New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-02
MAYOR Sits EXCUSES
FOR LOADED ASH CANS
East Side Cider STUDIES anG
Billiard Cellars Affront
Outward DeCenCy.
PRAISES POLICE AS USUAL
only Three or Four Rascals IN
Force, but Hate Them"
Says Gaynor on Return
from Inspection Trip.

from Inspection Trip.
MAYOR GaynOr reverted TO his favor
tie topic--the police-last night in the
course Of narrative Of a visit paid by
him in the afternoon to the East side
lie wanted to see the work done ny
the police IN having the streets Kept
clean He also visited a number OF
cellars where pocket billiards is played
and one or two of the cider stubes thal
flourish in that part of the city.
II hope this town will soon Know
what the police are doing in the way
Of cleaning up this town said the
MAYOR. while they have been most
numerically abused for the derelictions
of three or four of their number they
have been doing splendid work every
where. The bad thing that one Of them
docs is used 10 scandalize the force and
the whole city.
In a few Gays. now that the lnNeSu-
eating committees have got all through
! think | will have something To say
on that subject if YOU want it. 1t will
astonish this town when they know how
little has been brought out against the
police with all this noise and fury. In
fact. all that has come out has been
forced by the action of the police IN
closing up evil places. and then the
nlaces closed up make revelations.
How Graft Was Exposed.
.1f they had been let alone we never
would have heard a thing. Rosenthal
Sim and the Goode woman were all
mt out of business by the police and
then began to make revelations ana
those are the three sources of ali the
revelations that have been made.
But we want to keep at 1t and get
every rascal out Of the police force.
hate them. They disgrace the force
and give it a bad name. But there IS
only a handful Of them.
The Mayor was accompanied on his
visit to the East side by Deputy Police
commissioner Newburger. They went
i'm one of the automobiles of the depart
ment. and were gone about two hours.
Some time ago | went through
there" the Mayor said, on his return.
AT that time / found some of the
streets very dirty, and piles of dirt and
waste paper all over. People even
threw it out OF their windows. and
storekeepers swept their stores right
out into the streets. l ordered the pc
In.
moned. was greatly surprised to-day
when / went all over the East side |
found the streets invariably clean, just
as clean as any other part of the city.
did not think so much could be done
in so short a time. And the people over
there all looked well and healthy
I'VE began this work on the East
side with the purpose of extending it
all over the city Now that l see what
has been done on the East Side | am
ready to make a general order for the
whole city. All want is that store
keepers and people generally shall be
helpful and decent. The police captains
themselves Will have to go out and see
that these things are stopped. They
cannot do this work by lolling around
at their desks
The Mayor said he had seen many
pushcarts and that he hoped soon TO
have them off the streets. He said
he thought the suggestion Of his COM
mission that a shelter for these push
cart men be provided would please
them.
In Goereck street, between Delaney
and Grand streets. tie Mayor found a
number Of ash cans standing on the
curb He got right out of the car and
asked the tenants what the cans were
doing there. They made all sorts Of
excuses" he said. but blamed the
Street Cleaning Department. l guess
will have to see Commissioner Edwards
about that" The Mayor found similar
conditions in Pitt street between De
lancey and Grand streets. SO the
Mayor ordered the car TO be run to the
Delaney street police station.
Captain Ryan was out" the Mayor
said mo one seemed TO know where
ne was bAl L NdIt say ilf was VII uhtSs
/ understand he is a good officer. m
spector Myers was present. He is a
worker and ne right man in the right
place"
The Mayor said he went through
dozens of streets and was surprised To
find them so clean.
we also went INTO several so-callcd
cider stubes,' said the Mayor. DO you
know what they are? l would not like
TO tell YOU all about them. We are
doing away with them as fast as we
can. We also went into several Of the
pooirooms in cellars They are queer
places. I'm talking about billiard
rooms. where billiard pools are played.
over on the East Side they seem 60 be
invariably down llar. 1t was dark
in the places we went into and we could
not sec without lighting light. At
night they must be intolerably hot
And vet they tell me they are crowded
and that craps are played there to
some extent
rabbi Magnes and Deputy Commits
sioner Newburger have called my at
tention to lem. and we will probably
do away with nearly all Of them. We
will license no more Of them, and as the
licenses expire we will refuse TO renew