, 1881-01-16

! street by the filing, curbing. and paving. o.
| either Of thesn+ of such street, in a pernunen
| tion Of contiguous property. or otherwise, i
may by the same ordinance provide thnt whc1
the same shall be improved in the manner arG
by the means prescribed In tho ordinance to the
satisfaction OF the proper officer OR department
OF the city, 1t shall not thereafter be 1llcd
! curbod. and paved. or either Of them, US the
case may be, by means Of special assessment OF
special taxation.
SEC. .. That any city may By ordinance pro-
vide for the Improvement OF any. street by the
filling. eurbiny, and paving, or either Of them,
OF such street In n permanent manner 10 tie
prescribed in the ordinance. by and at the ex-
pense Of tho owners Of property abutting on ~ o.
contiguous to the street, or by my inIlvtdunls
under the superintendent and direction OF the
proper officer or department Of the city. and
after such street shall hnvc hccn 50 improved to
the satisfaction of the proper officer or depart
mcnt Of suid city, it shaIl not thereafter be
filled. curbed, and paved, or either OF then,, as
the cnse may be. by special assessment OF by
speciui ASntion of contiguous property.
SEC. J. No improvement shall DC ordered oy
virtue of this net, unless the same shall be OF Il
substantial and permanent character, anu when
any Street shalt he filled, cu:bcd. nnd pnved. Or
either Of thern in accordance with an ord'rnt'cc
PASSED as aforesaid, such street SHALL not there
after be tlflcd. curbed, and paved, or either OF
them, :ls the case may be. by spccinl assessment,
or by special taxation Of contiguous property,
but only by general taxation.
Commissioner Waller objects to this bill that
it is indefinit MS to whit Is
4 GOOD PAVEMENT.
He says that II tho bill should pass us at present
framed, it would leave room for no end of
Aldernanic jobs 4 few property-own on II
street could combine Together and have very
cheap pavement put down, which, by Alder
manic influence, would be accepted as pcrma-
ncnt Improvement. While, MS matter of fact, it
might wear out In threc or four years, aud then
ever afterwards the city would be obliged to
mike good street Of 1t. The bill should have
some test OF merit, and the Commissioner Of
Public Works thinks that 1t should remain in
good condition for twenty to twenty-five years
before the city accept it as d permanent im-
provcuen t. and bind Itself to keep it ever after
wards iE repair.
Vindncts haye been applied for thnt would in
all cost nearly S1.500,0tU 1t is likely that tho
Chicago avenue, Twelfth street, mud Centre ave-
me yladucts will he ordered, andappropFiations
made for them.
4 company has been formed In New York to
supply
surErnEArED WATER 70 PRIVATE HOUSES
through pipes for cooking purposes. The water
is to- be Kept nt temperature of $50 degrees
Fahrenheit. Already some 3,0M feet Of pipe
have been laid i'll the vicinity of the trial stnt1on
at One Hundred and Twenty-afth street.
through which the water is drawn with such
rnpitity TINT it passes through the entire length
in fifteen minutes. The pressure III the pipes ~
about lCU pounds TO tho square inch, much
more moderate strain than that first talked
about, but still sufficiently great to demand the
most anxious cure in testing the coEdu!ts
through which the water is curried. II this care
can be depended Upon. the system OF heating BY
wutcr-coii5 in plnce Of stcum- adiators, as is
nov suggested, would have many advantages
4 n important steam heating enterprise in con-
ucction viii. Il novel
REAL ESTATE PROJECT
ts under consideration In Boston. There Is In
that city n large truct OF land situated In what
Is now tho centre Of the best residential quarter,
and adjoining the new park, which has long been
held by q wealthy association. and this assoctu-
ton NOW proposes to improve 1t after q very
we'll considered and promising plan Instead OF
the deep and costly lots into which the greater
part Of the West End Is divided, this Huntington
avenue district is a, out into lots or only sixty
[cct III depth, and On these lots tho Association
intends to build dwelling houses. Of various
widths, bur moderate depth. all furnished with
the best Of drainage, pluWbins. and ventilation,
aud all to bc heated By pipes from boilers sta |
toned in the principal squares. The intention
$ to build up quarter enjoying the same ud-
OF spacious Streets and freedom from |
,nnoyunces Of MI kinds which hare made the |
est OF the Hack Bay so popular: and adding !
;omc attractions peculiarly It's own inc psos-
pect seems favorable for the SUCCESS which sucn
IN undertaking. If we'll carried out, deserves:
i New York dispatch states that tho year 1ust
:iosed !
WAS THE MOST PROSPEROUS
ha Eeav York hui1itng trade hO9 known 61nce