The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-22
SHEET ASPHALT TO BE LAID
WEST CHAPEL STREET WILL BE AS SMOOTH AS BOARD.

The Committee on Streets Favor Petitioners
 on West Chapel Street-Ashmun Street to
 Have No Pavement-York Street From
 Broadway to Grove Street to be Paved
 With Vitrified Brick.
 Though there were but two petitions before the committee on streets last evening there was a large attendance of petitioners and remonstrants pres ent. The first petition was that of Frank c. Bushnell and others for an asphalt pavement on West Chapel street. Attorney Jason P. Thomson op- posed the petition. His opposition was due to the estimated cost. Frank S. Platt also opposed the petition. He fa- vored vitrified brick, which he con- sidered cheaper and more serviceable.
 Attorney George D. Watrous spoke in favor of vitrified brick, stating that it would be most convenient for the company. He would wish for brick at least between the tracks. In answer to a question by MT. Bushnell he stated that he did not favor two kinds of pavements.
 MT. Frank c. Bushnell spoke in favor of the asphalt pavement. He is an ar- dent admirer of asphalt and desires it laid in preference to brick. Captain S. P. Crafts offered, with his usual facetiousness, to do the work with vitri- fled brick much cheaper than the es- timated cost. MT. Chillingworth stated that asphalt pavement had cost New York city $3.2O per foot. Vitrified brick, it Is estimated, cost $2.10 to $220 per foot.
 Captain Crafts made the offer of $1.75 per foot, with North Haven brick. | Colonel Simeon J. Fox made an effec- tive plea for asphalt. He spoke of it as | the best he knew of and urged its adop- | ton.
 MT M. E. Chatfield favored the asphalt pavement He spoke of the op- position to the petition by the railroad | as inconsistent with their former posi- tion in the first petition, which Presi- | dent Parmalee said he would not op- pose. In fact the railroad made all preparation for it and mad cleared the space between their tracks
 MT. Watrous in answer to Mr. Chat | field stated that the road had agreed to nothing which would prevent their honorably taking their present posi- ton, which was in ravor of vitrified brick, as against asphalt.
 l The matter went over then to execu- tive session and the matter of paving | Ashmun street from Gregory to Yorl, streets was taken up. This petition was strongly opposed by property own. CTS in the street. Judge Joseph Shel- don headed the petitioners, but there was also we'll signed remonstrance.
 The petitioners asked for vitrifie6 brick and Judge Sheldon then offered a plan for the payment of assessments His plan was that the assessment nigh be paid in yearly installments of 1( per cent at the option of the property holder Others who spoke in the same strain were F. B. Farnsworth, N. Els terbrook, Alderman J. T. Benham William H. Cooper aud A. Maxoy Hil Ter.
 The chief opposition to the petition was due to the cost of the paving ma
 terial. They wanted something, bu
 they didn't like to pay what to then means a good deal. They thought alst that the only ones to be benefited wert the Winchester Arms company, Brow1
 Manufacturing company, the Frisbi
 Elevator company and the New Havel
 Wheel company. The fact that mos
 of the homesteads are mortgaged ant that there are eleven widows on tn
 street they thought ought to proven
 any burdens being imposed on them.
 'If you experiment" said one, "com
 where poor people are and try you
 pavements and not on streets wher rich people live" The speaker wa
 John Nett Others opposed to the peti
 ton were Richard Dinneef, A. Kral
 H. Stoecker, Mrs. Hauser, c. F. Balbir
 Mrs. Shutz and George Lovette.
 In executive session the board vote
 to recommend the sheet asphalt pave
 ments for West Chapel street, iron
 York to Mott, and vitri1ed brick ol
 York street, from Broadway to Grov
 street. The Ashmun street petitioner
 were refused.
 MR. EDWARD ". STARR.
 1 New Assoc ciate Manager of the Grand.