The evening world., 1914-02-17

thing done by the Third avenue com.
pany. which owns the track.
TRAFFIC ON TENTH AVENUE
TOTALLY SUSPENDED.
TrafYic on the Tenth avenue lima
has been totally suspended since Fri.
day night.
The One Hundred and Tenth street
crosstown lire went out OF business.
but on Sunday few storage battery
cars were run. On Monday the line
was closed again.
The Avenue h line kept going dur.
Ing the first storm. but ceased opera
lions on Monday.
The Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth street crosstown line has not
been operated since Saturday.
The Kingsbridge line. running to
the far northern section OF the city.
above One Hundred and Twenty-hfth
street, Is not in operation.
HARLeM cARs RVNNiNo SINCE
MONDAY.
The One Hundred and Twenty nth
street crosstown line. the main thor
oughfare Of Harlem. was operated
only east Of Third avenue until Mon.
day morning. when It got going its
entire length.
The Fifty.ninth street crosstown
line was abandoned Saturday. but on
sunday some storage battery cars
were run. On Monday regular SER
vice was resumed.
Ths Third avenue main line. shell.
tered much from the storm by the
elevated railroad structure. has been
kept In operation. but greatly I'm
peded by vehicular trafac. Its service
above One Hundred and Twenty
ninth street has been only occasional.
CITY 10 sTiLL sNoW. SOUND. De.
oPtIe THE CLAIMS.
Decentralization Of the Third ave.
nus's System was only one result Of
the blisxard. however. Although
Street Cleaning Commissioners Feath.
srston and Snow Inspector Gunther
says that 10 per cent. more snow has
been removed since last Saturday
morning than was removed In sim
liar period during the big Christmas
storm Of 1912. New York remains to-
day. except for . few spots" almost
a. snowb0und ~ at any time since
the beginning Of the blixsard.
There were u dOsen or moro incip-
lent riots In various parts Of New
York to-day. led by men who were
angry over not bsinS employed at
snow sh0velling. There were no cas-
ualtiss. but the police had Q busy
time Of 1t at several points.
At the Ofiices of q. v. Mitchell, a
snow removal contractor at Hudson
and Barrow streets. about two hun.
dred and hfty men gathered and there
was q furious demonstration whom II
was found that there was work for
only $50.
MEN STORM PLACE WHEN WORK
| 70 REFUsgo.
Tho men who weren't picked tried
to storm the place. but were finally
sppeassd and sent elsewhere.
THE trouble H." said one of tn,
snow contractors. that we cannot 70
enough trucks or carts. We are pale
by the yard. you know, and the more
men we can put 10 work the better
for us. The trouble In general and Il
IN. m ha
men looking for work than we cal
use In the daytime. The traffic I'm
pedes work. But nearly every one q
these men will be busy tonight
when the streets will be clear Of We
hicles and we can 10 right along"
Fire Commissioner Adamson Is fear
full Of confiagration. admitting tina
his department Ii In no shape now I,
cope with one. He has had forty snow
plOugha. manned by fremen. clearing
paths In frcDt OF Are houses. hut thss
lanes end In snow piles where the cit.
has not yet cleared the streets
A result Of the tieup OF traffic ha
been the increase In price OF perish
able foodstuns. Milk has sold ~ higl
a. u cents q quart. School ATTENDANCE
, has fallen OF because parents viii no
let their children struggle to and from
, school In the present condition Of tn
streets.
J NEWARK PAYS MORE ron sNov
. REMOVAL WAGONS.
: Commissicner Fetherston and In
. spsctor Gunther say they cannot "a
men and wagons to haul away tn
snow because higher prices are PAT
for labor and teams in Newark an
by the railroad companies. u dc
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