Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-15
PUSH CART MEN
ALARM MERCHANTS
Sudden Change of Curb Trade
and Wondrous Activity As
tonish Prince Street.

At about 8 a. m. today the mer-
side of Springfield avenue, looked
with alarm on the sudden activity
among the push-cart peddlers alined
along the east curb of Prince street.
Their curiosity and alarm increased
when they saw one cart after an
other being trundled to the opposite
curb only TO be buffeted back again
| by angry shopkeepers on the west
side of the street who objected to
their doing business there.
Pleadings coaxings and threats
were all unheeded by the invading
host, which consisted of the inspec-
tor of sidewalks and distractions,
Gottlieb Hanle and Patromen
Kromelbein and Schmidt, of the
Fourth precinct. AS If intent on
adding insult to injury, a full squad
of street cleaners followed in the
wake of the officers and cleaned the
street from curb to curb, giving 1t
the proper aspect for the Jewish
holidays, which are drawing near
Order Given Yesterday.
The sudden wave of cleanliness Is
the result of an order from the
Board of Works superintendent,
Charles Shipman, ordering the push
cart venders to tation themselves
on the west side of the street in
stead of the east side Although the
order was given out yesterday, the
merchants were given until o'clock
this morning to move. To go to the
opposite side of the street, the push
cart dealers first had to get the per-
mission of the shopkeepers on that
side
Only few could drive a bargain
with the storekeepers, who saw their
opportunity for extra revenue and
grasped it, Armed with a petition
signed by the members of the United
Pushcart Peddlers Association, a
committee will try for an audience
with Mayor Haussling today and ask
that the order be rescinded until after
the holidays Their main objection
seems to be that on account of the
holidays the vendors who We're on the
east side of the street had hired cell
lars for their wares and had an un-
usually large amount of stock in trade
on hand. Where and how they are
going TO dispose of it is question
which may or may not be settled by
the mayor.
Cause of the Order.
It is rumored in the street that-sev-
eral of the members at the head of
the association were responsible for
Mr.. Shipman's order Many of the
shopkeepers on the east side of the
street also had pushcarts in front of
their places of business. Rumor has
it that the association men figured If
such an order was issued, presumably
for the betterment of conditions, they
would be free to move to the opposite
side and the merchants with both shop
and cart would be unable to follow,
thus giving the brunt of the cart trade
to the associa ton men.
But the best laid plans ofttimes go
wrong. In this case the pushcart men
had forgotten to ask the permission
of the shopkeepers on the west side
of the street to allow their pushcarts
to stand in front of their places. This
was made evident by the demonstra-
ton in the street today.
A similar condition on a smaller
scale exists in Broome street, and it
was but short while after the
cleanup" squad went through that
Broome street was also a model street
for cleanliness. There were no arrests
made.