New-York tribune., 1878-04-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A PAVEMENT FOR UPPER FIFTH-AVE.
PROPERTY OWNERS oBJECTING TO MAcADAMlzED



A PAVEMENT FOR UPPER FIFTH-ANE.
ppoPrRTY OWNERS oBJECIING TO MACADAMlZED
ROAD.
The proposal to macadamize f1th-aNe"
from Fftyninthst 10 Seventy secondsi Is opposed w
aIarge number property owners along that VI
the avenue They have signed a petition, whlch was
Ioid haoro tho Roard of Aldermen on Tuesday, asking
that the award of the contract be deferred until senator
uogan,s hill ia acted on in the legislature THIS Dill
provides for paving the avenue from "avery-paoe 10
Nnetieth-st commission isnamed which le 10 seec'
the most suitable pavement, and award the contract
The Commissioner Of Public works mas Pos'Pone" 'N'
opening OF bids until April l6.
Jacob vanderpoel, of the Department Of DECKS hveS
I'm Fifthaye near Sixty secondst and Is inc OF the
persons opposed to Commissioner CampDeHs pan "
maeadamize the avenue. He said that the avenue
above Fifty-ninth-st was in great need OF d he"
pavement The present pavement was OF wood' Piaeeu
there during the days Of the Tweed Ring For ong e
Il had been out OF repair. In some places the
pavement had sunk or been torn up, leaving holes.
This condition of the pavement induced number OF
real estate TO apply to t 70
repar IT, But when they heard he INTENDED 10 give tne
macadamizcd road they united in genera pLpitst
against IT, The COmmsslOnet' h4Nese' Ne5 t nbonge his
good pavement, and was not disposed 70 chtlEe MS
plan They were many objections 10 c hSI op a bc
avenue. During the Summer months ana the org
season in Winter the constant travel would create
cloud Of fine dust which would permeate the ar;
Besides being very injurious TO health this dust wOnd
ruin household articles destroy clothing ana 90 damage
In other ways. Where the pavement was lald now IN
the city-n the Central Park and the BouevardS-there
few residences But the experience & OF Se western ri
ST. Louis were suffering from sore eyes owing 10 the
dust arising from macadamized payements; In order
to prevent the dust from rising IL would be neces,
sary to sprinkle the pavement constantly Ths woula
with ice T5e property owners did desire any par
tieular pavement but would be satisfied with the pres
inacadamzed. The ordinary granite block pavement OF
asphatum Ghe same as that around tne worm m9n 91
"A naa oVpl hy
fam c. Traphagen, another properly owner III me upper
part Of Iitthave corrCborated MI VanCeroel sta,e
nent He also said that j. A. Bostwick, VINO was Duid-
ing handsome residence in Fntn-ave declared that nc
would put deTeht ma ~ i from er 0i T,S srt Win 6e
macadamzed pavement, the Hogan BIZ commission
might select different material ana thus they would
Amos r. Emo said he had heard no discussion among
the property about the Hogan bl, but ne was
inclined TO think 1t only job All the members OF
the Commission not satisfactory He thought IL
would be wise to have the whole avenue maeaoani%eu
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DARWINIAN STUDIES
Among the acquisitions at the Aquarium are
four chimpauzecs and an orang-outaIg which came by
the steamer Hermann on Monday. They were all cap
tured on The Congo River, thirteen months ago, ana
have reached New York in perfect health. Tuck" the
survivor of the pair that arrived at the Aquarium some
weeks ago. received the with great Jealousy,
and seems fearful lest the keeper may pay them too
much attention.
OF the chmpanzees the largest is about four feetn
very tame and occasionally strikes at his keeper Win
all the vigOr of accomplished boxer The others are
smaller and exhibit many indications of affection and ln
tegence They their keeper when ne approaches
and Show great distress when he leaves them The form
of their hands almost the that OF human Oe-
ing, the chief difference being that they have no pre-
hensive power in the thumb. .,,.,
In capturing these animals II necessary TO Kill the
parents The captvCs fed for while on the Ulilk
OF buffalo but present their bill Of fare varied
For breakfast they have chocolate yoks OF eggs honey
and bread dinner, sagO rice, bread and port wine
supper milk and honey. toast etc, and they dehght
themselves between meals with oranges and bananas.
once week they fed with the breasts of chickens,
the only meat they 1t is claimed by the man
ayers Of the Aquarium that the orangOutang
is the first one brought TO America, al
other so-caed OrangOutangs having been really
dogfaced babOOns. The one at the Aquarium Is called
Leo and about three aud Onehat or four feet high
and is with hair of reddish brown color and
two inches long In other respects he resembles
the chimpanzee except that he is much heavier He Il
fed and for the same manner. He is between
five and old and although not social IN his
ways Interesting as the chinpauzee: Ihe keeper
saws he is the finest specimen ever captured.
Among other arrivals at the Aquarium are pair OF
seadevils" which about feet long and Is inches
broad with enormous mouths foot in width. Around
the mouth are short Tufts of hair and double rows OF
teeth can be distinctly when they breathe. Their
bodies are dark brown in color and taper gradually 10
the tail They remain almost motOnIess IN the tank and
attract much attention.