The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19

street Cleaning commissioner retnef-
ston sees daylight ahead. He believes
that conditions at the end Of tho work
to- day will satisfy his most captious
critica and that It won't be long after
that before all the important streets will
be cleared OF snow.
When he finished his own eighteen
hour days work yesterday he felt that
all the main arteries OF traffic had been
opened up and that although the eitua-
ton was still uncomfortable II was not
serious any longer.
In . day or 20 the railway companies
will have cleaned all the streets they
have to. and the trucks they have been
usng-more than 400 OF them---will be
available for use by the city's con-
tractors.
The Park department turned over .
handful Of carts to the Street Clean
ing Department yesterday. Commissioner
Ward announced that he would lend
sixty carts more to the Street Cleaning
Department to-day.
Sewers Used ~ snow Dumps.
One important short cut thought Of
yesterday was the utilization of some OF
the sewers as snow dumps. The Depart
ment Of Sewers turned over four sewers
to the snow removers yesterday. Snow
eAptTtS uHuTe tnat AUis BlInplo fnehn4 Will
allow them to remove 10 per cent. more
snow a day.
The sewers are located on Fifty.fourth
street west Of Amsterdam avenue. Tooth
street and West End avenue. Thirty NTH
street west OF Eighth avenue and Sixty
first street west OF Amsterdam avenue
II Ia figured that each OF these sewers
carts can dump in them; each cart will
handle about ten loads day. 30 the
sewers will take away about 5000 loads
OF snow, or about $4,000 cubic yards. II
will cut in half the hauls required OF
these trucks so the net gain TO the city
10 about 1900 loads a day. or almost 10
per cent
houses has been completely relieved.
Commissioner Adsmson sent letter TO
Commissioner Fetherston yesterday
thanking him for the efficiency with
which the streets were cleared.
The food situation II still uncomfort-
able. but there 10 no danger Of u food
famine. Trucking il hard on men and
horses. and trucks can only carry half
loads. This impedes commerce. bit train
schedules are approaching normal now
and enough food Is arriving. II is being
carted To different sections Of the city In
spite Of the difficulties.
Ferry Schedules still Suspended.
Ferry schedules are still suspsnded.
The captains OF the boats are doing the
best they can without bothering about
their running time.
The situation on the Third avenue rail-
roads lines is still bad. although the
New York Railways lines continued their
full schedules yesterday. as they have
been doing since last Saturday.
At $3.50 last night Supt E. A. Maher.
Jr.. OF the Third avenue line announced
that he had got the Broadway line run
ming and that II would continue TO run
on full schedule. He said the FIRST car
had left the barn At 10 and would
run from Fort Lee ferry to East Thirty
fourth street ferry. He still had many
gangs Of men out. ne said, picking Ice
out Of the channel raiL
He also announced that the Forty-sec.
ond street trolley cars had replaced the
emergency service Of storage battery ca "a
on that street and that the Tenth avenue
cars were running.
At o'clock the trafhc policeman sta
TONED at Forty-second street and Broad
way said that II the Broadway cars were
running not one had reached Forty-second
street.
Mayor still In Command.
Mayor Mitchell continued to exercise
supervision over the work of snow re.
moval yesterday. II was he who induced
Commissioner Ward to lend the Park De-
partments equipment to the Street Clean
ing Department
1T has been impossible to get another
truck or wagon for the snow removal
work." said the Mayor. "Commis sioner
Fetherston Is now centring his energies
on points Of greatest need"
The Mayor explained that there was no
trouble In getting enough men, but that
trucks were needed.
IF the contract with the snow removal
contractor did not stand in the way we
could use more men to pile up the snow"
he said. ''but the contract only requires
that the contractor pile the snow one long
block or two short blocks ahead OF his
wagons, SO we can't make the contractor
pile more snow. II the city piled the
snow II would be doing the contractors
work At Its own expense and At the same
time we would be paying the contractor
for the work"
Tho Mayor said he didn't think the
emergency great enough for the city to