The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-08
FETHERSTON PLAN
MAKES SNOW FLY
Downtown Streets Cleared so
Well Pedestrians Prefer
Roadway.
10000 EXTRA MEN USED


Commissioner Fctherston tucked the
COY ers under his chin yesterday after
noon at 4 o'clock. s~nuGgled down between
the sheets and murmured softly:
The old town can't kick az my IDEAS
for snow removal this time
Then ne dropped of into q sound
slcep-h's first since Friday night.
He had been up all night bossing W
shifts Of $4,000 men each. hurriedly
called out AT 10 O'Clock Saturday night
to prepare the town 70 that business
could go on this morning as usual. II
was tho second time the Commissioners
plan foy Kidding the streets OF snow
had been put into use.
The Commissioner lad or his books
the addresses Of $4,000 men who had
said they were willing to- De- called out
for snow removal purposes AT any tint
Of the day or night. These have been
divided into three shifts Of 1900 each.
and with each shift go 5000 regular
eiunloyees of the Department TO act As
checkers ard bremen OF the gangs Of
emergency men.
The commissioner figured last night
that about 5000 emergency men IN caCh
shit failed TO answer the call. and tho
shortage was ~ ostly on the upper West
Side. q district remote from the home
OF lahoriuc men. Tho men who re
sppuded were put to work at midnight
Saturda,. boe~,d 10y REGULARS, n Il
was their duty to scrap. snow dow
into the sewers
NJ the same time tNcuty-siN motor
driven sUowplnuEhs were put t. work
ON upp,G Brosiwdv and Firm Avenue
from Washington square to SlNtieth
street. These worked so well that thtN
MT rulN did the work assigi - To then
hut made frequent eNcurs. n into SOM
Of the sid. streets, piling w the Suo"
there in the middle ~ the streets.
The first suift knocked OF ~ . \. VI
Yesterday ana Was supplanted by tn,
second shift. equal IN size. These me-
STAYED AZ work until > o'clock Yesterday
Afternoon. when the coWinis~ioner de
cided that the work Nas 80 we'll h. hinC
that Il would not De necessary to cal
ont tho third shift
NJ I O'Clock ~ thc afternoon the con,
tractors put Cut their men. Tncy haC
I'm Manhattan too carts with Lon SHOW
Oilers to- pile the snow FOR the carts. II
PaS .Npr'trd That those men would stay
out all ui-h'.
NV '''N Wv ~ '
THAT In the afternoon more pcopl'
"alt.I ia the middle az the streets than
! OF tho sidewalks.
81 believe this system vii soon porl
a. we'll n I rad hoped II would" safe
thu COMMISSIONS before H." went HON.
The first time is cvu"ss caused oul'
I bitches tho mon We're not used 10 th'
.yS'"n. But each snow f1ll VIII si,e u
better results, am sure. what ~,
pcoric want = q qu'"k and ccorcm mica
! method % getting nd Of the SHOW AN,
! believe thit rs just what | have
Tho Weather Bureau measure,
oNactly seven inches OF snow for th'
two day fan, hut IN the outl, ing dis
tri,ts tn" wind piled tho snow knee
high The snow was much heavier thar
usual. lu = normal fall Of snow tn,
weather authorities fguro ten inches q
SNOW A. equal To al inch Of rain. hu
the seven inches uf snow that fell Sa'ur
daN and Yesterday equalird an inch o
rain. an unusually heavy fall,
Hut the bureau promises more snuv
to-day. although IL does not ~forecas
that the nov viii last long \ fai
Tuesday ~ promised.