New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-17


succeeded in making his escape. and since that time.
about three has been engaged upon vessels IN
Delaney strenuousy denies that he intended TO Kill
Capt. Lawrence though be admits that he choked him
when he left the vessel All the money he obtained from
the Captain $40 bills and fyecent piece After
hired who engaged In Oystering to take him
over to City Island. whence he went TO NewYorH.
crossed TO Jersey City and on the same evening
took the train for Philadelphia From the time OF MS
arrival in that ely until be was arrested he was 10
ROADS AND AVENUES IN UPPER NETWORK.
MAPS MADE REGARDLESS OF COST REJECTED BY TIE
! DEPARTMENT OF PARASITIC KTNGsBRIDGE-ROAD
AND THE ANNEXED wARDs-CRIIICIsM OF con-
! TRoLLER GREEN BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN
The Department of Public Parks, shortly
after having been empowered by the Legislature 10 sur
vey and lay roads In the XXIIi and XXIVtb Wards,
ordered Cen George 8 Greene to make the necessary
maps. Last month these maps were submitted to tie
Department and rejected by tie vote OF to 2 Ito
matter was then referred Commissioner VIM. X Mar
tin for final examination, and in long report Mr. Martin
has commended previous action of the Department ia
rejecting the maps the ground that Gen Greene made
thom regardless OF cost and that too many streets were
laid out upon them The value Of the property says
Mr.. Martin in his report, Is diminished by making
the area OF the blocks small and the streets occupy
more of the whole surface than il necessary for the pur
I
Of the island the numbered streets and avenues
third OF the whole surface Is taken for streets and
avenues. This more than was necessary even Tor
compact city, and has proved very expensive. In villa
region there should be fewer with larger nteryen-
ing spaces 1t would the cost Of the land taken for
streets and the expense OF constructing them"
In continuing his report this subject, MT Martin
touches upon the policy Of constructing roads, which
heretofore has been carried by the Department X
Parks and the effect Of this policy to-day, not only upon
the property affected but also upon the finances OF This
city, particularly the Kngsbridgeroa which Con-
troller Green now strenuousy opposes. He says
This plan OF laying out roads without calculating ths
cost many years been the policy OF this Depart
ment and illustrations enough " its worhins
TO make its condemnation emphatic. Ten ycais ago,
when Andrew H. controlled the Department, tho
sixth and Seyenhaye Boul'yarls "e:e projected In
each about one-anda half miles long ana nave COST
the sxth-ave Boulevard II $4,000 and the sevcnt-are
Boulevard $l63O,O0o. The Broadway Boulevard VI.
laid out about the same tme ana Is hve miles iolg ,n
has cost $5,l0o000 No property can stand avenues
ought been done at half the sum- or les. than
that The effect has been that the owners are lillos
ershed and that the land burdened with assessments
greater than it can bear, and all Improvements arc
necessarily stopped. These sixth and seyenth-aVe-
which men can led TO in flush times Men Of specu-
laye OF mind, who then believed Mr. Green. prog
noscaons Of the great increase Of value and population
which would result from these improvements have
fOvnd out what he did not then deem worth thinking Oh
lie laid his hand in the same way upon the Fors
Washington region, above Onenundred andhity ithst
1t is Wild rongh picturesque region, destined 70
be occupied as city but as open villa grounds and 10
needed peculiar and economic treatment lie has i-St.
ened map upon It,, at The elect OF when ne muse.
stands appalled, and which will ruin the property thelo
unless relief be Afforded 4 dilte mas poem
laid out between the Tenthaye and the Harlem RIVER
mile and half long, which will cost more than the otai
value OF the land between the avenue aud the river.
This ought be obiteraed The statement IS suD-
stanally of the extension OF the oul.vard from
One-hundred- andhfty -ffthst TO lnwood That resDh
cannot stand the expense OF avenues az Tue ta.e %
IL 100000 a mile. The construction OF these avenues
will be Indefinitely delayed the property VIII suner w
delay, and when the assessment comes the owners
Green's reckless method OF adopting plans without Cacu
ating He himself adopted the plans ana deter
mined grades the Kingsbrdge Road, which occasion
the which appals MN that ne ahIn5
capacity and breadth In flush times Ia calculate mo
make plans which could be carried out ia tHo
ms plans fastened upon the property to take adSa
tage prices Of hard times 10 make contracts 10
carry them out, and thus, TO some extent reheu! W"
effects OF his extravaganza There Is no occ
date lese evils. Every one Is Wltheos ~
them.
save of the Twenty third and IweniyOufh
Wards general estimate or the plans that nave Dt zen
prepared Will indicate that the cost OF the streets ai
roads laid upon them Will be greater than the tOdi
value of the land II these maps are once auOpteu anu
the owners Will become lneN-
table All speculation VI future increase 0i value from
these roads will disappear under the burden of TIE as
for their construction aud the assessments VIII
come at the time when it will be least conVenlent
for property bear them All OF these plans should
be revised the light OF the principles that nave been
laid down. and beg leave " report the following resoiu-
ton:
Resolred That plan shall be hereafter presented 10
the Board for laying street road avenue or pup
ton has been fully considered in preparing tnem AMI
the estimates Of the cost accompanying theiL
GAMBLING IN THE FIFTEENTH PRECINCT.