New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
BUCK SNOW LINE HARD
BIG BILL"AND YIN" BUSY
Football Methods Succeed IN Clean
ing City Streets.

Snow contractors did not have easy time yes
terdav with Big Bill" Edwards and Jim Hogan
the former football stars, pushing them to"aIu 'e
goal Of clean streets. Pill OF Jim was al
uavs around when teams and men We're ABOUT ~
,sk. 2 res,-and then there wasn't any rest COM
missioner Edwards was mp most OF MeolieNe"E
night working or the problem Of tachllhs lht %
inches OF snow During yesterday he dropped lil'o
his Office once in while answer teleIf' one Cans
md then would 1asn out another tour OF ihspeC-
ton II was mis- first opportunity To sh"" nov Il"
could clean the streets, and he made e"od- Ds
O'Clock all the main arteries of travel with the eN-
ception Of a part of Broadway ana Fl1tH aNe"u7
shove 18th street had cleaned to the asi'ai''
and work on the side streets was under way.
In the afternoon Commissioner Edwards 1"uhb
time 10 have Frederick Hogel. superintendent VI
.be 6eparrr7ent in The Bronx and acting deputy
commissioner sworn in as real deputy ,colnIfs-
sio7er He : he in charge Of The brohA' anu
the Mayor had hardly finished swearing MN i'
when he got to work. He started out WIN t''e
Commissioner on the last daylight trip ot l"Spe
,r 20 z9d street 70 measure some carts and to mo
out why Broadway and Fifth avenue mao ho' ose''
cleaned I'D entirely.
81 an, sotng 10 look after some Of these con
tractors" said TIE Commissioner as the car x.
under WAY IF they don't get this SNOW "u' "
the way they needn't come around again. "lsh
Ee had more elastic contracts. 50 'heN '"un 's
sacked up stronger The contractors nave a''''
twenty-five hundred At work Some ot them
don't seem TO have the teams they ought to nave
on the Job and If they don't move this snow
viii rut teams the job myself IS
TN broadway 10 about 18th street the road was
cleared 10 the asphalt except in te" places
-here SONS piles Of SNOW were rapidly disappear
s,z 5,-der the raid OF the rain and a score OF
italian and Greek laborers-
In washington Square the snow had been piled
I'D ready 70 be csrted away. and Fifth avenue wes
almost entirely clean for the first mile and hall
Then for a long stretch ths snow had not been
touched Not team a hired by the con
tractors for that section could be found.
IF that vas In your district" said the Connnis
sioner to his assistant. wouldn't it break
Jour hssrt?"
You bet it would" said HoseI with emphasis.
wait Till I see those contractors. said the
Commissioner. words 10 that effect He saih
more words to that effect when he SAN how much
snow remained TO be taken away from Broadway
around the F1atiron building and along Fifth ave
nue. as far north the Waldorf
At ssth street and Fifth avenue he stopped to see
one of the contractors. The contractor told him he
had just sot twenty extra teams and was doing
his best get things moving Above that point the
snow was heaped Up ready for removal. and in 42d
street dozen carts were being loaded between
Sixth and Fifth avenues
Edwards wanted 10 see big loads on the carts.
and insisted having sideboards, which allow
between and two cubic yards. The con-
tractors did not take kindly to this and the Com
missioner had TO stop every and then and
adrnonish his superintendents and weighers to see
shst the sideboards were added soon as possible,
any trouble speak Of the Commissioner said.
IS his automobile covered the snow-coated stretch
in Fifth You bet, though. there is not
going TO be any more trouble this sort. If can
help II. Most Of the contractors are getting the
stur out Of the way pretty quickly They don't
Hike this water measurement in computing the snow
removal, for this heaping up Of the loads cuts
down their profits Making them heap up their
loads and with this drizzle to help. I guess the
city will he pretty clean by tomorrow"
The contractors required TO have fifty labor
and twenty wagons al work within two hours
after receiving notice. All night the department
gangs worked. and at day sbreak they the points
whicn they had been assigned reasonably clean.
Traffic suffered less than has usually been the case
The streetcsr companies kept their lines clear for
the most part by their heavy sweepers run at fire.
quent intervals They We're aided on the Third ave-
and Madison avenue lines by the pIoughs in
frorIt OF the ''pay-a -y-oJ-enter'' cars
Horse-drawn traffic had its usual troubles The
lower part Of Broadway after being cleared of snow
became coated with ice due 10 the rain which frozo
= Il fell and sand spread by the departr,e,.
Many drivers had neglected to see that their teams
were sharply shod and falls were frequent Arorn5
the Battery these accidents were numerous So,+l
street. which is paved with granite blocks was
sought by drivers for the better footing 1t af
forded, and the storm sent an unusual amount ot
traffic there
Mr.. Edwards did like the wav the work y-s,
done in the First District. which is bounded by
Broadway. Vesey street. Park Place and the river
The Commissioner said that Thomas NJ Hart anc
Raphael Garfein both claimed the territory WhiIe
Garfein was at breakfast. Hart chased his rnar
away and put his the Job The Cornrois