New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-01
LEXGTn OF PAVED STREETS.

The Commissioner gives his views at some length
and asserts that New York has larger area ana
mileage of asphalt pavemcnts than either London
or Paris The popularity of asphalt pavc'nen
is at e>ted by the fact that the demands OF property
owners for asphalt requirements paid for from gen
eral taxation, far exceeds the limit Of appropriations
but there is prOportOnae demand for them on up
town streets, where the petitioners have to pay for
them by local assessments. As q their dc,iMbihtl
the city is assured by the heavy bonds given by the
contractors to maintain chem at their own expense
for fifteen years in the of requirements, and
for five years In the case Of assessment work.
1.-THE extent to which the ciJys pavencn's are
torn up by private individuals and corporations is
shown by the fact that in 1890 they made moss
separa.e excavations for laying and repairing
structures. conduts, gas and steam mains. and
connections and that 53.72 miles Of mains.
321 miles Of cartracks and over one mil, Of mis-
cellaneous pipes were laid, and forty nine mio- Of
trench opened for electric subways.
~In the extension and Improvement Of the sewerage
system 81 $40 lineal feet Of new sewers and thirty
nine receiving.basns were built There are now on
Manhattan Island 49, 80 miles of sewers. with 321o
receiving basins In the repairs and rec)ntwciion Of
old sewers 2GO5 lnca feet OF sewers were rebuilt ana
23Ol linca feet repaired with new ule bottoms :
CA $50 lneal feet Of and 51o6 receiving a-n'
were cleaned, and 1926 cartloads Oh sewer deposits
removed
Other topics are touched upon as iOllOWs:
During the wear ninety-One contracts "tIc suc anu
r,ne,vwo contracts completed and the various WORKS
q, O1s cubic wards Of earth and GG3s3 cubic laus "
rock were excayaed 27s los cubic yards hlhng placed IN
embankments; over twelve and han mixes u "c" cur"
set and $40 100 square feet new Tagging laid
During the year over niles Of new su'eUa were
proyided with gas lamps At the close Of IN" year 1Ie
v.rc 27 ia gas lamps sol electric lights. ana I3o 'ap@
smps lighting 5i2 miles OF streets docks ana Drldses'
&C acres OF public parks, and 81 acres OF puDc "'
The several gas companies have LA M',S oi Ea7
mains. =,
Extensive repairs and Improvements were Waue Oh c
City Hail. the Hall Of Records, several Of the c'l anu
police court buildings public markets and ainorc'
The foundations OF the Criminal rCOuft buhuhS
and the supertructure the level Of the main court MOOR
are completed.
The plans contra,t and specifications for ne" court
building in Harlem Twelfth Ward, have been prepared
the work will be put under contract
The fifteen floating baths were in use rom inc W.
ginning OF June 10 end Of September and there wa"
total attendance OF 344 sos males and OG9 oO5 females
The Bureau OF Membranes received and attended 10
4635 complaints OF distractions and made 3133 seizures
Of stands vehicles and other articles Obsucuhs htc's
and sidewalks 1t also removed 1,lOi caf'loauH VI
abandoned materials 312 dangerous shade trees ioo'
telegraph poles about 500 miles Of electric wires
The revenue water service collected ana pal"
Into the City Treasury in 1890 is s2,0ss9O 49, an III
crosse Of sl31 s72 20 over preceding The I'M
paA water rents returned in arrears In ls9o' - eh'