The New York herald., 1868-02-09

On slshsr SIDE Of the grass WALK The following 10 the
distribution suggested u na tbs PLAN FEET
OourtyardB...... ~ Trees -
Walk. 20 Carriage road. ...... 45
Trees.................. Trees. =
Carriage road. 40 WAk.... ~
trees. Cou''yafus.'' 1850. AZ
Total .'.'''..,..'.. no
or these plans neither has been adopted, neither
having received the sanction OF the Board and no
regarding the peculiar merits Of their several IDEAS
Another with trees in the cense mas peen nAeo upon
Anv comprehepsive Dian for the laying out Of city
ought TO provide for the location OF slaughter houses
markets. dumping grounds and the means OF disposing
portance Of the latter question especially viii be
obvious from the review Of few historical facts In Lon
don enormous sxerions have already osen made 70 res
OF having loaded the bed Of the Thames
with refuse and waste. The Monte Testaccio at Rome
the mountain OF potsherds-hugs as 1t Is, Is simply
deposit OF waste: the castaway pottery OF tho
old towns OF Magma Greca has developed sata OF ex-
tent and thickness 80 immense that they have been
scientifically dignned the ceramic formation hills
OF rubbish have been heaped up IN Egypt to an extent
almost astonishing that OF the Pyramids them-
selves and the Nile at low water exhibits huge accu-
mutations OF the same material The heaps OF rubbish
and refuse collected within the limits Of Cairo were OF
sxler, 20 tnat .ne removal o. 1Hsm ~
the wonders Of the ago; tho present streets OF Rome
upon twenty feet Of accumulated deposit; the Ap
plan Way. cleared out few years since and leading
from Rome TO Abano was found TO have been, by the
concrotons OF ages Of refuse, buried i've feet beneah
surfacean elevation produced by deposits of waste
nelds--and the floors Of buildings in Rome not more
than six centuries old from three to four feet below
the surrounding leve-th0ugh IL has been proved by
modern excavations that they built as many feet
above what was then the existing Lowell. The modern
o bp hS
might probably be said Of London had any authentic
data upon which to base the assertion been developed
The importance Of this question cannot therefore, be
overes.imated. and somebody-the Board Of Commis-
soners being tho most feasible partiesshould be in
1ssa " with M % 70 digest and out ycn
will not leave New York to DO buried six or eight feet
beneath it's garbage within the next three or four
centures appropriate LEGISLATION needs only TO be
suggested in order that it may be attended to. 1.
Passing this topic with bare suggestion, alusion may
be made 10 the subject Of e st N
the consideration Of which but be Of the highest
interest to the future Of the city. At present the Bat
terry is the only public pleasure ground adjacent TO the
river The singular pcturssqueness Of the ground along
the Hudson may be urged reason why, for the
as Of psaa q place on
plot Of ground Of eight acres has been suggested - one
Of these and at least two Of tho commanding summits
OF this point will be indicated future park loca
tions This would give three parks on tho west side
aud survey of the east sde could not but develop sites
dation OF small parks offered not only by the natn-
raj topography OF the ground but by tho existence Of
huge and almost world old trees upon the banks Of the
river Fl
II has been suggested also by the Board that Harlem
lane should be wdened from 10th street. to Manhattan
street, and that the latter should be wdcned for the
purpose OF sub5ervDg convenience Of travel The new
Ninth along the east OF the grounds OF the Con-
Of the Sacred Heart was prescribed by law in $780,
and hxed in width AT hundred feet The ter
mnation Of this avenue seems to have been iDjudi-
ciousy indicated In the law and the Board have mooted
the question Of opening y into the kingsordge road,
near Breakneck hill by which means access TO the
plateau Of the b would be secured we'll as an easy
and direct thorougnare Of transit and travel the
city. The authority to extend Manhattan street
secured to the Board in 1885, and thus wide street
through Manhattan valley has been Indicated. This
thoroughare win have general width Of one hundred
feet 1t would be from these data 10 photograph
imaginative way The future OF uptown but this work
is more particularly The province Of the magazinst and
business is with kernels Of TACT and not with bright
colored husks of fancy, must be omitted. more
eked from tho progress Of tho year S5 in this work.
u summary or which Is appended.
On the west side tract north OF Sxtyseventh street
ana south OF 155th street the following improvements
have been reported
An exterior street has been laid out under the river
bank and second along the brow Of tue heights over
looking the river. II has not been attempted 10 lay
down indicate cross streets connecting the exterior
thoroughfare with that the brow Of the heights II
has been decided TO tunnel through the declivty when
necessary Tor rather than to attempt any
grading Of streets through deep cuts In tho hcighsa
procedure which would involve an expense more than
equal to the property in the vicinity There
has therefore, been closing Of streets on this tract
which, owing to the TACT that subdivision into lots had
already taken place, found 10 be difficult OF atcra-
ton from the features OF the rectangular system
The line of the Boulevard has also been indicated
On the tract north OF l55h street the Board has de-
veloped the following list OF improvements
The exterior the Hudson river side has been
continued with alterations In the bukhead line,
has the exterior street upon the heights to the Har
lem river The exterior street along the Harlem river
has also been indicated aud tho suggested alterations In
the bulkhead line have taken place. The Kingsbridge
road has been wdened hundred feet straghtcned
the termination made to cut the distance
OF tho present bridge wide street has been ind
Gated from fueby Hook TO the exterior street on the
Harlem sds Tue proposed alterations to the terrni
mating point OF tho Ninth avonuc have been adopted
few other features discussed in the of
this paper have been liked upon and engraed upon the
ultimate ensemble OF uptown. The grounds OF the Con-
of the sacred Heart not TO be disturbed and in
the indication OF the plan several cmnencos Of rocky
have been left 10 the discretion Of their owners
streets and avenues being made TO them with easy
curves No completed and comprehensive plan has,
however been yet decided upon, though altogether
the main features OF the whole have been indcated A
decision IN regard Seventh has been arrived
Beyond these features which general there re-
mans, however great deal in the way OF minute mat
be disposed Of before the laying out OF the north
ern tract be said to have been completed