The evening world., 1920-02-10
THAW TO ASSIST
1900. MEN IN
CLEARING THE STREETS
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planned But a postal card from a
man signing himself ~. w. II.
Smith" set the department guessing.
The writer proposed that a good
method OF getting men TO do the
work would he TO get half a dozen
more barrels OF good whiskey and
put the men on a six-drfnks- a. day
ration"
Commissioner Maostay says the
army throwing device is a
joke.
Fifteenth Street from the East River
to Union Square, 42d Street and other
crosstown streets are receiving as
much attention as the department
can give them, in order to ease the
strain on the north and south thor
oughfares.
Commenting on the situation to-
day, Mayor Hylan said:
''The administration has done
everything to cope with the situation
that it is humanity possible to do 1t
is obviously unfair TO critlcise the
administration in a crisis like this.
The principle difficulty is the shortage
OF labor. We cannot get the men.
understand from Commissioner Mac
Stay that there are 5000 men at work
to-day, but that is. far from being an
adequate force. If we had 5000 more
men available we could put them to
work. The Street Cleaning Depart
ment has purchased 5000 additional
shovels for more volunteers.
Deputy street Cleaning Commits
sioner Laura OF Brooklyn has written
TO Police Commissioner Enrght call
ing attention to the general violation
OF the ordinance requiring property
owners to keep the cutters in front OF
their premises clear Of snow and utg-
ing that patrolmen arrest offenders.
Laura said that in trip with Borough
President Reigelmann covering many
miles OF streets yesterday they did not
fnd a block of open gutter. Laura
had $500 men and 7SU trucks remoV
ing snow to-day and added that he
was not getting volunteer support
from citizens in accordance with
Mayor Hylan's appeal. Forty-ive
snow plows were out to-day TO keep
the streets open. ...
The b. X. II. reported that all ele-
waited, subway and surface lines we're
operating six small surface feede n
ana shuttle tracks. SiNty-five surface
trolley lines were operated on prac-
tically a normal schedule. sweepers
we're busy clearing tho tracks Of the
fresh snow fall.
James w. Brown, Deputy Street.
Cleaning Commissioner OF the Bronx
said 100 extra men and 30 extra
trucks were added TO the snow re-
moving foroe this morning. He de.
clared that the regular department
men would centre their efforts In
keeping clear those streets already
cleared before to-day's storm. Tht
street car lines were running without
serious delay and no trouble was an,
ticipated as. the snow removal wa,
we'll in hand.
SURFACE CARS IN MANHATTAN
ARE STILL TIED UP.
Practically no progress was report.
cd to-day over yesterday in opening
the surface car lines OF Manhattan
The New York Railways Company
operating tho green cars, had botl
tracks open on the Lexington Avenu
line from s9th to ESD Street. Botl
3 tracks on the Broadway line wer
a cleared from 5Oth 10 10th Street an,
p cars were running on the Sixth Ave
, nue line from 5Oth to S2d Street
10 The Second Avenue Company re
ported no passengers we're being car
q rled, though cars vc"e run 20 keS
o the tracks open $3.50 second Avenu
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