The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-06
CONFERENCE TO-DAY
ON SNOW CAR PLAN
Fcthcrston Will Lay Scheme
Before Street Railway
Heads.
PRAYING NOW FOR RAIN
Commissioner Says Another
blizzard Would Cause
Havoc in City.
PRAYING NOW FOR RAIN
WEATHER PREDICTION.
The promise for to-day IL snow or
rain; for tomorrow, unsettled weather
with brisk east winds.

Street Cleaning Commissioner John r
Fethertson will confer o-day with repre-
sentatives OF the street railway companies
regarding the suggestion for using hat
cars on the ci,y's railway lines for the
purpose Of snow removal Commissioner
Fetherston expressed the opinion that the
use Of fiat cars on the trolley lines would
help very materially In handling the
snowfall Of such heavy storms a. those
Of the past few weeks.
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One Of the chief objections TO the plan
u that with present methods OF handling
snow II would tie up trafiic. since
shovellers would take from twenty to
twenty-five minutes to load a car. Com
0iesioner Fetherston said mechanical
leaders known as elevated grades" had
been used successfully In loading snow
In other cities and that he would suggest
such . method for New York at to-day's
conference. These mechanical leaders do
the work In q fraction Of the time taken
~ men.
Tho conference will Il held In Com
0lssioner Fetherstons office In the Mu-
nicipAl Building. II Is not expected that
any scheme agreed upon can be put into
OR0TouOu THIS Which, Out II HOp0O
that preparations can be made to place
the city In better shape to cope with
whatever may come In the way OF storms
another year.
Commissioner Fetherston said last
nisht:
''The Weather Bureau reports another
storm coming. The equipment and re-
sources Of the Department Of Street
Cleaning have been worked to the limit
during the past three weeks. and another
bevere snowstorm will be In the nature
q . calamity. Let the citizens now
pray for rain"
The cleaning up Of Broadway was com.
Rletsd yesterday between the Battery and
F1fty-ntnth street From Fifty ninth street
70 10th street the west roadway was
cleaned and much Of the work on the
east roadway was finished. Two gangs
we're working north from 10th street to
11Sth street last night. taking the tops
on the piles. II Is planned to clean that
whole section to-day.
Cresst0wn Streets Cleaned.
A large amount Of work was done yes
terday on important crosstown streets.
Thirty fourth street was cleaned from
Park avenue to Sixth avenue and men
were working last night on the section
between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Thirty.second street leading to the Penn
Oytv8u6 otSdOU Wa cubHciy Cl0dT 10 L8L
~ Il affected the station tran.c. Forty
second street was clear from the East
River to Ninth avenue and workmen were
going on westward last night. In Fifty
seventh street. the chief thoroughfare for
Greensboro Bridge. shovellers began at
Sixth avenue and worked east and west.
They had the street In pretty good shape
for raffic by last night
Fifth avenue was clean from the Wash
tngton Arch to the Plaza.
In the downtown districts attention
IVES centred on West. Hudson. Mail,
yraLklin. Lafayette and Houston streets
Park Row, West Broadway, Washington
place and the lower ends Of the East
Side avenues
In the upper part Of the town only
the avenues had been cleared last night.
Third avenue was open from Ninety
fourth street to the Harlem River, while
First avenue and Second avenue had been
cleaned or IN sections. Hariem's main
Groestown street. 125th street, was clean
from Third avenue to Manhattan avenue.
The contractors on the Lexington ave-
No. subway. where the work IL OF the
seut and cover kind. made urgent re-
quests to the Street Cleaning Department
for the clearing Of Lexington avenue.
Water from the melting snow was seep-
Ang through into the subway excavation
and In other places II was threatening
20 cause trouble.
Friction developed during the day be-
tween the Street Cleaning Department and
the contractors regarding the methods
used by the latter In their work The
piles Of snow became blocks OF ice by the
succession OF rain. thaw and cold weather
but, o(hclals OF the department said. con-
tractors sent out their trucks with only
six or eight men to load the lot These
mon. they said. were not properly equipped
with picks and axes to get out the solid
thA~a
sary delay in removing these Ice piles.
Commissioner Fetherston said he would
eAks up with the street railway companies
ne question OF a time limit for getting
their cars running after q storm and for
clearing the snow from the streets for
which they are responsible. He said he
considered two days sufficient for the rail-
way companies to dispose Of snowfall 0.
ok inches.
Adasason Makes Report.
Fire Commls sioner Robert Adamson ~.
sorted to Mayor Mitchell that his depart.
mont was rapidly being restored to q nor
nal condition. His report continues:
"The condition OF the streets to-day
0ermits fairly prompt response to be made
20 all fire alarms by the hremea and ap-
paratus and I am clad to say that the
number Of fires IL again around the nor.
NAL average.
In Manhattan all boxes are now IN
service, including the East River islands
"In Brooklyn the condition Is still very
bad 1t will be several days before the
alarm system there Is fully restored.
I'm Queens all boxes are In service ex-
cept four.
"In Richmond the boxes In all Of the
densely built up sections are In service.
The men Of the uniformed force have
not only dore exceedingly good work dur.
ing the recent snowstorm but they have
had perhaps the hardest winter service In
their history owing to the extremely cold
weather"
The national prophets predict snow oil
rain to-day. with unsettled conditions to-
morrow.
The local prophets are inclined to thinl
that only rain will come. The cyclone re
ported central over Alabama yesterday
morning moved swiftly to the coast AND
last night was ut sea of Hatteras. Thii
n the disturbance expected by the Wash
ington talent to cause snow.
The Temperature rose last night from
~ degrees at 8 o'clock to SO 1t II o'clock
ana this the local prophets said. was tot
Vaysn for snow.
TIVE qos00O Water JObs Filled.
Water Commissioner william Williams
announced yesterday the appointment o
william n. Hillyer OF Port Richmond
Staten Island. ~ Deputy Water Comm.s