New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
TUGS Open HUDSON.
Y0NKERS Gets HEIp
Danger of Famine Ayert.A
When Government
Takes a Hand.
ONLY FIFTY MILES
OF STREETS CLPM
Mayor Allows Snow To ..
Dumped Into Sewers to Haste,
Removal Work

s1otrU
Removal Work.
TWO government tugs smashed
mel yesterday afternoon through A..
Jam which has tied up navigation ~
Hudson River between New VOL
Yonkers. for the last three days fr....
Yonkers for the time. at least frou, !.
danger Of a coal and food famine -
threatened H. Their efforts. secora.x !
the rise in temperature. gave prorn,.. -.
the river would remain clear. hut
certain did this seem last night thu, -
boats were kept plying up and dow, -
river all night TO keep the ice rnov,.
The tugs, which are two Of N. -
powerful on the river, were obtained -
the revenue cutter Manhattan had s.S.,
TO break through the Jam yesterday ~
Ing. Captain J. +. Wild. in chare. q, ~
Revenue Cutter Service. in this d,,,-,.,
said the vessel could not get abov. r.,
street with any certainty OF getting -.
again. Stronger boats were neea.s :.
said. and delay in providing them vor,
aNoNAN AZ a NgaA NAtVA "a 80 III 4 ONkfra A.
probably the closing OF the Ausr,...
Sugar Rehneries. which depend on -.
river for coal and raw material
City Streets Still Closasd.
The opening OF the Hudson River. .,,,
as II was and only achieved BY ,.s...
aid. nevertheless provided the br,rb,.~
spot in the city's efforts 10 free ,,,.,
from the effects Of the storm. How ina.
auate those efforts have been can :.
gagged by the following facts:
Five days after the storms bre.r,.
only fifty miles OF streets, out OF n.
city's two hundred and Fifty, ara rs
clertly clear 10 allow traffic 10 ro,.
along them with even relative freeh..
Some OF the fire streets are 20 b,nch,I
by snow as 10 be welluigh impasnk.
for fire apparatus. Among these /, a.
street. in which are Engine Compasv a
end the Fire Headquarters IN rss,ouA
ing to a small fire at 18th street ana a.
ond avenue yesterday afternoon q ty,,l
got stalled Just west OF Third avssus
some six minutes was required to pa1
clear. Some Of the fremen present ~
that a heavy fire, with the start n eusx
get in tho present difficulties Of n
streets, might easily result IN appsrts
disaster.
John f. Fetherston, Street caxiu
Commissioner. and 6uperintendsut o.
Their. dissatisfied with the progrsu y
tanned. secured Mayor Mitchers p9nt
sion 70 dump snow into nanholsa NJ
has not formerly been done, but ID nsss
sary owing to the lack OF wsgona Fs6x.
ston added that the contractors bad ~ |
vented the use OF the sewers, On ~ |
ground that the snow clogged then k |
the Mayor and City Chamberlain IN
learned that the temperature OF thsesn
was about 70 degrees. high enough uns
snow. provided It was sifted In end y
thrown down In frozen blocks.
Would Be Paying Twlea
The contracts provide that men ~
only pile snow one block ahead Of ~
wagons" said the Mayor. 80 that Il "
city hires men TO pile snow ahead Of ~
block stated IN the contract It would
doing the contractors work and payf1
him for It at the same time The CO..
tracts can be improved"
But can't the city hire men 70 pie ~
snow irrespective OF the contractr y
was asked.
II don't think the emergency "a q 90
as that" he said; ~ did think ~
should hire men to pile the snow.
The grip which the Mayor had On %
situation was shown yesterday mofra
when he looked out of his City Hall W
dow and saw gang OF men al wofk
the snow in the park. He immedsH'
called I'D Commissioner Ward and
structed him 20 lend them 10 Comns
sioner Fetherston.
Saloonkeepers and others who az
checks given 10 the snow shoveies
contractors have been proftfns cy !"
Ignorance or stupidity OF the wofsnn
One man said that saloonkeeper 'e'''N
10 cash a s. check. except az 49,
discount. He also had 10 buy onH'
Many complaints Of the same SOFT w,
heard in saloons where the men, man!
them foreigners, cashed their checkA 10
most frequent complaint. however.
that the contractors themselves f0''.
the men 10 buy jobs, charging n's ~.
for the privilege OF working o'ne,s
they were paid for only nine hou''
when they had done ten.
City Not TO Blame.
Mr.. Raglan, in charge OF the Clu n :,
ployment Bureau, said last n'sh' 'A. -.
Office was not responsible Tor INV
bility of the men or the unscrup'''
OF the contractors ~ra
"Our business is confined 70 ~
them slips telling them whers '"''
get work." he said. ,sp
Mr. Fetherston said city emp'o''. A,
paid in cash, and he was not 'ss''
for the treatment OF the others -
Policemen on stationary posS' |" :" n
cases. unwittingly proved OF sio so
CITY last night by building smai' ~ =.
These were intended primarily 49,
the officers warm. but II was e's. 4
that each fire melted the equ ,'ss ~,
about two carloads or snow -,sss.s
beep q sufficient number OF s's
nolicemon. there would be no
moyal problem this morning