New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-27
SUBWAY DANGER
CLOSES STREETS

Southern Boulevard. from Brown Place
TO l42d street: l32d 20 l4sth Street
Intervale Avenue to Hunts Point
Road: Beekman Street. from Nassau ~
William Street; William Street iToM
Reekman 20 Pearl Street; Beaver
Street. from Broadway TO Pearl stree D
West Broadway. from Varick to Du"h'
Street; Varick Street, from Beach
TO Canal Street; the intersection ~
Greenwich Street and Battery Place
Greenwich street. between Rector ana
carlisle Streets; from fifty feet north
Of Cortland to Dey Street and fIa'-
bush Avenue. Brooklyn. from Dean
street 70 Prospect Park Plaza
Mayor in Conference.
vavor Mitchell. after q walk through
section of the Seventh Avenue SUD
,,.av near The scene Of The accident ana
an examination Of the !umber-hlled hole
at Broadway and Thirty-eighth street
mont to the Bar Association, IN west
rortv-fourth Street. with the members
NJ his advisory board. This body was
composed Of Police Commissioner
Woods. Fire Commissioner AdamSon'
Leonard Wallstein. Commissioner oil
Accounts. and twelve engineers. Com
missioner Wallstein was placed at the
bead of the advisory board.
Soon after they had been IN session
the following statement was issued by
Mr.. Mitchell:
Immediately on nearing OF the &C
cidont went ut once 10 Broadway and
Tbirtv-eiehth Street and learned all
that could from the Police Commits
sioner. the representatives OF the Pub
lie Service Commission and others
present. Later after conference with
the Police Commissioner, ! directed
that vehicular traffic ne Temporarily
SUSPENDED over ali streets IN when the
United States Realty ana Improvement
Company's construction contracts are
under way and whore the steel coz
struction has not yet been completed.
81 also arranged for conference oI
engineers to be held Sunday morning
at the Bar Association. AT the CONFER
ence | amounted the engineers an adj
visory board. with Nelson T. Lewis as
chairman. to advise me and assist and
co-operatc with the Commissioners OF
Accounts.
"The engineers were directed TO pro-
coed al once to all crosstown traffic
points and make a careful examination
of the safety OF the snoring and sup
porting structure. in order that IT may
he determined whether the traffic can
safely be resumed and what precau-
lions are necessary TO insure continued
safety. These engineers Will also eN-
anime into and report to me upon the
safety of the supporting structure at
all other points and along all streets
whore traffic has been suspended as
fast as the inspection can be made.
II have further instructed the Com
missioner of Accounts TO make, through
the medium of these and such other en-
gineers as may be added. a careful IN
vestigation into the safety OF all street
surfaces under which construction
work is going on, where permanent
steel is not yet installed, ana 10 re-
port TO me conclusions and recommen~
dations. The Commissioner is IN
structed. incidentally, to examine INTO
and report upon the causes of both re-
cent accidents.
CONSTRUCTION Of the new subways is
wholly within the jurisdiction Of the
Public Service Commission. and have
no desire TO interfere in matters lying
within the commissions jurisdiction.
The surface of the city's streets, how,
ever. and the care Of the lives and
safety of the people Of the city VINO
use them are matters OF my concern as
Mayor. | shall. therefore, take what
ever stems NAV seem advisable to as
sist the Public Service Commission IN