New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-06
Merchants and Bankers
Unite to Drive Factories
from Retail Zone.
LOVE SUPPLEMENTS
ITY'S REDISTRICTiNG
u7icipal Boards Plans Guide
Future Growth - Private
Scheme 20 Mend Present.

Two movements, entirely different In
origin and character have been started
TO save the famous shopping and resi-
Dental districts Of New York from the
cncroachmcnt OF factories.
One is a spontaneous civic uprising
"a mutual cooperative effort among
merchants. bankers and property own
ers along Fifth Avenue and other bust
ness thorough res-to protect the city
and themselves against the invasion OF
the sweatshop sewing machine. This
movement looks az things as they are,
With side glance at the future. IL
has the support of a dozen Of the larg-
est department stores in the world. Its
promoters have announced in page adj
refreshments I'm newspapers that they
will use one weapon against the manu-
facturers who refuse TO move out OF
the prescribed business and shopping
mart by February I. 1917. I'VE Will
give tie preference in our purchases to
firms whose manufacturing plants are
located outside of zone bounded BY
the upper side Of Thirty-third Street,
Ffty-ninth Street, Third and Seventh
Avenues. also including Thirty-second
and Thirty-third Streets from Sixth TO
Seventh Avenue"
Provide for Future Oonly.
The other movement looks TO the
future. !, is the result Of months Of
study by the Commission on Building
Districts and Restrictions Of the prop
lem presented i'm starting. AZ this late
date. TO teach old Father knlckerbocker
how 20 grow. This tentative plan en-
bodies a scheme Of redistricting the
five boroughs. but 10 contains no rem
Cdy FOR existing conditions.
Restricting regulation Is inc pass
of the commissions report, when Wl4l
be filed with the Board Of Estimate
IN week. In residential district,
shown by blank street lines on the map,
81 is recommended that only buildings
with their usual accessories designed
for the following specified uses be con-
structcd: Private residences and apart
ments. hotels. private clubs, religious
educational curative and philanthropic
institutions.
I'm business district, shown by the
black street lines. list Of specified IN
dustries and uses of clearly oblee-
rorable character are excluded. Inc
larger type of factory is excluded by
limiting the foor space that may be
occupied fo~ factory "ses IL any one
building In business district 20 20 per
cent IF the total floor space.
To Remedy Present Evils.
Unrestricted districts. as shown by
dotted lines. include large areas along
the water fronts and railroads, where
an Industrial use either exists or Is an
ticipated. and also certain large areas
in the undevelOped sections, where
either residential or industrial use
may prove the more appropriate. de-
pending on future port and terminal
facilities.
When the PROSPECTUS Of tn, commits
sion says. however. "the proposed reg
ulations apply only 70 future buildings
and uses and do MOI interfere with any
existing structure or occupancy the
inky diagram flr rearraug'ng New York
p,rts company with the movemen. rep
resented BY a. shaded zone.
There was one prevailing comment
yesterday ON The advertisements an