New-York tribune., 1918-01-22
Wall Street Suffers
Much Inconvenience.
But Adheres to Order

Although suffering much personal in
convenience Wall Street, with few en-
ceptions, adhered strictly to tho Fucl
Adm'n'Strators cdct for hoatless
Monday
evidences of desire to live nm to
tho letter OF Dr. Carfc,d's ordor ,vor,
apparent in the shutting down Of clc-
va'or service to an absolute minimum
the use of candles where electric lights
were cut of and the wearing indoors OF
ovorcoats and sweaters to combat the
absence OF heat.
lhere was little light IN the Stock
Exchange except that furnished bv the
big plate glass windows on the Broad
ana New street sides. No elevator ser
vice was to be had except one on the
Broad Street entrance. Just before tho
opening OF the market the temperature
on the big trading floor was around 20.
but it quickly dropped, so that by clos
ing time it was below so. The brokers
tor the most part wore hats and sweat
ers, but accepted the situation good
naturedlv.
The attendance in brokerage houses
was light, many big spectators prefer
ring to sit in the branch Offices in the
uptown hotels. where they could tele-
phone their orders in comfort.
Many OF the large Office buildings
were 9 e, heatiess and lightless. Lighted
candles were placed alongside the stock
tickers to enable the quotation boys to
shout out the changing security prices.
Some brokerage offices were so dark
that the boys chalking up the quota
tons on the biaclboaris had to carry
candles.
The efforts of the brokers to carry
out the order of the Stock Exchange
that all deliveries he made Yesterday
! resulted IN considerable confusion ow-
ing 20 the crowding of elevators IN
buildings where the service was limited.
IAe congestion became so great in the
Equitable Building that the service,
winch III the morning was limited to
tour cars, had to be increased later to
ten.
In the Woolworth Building pseudo
martial order prevailed throughout the
Gay. +. a. Cochran, the bhiding super
lhtendcnt. had ordered only one eleva-
tor TO be used during the day. That
was the only car that operated, and the
average delay experienced by exempted
persons upward bound was twenty
minutes.
Ten elevator operators formed cor
don around the entrance to this car on
the Broadway side of the structure.
lkey formed buffer for those who
sought entrance to the lift. Those who
mad legitimate business in the various
otfires in the building were required to
identify themselves to the satisfaction
OF the man in charge of the guards.
One elevator carried the traffic in the
City Investment Building, at l65 Broad
way. In the Park Row Building one ele-
vator was operated on an express sched-
ule, stopping only at the fifth, nintk
and fourteenth hors, where the Naval
! Board, Quartermaster's Department and
the Department of Justice Offices are To-
Gated. All persons not having business
with these Offices were denied use Of
the car. One elevator was in comnis-
sion at the Singer.
Thlrty-three firms in the exempted
class have offices in the Equitable Build
ing. Ten elevators ran during the daN.
Sixty per cent of the tenants of the
Whitehall Building. II Battery Place,
We're on the exempted list. They in
clude various marine and shipping con-
Germs, firms engaged in food Industries
and government Offices. The United
States Weather Bureau is on the top
floor. Only eight elevators were II,
operation.
One elevator was operated in each OF
the Hudson Terminal Buildings, ct 80
and 80 Church Street, as against a nor
NAL service of forty cars.
The Telephone and Telegraph Build
ing at 1875 Broadway was exempt from
the provisions OF the Garfield order be-
cause only officers directly connected
with telephone and telegraph transmits
sion lines have Offices in the building
Despite this the elevator service was
cut down 50 per cent and there was
slight decrease in the amount of heat
surfnishea.
Some criticism Of the exemption Of
banks from the Fuel Administrators
ruling was heard. Brokers said they
had been compelled to remain open un-
der trying conditions to enable the
banks to call loans. if necessary, and
for that reason they felt they should
have the same accommodations in car
Tying On their business.
In order to help relieve the situation
caused by the lack Of elevator service
several important banks informed the
StocE; Exchange that they would certify
checks after o'clock, provided sufYl-
cient notice was given in advance. The
Cotton Exchange did not open for bust
ness.