New-York tribune., 1920-02-14

which the mon are called upon to d.
service as snow fighters.
Streets Must Be Closed
At the conference held later with
business men from the market dis
tricts numerous offers of the entir,
force Of employees were made. Sew
eral pointed out that deliv
cries would cease immediately ans
that tons Of much needed food wouls
rot unless some method of clearint
the streets could be, provided at once
" can supply 200 men to work i,
the streets tomorrow morning if tn,
tools are furnished for them," said j
c. Seaman, dealer on Hudson Street
sBut streets will have to be closed ant
cooperation of the police and stree
cleaners will be absolutely essential.
THE cooperation will be there" sale
Mayor Hylan. Streets will be closet
wherever the men are available. A,
soon as they go to work the police will
close the streets, We will close every
street in the district if necessary, ant
! will go out and work with the men i.
needed"
After numerous other offers of mer
had been heard it was decided to USE
the Beach Street police station for the
headquarters of the volunteer army
Picks tand shovels will be available
there for any and all workers.
The streets that probably will be
closed first are Greenwich, Hudson
Franklin, Harrison, Jay, Duane, Reade
Chambers and parts Of Canal. Others
will be closed as soon as the shovelers
are available, according to Mayor
Hyian.
More complaints about the treatment
of volunteer workers were made in
the course of the meeting, but were
not answered by Mayor !Iylan. E.. L.
Goodsell of the Fruit Auctioneers
Company, said that many men who had
gone Immediately to- the aid of the
Street Cleaning Department at the be
ginning of the storm could not repeat
their offer now because of the treat
ment they had received. He said that
truckmen were forced to get into long
full red tape at a time when they
wanted to serve the city in patriotic
way.
Isaac Goldberg, representing the
New York Team Owners Association
protested that the city had permitted
slight expenditures of money to stand
in the way of speedy clearing of the
streets.
"There are 1900 trucks in this
city" he said. "Of that number 10000
would have volunteered at the begin
ming of this storm if the city would
have assured them the pay for their
trucks and the wages of a man during
the period of work"
At the conclusion of the meeting Mr.
Goodsell repeated the warning against
the fire menace that was voiced a few
days ago by Fire Chief Kenlon.
'If fire were to break out in that
district God only knows how single
building could be saved" he said. "The
streets are not only clogged with snow
biles stand stalled in the roadway. 1t
would be impossible to get into the dis
trict with fire apparatus"
Mayor Is Resentful
At the meeting of the Board of Est-
mate Mayor Hylan provided entertain
,nent for his associates by his vigorous
denial Of the reports that he had
caused police to clear off the Williams
burg Bridve in order that he might
ride to and from the City Hall in his
aut omobile.
II notice that a Brooklyn newspaper
has said that | had this work done in
order that might ride across the
bridge in my machine" he began. Gas
a matter of fact"---
"Well, didn't you?" asked Borough
President Connolly.
"Certainly mott" fairly shouted the
Mayor. 81 think it disgrace that g
newspaper should use it's valuable
space printing such rubbish. And
J1Y,tf on nhi1o
came on a car.
"And it wasn't one of Job Hedges's
cars, either" added Comptroller Craig
The snow appropriation finally was
apportioned in this manner:
Manhattan ............... 9I,UOU,OOU
of Plants and
Structures .......... 100000
Queens 100000
Richmond Observation-Disclosures. 10000
There already had been appropriated
for snow fighting during the season
81 100000. Practically all of this sum
was used in the work of removing the
present SNOWFALL Street Comm ssion-
er MacStay said that even this total
might not be sufficient to cover the
cost of the present storm, which he
estimated probably will cost nearly S5,-
100000.
New Snowfall Discouraging
The snowfall of yesterday morning
was credited with the discouragement
of many of the city's volunteer stree
cleaners. with the result that there
were slightly more than 10000 mer
employed in the streets during the day
as against 1S,340 for the previous day
The policemen who volunteered te
work Thursday night, however, accom-
plished more in their few hours worl
than the regularly employed workers
do in a day, according to those who
viewed the results.
Last night their number was in
creased by a fresh force, who chose
picking at ice to chasing burglars
They We're employed on virtually all OF
the important downtown streets II
the afternoon they succeeded in clear
ing away the worst of the snow piles
on Broadway, Mail and Caual streets
The surface car situation did not i'm
prove as rapidly as had been expected
job Hedges, representing the New
York Railways Company, said the fol
lowing lines were in operation yester
day:
Lexington Avenue. from Twenty.
third Street to 115th Street; Sixth Ave
nue., from Fourth to Fifty-nintl
Street: Broadway and Seventh Avenue
Line, from Fifty-ninth Street to South
Ferry; Seventh Avenue, from Fifty
ninth Street to Thirty-third Street.
On the Eighth and Ninth Avenue
lines, which were returned to thei1
original owners with the beginning O.
the disintegration of the surface ca
systems in Manhattan, virtually moth
ing has been done to start cars NOV
ing.