New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17

MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE LlV-
ING ABOVE THE HARLEM
MUDDY AND POORLY PAVED STREETS pETRI-
MrNr TO THE INTERESTS or THE FAR
UPTOWN WARDS RAPID TRANSIT
QUESTIONS NOTES Personal
AND SOCIAL

The signing by the Governor OF the Repavins bill
for the Twenty-third and Twenty fourth wards IS
important 10 North Side property owners, who eX-
pressed their pleasure when the bill became law
last week. Little money has been spent on the
uptown streets compared with the amount which
is needed. Each returning spring makes more CYL
dent the difficulty OF attracting residents to the
upper wards long the streets remain In their
present condition. March and April, when the &C.
mand for real estate is usually greatest are the
months when the mud makes some OF the streets
and avenues almost impossible for vehicles and
unattractivc to foot travellers The usual scenes OF
horses struggling through several inches of mud TO
draw their loads through streets which should be
i'm good condition FOR tralhc have been repeated
this spring The demand for houses has fallen off
from previous years. and the condition 81 the
streets is assigned by many real estate dealers as
the cause Some progress is made each year tow
ard paving some OF the most important through
fares but tho amount allowed is small and the
improvements by no means keep pace with the in
crease in population. The opening and widening OK
Washing on-ave, which forms the straightest line
OF communication between the upper and lower
parts OF the section OF the district beyond
the Harlem. will have important effect on traffic
II the grading and paving proceed rapidly The
need OF Immediate expenditure OF considerable sums
OF money In placing the North Side streets In better
condition Is imperative.
The reduction OF fares the Suburban Elevated
road IN connection with the Manhattan Elevated
lines and the proposed exchange OF passengers be-
tween the Third Avenue surface road AMI the
UnoA trolley cars. do not satisfy those who seek
cheaper transit from their homes uptown to their
places OF business In the lower part or the city
The North Side Property Owners Association ad-
vocates Il measure which Will compel the New
York Central, Harlem River. New-York and New
Haven and New-York and Putnam roads to reduce
their fares to cents within tho city limits These
lines run from ive to ten miles within the city
limits The est % construction and operation and
the speed OF tho trains would make a fve-cent fare
unavoidable and 1t Is not probable that the pro-
posed bill can become a law. The railroad authori-
ties could however greatly reduce local fares with
out entailng a loss. and greatly Increase their
traffic and the same time accommodate many
persons living the steam railway lines and
al some distance from the elevated railway.
The sale OF the Poe cottage, at Fordham. 20 a
dentist, who will occupy H. makes II impossible at.
present to carry out the plans made by lovers OF
literature to preserve the building n memorial
OF the poet and story writer who occupied the
tage when some OF his most famous productions
were published. The movement began a few years
ago among some residents OF Fordham, but II did
not have sufficient support to enable those In