The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
FIGHT TO RESTRICT
9TH AYE. ENDORSED
Efforts to Drive Out Factories
North Of 33d street Bring
Messages Of Approval.
SEE WIDESPREAD GAINS

Bieps u tic 'H'eS
Lawyers. manufacturers. women
shoppers. real estate owners OF the dis
trict and Of other parts of the city. resi-
dents Of all five boroughs. merchants In
ihe district. and those located without.
r1en who own factories IN the district
who promise to move out. hotel owners,
club members ana others nave 'ndorseo
the civic movement tn maintain the
district as the hnest shopping ana resi-
Dental section In the world.
surprise II expressed in any quar-
ters That citizens did not undertake the
CAMPAIGN long ago. for No many bene-
hts Will accrue from IL. not on!y 10 tno
district immediately aHected, out also
TO the district to the south wnere tho
IN tories are expected 10 go. n to
the city In general. Tor the d~epreciation
IN value to the reai estate TO the south
Will Increase the amount OF taxes de-
rived therefrOm m Will therefore nave
the tendency TO lower Tor every.
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Here are two letters from women
shoppers which the committee has re-
ceived:
II am greatly Interested In the effort
70 preserve upper Fifth avenue from the
inroads of manufacturers. and shall be
8Iuu 10 ledTH Oh any dSSiStaiN6 Nlot
women shoppers can give. Perhaps a
tag reading Made in the restricted dis
trict' would help us shoppers.
Mrs. MARY L. BUSH.
81 West Sixty-fourth street"
There are any number of women OF
my acquaintance who find 1t impossible
20 fight their way through the hordes
Of tailors, SC, who pour from out the
factories Zach day at noon and monopo-
iixo the sidewalks between the hours OF
~ and I In the shopping district.
Women shoppers are refusing to visit
tho shops during these hours. n II
seems to me tina some measures o
be adopted to guard the safety of shop
pers AT this time. These hordes Of tall
ory. &C., stand and walk in such great
numbers hat one is forced TO seek the
curb in order to progress at all rap
Idly. LINDA JAEGERHCBER."
Toun and Country Is reprinting the
committees advertisement as a contri-
button to the cause. and here is an in
dorsement of the project in behalf of
New York's visitors:
"In hearty commentator Of the cf-
fort, I want to congratulate your CONF
mittee on the plans adopted to estab-
lish a protected zone not only for New
York's retailers bu. for New York's
visitors.
"As a mere suggestion. why not in
terest all the large merchants through
out the country in the effort through
the various merchants associations Of
the big cities. I am sure they a = we'll
a. their representative would welcome
the opportunity of cooperation.
IL. II. LIVINGSTON. Hotel Claridge."
Frank II. WELLER. real estate. 10 East
For,y-seventh street. points out some "
the ADVANTAGES which the success OF
the movement will bring
''The removal Of manufacturing north
Of T~wenty-third street will materially
Increase the value of property m the
side streets as well as on Fifth avenue.
and contrary 10 the general fear OF the
D. operty owners Of loft buildings on
side streets that they will be unable
TO get tenants. the tenants. notably
who'll salers. will MI their buildings at
a higher rental than they have been
able to obtain through taking manufac-
turers. as this movement Of wholesalers
now still under way has been deferred
BY the fact of the manufacturing inter-
ests having been In the field.
1.-THE effects of this movement. how
ever, are more deep rooted than those
applying to this zone only. for south Of
Thirty-third street the manufacturing
buildings were becoming deserted
through constant shifting %northward OF
the tenants. You nay look for a large
r,anufac,ur,ny ION. and an Increase 81
prices to where they were a few years
ago"
G. Hepburn wilson, dancing instruc.
tor, writes:
I'VE wish to express ourselves as
heartily in accord with your plan as
per last Sundays papers. BY q thor
ough analysis we cannot see but that
the plan will be advantageous to 100
per cent. OF all concerned"
Howard c. Brokaw, president OF Bro
saw Bros, which has Just moved into
ito new home at broadway and Forty
second street. writes:
Il consider 1t a long step in h right
direction toward overcoming the evil
hat Is being done to the city. ] feel
that every man that has any pride in
the city should join this movement"
Thomas ]. Stewart, who owns 1852
1854 Broadway. views the campaign In
this light:
This IL a very vital question and
should enthuse every public spirited
citiyen OF New York who takes pride in
his city In assisting you In this very
commendable work. The section re-
ferred to is the heart OF the city, and IL
most certainly should he restricted, and
In so doing the benefit would accrue 10
the entire city"
Endorsed by Lawyer.
lob, u pin. l,v,.r a. Wall .,r..,
eoros ,ha, o,bor dts,ric,, u,,,, h.oin
s,,nIo. moyoner,s Uo writes.
.i, "a ereatIv 70 he boned thu, tho
uovement which Won have started NAV