New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
Cut Vacations,
Clean Streets.
Hylan Is Told
Mayor Advises Curran to
Fill Holes i'm Pavement
and lis Informed Defects
Can't Be Found for Snow
Committee Go m plains
Ice Prevents Inventory of
City Thoroughfares That
Are in Need of Repairs

At the meeting Of the Board of Esti-
mate yesterday. during the usual ex-
change Of pleasantries between the
Mayor and Borough President Curran,
Mr.. Curran revived painful memories.
The snowstorm then in progress in the
great world outside gave Mr.. Curran
the chance to take Mr.. Hylan's rhetori-
cal breath with solar plexus punch.
Trouble arose over resolution Of
fered by the Borough President that
the board approve the bill now in the
Legislature giving the right Of petit
tion to policemen and fremen. In
moving the resolution Mr.. Curran said
the bill simply guaranteed the police
and firemen the right of petitioning the
Legislature. which every other citizen
had, but which had been denied to the
members of these departments through
orders Of the heads of the departments
forbdding them from appearing before
Legislative committees on legislative
matters.
"Any effort" said Mr.. Curran. chat
Will bring legislative discussion and
effort right out into the open without
stlHing it is good for the policemen
and firemen and the whole community"
Mayor Gets Worst of Tilt
~ want to say to the public" in
tcrposcd the Mayor. chat if Mr.. Cur
ran and Joseph ]. O'Reilly would mind
their own business and cave the DO
l1cemen and fircmcn alone there wo,,ld
not be so much trouble. It's the
cheapest kind of politics you are plav-
ing, and the people will get on to YOU. :"
ne said. turning upon the Borough
President. e "
"Ihey'rc on to me now, Mr.. Mavor:
mats the reason I'm here" said M.
Curran. 'o AVA :
you're playing cheap politics." re-
peated the Mayor.
Il think if you counted ten before
retorted the Borough President. TO
which the Mayor replied:
III you would fill the holes in the
streets Of Manhattan you would be
better off,"
eff YOU will clear the snow off the
streets instead of going to Palm Beach
| viii try to find the holes in the pave
ments of Manhattan and fill them, !"
replied the Borough President.
The audience in the council chamber
applaudcd.
The Borough Presidents motion to
adopt the resolution was lost and tho
mattyr was referred to the committee
nt the whole after Comptroller Craig
had moved and the board had voted
down a motion to file the resolution.
When the board came to consider
the report of its Committee on Finance
and Budget as to the streets recon-
mended in the various boroughs for
repaving i'll 1920, for which $4,000 600
mas been appropriated, it was found
that the committee was able to pre-
sent only partial lists of the streets.
School Jantors Get Raise
The reason given in TIE report Of
the committee was as fellows:
"On account Of the snow and ice it
has been impossible to inspect many
of the streets on the lists submitted
for consideration by the Borough Pres
Idents, and the lists of streets recon-
mended for approval are only partial,
being mainly those streets which were
on the lists approved for repaving in
IVY, on which no work was done on
account of lack of funds. Full lists
will be submitted for considerati as
soon as inspection is completed"
The board approved the committees
report as far as it went, which in
cludcd the request of Borough Presi-
dent Riegclmann of Brooklyn to in
clude in the program Of repaving work
to be undertaken at once the repaving
OF Atlantic Avenue from point be-
tween Bedford and Nostrand avenues
to Eastern Parkway Extension.
The board authorized pay at time
and half for overtime for all en-
ploVeeS of the Street Clcanipr Doport
ment employed on snow and garbage
removal and the same rate Of paw for
work done on Sundays or holidays. An
eight-hour work day was established
for all employees of the department in
any twentyfour hours. The salaries
OF the janltors of the public schools
was increased 20 per cent.