The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04

WHt'u SOTitilSsloUtT williams announced
that his department was willing 10 let the
Street Cleaning Department use 1000. 900
gallons OF water a day In Manhattan and
The Bronx for flushing down the streets
and 10000 gallons a day In Brooklyn.
I'VE are allowed to take only that
much under present conditions said
Comm ss.oner Fetherston. commissioner
Adamson tells US that fire hose shoot
ing water at full speed all day will
use about 10000 gallons OF water.
No we are allowed to take enough water
for 400 fire streams a day.
Plans to wash Streets Too.
after streets have been cleaned. n
the warm weather continues. our men
will flush them down and the water will
carry away every particle of snow and
, ,..rt that has accumulated since the first
snowfall We used few hose to-
day. but not enough streets have been
cleaned to use many. except on the very
busy streets, where OF course We don't
want to shut of traffic % they can be
flushed down."
Motor trucks employed by the con-
tractors are earning from $50 to SIS a
day-the large oncs-buf. in spite Of this.
tho contractors cannot get enough. Since
the first storm the Street Cleaning
Department has communicated with els
motor truck owners in New York or m
iilt sODuTOS, Out tntsc Incn stTt Uot WiliiuS
to rent their trucks out for snow remov-
ing purposes
The proposition OF J. X. Orr. presi-
dent Of the New York Team Owners As
ISOLATION, that many members of his as
ISOLATION would lend their trucks for
nothing came to nothing. Mr.. Orr did not
even communicate with Commissioner
Fetherston yesterday.
The Street Cleaning Department opened
up several more sewers yesterday for
dumping purposes. making total Of
about thirty. Commissioner Fetherston
Is convinced that sewers and fiat cars
are the solution OF the snow removal
problem, and he 10 experimenting with the
sewers every day.
Each OF the thirty sewers used yester-
day shortened by n great deal the hauis
OF from ten to thirty trucks, and one OF
the sewers, at Sixty-sixth street and Am
sterdam avenue. handled all the snow
forty-one trucks could dump into 1t.
Snow Inspector Gunther said that about
one-thlrd of the c.tys streets, or 100
miles, had been cleaned of the SHOWS Of
February II and l6 when the latest bliz-
zard struck the city. IL the weather
keeps IN. he said. the main streets will
be dug out In quick time. The ganss on
the avenues have been started from the
main points OF congestion and are work
Ing north on the West Side and south on
the East Side
Progress IN Fifth Avenue.
Fifth avenue was cleaned from Fortieth
street UP to Fifty-ninth street, and for
several blocks above each Of the busiest
| streets which cross II below, Thirty-fourth
street, Twenty third street. Fourteenth
street and Washington Square.
The official figure for the snow removed
from February ~ to March 1 by the
contractors Ia l.sso.s2bh cubic yards. The
city pays for this at the rate OF &c cents
cubic yard In Manhattan. ~ cents In
The Bronx and All cents In Brooklyn.
Besides this cost there 10 the cost Of the
extra emergency laborers Of the Depart.
ment Of Street Cleaning.
Acting Mayor McAneny said that he
was we'll satisfied with tho york OF the
snow removers.
great work." he said. "The Job Ia now
to keep the cutters clean. which Is highly
important. This Ia work that each house
holder should do. and the policemen or
post have orders to draw the attention
Of all those who fail to comply with this
law"
The Merchants Association sent out ar
appeal last night for all business men Of
the city to do all In their power to aid
In the snow removal work. The associa
tion points out that the accumulation o
snow Ia a serious handicap to the move
ment Of merchandise In the city and In
wolves a great loss to tho commercial In
tercetA
II commends the suggestion Of actins
Mayor McAnenv and urges propert,
owners to comply with the snow lawi
in all respects, particularly In regard e
clearing the cutters 10 the water can rur
of into the sewers II SAYS:
'"The Merchants Association 10 con.
WINGED that the city officially 10 doinl
everything In ita mower To clear ths
streets but II points out that every houl
gained in freedom Of street traffic repre-
sents an enormous saving to tho bushes,
of the city"