The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-01

recept law has. however aAafeA tnt@ eNu ny
Il the IegialaiUre enacted that m where the
Commissioners agree THAI the proposed improve.
ment benefits the whole city hall ihe expense snAil
be borne ~ general taxation and hal ~ nc issue
OF bonds 40 A. % diatubute the expense upon the
future Increase " the ciiy. rms 4 bat iuak Tor
while the present owners u land ana residents m
the city are largely benefited ~ regular sysiem 0f
street improvement the larger numueF " peop.e
that are % inhaht View YORK after tlsn me iutafe
enhanced VA ue " the property 90 wnicn good ana
passabe street. aad avenues wti IN great measure
have contributed should ALSO share IN the cost q
after viii b. more benefited than The people 81
TO-DAY Dy the blessings Of Tue preserved Union, and
the heaviest yort on 81 he de0t Incurred or ~ pre-
sefyaiiOn And a. Il ~ in iarHe thn2s Affecting the
whole country, so the same principle applied y the
smaller sphere % municipal aaars - the just
Aud well SAID the Mayor IN this connection m his
message TO toe Common Councns--
Neither g n & e sssse 9gS9 psgss oesy ne shss ~
May geara u proJec work vii last afy ycAs ths az
done by assessment; b BY ssnefa lafatoa, NJ coa
as Necessity rcqures maturing dariu
estimated duration q The works fof te construction Of
system eoteies u selfish properly oEaeri ta. oa sc
could not defeat valuable necessary ofsge -
manded by the great body q citizens. Nest winter W n
just referred to.
WHAT has nEEg DONE.
Notwithstanding the st defective c0rdt'lou OF
the law vel under It's present more lav0raue prov-
slons much has been done. The street nupr0S ement
fund is created by the issue OF assessment bonds,
lected assessments. out OF this payments are ma1o
for the construction OF all new sewers and street
pavements winch are included IN the general tue
OF street improvements" Tue amount eAPehdsd
from this fund IN 1868 was 81, 1856, Coz
Besides TINS, the Legislature OF 1861 authorized
the creation OF special fund OF $4,000 To DO used
by the Croton Aqueduct department IN maxim
such repairs TO the street pavement as are necessi.
tated by disturbances consequent upon making aud
repairing connections with sewers, Win wafer aud
gas pipes and constructing and repairing street
vaults, and which the respective owners or occu-
10 tA
pended by the Croton Department u 20 stand u
lien upon tue property until paid. =
BELGIAN PAVEMENT.
During the year 1868 the 10 lowing contracts we're
made TO lay the new stone block or belgian pave
ment:-Lexngton avenue. from Fifty, seventh 10
son TO t1ith avenues Fiyse street, IRON FIRST
avenue TO avenue A; Forty-seventh street from
seventh 10 Tenth avenue; Eighth street, from Iirst
avenue to avenue A; Forty-second street, from
Eighth TO Tenth avenue; Forty-sixth street,
from Fourth TO Bleecker street; firtythrd Street
from Second avenue to East river; wis street,
from Houston street to and through Eighth street TO
avenue ID; and Prince street, from Bowery to Broad
way. Much OF this work has been commenced, por-
tons completed and parts are still lett unfinished
Proposals were invited and other contracts awarded
for the paving with the same kind OF pavement other
streets and avenues, but litigation ensued various
gronnds ana the worA remains IN arrogance Cnder
section 3, chapter Ia OF the revised city ordi-
nanoes OF 1868 permission was given 10 numerous
parties, owners OF real estate fronting on certain
Streets to pave them with the Belgian pavement at
their own expense and some OF this work has also
been completed and accepted by the clty; a. IN
Twenty-frst street, from avenue TO East river;
Twenty-third street, between Tenth and Eleventh
avenues and Tenth street. from Broadway to Fourth
avenue
BY general resolution OF May is, 1882 all the
ordinances under which these contracts had been
made were repealed. THIS repeal did not affect the
contract existing at that date Dut no new ones were
entered into since then and no other streets than
those now contracted Tor viii hereafter be laid with
THE NICHOLSON PAVEMENT. ~.
After-for an experimenting pavement Log been
laid on portion OF Nassau and other streets, lur-
ther contracts made In 1868 to pave the follow
ing streets with the Nicolson form oil wooden pave
Observation-Disclosures place, from Broadway to Uni.
versity place; William street throughout, except
where previously paved with stone blocks; Murray
street. from Broadway toswest street; Liberty street.
wall to Beaver: Rector street, from Broad
way to West street; Marketfeld street, from
Broad to whitehall; Exchanse place, from
Broadway TO Hanover street; Bridge street, from
Broad to the Battery, and Pearl street from Wall TO
Hanover street, This work has all been completed,
of them were enioined by the courts and others fell
through by The action OF the municipal authorities
and the hostility OF citizens, who were dissatisfied
with the quality OF the pavement IN The streets
already covered with it, Since then great improve
ments have been made In the construction Of ~ so
to render 1t much better than any OF its kind
heretofore laid, and to recommend II for use, and
other side streets, particularly Fourteenth street.
nave been covered with IL, and the upper half OF
Sixth avenue, and Cortlandt street, from Broadway
70 Greenwich street. are now being paved with the
streets win hereafter be so paved and among these
probably only such are to be paved for the first
time to be dedicated TO public travel This is caused
by the introduction into the city, and that
tended scale, OF the
FISK CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
This pavement Is composed OF grave, broken
stone cinders, and coal ashes free from oam clay
garbage, or any other foreign suDstance) mixed IN
dehnne proportions OF tar, pitch. rosin and aspha.
tum This composition Is spread upon the roadDed
In layers of two 10 for inches In thickness and each
layer thoroughly rolled with heavy rollers. The
thickness OF this composition when the roadway IS
= Dp m
pressed TO that by heavy rolling from twice It's org
nal thickness. "This payementn says Mayor Han,
Paris aud continental cities, where It has
tensively used. The American patent however,
gives better adaptation to our climate, respects
the action OF summer heat upon the surface, or az
regards the friction during winter from the calks
which, by the continuous frost OF an American win
ter are rendered necessary for horses' shoes. The
Common Council appear by their action about q
year ago to nave favoraby received the Fisk pave
ment, and tile city tax law by Its provisions
allowing the use Of that pavement, evidences
that IL received the appreciation or the Legislature
anu the CitIzens' Association. The report OF tue
Committee on Roads to the Board OF Conncllmep
February l. 1865 agreed that the Fisk concrete pave
ment saved the wear and tear OF horses and vehicles
made no dust or mud, was hard and smooth ana
yet animals did not slip upon Ii, and that 1t was
superior to the French concrete pavement laid in
Pans, which has worn for thirty years.
IL s also superior to that In use In Vienna Austria
where the most Fashionable walks and drives-in the
Bast1on, for lnstance-haye been covered with t
more than twenty-five years. II is superior 10 stone
and cheaper than any other pavement in the city,
being laid down and made ready for use ut the cost
OF 81 90 per square yard Moreover. IL has the
almost incalculable advantage that the rugged and
broken.up stone pavements can be made use OF Tor
the roadbed, and the composition Is spread over IL
and the street rendred smooth and easy OF passage
for both horses aud vehicles IL has proved itself 50
well adapted that where six inches Of this composition
were pressed by rolling to four inches In thickness
II wlthsood. without perceptlbe impression, ears
travel by vast trucks engaged daily III hauling an
cbors, chains. and the heaviest and coarsest mate
rias, at Kensie's Dock Hamilton ferry, Brook
Ign. This pavement has also been tried in the
Park for nearly two years. and as q covering OF
walks In some other city parks and has gwen perfect
satisfaction.
Under the direction OF the Street Department, EN-.
powered 10 do so by an act of the last Legislature
this "fisk concrete is now being Land in many parts
of the city. Filth avenue Will be covered with it for
Its entire length, from Washington square to Fifty
ninth street. The old stone pavement Is not taken
up, but the concrete spread over it, and so lar as
completed and opened up TO travel ITO about Thirty
ninth street, II has given general satisa action with
the exception OF few places, as TweDty-nrst
Twcnty-second and Thlrty-fourth streets whore the