New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Needle Trade
Workers to Keen
South of 42d ST
Manufacturers viii Make
South Side of 38th Street
Northern Boundary Line
in the Settlement Colony

Manufacturers of garments who are
to forsake the Fifth Avenue shopping
section in the Save New York S move
ment for locations west of Seventh
Aenue, will not move arther nortn
ward than the south side of Thirty
eighth Street.
This announcement was made yester-
day by Mack Kanner and Saul Singer
IN the interests Of the needle work
manufacturers. Recent reports had it
that the needle workers would locate
on the west side to and beyond Forty
second Street There was fear among
civic and other organizations that such
a move would greatly add to the con-
gestion of this busy thoroughfare, es-
pecially at Broadway and Seventh
Avenue
10 set such reports at rest and &c
snow that the garment manufacturers
VII re- me farther N.str d
Thirty eighth Street on the west side
Messrs. Kanner and Singer Yesterday
gave out statement as follows:
SSth Street Boundary Line
THE first thought of tie mann
facturers in selecting their sites for
ne housing Of their pants was the in
tere and welfare OF the City Of New
York, and it was for that reason they
resolved that they wou'd d not consider
any plot of ground north of Thirty
eighth Street, as they did not wis
'Nat the employees of these factories
should further congest thoroughfares
which are now very much crowded. We
believe that Forty second Street, par
ticularly at Times Square. which i
the most popular center of the city and
q point to which all out of-town visi-
tors are attracted. should be free from
any unnecessary crowding or congested
condition.
"On behalf of the facturer:
who have united in tie coo0erN tiv
building plan, we wish emphatically to
deny that it is their intention to 10
cate their factories north Of Thirty.
Eighth Street. The plots purchased b.
t. ese manu- sactArers are located on the
westerly side OF Seventh Avenue be-
veen tee northerly side OF Thirty
xth Street ard the souther.y side Of
I:lrty- eighth Street. and they have
es;abl:s ed Thirty eighth Street as tie
northerly b. und ry line. If add ditiona !
biildirgs ere required tie man fac
turers believe that sNch rev buildings
ihould be erected west of Seventh Ave
rue ard extend over to Eighth Ave
hce. There is Sufficient space to be
'ad in I. at area TO house the entire
nd stry, ard if some of the manu-.
ctrrcrs refer tie lsca.on south o.
Penrsy yvar ia Station new CON
str -ctlon en- also be located there.
hanufacturers viii Cooperate
The manufacturers are in fill ac-
cord with the Wls..es OF the various
civic con mittees, ard when tie Forty
second Street AS citation req tested
Item to keep below 'rhir .y-eignth
street no dliflcu.ly was experienced
IN havlfg the manufacturers respond
favoraby TO So suggestion.
The members of the Save New York
Committee. in conference with the
manu- acturers, have expressed their
view that the cooperation of all these
manufac >urers is essential in preserv-
irg such sections of the city for the
purposes to which they are best adapt
cd. free from the invasion of factories
which should not properly be located
there.
Indeed. as the public convenience
required it.. and the Give organizations
decidedly favored q northerly limit at
Ihlrty-eighth Street, the manueactu ers
would not even consider plots Of land
north of that street, which were pre-
sented to them by various br,kers.
"We deem it essential that New York
should rema the center of the gar
ment industry. and this can be accom-
riished only by cooperation between
the manufacturers and the civic organi-
cations so that the manu- 'acture of
these garments can be carried on not
only with the least detriment to the
general welfare o. the city. but to tn
greatest advantage of the industry it
self"