The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-13
BOWERY UPLIFTERS
SEEK NEW NAME
Find Famous Street Cant
Live Down Stigma Fixed
by HOyt's Old Song.
PLAN r'NBURDENEU START

Charles Hoyt to the bar, MIR. Play
wrigh,'s Ghost. YOU are charged with
being responsible for the retrogression
OF the Bowery from IT. former state
as the home OF big business 10 Its present
shabby and disreptuable condition. You
made II what 1t is to-day with your
little song, beginning
The Bow-r,. the Bowefy.
They do sueh things snd tney say such
tnings
on the Buwer,. the Bowery.
III never go there any more.
So low have you brought the Street
OF u Million Derelicts that now hoy
to its former grandeur. Shades Of Chuck
Connors and Steve Brodic, Shall the
home of The Bucket Of Blood" Of Me
Gurk's Suicide Hail." of "NigRer Mixes"
of "~Callahan's'" OF THE Flea Bag." Of
"~Gombossy's Music Hair and Of other
resorts The haunt OF schuyler a
Ness. nabob of p~anhandlers Of Bat
Sweeney. Of sloppy Mag McUnsky. OF
Tinky-Tin Cushman, OF Ike Meyers and
Rilly Mc;lory--lose its Tenown IN he
oblivion Of a new name such as Peter
Cooper street. Hewitt avenue or Central
Broadway. winch are among tho inn
proved titles suggested for il"
tpiift~rs Agree on Plan.
Those who want 10 upiitt still further
what was once the shabby primrose
path by changing its name organized yes
terday az the Manhattan Bridge Tran
ait Improvement Association. Among
the 200 merchants. manufacturers. bank
ers and landlords who met ut AZ Bowery
were Henry A. clinkunbrooiner repre-
senting the Chatham and PhpniN Bank,
and Charles Gulden OF the Citizens Saw
ing Bank. President Charles II. Shul-
man, who presided. offered a resolution
providing that the new members petition
the Board of Aldermen to change the
ame of the th~oroughfare OF bread lines.
buns. poverty and iniquity TO Peter
Cooper street. Hewitt avenue or Central
broadway. The resolution was unani-
mously adopted and will he presented
10 the hoard some time this week.
The purpose OF the association. as
stated by various speakers at yes,er-
days meeting. is the bcttermert Of busi-
ness and property conditions IN the Sec
ton on both sides OF the Manhattan
Bridge rlaza.
Fra, step TO Deal with Son8.
The members of the association be-
lieve that the first and most necessary
st,p ia the carrying out OF his project
Is the removal If the stigma cast on the
district by charles Hoyt's old song,
Speakers at yesterdays meeting told
of the time when the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!
clothing company. Lord 4 Taylog's. Id
w,rd Ridley 4 Sons. Alexander Bros.
and y score OF other large concerns were
located Oh the Bowery. That was be-
fore charles lIoyt wrote his disastrous
song
The Manhattan Fridge Improvement
Association also purposes 10 enlist the
aid Of the city and state TO Undue. the
Erooklyn Rapid Transit Company 70
send one-half OF the cars that now cross
the Brooklyn Fridge over the Manhattan
bridge. ON the two tracks on the Brook
iyn Bridge. $500 trims are now made
daily. while on the four tracks on the
Manhattan bridge only zoo are made.
The broadway Rrooklyn elevated lines
! are 70 be- pc,itionrd 30 build a spur which
| Will divert the 81, waited railway trafhc
, from Brownsville over the Manhattan
: Bridge
Tho following officers wer. elected II,
' addition TO President Shulmar First
| Vice-presidenl. Nathan Marcus: second
| yiCe-pr"sident. Henry a Rade treas
ur-r. John II. jube secretary. Jacob
Finkelstein. chairman Of the membership
committee. Henry \ Clnkunbroomer,
ard chairman OF he executive board,
julius plumbers.