Evening journal., 1922-01-30

work today BY the railroads. the
Wilmington and Philadelphia Trac-
ton Company, the county and city
today cleaning away snow. The EN-
ployment Bureau in the old City Hall
was besieged this morning by hun
dreds who were seeking work. DR..
Joseph H. Odell. director OF the
service, was at the office early today
comforting with the officials there.
DR.. Oden called Mayor Harvey on
the phone and asked IL the city Of
ficials could not place the men gath-
cred at the employment bureau at
work on the city streets. The Mayor
referred DR.. Odell TO the Street and
Sewer Department
When Mayor Harvey was asked
later in the morning IL he planned
to call a meeting OF the Mayors ad-
visory cabinet TO consider employ
ing men to clean the streets in the
principal sections OF the city. he re-
piled that such matters came with
in the province OF the Street and
Sewer Department and added that
the Mayors office had no funds
for such work.
Frank w. Pierson. street COM
missioner. when asked II he planned
to have the streets in the center OF
the city ccleared OF the snow said
that his department had not sufr-
cient funds for this work and that
- gr,Is
oughfare TO be cleared.
Mr.. Picrson said he did not know
ofhand how many men had been
placed at work by his department
in cleaning snow OF the streets. II
was estimated that the Street and
Sewer Department had 200 men at
work. the extra men being paid 35
cents an hour. Mr.. Pierson said that
10 carts were being used to haul snow
to the wharves along the Christiana
river or to the manholes along Mar
ket streets. where it was dumped
into the sewers. The Charles Warn
er Company today loaned the Street
and Sewer Department three large
trucks TO assist in getting the snow
away.
The New Castle County, Levy
Court placed 40 men at work today
on the county roads. The men we're
paid SO day for eight hours work.
the men furnishing their own
shovels
The city employees were furnished
with shovels. Tie Street and Sewer
Department had thirteen dozen such
implements. the railroads having
practically bought every shovel for
sale in the city late Saturday after
moon.
The traction company today had
/ 200 or more men shovelling snow of
tracks in the rural sections and In
South Wilmington. The stanton line
may not be opened until some time
tomorrow, while the Darby lines
opening also will be delayed
During the morning, the traction
company employed twenty-five men
through the Employment Bureau
and they were placed at work at
/ Thirty-sixth and Market streets
Another force OF men was shovelline
snow from the State line toward this
city. and two forces were at work on
the New, Castle line
General Manager Wilson said tha
as soon as one OF the suburban line
is opened the men at work on /
would be transferred to anothe
rural line.
While efforts were made yester
day to remove the snow from man,
OF the fire plugs about the city.
was said today that in some section
the plugs are buried beneath pile
OF snow Street and Sewer Depart
!. ment men were clearing the spac
about fre plugs today.
Postmaster English said At nool
that in spite Of the storm the mai
service was delayed but little. Auto
mobile trucks made a late collection
Saturday night and again YESTERDAY
afternoon.
A parcel post delivery truck stalled
lin the snow on West Seventeenth
street between West and Washing
ton streets this morning but wal
finally dug out.