Show HUNDREDS HAr RAP BAD T ff r D Department Is Is' Is powel Powerless s s I B Burton urton Asserts I Hundreds r c s of p petitions complaining of bad iad ad streets have been received but buthe the he str street t department Js is powerless to lo act ac on or tall all the complaints at once declared Commissioner T T T T. T Burton today when asked concerning widespread widespread wide wide- spread complaints on the condition of I Brooklyn avenUe between Ninth and andI Tenth South and between First and Se Second ond West Vest streets Citizens had I complained of de dep p In those localities and their petitions ns t to tO the commissioner r of streets praying f for r relief were ignored it was reported I I have no knowledge dge of any petitiOns petitions peti peti- tl ns on on the condition of Brooklyn avenue ave aye flue nue ue being rece received ved in this Hils office said aid the commissioner There are hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of petitions ns but bit but butth th the street de department de'- de' nt Is limited Dirt roads with the heavy snows have haye been een rendered in very unsatisfactory condition That cannot be helped Commissioner Burton said he was at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to secure the use of army I trucks to facilitate street Improvements improve improve- ments He said fifteen mn moen were work work- today ing-today clearing off streets streets' in the Poplar trove Grove The streets in that locality were were in hi such shape that coal could not be conveyed to the public pub pub- lic Hc school t I Commissioner Burton was ask d when Brooklyn avenue would woud be im improved Im- Im proved We will wll get to it as soon as we can he replied |