New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-22
A THROUGH ROUTE ASSURED
AN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ALL THE WAY
ON ST. MARKs-AvE.

,ovcrsr PIECE OF ASPHALT IN BROOKLYN
ONLY FIVE MILES FROM THE BRIDGE TO
THE EASTERN DISTRICT FOUNTAIN.
II IL good news for the wheelmen OF D'o'A'y",
and for all tho people who drive. that coh'rAc'
was made last week for putting an aepnd,. p"
ment In St. Mark's-ave. between 'anoerp"' a"'
ErortIin aves The fact that this was contem-
n,a,ed was first made public In The Tribune ABOUT
n month ago. At that time City WORKS |o"'".,'
s,oner White was hopeful that ne might secure '"e
cooneration of some OF the owners OF properly oi
the avenue and their consent 10 snare III VIC
OF the improvement. In this he was not succes'.u''
ond the work is to be done at the expense OF .he
city at large under the provision OF the laws oi us
wear which says that 1.-The Commissioner Vi ~
Works may from time to time. with the "r"'e"
consent OF the Mayor. rspave or resuriace "''
street which has been previously paved az '"e ca
nense OF the property-own with an impro'e'
ovor,srt and anv street which forms a thorough
fare between different parts Of the city or wnch oy
reason OF It's use ought In his Judgment 10 oe 'e
paved at the expense OF the city at large
No doubt some of the owners Of fine houses on the
upper part OF ST. Marks-aye. would resent 'ne I'M
p.lcation that that street forms thoroushiaie'
ard youd oppose anything tending TO make II
such. hut II is a natural line OF communication DC
tween the Park slope and the region penetrated py
Bedford ave- and inasmuch as IL mas al aSp
pavement in the vicinity OF Flatbush-aVe'' anu "o
same Improvement both SIDES OF Bedioru-a'e'' :"
is perfectly natural and proper that the two sec
tlons of asphalt should be connected by repaVins
tho four blocks between Franklin and vanderbilt
ayes. -,
When this improvement Is compieteo '"e'o "''
n. an asnhalt payement in St Mark's-ave. all the
way from Fourth-ave to Brooklyn-ave' the o"se''
stretch of such pavement in the city, with the eN-
ceptIon OF Bedford-ave. The distance on 81 Marh >"
ave. dncluding one block OF st. Marks Place. be-
tween Fourth and Fifth aves) will be nearly TWO
miles while the asphalt on Bedford-aVe. eStehos n
little over two miles. The next longest piece OF
asphalt in the city Is in F.atbush-ave IN the
Twenty-nlnth Ward, about one mile and nail
ROUNDABOUT But GOOD NEVERTHELESS
When the asphalt pavement In st. Marks-ave 's
finished the problem of through route between
the CITY Hall and the uptown district VIII be IN
measure solved. To be sure. It will be somewhat
roundabout route that will be provided but II VIII
be n great improvement upon anything now a'ah-
able IL should be borne in mind that ST. Mark =
ave. Is only six blocks south OF Futon-st, anu
practically parallel with 1t all the way 10 Fatoush-
ave- From Bedford and Greene ayes. by way OF
gedford-ave st. Marks-ave Fourth-ave. Dean.
Nevns. Schermerhorn and Clinton SITS, 10 Chhtoh
and Fulton SITS. (the nearest point to the BRUCE
which can be reached on smooth pavement the
distance Is little over three and half miles, ana
all OF 1t can be done asphalt when the gap IN
St Mark's-ave Is filled up. From the starting
polnt named 20 the Bridge the distance by this
crcuitous route Is not over four miles. and only
about mile would need to be added to cover the
entire distance from the fountain at Bedford and
Division ayes. to the Bridge entrance The most
advantageous I'D and down town through route pro-
posed has been that by way OF WiiloughDy-ave.
from Bedford-ave to Cumberland-st.. but even that
way the distance from the Eastern District fountain
to the Bridge would be almost exactly four mics.
The ST. Marks-ave; route Is thus only about m,,e
longer and every rider OF bicycle knows that one
mile is matter OF small consequence over smooth
pavements.
The c,tizens generally 1t 10 safe to say do not
appreciate what is being done in Brooklyn by the
present administration In the provision OF SMOOTH
pavements. The amount expended FOR aspnait ana
brick pavements this year Will exceed s19"o;
nearly half of which will be paid by the owners OF
the property directly benehted
AN IMPROVEMENT NEAR THE CITY HALL.
one of the improvements contemplated by Com
missioner White Is the putting down OF an asphalt
payement In the immediate neighborhood OF the
public budlngs-that Is in Joralemon and Court
SITS and a small part Of Fu.ton-st The necessary
action to carry this into effect VIII probably be
men jora:emon-st. will be repaved from Fulton
to Court, and Court-st from Joralemon to futon Ion,
he carried out as far az the columns OF the elevated
road and to the same IN from, Of IN ne cGT rTe
number OF the pubIc, offices viii be considerable,
ci Isi Cnef MAGISTRATE The cost Of this Work vii
HeShts Railroad Company viii DO called on to pay
one-fourh OF the expense. and the owners or prop
erty fronting on Court-st. VIII be assessed In tho
The work will be lone under resolution passed
SSce Of Chapter iO5s Of the laws OF the present
year 1t was action taken under that law, blythe
Myrtle and Atlantic ayes. which led to the revolt
OF the property,oTners In that avenue an ana an
mon Council rescindsd The opponent, OF the plan
to the say on ha S they s ha Of S
question This is the only case Of the kind which
has arisen.