New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
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ilnes under the supervision and control
OF Job r. Hedges, receiver of the New
York Railways Company. have heen
operated for the last forty-eipht hours.
and he has made no effort to operate
these cars or even clean the streets on
which the cars run, duty which he is
obliged to perform.
The cars are stalled on some of the
busy thoroughfares and in some in
stances cars have stopped practically
across the street and at intersecting
points with no effort to move them. In
other words, he has deliberately laid
down on his job and has made no effort
to perform the duty that is imposed on
him by removing the snow from the
tracks on the streets where his cars
rum | wish you would take the matter
up with him Immediately, and if neces-
sary apply to Judge Mayer of the Fed
eral Court, who appointed him, to see
IT it is not possible for the court to
compel Receiver Hedges to at least
remove his cars from the conpested
thoroughfares and help remove the
snow from the tracks,"
Better Service in BROOKLYN
Attention was called to the fact that
the Brooklyn surface cars had, almost
without exception, continued operation
throughout the storm. Cars were oper-
ated on remote lines, such as Smith
Street and in the Coney Island dis
trict, although it was necessary to
keep wrecking crews busy day and
night putting cars back on the tracks
after they had unsuccessfully bucked
the snow drifts.
Conditions in Manhattan were con-
trasted to this, where cars last night
OF Vyho I,oJ
by their crews at the beginning of the
storm. One explanation advanced by
the transportation officials was that
the ice-filled trolley slots could not
be kept open by any of the methods
employed where overhead trolleys are
used. 1t is possible that some slots
may not be available for use for q
week.
Another letter written by the Mayor
during the day, was addressed to Po-
lice Commissioner Enright, and pointed
out that agitators were working among
the. snow shovelers, arguing for ST.
Enrlght was called upon to stop this
propaganda.
Before police action was taken, how
ever, two gangs of forty men each had
been called out by an unidentified man
who called himself the "business agent
OF the snow shovelers' union" There
was no such union before the present
storm and the organizer was classified
by the police as one of the apitators
mentioned in the Mayors letter. Half
OF the men who quit work returned to
| their shovels and the fifty cents an
hour paid by the city for such work
while the police set out to find the or
ganizer.
Milk Routes Are Dug Out
This morning many localities in
New York and on Long Island will
enjoy cream in coffee for the first
time in three days. 1t was said las,
! night that milk routes that had been
abandoned during the storm because
of the inability to use ordinar,
vehicles in the strets, would be re.
sumed wherever possible.
Apartment houses and hotels thai
received milk yesterday did so be-
cause of the enterprise of wagor
drivers and the leniency of police who
permitted almost any infraction o1
vehcular regulations in order to keer
wagons moving. In some sections
wagons drove over sidewalks and thus
avoided huge drifts.
| abandoned automobiles. In one par
of the Bronx twenty-five stalled cars
were counted within three blocks. The
situation might have resulted in 6
harvest for auto thieves, but they
could not operate the cars any more
successfully than their owners. The
machines remained unmolested until
the slow process Of shoveling them out
had been accomplished.
The coal situation, as viewed by
Public Service Commissioner Lewis
Nixon last night, was greatly improved
and continued to promise we'll for
to-day: A statement issued from Mr.
Nixon's Office said:
81. w. Lieb, vice president and gen.