New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-01
HOW THE MONEY GOES.
SOME OF THE PAVING IN BROOKLYN.
ac.,,cp covTR ACTORS MAKING 81 so A FOOT
on THE WORK" sHEv" FURNISHES
POOR GRANITE. TOO.

Most taxpavers Of Brooklyn are aware that Mayor
Cbapin obtained from a Republican heels'a'"r'
the authority to issue S9'oOoooo }"
bonds for public improvements. O1 ms large
sum s5OOOOOO set apart for repaVtng tlo sipC'S
with q granite block pavement. W. il. Beard ne
ou known contractor shows how 100000 OF this
sr,, bas been spent Mr. Beard spcafs by Inc ca"
r.ben he talks about contractors work. Tor ne Is
IN rat Inc Of business although he has done nothing
in the way of street paving for the last twenty years
lie says: 1870 -, ,,,,,ou
ar things are TO 90 on they have gone on under
Clopin we SHAH have more corrupt condlloh vi
sod than we had I'm the former days OF the BROOK
,,.r ring when "Twcedlsm" was rampant IN New
York rake the single item Of street paving Tor OK
,r,nIe The SPECIFICATIONS prepared By the Chlet
Engineer Of the Board Of City Works require that he'o
IAN Ia civ inches OF excavation below the bottom OF
ho limo Of blocks and that the space shall be hled
nm with six inches OF sand. Now an excavation OF
~ i,cbcs Of earth I'm street only sixty feet VIDE IS
ru, IN rcnts a linear foot, or ~ cubic yard Inc
, bcs OF sand required by the specifications means
a. Ieas, 81 per linear foot or s. per cubic yard.
| aNou, ON no street which has been Tepaved under
tho ncseut administration has thai part Of the contract
hoen carried out. Six eight weeks ago | went to
| Cntae Tnoineer Van Buren,, Of the Board OF ely
| -. and complained that the work was not being
! oono according to specifications; Aat the required
| ovcaveton was not being made ana 'ha' lhe sahu
US not being put in. lie tried to laugh 1t on ana
80 ror.iade me that The granite was better ald II !au
- ,ho old dirt foundation. Then asked nm
Ur ,or, tcse requirements put IN the spechca-
-, M colr-e he could give no good answer to
- ,. a. I told him. any one can understand that
=. . merely game to drive out other cop'ra''orN
-, o,,t IN comply with the specifications While The
W.. o,rtractors knowing they would not have 10 do
so. could underbid them. ...,...
roro Is no truth IN the chief engineers statement
- -, Tho stone were Of the same actual depth and The
! ~ a. -, underneath were graded to uniform
! IN IN, .,o MIGHT To some truth IN II. But the
u4 ,t.t soine of the stone placed upon this hard
e,,a,ion are eight inches ard others are SIX inches
| son Now TO make a temporarily UNIFORM surface
| - cont Of loose material must oe pacAea uhlei
H. houover stone. As soon as lie s''ec' 10 uSeu 4"
| ,cic the Stone imbeddod IN the hafu sut'"'o WI
ram titan and the stone which has been TEN
ho'' 10 Foe. .,, nc loose sand filling must settle
po'"'' .,ce a. that We have a pavement neirly a
80" - n,,le.tone Any one With bali al eye car
FL, Inst LET him go out and examine washing
! ,oo-.ye Flushing ave, Wyih'-aVe' va. n'u'' 81
a., 80 Tho streets paved under ChaP'"s ~u"''i'is'fa
,on and sec for himself The CONTIGUOUS are saw
lrg dollar foot on sahu anu N'''
excavation. , holf q running foot is prett
,d c'rIings for tic ring con'iH'tIs 10 sot ~
he taxpayefs, and they 0ugn, ." pnt tris Is moi ri
spat q made Oh the paving conI!acs; ahoV IA
in nas oni for himself He and Murlha ana 70
| ircgl and otlcf IflcDub VI Ah' Dafr nm
anarry M ON the line Of tho Harlem ha''o@ az m
tbey suptly the stone the contractors Us .,n",a
| who knows about stone see thai II - nVAA
granite IL IS TOO soft for the purpose Tor W l
+ used. RE sides off aud The oPs "a sSoT ,h
IN the specifications for paving sllngtOh W
contractor required TO grade the Sidewalks peyon
Prospcctavc., where there high hills. supPoS
he thought II would be more economical 10 heep W
money i would cost him To do 80 In hi. pocket, 10
. the w0riL was never done. So the thing goes.
r lnew any more haicfaced robbery 81 tine publ
/. to be lcrpoTa'cd in bruOblyn az any Stage Oi II
J. | history with VIII eli am familiar Colonel DaiId ma
o not DO great platform orator, but h, dccla alton
= | be his own boss aud o. submit 10 dictailon la
] tie true ring VI manly indeDondence. 1sxpayers MA