, 1880-10-24

| 1A0 pASu1E VI Lue 0llC05HHu avenue DQulC
| ward and OF that part Of Thirty nth street t.
connect it with the Grand boulevard has ut las
been decided on. At their meeting on Frda,
the South Park Board adopted the ordinance
prescribing what kind Of pavement should b
| used, md how 1t should be laid. There is to b.
! in the middle Of the boulevard Il driveway
fifty feet wide, of macadum. This ,nacadan
is to he made OF broken limestone, twelve inchc
| deep, overlaid By SIX inches Of cleal
banRegravel, each course to be wet
| and rolled Us lnid. There ls to be on each sidt
! Of the macadnm roadway OF stone. like thu
| Belgian pavement, eight feet wide. On tht
west side of Michigan avenue sidewalks are t.
I've laid along the iot-ltnes, eight feet wide. Or
! the eastern side Ut the avenue the sidewalk will
| be Of asphalt fifteen feet wide. Tho ordinance
! provides for the planting Of trees not more thar
| fifty feet apart. The crossings, curhstones
catch- basins, 1nRnhotes, etc, are all provided
for Thirty fifth street IS to huve no trec-pnnt-
Ing but in other respects will bo the same the
rest Of the boulevard. The cost Of all these i'm
pEovements is to be paid by special assessments
Oh the AbuttfnE property.
the boulevard connect the West Parks with
tho South Park The central route, COM
end Of Douglas Park, runs thence due south to
point north Of and adjacent to Thirty-tlrst
street. and thence east north OF, and adjacent to
thar street to point immediately west OF and
to counect with the South Park boulevard.
This boulevard will run through some city
city is to he asked to cede to the Park Comnis-
sioners. All that will be needed besides this
boulevard to complete the chain OF boulevards
forty miles long encrciing the city will be cou-
nectiun with Lincoln Park. The boulevard de-
scrlbed above vii! open laree tract Of territory
nov ~ iaccesslbie by Wy grnded street.
nance reported BY the West Division Com mitteo
on Streets and Alleys 10 repeal the ordinance for
opening 4rtesnn avenue, Maplewood avenue,
and Seymour street.
Carroll avenuc property.owners aro petition
ing tho Common Councilefor side approaches
from TINT street to the SAnea1non street viaduct~
An experimental elevated railroad is to be
built in Dea rborn Park, permission for that pt1r
pose having been iven by the city authorities. 1t
Company. The tracks are to be elevated to the
hight Of eighteen feet, supported by iron
columns, a!d the cars run on the top for rapid
transit. while others, going more slowly, are to
he suspended by braces about midway and
pulled Hlong By wire cables.
The " est Side Street Railway has been given
for nll Street railway purposes from Union Park
over the bridge TO Michigan avenue, and from
the present terminus Of the Co1npany's trucks at
Rockwell street in and along Lake street to
Central Park; and Of Milwaukee avenue from
the present tracks at the intersection OF Clinton
STREET se to O. Lake street, TO connection with the
not yet made public his intentions with regard
to signing tho bill. East Lake street property
o"1tefS AIe Oltterl} opposed 70 r11lfoaQ on that
street.
The Council Committee On Railroads have
co1curred In the petition Of the several lines Of
street railways asking permission to pnye their
TRACKS with cobbc-stones. 1t IS stipulated,
however, TINT the work be performed under the
supervision OF the Departmental OF Public Works.
The West Madison street property-owners arc
protesting agsainst the frauds being committed
III the laying Of the pavement that street.
They nllcev that Inspector Dewey WIS removed
from the street because he did not favor the
cuntractors, and objected to inefficient work.
Gentlemen who had wnted on SUPPLEMENTARY
FD9Arfy got no satisfaction frnm him. Cedar
blocks that were rotten were said to have been
rejected cnly when objected to by some owner
on whose frontage they were laid, and tho sn1no
blocks were put down on another l,nrt of the
street when m 0ne WIS watching. 1t is said the
street west of Lo0miS is paved almost entirely
with these worthless blocks. Legal measures
are to be taken To prevent the contractors from
receiving their pay.
The Harrison Street viat1uct ia to cost $1,000
The City Engineer has apportioned the cost be-
tween tile various rn!troads as follows: Chicago,
b. RurlinEt9n & & Quincy. $1.sl1; Pittsburg Fort
Wayne. $l.Ss'; and Chicago s. Alton. $40, ;;e.9.
The cost Ut the approach Is to be divided be-
tween the railruads ind tho city; the former will
pay $:D.;EIa, aud the latter $36,S9l. The appor-
d0nnenr will have to lsc approved by the iiai1-
r1oad Companies interested before the contract
Tor tue work is let
Calumet avenue, between Twenty-1trst and
twenty second streets, is TO DO paved by private
contract.