New-York tribune., 1908-01-27
CITY ATTACKS SNOW
To HELP CONTRACTORS.
additional Forces Erpected to Clear
Streets Rdpidly.

,,,,;rr IA the inability Of the snow removal
-.--,-s ., Obtain trucks to cart away the
s-ovr eRa ash carts and $500 men OF me street
Cleaning Department were put 10 WORK cieai
s-s the streets Of Manhattan yesterday aI'er-
- ,-,r,r,issioner C-ovyeH announced that
:, addition the department would hire three
,bo,,sav5 or possibly five thousand trucks to-
- ms se many men as necessary 10 assist
-, -,---ar-o-s 10 remove the snow by to-Tnor-
row morning
According 70 a statement issued at the snow
removal Office. No. 500 Fifth avenue, these men
v-si1 he r,tlt 10 work where the streets are IN
Immediate need and where the contractor mas
-o+ sufficient force To move the snow with nee
So ax,esitfon- All trucks will be paid s.
= CAV by the department. and Il Is expected
there wiz be no trouble in hiring as many as
,,z,asea-r Commissioner Croweu said he did
not think this vas more than the contractors
offered. but said ne didn't know why they were
rr1 able 10 get enough trucks. The estabiisheo
credit Of the city. he said. might have something
70 DO with IL
This move viii not abrogate, according 70
Commissioner CroveI the eleven contracts loI
-he removal CT snow in Manhattan. which are
held by four men Each Of these contracts Is
nrotecta5 by q bond Of $4,000. There is a
provision in the contracts. the Commissioner
ssid YESTERDAY. which gives him the power 70
order Al his discretion additional gangs al any
-s-,s and at such points during the progress OF
the .o-k as may seem 10 him necessary or prac-
1ioabe~
Commissioner CroweiI said that the money for
The extra men tc be employed to-day would ne
uaid BY the city Where the contractors hao
riIed I'D snow which was later hauled away oy
ne civ he said. the city would make a suitable
allowance 10 The contractors for shoN elllns liie
sno7r. The amount Of this would be- determined.
4zsa 0Ifs Of "a
In AL II Is expected that S35-OO0 viii be eX-
pended by The department tomorrow IN assist
ing the contractors clear the streets
Yesterday morning the contractors We're aole
20 get out only about twelve hundred men ana
eight hundred trucks 20 cart away the snow
II was said at the snow removal once o. 'ffe
department that the contractors would probably
not have quite that many to-day The rising
+en1perature started the snow melting yester-
day ana gaze promise OF as deep and disagree
able slush to-day as The city has seen in long
time The weather bureau added no whit OF
comfort 10 the outlook by predicting contin-
red high temperature last night and to-day
William Robbins. general superintendent OF
the Street Cleaning Department, said last night
he thought with The added force Of the city to
day almost al the snow would be cleared away
by tomorrow morning
The entire force OF sweepers and foremen Of
the bureau O. street cleaIlll1S N I>------i---- 49,
CT duty yesterday clearing away Jhe snow from
the sidewalks Of householders who had failed 10
do their duty In each case where The snow Is
removed bv The Street Cleaning Department
men The cost Of cleaning. including fine Of -,
amounts 10 Sl3 90 which Is assessed against the
f,roT.lrrv. and Il not paid the taxpayer Is sum
I-loned 10 court
The street Cleaning Department and its snow
contractors were hard al work in Brooklyn all
dsv. The contractors had 9S6 trucks and about
Sfo men. divided into thirty-three gangs while
the department contributed 80 trucks and %o
men 70 the work for half the Gay IN the
morning these men and trucks were chiefly en-
zsged in removing ashes