New-York tribune., 1908-07-21
HUSH, NOW, L[TTLEC[TY
SOFT PEDAL GOES DOWN.
Bingham Says Real Quiet Mast
Come Slo1rly;; Jolt Would Hurt.

All hai the car Of noiseless
Mhsss % guard sGrs a eabs s1 s0f the %p Silence sasy
From honks and boots unnecessary
No whistles horns o hawkers yells.
No bugieS. babies cries or bells
The tin pans piauiss;'s'o-
Ties and socks longer scream.
Where's hand or hurdy-gurdy
learss drown out yonder biroies
strangers ask ..And who S dead7
The sily.s silence .,"t.xe weighs nss ss,ee eeA'
There have been massacre
L'ENvor
But Bingham says it's just fad
To the town from going Ea1
New Workers OF noisy temperament are 'o "o
so,.has gradually rather than smothered at once
Commissioners Bingham says. TO bring peace A"e
quiet TO this Of jumping nerves Inc i
test of the anti-noise crusade which pesah ses'e.
day VIII come toward the end OF the week TOT
Just now the police have been ca"Honou ~ b
slowly in making arrests
You can't put the soft pedal down on a p's 'o"i,
like New York with a sudden ooli ina' ""
hurt said the Commissioners. "fouSe eot 10 ou
II GRADUALLY and educate the people up 10 1ne 1f'
of keeping quiet. There have been only a ie" az
rests so far but more than expected
1.here is hardly any definite law on the sub1ect-
General Bingham said. and it WAS also marc hof 'o
police to decide between reasonable ano propei
noises and unreasonable noises that should De
.,,n,-essed He said the question OF fat wheels on
streetcars was one for the Public Service COM
mission to decide. But boys with tin cans NOISY
chaufreurs yelling hawkers. bands ana huroy-
,,,,a,es which become too familiar. unnecessary
blowing Of factory and steamboat whisues the Pc
culiar cry Of the scissors grinder the yeiins OF
carriage bsrkers at theatres and hotels, the cries
of extra night. whstiing peanut roasters. olo
slo, hooters and kindred torments would finally
be hushed or stamped out
II was sleigh bells in the good old summer
rlye r-kzev,p In
Levine. of No 60 Henry street, was aHalgneo De-
fore him for making unnecessary noise in the East
Side streets early yesterday morning He had a
string of sleigh bells hung around his horses neck
and it was Jingle bells. Jingle bells all the way
along.
WHY did you have those sleigh bells on your
horse?" asked the magistrate.
We'll Judge" replied the prisoner, Il got tired
and hoarse holiering my wares, and so suosu-
suited the bells"
Il will Jet you go thfs time young man; bur re-
member that sleigh bells are mean. only for the
winter time You had better hang them up until
then
You could hear him than two blocks
away" was the way IN which detectives OF the
l52d street station intimated III the Harlem court
.ha, ABE" Sciencie, barker at Fort George, was
breaking silence. He was standing out In front
of scenic railway the detectives said. and
yelling Ike this: The greatest ride ever Come
one come al. and enjoy a new sensation!F
Little did he think that his gentle refrain would
bring the new sensation to him. AS he had nothing
10 saw Magistrate House fined him dollar. which
he paid.
Two pushcart men arrested IN Fort George
avenue and fined 50 each. Four barkers al Fort
George were discharged by Magistrate Cornell, who
observed that, considering the prevailing racket"
Fort George, the yells Of few stanokeepers
could not add much 10 the general discomfort in
Its neighho-hood.
There is hardly a district In the city apparently
which is not afflicted with more OF the
nerve racking noises put under the police
bsn. 1t is surprising how many ordinances regu-
lating these have been unearthed by Commits
sioner Bingham, after having been violated since
time Of mind. The commissioner said yester-
day that he would ask that stringent laws
he passed to meet the situation. and that he
would enlist the support of the Department OF
Health and the Board Of Aldermen.
ITO suppress the noises is going TO be tough
Sob" he said THE police is executive and not
a law-making body. / shall confer with the Board
OF Aldermen. The newspapers can do much TO help
need their cooperation.
IT most anxious Just now for the people to
know the attitude of my in regard to abatins
the nuisance and after am assured that it is
understood I shall expect every policeman 10 be
busy on HIS beat keeping things tranquil and Sc
rene.
'On. Of course. II you want to be literal / sup
pose the law forti6s any playing the piano in
tn the morning. and that il a complaint is made
the police will have act fn the case" he went on
in reply a question but I expect the men 10
use judgment ] think, however. that tenants In
the same fathouses with music teachers will find
this crusade be the balm of Gilead. This early
morning practising is something awful know
What I'm talking about-and it's got TO be stopped
III bet there isn't in New York who al
some time another hasn't wished that some girl
who was -ah-ah-ah-ing' away for dear life would
choke
And chowder parties he continued. with added
heat. They are the things I'm going after !
don't object TO chowcer. but il ought 70 be sup
pressed if it has the effect have noticed of making
young people yell and squeal and blow horns at an
hour when honest folk abed.
Throughout the city there is much satisfaction
expressed at Commissioner Bingham's crusade
The automobile folk themselves in hearty ac-
cord with him. The grumbling that has been heard
on Washington Heights because Of the rurnblins
and humping of the ears in Amsterdam avenue is
finding q vent in the night, but this is a question
for the Public Service Commission And the heads
OF the several hospitals and doctors in general
praise the which will greatly amelio-
rate the lot OF invalds in the city
James Hanlon of No. l1S East 34th street, ane
william Bulsinger OF No 459 West 3sth street were
arrested while selling pafers at Seventh avenue
and 18th street yesterday afternoon. and arraignet
before Magistrate Cornell night court charged
with yelling so loud that you could hear then
for four blocks Magistrate Cornell gave th'
prisoners a severe lecture and fined them IS each
He reminded them that there were many nigh
workers in the city who tried sleep during tn
day but that sleep was Impossible with hloeou
noises in the streets