The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-05
sun AGAIN RIVALS
SNOW CONTRACTOR
Melts as Many Piles in Street
az Carts Haul OFF
to Dumps.
BIG DAYS PROGRESS
FetherstOn Feels Like VictOri-
Gus General - Mayor
Praises Work.

| The sun was true TO weather bureau
form yesterday and smiled warmly upon
the city. II caused the roofs TO drip
rivulets and made the heaps OF snow In
the streets shrink. Milling the streets with
dirty slush. while torrents ran In the
CUTTERS wherever they had been cleared
OF snow. Street Cleaning Commissions
Fetherston ignored the conditions under
foot and beamed right back AT the sun.
With the aid OF the sun 1900 snow
sho,ellers and 1880 carts and the ad-
vantage Of using thirty sewers as dumps
and thirty-five hose gangs to flush the
streets the Commissioner did 80 well yes
terday that he felt like a victorious gen
eral at nightfall.
Mr.. Fetherston believes that when the
city awakes to-day everybody will be
satisfied. He admits the sun IL removing
the snow as fast ~ the contractors. posi-
J bly, faster.
/ Since Monday the street cleaning men
and the contractors have cleared away
more snow than they did In the six days
/ Immediately after the snowfalls OF Feb
ruary II and February L. and the Com
missioner believes the city IL satisfied
with the work done.
In Manhattan. Brooklyn and The Bronx
$3.50. cuplc yards OF snow were removed
yesterday. as against 49, l6 the day be-
~, sn g. "a" Increase OF e'sio, In Manhattan
10000 cubic yards wero removed, in
brooklyn to.<as.5 yards and In The
Bronx 1905 yards.
Mayor Mitchell. who returned 20 the
city after having been stalled by snow
In the Adirondacks, expressed hts salts
faction.
Mayor nestosss Pratse.
Il appreciate to the fullest extent IN.
way In which President McAneny and
Comm issioner Fetherston have banded III,
situation" he said "ur NcAn.nv,s cali
on the citizen, To lend their AID ana ,ha
work of Commissioner Ir,,b,r.,on ha,.o
been satisfactory I am sure
Except for the dirt under foo, ,r,wo
conditions I'm IN. main street. ar, 80.
tically normal Com,pission.r I.a,h.s.,S.
took Tur St->; man on "a tour a, i,.,.',,, 49,,
Yesterday afternoon .rh,s 10 80, w.
observed
I,fav.tt. stree, ,vo,, a.. ,o.o. .
Eighth street tho hn.,s., -. ~, ~ "
,rucking ay.nna in ,n, i,,,,a. ~ s". ~.
city. had bren cleared ~ .ii go, @ ~
IN. cent?. ,rd IN. o,,,, -
,il.d an ~. sIt. -, l
INTO waxons
I,t,,h,h 80, ,.., t... -
Elf,h ,y.nu. had h..,, .,ia,..'.t 80.
tho c.r ,,arLs '' ""
ruin avenue from Eishth 10 Twe'fth
street h"u pe"h cleared IN the centre' ana
u gang "t men was then transferring
the snow 70 wagons Ap"Ne Iweifth
street AS iar Ar iwehty-nrst stret AL
ths sho" hah p"eh removed ana the
SIRE. Husneu WIN water farts OF u
han deem ufieu oy the sun
..s.s u.. r
There was snow from Twelfth TO Four
tcenth. which was then being removed All
the rest or FIFTH avenue to Fifty-ninth
street except from Thirty-frst TO Thirty
fourth ana Thirty-nlnth 10 Fortieth. were
a. clean rs could be.
Fifty ninth street had not been touched,
hut FIFTY seventh street had been cleaned.
Columbus Circle had three piles of snow
In IT. amounting 10 about SIX cart loads
broadway was clean all the way To ths
north end of Times Square where there
was snow pile block long on which
gang Of men was WORKING
fotty second street was c'rdh from
broadway To fltth avenue except LOT
space lou feet long Just west Oh ri'h
avenue "nici, WAS peNns o'ea'.u' ..
To snow tne uiitetsice ~ ,n's e"pm
ana ne ias" lnc oo',.'''.hS, ,h. 49,
II tooh ,wo tahhs Va H. -, 100,
avenue to broadway In the last snow.
II has taken one gang gay 70 cream