The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-27

.BROADWAY'S Big GAP.
DRAWS OUT CROWDS.
Reckless Sightsccrs Keep the
Police Busy Pushing
Them Back.
SECOND SCARE AT DUSK

Police lines within police lines con-
fronted the early risers yesterday who
Hooked toward broadway to see the big
hole they had read about at breakfast.
III one were fortunate enough to hold a
police card or fire badge one might have
got into the restricted tone Of Broad
way between Thirty-seventh and Thirty
ninth streets. but once inside the lines
even holders Of police and fire permits
were forbidden to walk across the more
dangerous sections OF the plank road
way along the east side of Broadway.
Mayor Mitchell himself was held up
by "A patrolman when he arrived at the
scene OF the accident during the fore
noon and attempted TO walk south ON
the east side Of Broadway from the
Thirty-ninth street corner. The Mayor,
the newspaper men and others with bust
ness to attend 20 around the hole were
shuntcd of to the west side of Broad
way. where one could go south by hug
ging the building line along "A narrow
strip Of roped OFF sidewalk.
Fond hopes had been entertained by
Manager Sommers of the knickerbocker
Theatre the night before hat the Fair
neutrality-suspicious. picture show
would be open to the public yesterday
afternoon. A. things looked last night,
however. it is likely that the knicker-
booker will not be able to open for days.
! ''rhe Blue Paradise" at the Casino will
be given tonight.
hut from the Casino Theatre south for
n block two millinery shops. a Western
Union branch office. the Broadway en-
trance to the offices above the KniCker-
] Ia,l.r Th.atra mud th. candy shnn neNs
to the Knickerbocker will be out Of COM
mission for AT least "a day or two while
repairs are made TO the sagging side
walk on the east side Of Broadway. For
the same period "A block of two story
buildings on the west side of the street
will he minus customers.
Just across from the sunken street
Is the Hotel Normandic. No one cN-
rept pass holders may approach the
: NormandIc from the Broadway side,
but because Of side entrances TO the
hotel on Thirty-eighth street the Nor
mtndi- management is able to keep the
hotel open.
Toward night those in charge Of the
work Of clearing out the caVed in space
became a~pprehensive lest the plank
roadway directly in the centre of the
corners OF Thirty-eighth street and
broadway. just south Of the pit. should
cave In also. So unstable ild II appear
that all wurkmeu wcr" called out from
under IL. aud n strict police guard wts
maintained to prevent any one stepping
upon IL.
The part Of planking which seemed
particularly dangerous was in the west
side of the crossing. in front of the
worlds uptown office on the corner
that part Of Broadway where IL crosses
Thirty-eighth street and in front of the
Hluau shoe store on the southwest
corner.
Inspector Morris had eighty policemen
on hand TO keep the throng at a SAT,
distance. Early In the day the police
started in to investigate the various
cards and badges which some of III,
Idle folks inside the police lines Were
srurtug Htrdl, bad tho iuycstiGIt'o'
started when 4 policeman amt upon ,
youth at the edge oi the hole who wor,
a card in his which did no; smack
of otiicialdom. Closer inspection showed
that the card was a ticket to a clam,
bake 10 be held At Clason's Point. Tn,
ticket and the Young man attached 10 |
were removed hurricdly outside the l!ues
business losses resulting from the in,
t-rruptiou of street traffic will fal
heaviest upon the shopkcepers on m,
west side of broadway between Thirty
eighth and Thirty-ninth streets an'
along the east sidewalk from Thirty
ninth street for at least two block,
south. No one could he found yesterday
who could say definitely when the side
walk along the affected section o
., broadway would he reopeued TO pelrs
TRANS.