New-York tribune., 1919-08-08

cause both the police and the public
had time to prepare. Offices closed half
an hour ahead of time ii1 order to give
the workers q chance to arrange for
transportation. Many business houses
provided automobiles and trucks for
their employees who live in Brooklyn.
Toward overing hundreds Of trucks
ard autos herar tc appear in the
streets near the Manhattan approach
to the four bridges The majority
were of tho spyt Used TO carry crates
and barrels ind provided no seats for
thc!r rass aNaers. Signs we're hung
out, and drivere hrgar TO shout
"Cpney isiaY.a, deiar head" or
Dow h.yrslA Ayeh4.. sG each
]ilnc to $40 fare
lares N@ricu fto;. Il CINE to $40. A
number o. Grivrfs o. htfues and motor
trucks carried passengers free Men
aad women were iamlned together
aoourd the trucks merc cirSc'y than in
any snt"AS crush Du ihe front seats
OF ccai delivery motors. beside the
grimy drivers, sat girls who looked as
i they never had ridden in anything
less deccrous than limousines.
Patrons for the old fashioned taxi
cabs, with clocks, we're strangely
Of this class gathered behind the
Municipal Building at Park Row early
in the evening, and after the rush
hour WAS over many of them still were
there. The people preferred the trucks.
which were considerably cheaper.
though less comfortable
In spite Of the multitude Of iitneys,
thousands of persons had to walk The
footpaths across all the bridges were
packed from end to end throughout the
ome-coming period.
200 Policemen on Bridges
Two hundred policemen. directed by
Captain Edward j. Toolc of the Bridge
Precinct, managed the traffic on the
four bridges, fifty men to bridge.
About half these men had been called
from other precincts for special duty
Captain Toole, in the midst of the rush
hour. owe have plenty of men to
handle the crowds, and, anyway, every
one is good natured. There have been
practically no blockades on any of the
bridges. We have been able to keep a
steady stream of vehicles moving
across"
The bridge locals, which were the
only cars operating from Park Row
across the Brooklyn Bridge, were
jammed to the doors with persons who
hoped to get jitneys to carry them
from the other end of the bridge to
their homes.
Bus Lines in Brooklyn
During the day impromptu bus lines
were established in Brooklyn along the
routes of the regular trolley lines.
Signs were drawn with chalk on the
sides of trucks announcing the route,
the destination anw the fare, which
was usually quarter.
Bertram Gardner Internal revenue
collector for the brooklyn district, and
twenty Of his agents conducted a raid
yesterday afternoon upon the amateur
hackmen, asking them for their
licenses. The agents descended upon
Borough Hail. the Flatbush Avenue
station of the Long Island Railroad
and other points where jitneys gather.
and took the names of all those who
lad no licenses
In order that its operators might
miss the irconveniences brought about
BY the B. r. I. strike in BROOKLYN the
New York Telephone Company ycster-
day asked the New York Camp Com
munity Service for cots and bedding to
be placed in the telephone buildings
in Brooklyn.
Hundreds of commercial trucks were
coasting up and down Broadway below
Elghth Street yesterday afternoon So
licitlng fares for Brownsville and East
New York.
The congestion was such that traffic
was frequently stopped for five or six
blocks at time