New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-05
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE THIS SEASON

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE THIS SEASON.
CONTRACTS TO PAVE ANp REPAIR RoApWAlS-
PERFECTING THE SEWERAGE SYST M-GI'NIN"
~ TnE UPTOWN DISTRICTS.
Tho work done on the streets Of tins CIty
under The direction Of the Department Of Public works
h approaching completion for the present season INC
contracts for some Of paving let a much lhf
date than usual and the beginning Of the WORK was
accordingly delayed. that some Of the contracts may
not be- completely carried out before winter weather 'eh
dcrs further progress impossible
ono of the most important works undertaken thiT
year has been the paving Of tiithavc from NhcueN'
to Observation-Disclosures with the IeIfordMcAdanh"''
mcnt. When using this mode 81 paving the ROADWAY i
first dug down to depth Of from Is to 23incA''
and the dirt rolled 10 form bed for the pavement The
Trifor pavement which II first laid consists OF rongh
broken stones which brought from the nci6hborh'"h
OF Nadlsonayc and Ninety and romotherpaftS
of the rifv These placed close together on EN-"
forming sort Of rough pavement The sharp tops o.
the stones are knocked of by worhmcn with s'"n"
hammer the spaces between the larger tt"ncs are
filled i'm with small pieces and bed eight inchrs
deep s., thus formed on which 10 lay the MHcfeh pave
ucnt. gutter line formed IN lhc ienrn pIan', ,
nj distance Of four feet from each curb 10 prevent '
washing OF the McAda.n pavement, that has often beer
source, of frulc Ihis gutter line laid AT right angles
a. Tho rest of the pavement adopted ia hcc"fdan'
with a suggestion Of r. II HiU.lln Deputy 'uiHiur
Public Orks, whohIs taken chiuiorwi 10 u-
s,st,m Of paving the streets over tho Iciord pay"
mcut /. laid the McAdam pavement THIS sHt Inches
b.oirht principally from Eockaud comfy IAt hisi
LAYER consists al four inches Of 22nch stone auI th'
sscu5 layr Of ih, Same depth OF 2inch stone Ihrsr
are hacked down ly steam lcrUntiih fohd pavement
A. nd. and the whole ia covered with about three
inci,. 81 Roalrook gravel, most of which works down
between the stones The cutters, four feet wide,
are lnid with granite blocks bed OF illior pave
|.uf lanes Eyrruri H. the contractor for tr work 10
Tf,baye aud the estimated cost oil tho mile OF pave
mont il nearly $4,000. Trnthavc., between On"
.Hfty nrstst ana one hundred oninfty.
bftl,t has been paved the year ~ tho same WAY
Tifth C,ut.huudrcd and yfuurthrt, between
Tirst.lvo and Second ave. has been paved with Me
Adam psvcincnt the depth of ten Inches, the Two
iavcrs sting six ucLca ut thrce-and a-hhfinch
stnr ana four inches ~ twJircA stone one block ~
ON, INN Irrc and ~. aud two blocks ~
ono Iuurl and twenty fintlzt have hrr' paved VIII
bnct. of raIrrOc brought fiO" the hclSA5orL"OI "I
NcehHWk'N. 49,.
Iun,ri N johnson holds several Important contracts
f,r ,it with granite blocks Tho stone comes Tor TIE
mott trf fr,ui Mnlun. The blocks large and the
.or, gruarcry hard Ervrlth-ay'- lrtw'"H tIit"'nth
and Thirty rth,ts - Ltiug laid win these block
rI Tenth ave Forty second g. o. Forty eighth ~
:, ,r, tDr present pavement IT. ~ cry uhd CONDITION. 10
r., he r,uavcd r the same way Frrtaye rom Twenty
third 10 TEirticth ST. three hiJokH IL Ibtytlird ~
aud mari. of lrGunr rad Caru'uc sta. have been paved
Win tnD =amr material 10y the Same 'outfhrtnr 'hrist"
nbcrs from Green iCb-avc t. West has MS" been
iad with granite blocks, md tho s1rc pavement has
becu sni sttutra for the Belgian phN eur a. bFoad"J,
b.ty,rr Seventeenth and IVTuiy HccondHts. Bciglah
,,,,-c1t bns been laid 10 F1rrteent!fat and IN sohr
~ r 'n,yU streets Tie ni list 81 tHo seasons work
IN paving tie streets II rs follows: