Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-12
LOCKWOOD STREET RAILROAD.

STREET RAILROAD. Permission to open George street and Lay Tracks Thereon-A Spirited Hearing AGainst the Use or Crushed Stone at Last Nights M eet- ing of she Board of Public WOrks- Residents Of GeorGe street Out En Masse-Temple Street to be Re.
 paved.
 Despite the inclement westher of last l evening between fifteen and twenty real dents of George street were present at the meeting of the board of public works to express their views in reference to the pe- tition of the Edgewood Street Railway company for peamission to open George street for the purpose of laying it's tracks along that street. Up to last evening the company had not filed any bond or agree ment with the city to replace the streets of the city in as good q condition as they were prior to opening them, but this bond was filed last night.
 All the members of the board were pres ent at the meeting, over which Mayor Bar gent presided. The first speaker of the evening was Superintendent Wardwel of the Edgewood Street Railroad company. He stated that 1t was the intention of the company to lay . single track on sherman avenue and George street to Church street, and a double track from Church street to State street, and that there would be but one turn out on George street. He also stated that the company had already com &ho y,loofurp of Ed0aU0nd avAnna and Howe street in good condition and push this work forward as rapidly as possible. This statement was corroborated by Superintendent of Streets Doyle. He also stated that the company intended to pave inside and fer two feet outside the rails with granite blocks, from State street to College street, and that the portion of George street which at present is not paved would be paved with crushed stone. The turnout on George street will prob ably be in the neighborhood of Dwight street.
 Colonel Healy stated that in his opinion the proper pavement to be laid between the tracks was asphalt, in consequence of its evenness and freedom from dirt. This kind of pavement he strenuously advo- osted being laid on George street. This kind of pavement, he said, was in use al most exclusively in Washington and Buff falo.
 Fire Commissioner Parsons also advo. cated the use of asphalt pavement and claimed that he had learned from experi- ence in Buffalo that this sort of pavement was the most de.irable and in his opinion the cheapest and most durable that could be secured. He also stated that he had heard 1t intimated that the E6gewood road was being built by a stronger company, and although he strongly favored the road through George street, still at the same time hs believed that the street should be left in such conditon and so paved as to make driving agreeable. He also stated that in his opinion the Edgewood street cars would be run by the same organiza. rion which operates the Morris Cove road and that practically 1t was one and the same road.
 Alderman Dwight ". Blskeslee of the Second ward stated that he was in favor of | electric roads, but at tine same time thought | that all railroad companies should be compelled 60 leave the streets in as good condition as possible He also opposed al lowing railroad companies to come into the | city and using @ crushed stone pavement, ! especially since every whore throughout the | city mplaints gre being received by the | court of common council asking that the sy stem of hardening streets and paving | with crushed stone be done away with | He strongly advocated the plan of paving ! all streets with the best possible material ! and especially on streets through which ( | railroad runs.
 | Edward Bryan stated that thers was { great deal of driving on George street ant he did not want to see this driving de
 stroyed He alec said that he had no faitt
 in crushed stone for street paving, espe cislly where the street was used for heavy | traffic as George street, and desired tha | the board should persist in compelling thu
 company to lay good pavement througt the street.
 Coroner Ell Mix WAS also present an6
 opposed the laying of broken or crushed
 stone pavement.
 Town Counsel Pardes said that he want
 ed the electric road to run through Georgt
 street, on which he lived. He said that i
 wasn't 80 important what kind of pave
 ment was adopted as 1t was to compel tn,
 street railway companies to keep the streetl
 in repair, and if the roads did not msk.
 the repairs themselves the city could mak,
 them and collect from the companies.
 eve have tried that plan before" inter
 posed Commissioner States, "snd have
 made repairs and charged them to a csr
 tain street railway company, and for many
 years have been trying to collect oul | money, but 50 far have been unsucceesfu
 in our efforts" This remark caused con
 siderable merrimsnt.
 Remarks protesting against the use o
 crushed stone for paving purposes wer'
 also made by E. W. Baldwin, W. H. Eli
 ott, D. A. Blakeslee, J. H. Mansfield
 Frank Stoddard, F. H. Belden of Sherman
 avenue, and number of others.
 In executive session the board voted tt grant permission to open George street tt
 the Edgewood Street Railroad company or
 condition that the company use dimension granite block on George street from Ststt
 street to College street. Superintendent
 Wsrdwell later agreed to this, and signed an agreement to that effect. The pave
 ment from College street to Sherman ave nue will be of crushed stone.
 ! On motion of Commissioner States, il
 was voted to send a communication to the l court of common council, asking that bod 6J to order the immediate laying of dimen sion block pavement in Temple street from Chapel to Congress avenue. This action was taken on account of the present | unsatisfactory condition of that street.