New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
IN TIE ANNEIED DISTRICT.
PROBLEMS BEFORE THE NEW STREET COMMITS
SIONER.

SIoNER
rouis 7 Uentz the new Commissioner of Street
Jmnrovements for the Twentythrd and Twenty fourth
Wards took the oath Of Office last week. he mas hot
vet made his appointment OF deputy put William
H. Ten Eyck the Republican leader In the Twentyuru
Ward, is mentioned as the man who VIII pro0aoN
he appointed The deputy receives salary OF
"a 500 One Of the most important duties Of the new
Commissioner will be the preparation OF permanent
man Of the streets and avenues Of the Annexed DIS
trct .The Record and Guide makes some sensible
as to the method in which the streets should
he laid ont. 1t opposes the rectangular system
which Mayor Grant so strongly favors. "New-fork
soutb OF the Harlem, II says lis probably as badly
laid out as any city in the country. The uniformity
of the buildings combined with the uniformity OF
the streets gives the city in many uptown sections
sinister monOtony Of appearance which Is very de
pressing, The rectangular system Is economical OF
space but land beyond the Harlem can never become
so valuable as the lower sections OF the city are
The system Of laying out streets In curving lines
through the valleys and over the ridges, leaving the
straight only for the main avenues extending from
the bridges over the Harlem to the outlying towns well
ADAPTED to many parts of the region above inc
Harlem and Il has already been employed on the
maps filed at the Park Department. The sontheast
portion of the Twenty third Ward and other COM
parativey level parts of the district might well DC
laid out in straight streets. but the great parklke
region toward the west should be reserved for homes TO
be constructed along gently curving roads. "The
Record and Guide" suggests system OF radia'ihg
streets as method which might be effectively en-
ployed and will probably be adopted in some parts
of the upper wards The plans adopted by the Com
missioner must afterward be approved by the Board
of Street Opening and Improvements. Mr. Hentz can
not be too careful in the selection OF engineers VINO
are TO do the work Of laying the great system OF
streets.
Charges are made that the contractors having In
charge various street improvements in the twenty.
third Ward delaying unnecessarily the WORK Oh
construction. Some Of them are certainly not h-
vancng so rapidly they might. and the residents
along the streets which now almost impossible
complain bitterly. The commissioner VIII be
appealed to in the hope that he will urge on tho
work more rapidly that the Park Department en-
gneers have done. The Third-ave Improvement Is
making fair progress. and the elevated ROAD extension
to Onchundred seventy seventh-st will probably
be completed in three months. There is talk. with
little foundation yet Of the adoption OF the caoe
system ON some of the Annexed District roads.
The ball Of the Exempt Firemens Association OF
Morrsania on Wednesday evening, at Grove Hi AS
sembly Rooms, brought together many veterans some
of whom came from NewJersey, Connecticut ana
Massachusetts, John Van Horn, Of Morrsanias who
claims the honor of being the Oldest ex-chief
was one OF the visitors. The ball was
well attended and the younger guests danced wmle
the older ones talked The officers of the association
are John J. Clarke. president; Richard Damn, hrs'
vice president Frederick Geek, second vicepresldent
Frank Shea, recording secretary; William Huck IMAM
cal secretary: John Damn, treasurer: Theodorc ke
baum. serQeant-at arms The committee of arrange
ments Included besides most Of the officers, Charles
Wilhelm George W. King phi Rice, LUDWIG Hun
singer and John A. .Aldrtt. John Hogan was floor
manager and among the members OF the committees
were william NJ Bogart, John Young. Franklin Craw'
ford. John F. Greenfield, George Fink, Charles II.
Kirk and Leonard Ford.
| Captain Thomas r. Smith, Of No. 1854 East One
thirty eshtst. was grceteh on Ms return
| home on Thanksgiving eve by merry party OF
| friends who gave him a surprise party.
The twenty fifth anniversary of the dedication OF
St. Johns Lutheran Church, will be celebrated by
special services to-day and on next "Wednesday Inc
church building erected in $685. but additions nave
been made to it at various times; ncw sinh
scriptions obtained to add TO the present DulidhH
fund Of over $1,000 The church has been nd
sunday school services. sermons in German and Eng
iIsh will be preached at the services this morning
ah1 The sse dedication services the Presby
tcrian Church will be held to-day at fTosPectave'
and East Onehundred- and sixty firstst. BISHOP An
drews will preach the sermon in the morning and the
| Rev d. w. Couch, Of Broohlyn in the evening.
noon 'a at which Bowcs Colgate will preside and ad
dresses will he made by the Rev. DR.. NJ DC GIaw-
Srd R tne Ee es:p n Baird the REV. Dr. Clark Wright
| the Rev. Mr. Kern, p. A. Welsh, A. H. Brnmmei'
william Baldwin c. Waldo smith ana g. cr sJ h"S a
| several of the churches last week including the
Mott Avenue Methodist Church. Trinity GsHrrai