New-York tribune., 1918-01-18
City Heads Told
BY Hylan to Help
Carry Out Order

While hoping for some moderation
of the sweeping order Of Federal Fuel
Administrator Garfield, Mayor Hylan
summoned the members of the Board
Of Estimate and the heads Of all city
departments to the City Hall yestcr-
day afternoon and instructed them to
assist in every way they could in car
rying out the order. The Mayor eX
pressed the opinion to his commits
sioners that he did not believe it was
4 time to critcise, but "a time for pa
tcnce and obedience to the mandates
of the Federal government.
There was no open criticism Of the
Garfield order at the conference of the
city officials, but considerable doubt
vas expressed as to how far it might
affect the orderly process Of city gov
ernmcnt affairs. A special committee
vas appointed to refer certain phases
OF the ruling for Interpretation by the
Corporation Counsel, and to report
back to-day to the Board Of Estimate
The question was raised as to
whether it would be possible for the
thousands of city employees to get to
work on time on Mondays, when the
transit lines would be operating on
Sunday schedules under the order,
with no express trains early in the
morning The opinion prevailed that
the Mayors SO to 5" order would prob
ably have to be modified on these days,
even in the case of the Mayor him
self, II he persisted in travelling on
the b. R. r.
Despite the Mayors condemnation Of
the Brooklyn transit service, John j..
Dempsey, vice president and general!
manager of the s. X. r., declared yes
terday that his company would take
measures to obtain modification of the
Federat order, so as to operate "bet-
ter than Sunday service" on the Mon
day holidays" Mr. Dempsey conferred
with the Public Service Commission in
regard to making such a request of the
government.
He said he didn't believe it would be
possible to handle the traffic on Mon
days on the basis of Sunday schedules.
He pointed out that, although many
business plants would be closed down,
there would still be thousands of people
going to work over the Brooklyn lines.
and that the usual light Sunday morn
ing service would be entirely made
quate.
The matter of being able to publish
daily "The City Record" raised another
doubt. The Martin b. Brown Printing
Company, the official city printers, mott
fed Peter J. Brady. Supervisor Of the
City Record, that, unless the city au-
thoritics could secure from the Federal
government permission for the com
pany to continue shop operations, it
could not fulfil its contract with the
city for the daily publication of "The
City Record"
Prior to the conference of city off
Gals Mayor Hylan issued the follow
ing statement in regard to the Garfield
order:
owe all know, whatever the causes
may have been, that the transportation
and terminal facilities in this part of
the country had got into horrible
mess. and were getting worse; and
yet, that extraordinary condition is
only one Of the many that the Prcsi-
dent must have had to take into con-
sideration. War measures in their
nature must destroy property values
and produce human sutfcring We have
been warned that we at home would
have to share in the sacrifices. This
is only the beginning. We must be
very patient.
Il earnestly hope that the President
and his advisers may be able to give
us some modification of DR.. Garfeld's
order; but, nevertheless, we must not
assume that it was lightly issued nor
hope that it will be quickly modified. "