Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-14
PLANS FOR THE CITY.
No Lack of Improvements Scheduled
to Be Made This Year.
THE CHIEFS ARE BUSY FIGURING.
Remodeling fthe Old Fulton Bell Foundry
to Begin Soon.
PLENTY TO BE DONE ABOUT THE PARKS

PLENTY TO BE DONE ABOUT THE PARKS
While the programme of city improve
ments for the year has not been entirely
mapped out, enough are scheduled to keer
the chiefs of departments busy figuring on
what to do first. Public Safety and Public
Works have several hundred thousand dol
lars to be used during the next ten months
in bettering their various charges and no time
will be lost in getting big years work
started.
Chief Brown has several large projects on
hand to improve the service of the Depart
ment of Public Safety. This is especially
the case in the Bureau of Fire, the facilities
of which will be greatly increased. In the
Police Bureau the principal improvement
will be the new Central station, now almost
completed. When spoken to yesterday
about the work for the year, Chief Brown
said:
New Police and Fire Stations.
'The new Central station will be COM
pleted in two weeks, and We will move into
it at once. By that time will have oper-
ations we'll under way toward preparing
the old Fulton Bell Foundry for our use as
an engine, truck, water tower and hose car
riage house. We are in possession of the
place now, and in few days I will adver-
work will not take long, as there is com
paratively little to do in making the build
ing suitable for our purpose: l will also
advertise soon for bids on engine and water
tower. The new ladder truck and hose car
ria0e are almost finished.
"Unless something unexpected should
prevent, the new house on Channcery lane
and the apparatus to go in it. will be ready
TO wait some time after that to put them
into active service because Of not having
men to operate them. A little over $50, 1000
salary roll to help along new buildings. This
prevents me from hiring extra men until
July. At that time, however, every thing
will be ready and the downtown portion of
the city will have as good fire protection as
can be without a 1reboat. The latter will
not come till next year at least"
Lines Not So Closely Drawn.
Chief Brown said nothing about the kind
of fire engines he prefers, but it is under
stood that the requirements will not be such
as to limit the bidding to one or two COM
panies. In addition to the improvements
referred to above will be engine houses in
the Twenty.seventh, Thirty first and Thirty
wires under ground. The fire alarm service
is to be made more perfect than ever. The
Nineteenth ward is to have a new patrol
stable.
In the Department. of Public Works the
improvements Tor the year will, Of course,
be of much greater extent. In fact. the
whole appropriation Of over $2,O00000 is
practically an amount set aside for making
public accommodationsb better The largest
end OF this work will be the repairing of
streets, where the pavement has become
worn. Among those to be repaired this
year are the following:
Valley Railroad; West Carson, from Point
Bridge westwardly; Lincoln avenue, from
Frankstown northwardly: Liberty avenue,
from Center westwardly; Forbes, from end of
present pavement eastwardly: Water, from
Smithf1eld westwardly; Penn avenue, from
Pennsylvania Railroad westwardly: East
Carson, from Monongahela bridge east
wardly; Seventh street, from Liberty to
Duquesne way; Mulberry alley, South HIGH
land avenue, from Penn southwardly;
Fountain from Seventh avenue to Grant:
West Carson, from Monongahela bridge
Hogg alley; Stanton avenue,
from end of present pavement eastwardly.
A New Street For the Central.
Also Oak alley. in front of the new Central
police station; Wylie avenue, from end of
present pavement eastwardly: Hickory al
ley; Grant, from Seventh avenue SOUTH
wardly; Exchange alley, from Eighth east
wardly: Ella, from Friendship south
wardly; Fourth avenue, from Wood
Liberty so SRena "'S Sarson 1Sm Esn em
Twenty-seventh eastwardlv; Center avenue,
from Fulton eastwardly; Virgin alley, from
smithfield to Grant: Fifth avenue. from
Pride: Penn avenue. from Forty-fffth east
wardly: Third avenue, from Smithtield to
Grant; Heating alley, from Roberts to De-
villiers; Butler street, from Sharpsburg
enue, from Fifth street westwardly: Cherry
alley, from Third to Fifth avenues: Du-
quesne way, from Sixth westwartlly: Carbon
alley, from CasSatt to Ledlie: Chancery lane,
from Third to Fourth avenues.
The largest piece of repaving will be q
half circle along the wharves, running from
Smith1ield street, on the Monongahela side,
around the Point and up the Allegheny side
to Sixth street. Part OF this was appropri-
lted for last year, when sums were set aside
for the repaving of/Water street from
Duquesne way eastwardly, and Duquesne
way from Water street eaStwardly. The
work, however, was not done. and the
money is still held for that purpose. This
year appropriations have been made, as will
from Smithfield street westwardly, and Du-
luesne way, from Sixth street westwardly,
completing the half circle OF river front re-
'erred to- 1t will all be done during the
coming summer.
SohetutnS AOF tuo SOutnSlQerss
The Southside will have q new market
house to replace the old burned one at a
cost of s35, 900. The plans for it have been
previously described in THE DISPATCH.
Work will also be begun OH the
lew free bridge across the Mo-
longahela river, there being now
s2OO, 600 set aside for that purpose In the
PARKS the improvements will be on much
The same order as last year. A large plot of
,round will be purchased as an addition to
Park. A large greenhouse is to be
erected in Schenley Park In speaking of
ibis Chief Bigelow said:
1T will be the finest in the country. One
very beautiful design has already been sub
nitted and others will be on hand soon.
Proposals will be advertised for before
ong."
One of the features of park improvements
will be the planting of vast number OF
rees in all the parks. In Schenley Park the
walks and driveways, on which a great deal |
If labor was spenG last ear, will be pushed
;oward completion.
Chief Elliot, OF the Department. of Chart
les, has before him the purchase and equip |
nent of a new poor farm. In all likelihood |
his will be done before the present year
closes. |