New-York tribune., 1910-01-18
EDWARDS USES AXE
ourN J. MURPHY OUT
yeomau York Done by Ram
II Tbasr at Snozc RemoUat.

,,,.,- democratic leader or
o"eI s.r,bIv District IN Kings COUNTY
the l''A - from the office of Deputy
vas - ~ Street Cleaning for tlle
CORN - = E-oollvn by Commissioners Ed
boro"sH .N..-5zv one Of the reasons given
VsTos s,..oz-a-v BY the Commissioner
vas =" so-sn,an in the department IN that
fnst ns5 heen getting 81 from laoore
oo1D-s -n- 10 work shovelling snow Inc
for GENE ..l.,. relieves that other cases Ike
- rsve existed II BROOKLYN slid .hN.a-r -e
-. ur Murphy, as deputy O0i.,'---5 "a
I'D have discovered these prac'1eeS
= stop TO them -, oar5s
matter Of fact. II was on I''e
.,a s-st that Murphy should go iI
.s5e deputy commissioner tNo
because OF the insistence OF 'As
So NcCarren. the Democratic ieadeI
: [-i,rs During the Low aor'liiiis =
:, the first Mcclellan admins 80
fn1 - ~ BROOKLYN deputy was not lliie0
y f-I in that borough was super Niseu
-,.-1as : Clarke. foreman IA IL
S.s.~-,,er-. on q salary of >-."o a 80 80
-.-.s+s were never better Cleaned man
IHe 80 ti-,e But McCarren INSISTED
t.. ,a,-,p The place for one OF ms ieANeI :
en n1.-a - - the story told al the time
mcclellan asked Street Cleanlhg
-,--.ssionA- Woodbury. 70 aPtoiii'
AFa5or Woodbury. IS said 10 nave
MIP--s - soon after he left the depart
,r,0oroush Craven was mace
l--.,ss,o7er Mr.. Murphy was appointed
= hes held the place ever since
az 2T,,-,h, was so close TO Senator Nc
@- .L.- ne acted as personal COM
60 +,a latter for several months De-
pa'i-1-- - illness. the Senator having a
loie = =. might he stricken suddenly on
the street r1a,,,,+-
--.i-s,o,sr in TIE Bronx, was trans
:, prooslvn temporarily. The salary
r1.-,,,v commissioner in Brooklyn is
40 car II was suggested last night
,bs- ex-shorir Michael J. r Flahe1ly might
,.-.o.,ts6 70 take Murphy's place perma>
s-,fy M Flaherty vas one OF the most
.-ssrf advocates Of the nomination ana
,lsofion Of Mayor GaEnor-
,-,-,7,sssioner Edwards dismissed Phlllp
- q foreman Of emergency snow
-,..-.-s yesterday. The man was dropped
=. -ts, +Uentv-four hours from the
-. commissioner Edwards was in
- 20, tyrone had demanded 81 from
80, s,nlo1ed IN his gang. Mr. Ed
-7,,-5s aid that al such charges would be
--,a6 immediately in an effort to suppress
further attemuts Of graft
Tba rain and thaw did as much as the
%, thousand OF more men who were en-
ga-s5 in the snow removal campaign yes
+s-6sv With the cutters cleared by the
e--..sr cleaners. the sewers became surging
-frs-s se the mass Ct slush and ice melted
into water. The snow piles in the side
streets dwindled perceptibly. and the streets
which had been coated with ice became
sofr with slush-
Comm lssioner Edwards ordered an extra
risFt force II clear away the streets. in
srticparion CT cold weather which would
cost the streets with a solid cake Of ice.
II was estimated yesterday that $50, 600
cubic Yards OF snow have been dumped into
the East and North rivers since Friday
afternoon The removal on Sunday and
Est night made d record in the work which
has 50 far cost the city nearly S100 600
The sewer al 18th street was effectively
used 70 remove snow from Sixth avenue
yesterday. Carts were hurried 10 the OPEN
ing near Tenth avenue and. aided by
streams Of water from the sewer basins
sE6 hoJ water EseH4 waste pipes the dry
g0ods stores. the piles melted away rapidly.
The streets in Brooklyn are being cleared
By the department gangs and hundreds Of
nsI IN the employ OF the railroad COM
1snies Fiat cars which are used by the
-4rosds Tor ash removal were loaded with
sloV throughout the day and night, relief
reWs keeping the cars in continual mo
lor