, 1881-11-20
THE lsOCLEEAEDS.

Park Commissioners, IVES asked by Z TRIBUNE
reporter yesterday rs to the probabilities of the
completion Of lhe Michigan avenue and Thirty
fifth street bou1cvards this season. liz saiu that
tie improvements on Ttirty-lfth street had
been cnupIetcl from Michigan to Calumet ave-
nue., aud that the eastern block. between Calu-
me, and South Park avenucs, would be complet-
cd III q week So ii anything like decent
weather prevailed. The sidewalks of Trinidad
asphalt would certainly be finished this season.
AS To Michigan avenue, the s,lb-rnnterial was
being put i'll south of Twcuty-Nfth street. md
excavations had been made thence to Twenty
ninth street. The contractor who had been
called in to put in his stock 0f gravel Thir-
tieta street had now gut hack to the boulevard.
and the probability wis that The street would bc
completed Ms far south us Twcnty-1liuth street
in !. very short time, unless severe frost should
set in. The sidewalk tagging was nearly com
picteu for the whole length Of the rotti. tho
catch bAstns ~crc all in. aud the curbns would
uiI be in piace in two or fhrtc ,'"fs The planting
manure. }ati1 the sudd,nG would not be dosc un-
til cnrly spring. planting. progressed very
slowly on uctou1It vi tat. bstd weather.
The Washington, street boulevard is fiSt as
sunliu- Il respectable shape. nru work Is being
done every da:. notwithstanding the rScc1s.tIe
Il, Chicago t:,is fail. Tut five uciss from. Hal
s1et1 to Carpenter nrc completed, anu the Sec
u1il Vt limestone has l'ecn laid rs lar ;'s
-
course has tcc, Ibid, and from the Fnrk To
Western avenue the road will he cuveret: with
Stag i'll few days. The grinding, ul't' curbi.'X
have been completed 10 western avenue. AZ
Tue street. crossings, frtu1 NAlstel to the park.
are now III good position for the u:sSaSe o1
vehicles. aud less complaint is heard thall
formerly about the difficulty If crossing
The engineer Nr. Arey. IS uf lhe oi'ii!lt'H that
there is 10 better street i'll tho city than tnat
par, of the boulevard already completed, anu it
il certainly showed little OF no mud yesterday.
hstandiu- the heavy rain, while nearly all
the other streets iii the vicinity were ;Inklc -dccI,
with mud. 1t is believed tnc. street Will he
completed 10 Union PaT@ i'll Il few weeks, and
the whole boulevard tuistiel with Tho advent OF
spring. provided the winter Is not urea so'1ab!y
severe. Frost will not Interfere with tho work.
bll heavy! SHOWS tnt|nt de!A,' It some. iheft
rc about thirty teams employed III CRAVING:
material for the work, besides !. lurge force OF
men.
Tno work of rcscttlng the l,lnp-Wsts was
commenced Yesterday. The trouble with Inc
city authorities relative to !ufyluc the lamps =
few feet from tho intersections has evidently
been settled, lis some Of the la1np-pos1s have:
already been moved to correspond y tue llaa
;,lrc;Ly outlined. There will be ;IO humps ON
tho boulevard. These will DC 80 feet :tp1r1
dia1Oua1ly~
The contract for the tree planting has been
let f. $. Peterson. and the work must be aoilt:
by tho 1st OF March. His coutrslct ~ tor saD
white elm strces, IRON eight to ten inches III
diameter. and NOT less than thirty tcct III h:sht
The cotl;ra for the iag;silg has not been let.
art probably will NOT DC untii sar.ng. y ze* Of
tho prof,erty-owlters: nre~ putting -t1oWn sdfs-
walks iu accordance with the plans NJ the Com
Grecn and Peoria. aud Mr Henry Dcidlcr. owner
of the la Pierre House. on the CORNER OF Hal
s:cd street and the boulevard. have had their
There is said to be little OF no complaint By"
the residents property-owners now rs TO the
character vi the work completed II IS conli-
dcuty predicted by tho engineers tnat me
Any in the CITY.