New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-13
TO PRESERVE FIFTH-AVE.
THE GENERAL CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE ,.rv,
FOR A WOOD PAVEMENT AND NO RAIrw.v

THE GENERAL CONVENT OF THE PEOPLE ,,rv,
FOR A WOOD PAVEMENT AND NO RAILWAY
Tn 1885 an association was formed for N. -,
nose OF preserving Fifth-ave. rs thoroughfa,s ,4.
primarily to oppose the construction and one,.s.s
Of a railway in that avenue, and thus proven, a.
destruction OF the only proper approach 10 C.n.,,,
Park. The present committee OF the association A.
Charles Banier, George Bliss Theodore A. Hayeu,v,
Clarence A. Seward, A. Van santvOOrd Char,s. n
Landon; Henry c. Ward, J. rerpont Morgan, ssn..,
d. Babcock Thomas Rutter, william T. Dodge Ma,
oellus Hartley, DIR. b. St. John Rosa and pay,A
MfIlihen jr., with David Mllihen, Ir., counsel.
The efforts Of those who are seeking the hss,
to construct q railway In Fifthave. have eonipued
and they have not lessened their efforts 10 dstr,
this thorouehfare 1t is clear that the city shur
have one avenue free from a railway. The peoDl,
OF Yew-York are opposed 10 n railway In Hfhsvs
The shopheepers in the avenue are are most det,
mined In their opposition to 1t.
1t is now proposed to change the avenue iron
Twenty-ffthst. 10 Onchundred- and tenth-st into /.
grand boulevard, or drive. There Ia not sun
Gent room for both heavy and light traffic ana
the LEGISLATURE will be petiioned 30 pass |,
law restricting the traffic to vehicles fer IN
transportation Of passengers only excepting for Tie %
livery OF merchandise This petition has been szasd
BIZ T.. J. Denning &c Co., Stern Brothers, b. Altman
Co., II, H. Macy * Co., ciIpsoD' NId"IOfu simpson,
Enrich Brothers, Aitken. Son Co, Tiffany & Co., and
others by large number OF brewers and expires, CON-
pares and all the principal shopkecpe above Twenty.
ffth-st.
The Legislature will be asked to authorize props,
wooden pavement. The advantages Of wood, namely
CLEANLINESS durability, absence Of nosse better tothd
smoothness of surface, facility In repairs, great rduc
tion In traction ETC., fully recognized and mads
clearly manifest by the reports Of the United states
Consuls recently issued by the State Department "a
the crude systems that employed here when WOOD
Movements were first introduced, but a solid, artificial
stone pavement as a basis, perfectly rigid and smooth
covered with wooden blocks, cemented together and
the foundation It's first cost Is less than any oes
payement. 1t is easily repaired and renewed Tia
ureseut concrete foundation on the avenue mar b
used
In London and Paris wood has supplanted asphalt "a
all the principal thorough The Champs Elysas
In Paris Piccadlly in London, and all important streets
IN both cities are paved with II. All tests prove Tie
superiority Of wood. They show that on asphalt AID
granite there are four times the proportion Of complete
falls that there are on wood.
Though but recently repAved with Belgian bloch
much OF the roadway In Hfth-ave. must be Nso1-
sructed at an early day, particularly the Thirty sixth
81 hill which has become ragged and uneven. Wod
might well be used In this work until fair test Of Ia
superiority is made The cty's streets are all 10
noisy fact which may partly account for the iherase
OF Insomnia and the consequent Increase Of crans'
and bomb throwers.