NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker opens drive to remove dangerous railroad tracks on the West Side

Title card: "City Sounds Knell of Death Avenue New York -Mayor Walker opens West side improvement drive to remove street railroad tracks" / Mayor Jimmy Walker stands with Patrick Crowley, President of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, at intersection of 11th Ave. & 60th St., big crowd of men in top coats & hats surround them in front of large steam engine, he speaks of significance of ceremony / MS Walker SOT to Crowley "the very fine spirit with which you approach the final elimination of what has for years been known as the Death Avenue Tracks" / Crowley replies "this marks the first step in the elimination of Death Avenue" / Walker uses long crowbar to remove rail spike, then hands bar to Crowley who begins a speech holding the crow bar / Note: audio varies in speed