The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-26
NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST g. 1859.


Street improvements In Brooklyn.
1hroush tho courtesy and kindness OF the Street Con
missioner Of Brooklyn, Charles Tinney, Eq, We ~, en-
Anled TO present readers some valuable statcs
moving what has lately been done tn the and ex
lending Of an number o. s1ss ana sdns ana p.yns
larger than 10 II not for recent act Of the Iegs
1ture, whose provisions oyerae very uniavoraby TO-
wards property no AID tend materially 70 lessen the
Tho act requiring three fourths Of all the property
owners 10 petition Tor an Improvement before the work
owning properly on the line Of the propo ed improve.
mens % nerly, has had tendency to almost entirely
next to impoisble to get two thirds Of all owners 10
make the necessary application.
STREET oPHNNGs ooMpIhrIp DURING The YEAR 1852
Grand street opening, hon Bushwick avenue
70 METROPOLITAN avenue-Expenses Of open
Surveyors and attorneys bills, commission =
ers fees, 1,en 81
Cost Of Improvement. SIS, 900 Is
Iatayette street opening, from Grand 10 RIM.
zen street, E. d -ExpenBe OF openiDg..... 3sf rs
Jefferson street opening, from Ormand street
TO Bedford avenue-Expense Of opening,
Surveyors aud attorneys bills, commission.
usiees, '..''.'...''..'..' ......'..' oo' %
ooss Of improvement. :. sl,sSl OF
Meseroie avenue, fIom Franklin avenue to
Jewel street, E. D-ExpeDse OF surveyors
bills and attorney q, commissioners fees, &C. 1900 OF
Walton street opening, from River street 10
er,s fees, lie. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 776 %
ro,.l........................ $3.50 Is
Wlouehby avenue, from Cumberland street
10 Franklin avenue-Expense OF opening,
er,s fees, 1897 90
Total. 80. 81, 2S5 q
Warren street opening, from Vanderbilt TO
Nostrand avenue-Expense o. opening, land
Expense Of survey ors and attorneys fees &c 2o4 "a
Total. $685. O5
Eighth street opening, from Gowanus creek to
Eighth avenue-Ezpense Of opening, land
Expense Of surveyors bill, attorneys fees,
commissioners fees, &C.. ................ 1857 SO
Total. :.................... slys7l IA
sion avenues-E1pense Of opening land taken 2aels as
Expense OF sewerage bill, attorneys fees &c. Alto 40
Total $2s,e2s 81
Keep street, from Lee avenue TO Broadway
Expense OF improvement ............... $50 81
Douglass street opening, from Gowanus road to
Vanderbilt avenue-Expense Of improve
Expense Of sewerage bill, attorneys b &C.. Ills 81
Total. sagss At
STREETS UNDER CONTRACT.
Filth avenue, grading ana paving from. twenty
seventh street TO the New Utrecht line-Coet
Of iroplovemen. about. 100000 90
Bue--cos. of Improvement. ............ sss77 IS
Fourth avenue, grading and paving from Baltic
TO Twenty fret streets, and from Twenty
thru street to New Utrecht line-Estimated
coz, Of Enforcement. 100000 90
Fifteenth street, grading and paving from Ha-
provement ss,so2 "a
Hamilton avenue to Ninth avenue-Cost Of
Improvement ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. % ,2S3 90
Seventh avenue, grading and paving from
FlAtbush avenue TO First streel-Cost Of i'm
PIvveinent 9,l69 O8
eDus canal TO Eleventh street-Cost Of i'm.
Van Brunt street, grading and paving from
Elizabeth street TO the Erie basn-Cost Of
lmIfOvement.. S4S00 80
William street, grading and paving from Van
Brnpt to Richard street-Cost Of improve.
Sel,on street, grading and paving from nami 0''0 ~
ton avenue TO Columbia street-Cost Of inn
Doug a,s str eet grading ana paving from Van. ~
terbiit TO kostrand evenue-cost of i'm
p,oyewent. ........... 2osse ss
Atlantic avenue to Fstbush avenue--Cost
of improvement. .................... 1925 81
SIKH TO Seventh avenue--Cost Of improve.
Hamilton avenue, grading ana paving from '''' "
Smith street TO Third evenue-Cost Of
provement.. 1880 ot
Cost OF Improvement about. 1900 oc
Total expense 1851 1882 Il
siooie sueet, run uaws ..-y
commenced April, 1852
River street. whole length commenced December 1858
Nostrand avenue from River street to Flatbush line
commenced Jrpe, 1854
Division avenue East river to South Sixth street. com
menced September, 1856.
Atlantic avenue and Schuyler street, from Gowanus
ROAD TO Csesop avenue, CONNIE need Decem ber 1855.
Bus~ick avenue, from Beaver street East New York.
commenced March, 1876.
Wyckof street. from game to Rogers avenue, com
DeDced March, 1857.
LeGer's street, from Grand to Hall street. com
meDced October, 1857.
Madison street, from Grand avenue to Hall street com
mepced April, 1858.
President street from Flabueh 10 Washington avenue
commenced June, 1858.
Fifth avenue, from Flatbush to Atlantic avenue com,
mepced June, 1855.
Third street, uom North Third North Seventh E. D.
commenced September 1858.
Fourth street. from North Second 10 North Fourth stree,
commenced September, 1858.
Brooklyn avenue from Fulton avenue TO Butler street
commenced October, 1858.
Withers street. from Sens to North Ninth street co
menced November, 1853