New-York tribune., 1920-02-09
Police Bar
Trucking to
Open Traffic
Continued from paso 1

the next two days will be most neces-
sary. If the people will helm omen
up the cutters in front of their homes
and business places, in the event of n
tnaw, 1T will aid greatly in riddinp the
city Oh this most phenomenal snowfall.
nope pleasure Vehicles will keen Of
the streets for the next day or two.
as the street cleaners and other snow
workers can perform better service if
there is less congestion. I wish also
to thank the press for it's co6nerat;an !"
Commissioner MacStay added his
criticism to that Of Mayor Hylan be-
cause of the failure of the lines under
the receivership of Job Hedges to get
their tracks and their trolley slots
cleared. .
They didn't put their men to work
IN time to accomplish anything," he
said. "That is the reason their cars
arc standing idle to-day, four days
after 'thc storm. Such situation is
unheard of in great city"
Coal Flows Into City
Coal continued to flow into the citv
during the day at q rate that removed
possibility of transportation troubles
from this source, although the supply
in the bins of the public utility cor
porations still is far from satisfactory.
The one satisfactory feature of the
surface car shutdown, according to the
statements Of transportation men. was
the fact that they have been consum-
ing no power since the storm. with
the result that subway and elevated
trains were permitted to use all the
power generated at the big electric
stations
Practically all railroads operating in
and out of the city reported broken
schedules as result of the storm and
emergency arrangements required be-
cause of the fuel and car shortage, The
Pennsylvania road announced that
Jacksonville trains were four to five
hours late. All other trains on the
line and those Of the Long Island Rail-
road were said to be operating at
something approaching regular sched-
ule time, however.
Brooklyn Digs Herself Out
The Street Cleaning Department of
Brooklyn went at the work of removing
the snow with 1000 men, while private
contractors had 800 more Many large
trucks were used. The principal lines
OF thoroughfare received first attention.
as was the case in Manhattan.
Every aval liable fiat car on the B. r, r
was also used. Reports received by
w. S. Menden, general mangaer of the
system, were that good work was being
accomplished in every part of the
borough. Every available man that
could be hired was put to work.
Borough President Riegelmann said
he had receivd many applications from
basins. In many sections, he said,
residents had combined and engaged
men and trucks to remove the snow
from in front of their premises.
Service on the rapid transit lines
was nearly normal yesterday. No at
tempt was made to open up the shuttle
lines in the suburbs, but gangs of men
were sent there to remove the snow.
1t is expected that traffic on the subur-
ban lines would be opened to-day.
Staten Island Conditions Improve
Conditions in Staten Island were
slightly better than on Saturday. There
was snowfall Of 21S to inches dur
ing the night, but without wind or re-
sultant drifts. Every available city
employee was at work clearing the
streets and roadways of the great mass
of snow which has blocked traffic Two
of the trolley lines, the Silver Lake
line and the Bulls Head line. have
Deen dlscontlnued entirely since Thurs
day, and yesterday only two of the
seven bus lines were in operation. No
collections of ashes and garbage have
been made since Wednesday. There
have been no deliveNes of coal, and in
many districts no deliveries of milk,
newspapers, or anything else.
Only about 25 per cent of the regis
tered school children attended school
Friday and in outlying districts some
OF the smaller schools were closed en-
tirely