut aad candy Veuders.
ice cream sandwich and lemonade men, and
,rankfurter men fayorites OF fortune. for be-
sides these fourteen pushcart proprietors
we're allowed TO enter the confines Of the hnan-
cjsl district Il may have been dislike for the
odor Of frankfurt srs-an acquired taste-or II
nav have been an unworthy scorn for the COM
rauionshIr, Of the busy bees Of the Ghetto; but
whatever the reason. it was noticed that the
brokers Stunned the southernmost third Of their
allotted rectangls The pushcart men couldn't
have shown similarly shrinking spirit il they
had desired. for their rope alley was full
The brokers and the hucksters have been To-
Gated by police dispensation in the block OF
Broad-st between Exchange Place and Beaver
st On the block above extending from Wa-l-st
almost to Exchange Place, have been estab-
nshed the cab limits. the cabs standing two
abreast with just about room on each side OF
the street for a big sightseeing automobile 10
squeeze through between the cab reservation
and the curbstone.
The curb brokers are not taking kindly to Mr..
NcAdoos new plan. They declare that the space
allotted TO them T. CONSTRUCTED that they can
not move about quickly and easily as is
necessary IN their business. Those who were
least disgruntled consoled themselves in the
thought that ths situation would improve with
use. and that more room would be possible when
the repafrs to the pavement at this spot are
completed But most of the kickers are vigor-
Gus in declaring the arrangement futile They
say that general traffic IN Broad-st will be more
seriously interfered with than before. because
under the old system. when the brokers were
scattered about the street, they always got out
OF the way easily for vehicles, while now capS
and trucks and other vehicles have to pick their
way slowly through the narrow lanes leIt on
either side Of the roped-n spaces
he t-0 grievance
marrow Enclosure they cannot dc business as
fast as before. the result being that they lose
commissions thereby. One broker, who deals
in the Greene copper and gold stocks. found
that the market for the copper stock mad been
established at the upper end OF the lnclosure
while the gold stock was at the other seventy
five feet away. with a jam Of brokers, customers
and messenger boys in betw cen, which II would
require a flying wedge TO pierce. AS ne uedIS
in both kinds of stocks. he found himself losing
commissions continually because he cou4Qh l
move between The two markets fast enough.
Observers OF conditions in Broad-st. predict
that the establishment of the cab stand IN the
middle OF upper Broad-st-, where the grade IS
Steep will lead to many blockades because OF
stalled heavy trucks, especially in the winter.
It has been bad enough at this point mere
1ofore with the whole street open. out 1hose
who oppose the Commissioners arraIGeIleH'
say that the narrow lanes now left on either sloe
OF the street will make general traffic condltlohs
much worse there.
ST in company with Inspector OBrien late in
the afternoon, and walked up and down the
rome lines to observe the workings OF the new
plan He talked with the members Of the curo
committee about the conditions. and took occa-
sion TO introduce Mounted Sergeant John Mur-
ply 10 a number Of the brokers'
The nenb bers OF the curb committee tod the
Commissioner that they would like TO nave a
li-41e more room If il were possible, and the
C-or,r,issiooey said that as the pave
Inent was restored the north they would ger
twenty-five feet more The Commissioner told
The brokers that he had sent down some of bis
best men. and he hoped that the police and the
brokers would get along we'll together. He
was glad that ii had worked so WeH for lhe
first day.