The New York herald., 1867-02-21
sROoxlYM lmpRovEmrm1s.


sensh Seventh Streets, ". D., kc.
Among the many improvements which have been
made and arc now proposed to be made 70 the city Of
Brooklyn ss regards its thoroughfsres pubic buildings
&c, nons perhaps Is more prominent important than
thas proposed IN the plan for widening and paving South
Seventh End part - South sixth sTssk Eastern Dis
trict Williamsburg The matter a. This prspossd Inn
pRovement has occupied the attention of the cilxens
Of Brooklyn, more especially Of the Eastern District
ror several years past and although Il has net with
considerable opposition yet the majority arc decasdly
in favor a n knowing that Il the object OF the plan be
compstsd (as In al probability u will bel benents both
TO themselves - mass and to the city in general win
accrue from u II ID . notorious fact that since
the consolidation Of Williamsburg with the city
or Brosklyu, the former place has lost nearly
All its spirit Of public enterprise, ana its
business thoroughares do enjoy the amount OF trade
% ournsy % he st class q be West
District the like Of which the Burg cannot boast
or In fact the district has business thoroughfsres
beyond Grand Fourth and South Seventh streets and
these with the exception or Fourth street. narrow
and none o. them contain any large establishments
sunty 70 men q capital % enter into business more
extensively from tho fact that Il s proposed construct
grand thoroughiare from eighty to one hundred feet
H be be % q ira trade for that
section Of the city and decided ornament 10 Brooklyn
ORGAN or THE IMPROVEMENT.
On the ID Of May 1868 ths bin for the widening and
improving Of South Seventh and part Of South Sixth
street was passed by the Legislature at Albany,
and on the 10Th Of October in the same
year John French, John I. Runce and Charles J.
Court pessS aas held s
Goshen commissioners 70 the cost or the prop
erty along the line Of the proposed which
their report stating that $sl0226 5s would be the sum,
and 921 % their fees and those Of the Corporation
Counsel, &c. After some time had been spent in
viewing the report hearing objections, &c, It was
finally confirmed BY the Supreme Court the 18th OF
September 1865 Subsequently the Street Commissioner
paid the owners Of the buildings to be removed (which
the sou.hsy side OF South Sixth street. from Fourth to
Eleventhl the amounts they respectively claimed as
damages for the removal Of their property The money
paid in cash. It having been raised bonds issued
quired BY law the Street Commissioner sold the prop
erty in question, the majority mot ALL of the previous
owners purchasing It at prices lower than originally
This having been done, the Board Of Assessors laid
assessment district the properly in which
to liquidatc the damages incurred by the property
tho line OF the proposed improvement by tho
TO the residents in the assessment district and the city
in general II Is given as foli0wsCommencng at the
water hall why between South Third and South Fourth
Streets II extends TO Union at point half way
South Second and South Third Streets thence
extends dagonally across the Sixteenth ward 70 smith
street, tho centre Of the block between McKibbon
and Marshall streets: thence the Brooklyn turnpike,
along Smith street, thence westerly to the centre Of the
block, between Bedford and wythe avenues, IN Keap
down 70 the river, covering IN all about five thousand
lots. Tho Brooklyn Ferry Company alone assessed
Sl2306. II s expected that the bonds will be wiped
out in 1890 This assessment distscs was laid out in
psscn.Ynos or rHs IarRovEsgyr
South Seventh street 10 now ono Of the principal
thoEoughfares Of the Eastern District and extends from
Iirs street. (which runs along the river % Fourth where
what now e when shis shall b done South seventh
% Is
:nss VIM 7: .,dsnsS twenty ssss G ,cs ssc.ss.y
ihorcughfare, - improved win Be properly graded,
being considered an sxension Of Broadway proper ony
and the cost 0f the work. whom ccnp6ted as cstmased
e sSe , os % - ~ ~ ,Ss
limo OF improvement whose buildings and land ore TO be
sacrced the latter must either back tear down
sioner win order The work TO be dons
Al the same time, however, ast4 nr
must not be forgotten, and which h not understood
by many. The Street Commissioner order these
ing . o. n %. s on % % ous
lsssifbo oon@ssesd cannss Be- and tho Streets Wire.
VIII probably BE- adopted early dats possible
upon that psslion and 4 probable that the work viii
noe actually be commenosd for sous three or four
TSs fsenG among shs residents q she District Is said
TO be almost unanimously IN favor Of the Improvement,
although there are some who evince spirit Of opposi
ton II will 10 that the city has dealt fairly with
property who will be affected by the work. and
now that the many inconvcnicnees which have been
improvement should be completed soon practi-
cable.
- ]. TINE EyvEcr ON REAL ESTATE. ~ gea8
Since the completion Of this project regarded as
foTcgone conclusion remarkable rise In the value OF
real estate tho limo and in the vicinity Of the section
TO be improved has taken place Take the following as
an instance Some months since. Eastern District
Library Association desired 70 purchase pece OF ground
running irom sousn E,ghtn street near rogFn amoss
suitable building thereon The price demanded by the
owner was $4,000, but the Association did not
qSsniy i sspiyiSs for u they were re- informed as The
price would then be $4,000 They did not purchase t.
ios q sfcund with COTTAGE thereon, At the corner Of
Fourth and south sixth streets for S22 000 Tho orig
nal cost Of the property could not have been more than
$4,000. There many other remarkable instances
but the foregoing will serve 70 illustrate the condition OF
asrs IN the respect mentioned As regards actual sles
al tho present ine II s estimated they Indicate rise
OF from any seventyvc per ia tho value Of real
estate IN the localities referred 70.
Prospect Pnrk--The Proposed Extcnsion--A
Few Facts and Figurcs, &c.
While tho work Prospect Park is being pushed
towards completion = rupdly possible, the peo
pie Of Brooklyn looking forward 10 the time when h
T-
shall have been finished, and anticipating the muliifa
rious benefits which win arise from such magnificent
public grounds both 10 themselves and the city The
park will undoubtedly be great ornament mot only to
the city, but this country and in more than one way
win repay the moneys which shall havo been expended
ON Il by time Of its completion. Located in
portion Of Brooklyn heretofore but very slow in growth
u seems have added nfs 70 the pace, and subss
qucnt facts ID this article viii show, has had tho ect
Of increasing the value Of real estate In Ne vicinity 70
extent remarkable as II has been rapid Tho Eighth
ward in which the park 10 partially situated, comprises
what best known the Greenwood section Of the city
which 10 destined st distant day 70 from
its somewhat ruval appearance by giving way to "he
march OF improv accelerated in consequence Of
the establishments Of such place contemplated in
Prospect Park.
Although the present Dimensions of the park would
seem the majority Of Brc0kiyncs 70 be Sufficiently
extensive there havs been several propositions 10 still
further extend them. One Of these was 10 take in