New-York tribune., 1920-08-31
Traffic Jams
Impede Buses
I'm Rush Hours
Whalen Finds III Impossible
TO Operate 200 Vehicles
Provided by City for
Use of Strike Sufferers
Emergency Steamboats, and
Other Craft Used TO Take
Throngs to 5. Brooklyn

Five hundred busses were operated
al the rush hours in Brooklyn las.
night. although Commissioner Whaien
had announced that 1.o0o buses RAD
teen assigned to the twenty rouses
mapped out By him. With the assist
ance Of Mayor Eiylan.
Commissioner Whalen ascr5bsd his
Inability 10 keep the entire fact Of
busses 1T operation 10 the extreme
congestion o. vehlcular irsEc dne 80
.tc strike. He said he was confident
taat the / 900 husses will be on hand
this morning.
In addition 10 supplying hundreds
af busses Fhe city sought 70 relieve the
situation ny uslng emergency steam
boats, municipal ferries and other
craft These carried passengers 20
Coney Island, Bay Ridge and Soa.a
Brooklyn
Whslen Issues Statement
Commissioner Wha.ea issued the
following statement:
One thousand bussss are zow SIS
signed to the r@rious lines, but. owing
to the terrific traffic jam resulting from
tue strike, the service which is YEN
devea ON these lines Is not SO effective
as II should be However. when .he
people u Brooklyn realize she trans
rs0r.atlon facilities which The bus lines
Will aE0ra them Il 4lve-ce-. fares.
many o. them will -afraia from using
7he.7 private cars or hiring motor ano
o1her vehicles q. exoroiIzrI rates u
order u reach Manhattan.
Adva-rsge should be taken o+ tie
wa.er Tou.as n operation betweea
Coney Island ard New York. Sky
ninth Street. Brooklyn. and New York.
and Thsr.y-2lath Street. Brooklyn, sad
New J Yo-k-
If The people Will pslrouize TIE bus
routes running :nlc -he piers from
which Ing Eln.cips. boats l@aTe t1sy
viii ba able 70 reach Manhattan re-Y
EueA quicker .han using the subwsys
Or any other means q .aao trzlspo--
.s.loa.
= strongly prse upon the people OF
these ssclnos 70 ire the wafer -aca9i-
sies arranged 10 get bac. and forth -
business and -.e5- homes
Free Ferries in Operation
TIE 5er-ybozts supplied hy ire city
were packed with mugn i--.l8Iso and
4yy--ooks1g Brook sly451es 81 sae -uso
hours Est night This condition wzs
particularly ---e Al .ae loot Of White
1.al- Street. me terminal fo- urrscspS!
ferries .o Staten Island ana 20 Thirty
-i1.h Street Brooklyn. Thousands Ct
persons who -iv= n I1e Shore 2ose SEE
.io- II Brooklyn isoes ire ferries .
Staten Island and made -a.-s2ste-
- -1s ferry running between 81
George a@d saxty- ninth Street, South
Brooklyn- They apparently d.d NJ:
.-qw Of .hs free terry se-y:ce sro-
Pier 4 20 Slx-y-rI7.1 Street, Broox.y--
qaci-y a. 500; .hs lew police boat,
John r Hylan, s0a and IRE yollce boss
Patrol, -lQ. were II service oa fifteen
-n'rate schedule They transported
thousands q S-ook,ynl.es in the rus.
hours last evening TIE a0a.s ~e-e -un-
za-g until p -. -1sy Will rssun.e :.
: t't-ocE .--s -1or111g, starting from
the S1x.ynlr-h Street. dock. B-0oAlya,
md co-t.a-s1s On 5t.ssa-7iru.s
sche61.e ln15l . o'cloca
Printed placa-ds stating .ha. TIRE
el1y had .a-lished .he Jerry se-T5cs
t-e-- Pier 4 were posted from Bowling
Green down 70 .he Pier There WIS
~ charge tc- .-e service
Bu- you cant satisfy eveyybo6y.~
sa5d Inspector Js-res ". Eallock. N
charge d ne aoa. ans Jerry service
Several Il .te passengers co-q.si-eG
5eczuse ~4 81 10. have newgrapers
tar szle IL .1e toa.s and because re
g21gp.a-s. ~-as -c1 straight
HUNDREDS u benches from Ba.ta-y
.'a-k ware o-2-znaee-eo by Iaspec.o.
44l1oeA -c- .h@ r-Ttaa.z
/. NE Ta.t.y-2.n.a Stree. ts--y
=. : I-.lll-la- ,wo extra BEATS were qus on
during me -ush hoe-s- These PRO
v.d=o the Only means ot co-nuniea-
l'0n between -ha. PET. Of BROOKLYN
and Manhattan. Captain Oscar
s3lnMel. q .ts c.1 Slip Polite SD