New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-18
IMPORTING BEDFORD-AVE
yrrRrFIED BRICK LAID AT ITS JUNCTION WIZ"
THE EASTERN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO bh
PIT IN GOOD CONDITION BY A RAIL
moan COMPANY

PUT IN GOOD CONDITION BY RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
Tho announcements made and to be made at once
on Bedford-ave will give keen delight TO Numerous
wheelmen In Brooklyn. and VIII be nighy "pp
ca,ed also by people who drive along tha' '"o'
mrh,aro Thev consist in the first place OF tne
new brick pavement put down at the top OF the mn,
where the avenue meets the Eastern rhi
practically comes to an end. 30 lar "s Vi. 49,.
ma jorlty OF those using 1t are cohcer"e', ''e 80
that Bedford-ave extends on into the GU w"
FIotbush-at least on the map. and Is IN lac' p''''
onened-Is of no consequence Whatever ~ ',.. 49,
,h,rr =, q ~ running from the fountain at DV'S'on
ave IN the Parkway, though In reanty II oes'
Manhattan-ave nearly mile ana nan ea'' " ~
fountain, and runs describing the snap VI
well down into the Twenty-nnth Waro
AZ the junction of Bedford-ave with the ram
nav tho crossing has heretofore been covered VIZ"
h.,.,or.s Nearly three weeks ago the WORK
~ renlacng these with vtrifed bricK was oes''
and II Is now finished. The space co'e'cu 70 NJ
large and the work seemingly TOOK io"s "'e
reouires about two carloads OF Dicks 10 I've w
crossing They are laid on concrete fouhna' ~,
and IT takes some time for concrete to set inc
rssuIt f. entirely satisfactory. so great an ''"-
rovomont is IL as compared with the coooies,o"es
that the material used for the pavement "''' "
tract less attention than 1t deserves T..
This is the first brick pavement rul uo"n -"
Rrooklyn and the city authorities VIII De ue'"'1'
of
orally liked 1t Is probable that IN time oi,oN no,
no ouite extensively used. Plans are already u"oe.
wav for using brick instead OF asphai' o'' 49, -,
the streets that soon to be repa'eu, 80,
nrobable that brick will give as much sat'sla1"O'
,r prooklvn as In other cities where II mas Dee"
tried 49,, -, vad,ord
- dar ,be direction Of the Park Department
the Brooklyn Heights Railroad company mas -,
RESPONSE to the request OF the whee'''e''' us
% nave the crossings that avenue al Gates anu
putnam ayes with asphalt. President foss'er
49,. ,h,s action ls to be regarded az the
establishment Of a precedent, but II Is 10 Dc hopeu
~. :, nu, nrove TO be such. There are SEVERN
o,her had crossings Bedford-ave.-and eise"nere
,or that matter-that are In need OF a''e'''o"' w
y, the worst are at Bergen ana Bu'ier s's' i"e'o
y, ~ .oasor that the average wheelman can perceive
. ,,o Atlantic Avenue Company should not put
these in good condition. just as the olhei eo"-
~ 80. acraed 70 do with the crossings furtaer
down the avenue ., uossos
In fact wherever an asphait-pa'eu s"ee' ''
. car truck the smooth pavement ought 10 pe car
ried right up the edge OF the tracks LOT pdford
a, hn1h ~ hlcycles and carriages On bcdloiu-
ave awe for instance besides the crossings naea
there are other at Fulton.st Dehaio % re-
aive attention The most southerly ones, those at
Butler and Bergen SITS: should be taken N naru 40
st be Crossed every time by the numerous riders
who enter Bedford-ave by the important iee'e'
or HancOck-st -. koor In a hally torn
up condition east of Nostrand-ave wherd ~
been mpossb,e TO II for considerable dsIancs,
hut II il now passable once more. some whcelnsna
Rave circumvented the trouble by riding aIouiiu
,hrouph Jefferson-ave.. but this involved TWO pochs
over cobblestones and cartracks. Inc WORK Oh .ie
new sewer however, is about competed, put '"S
strip of asphalt torn up has not peen repiaceu or
II Ia gratifying TO know that wneeimeh VIII soo r
not be compelled. unless they chose, 10 rue w.
the block OF Hancock-st., now paved Win s'ai,
blocks for a contract has been maze LOT pasans
Ualsev-st between Bedford and Nosrand avs,
with asphalt To be sure. this Will require c!cnss'
m turn one short block to the south OF Nostraiu-
ave over cobbestones, but doubtless large HUM
her will choose do this in order to escape tne long
hock of granite. The asphalt pavement on ran,
cock-st is to be carried one block furtner
Immediately II the block nearest Bedioru-as.,e,
had a smooth pavement there would soon De mie
of osphalt on this street. 49,
Another gap of Importance Is TO be nlied by PaG,
ing asphat along Flatbush-ave., below the WliiI,H
entrance OF the Prospect Park 70 connect Win tne
asnhalt payement heretofore laid through rlatpush.
Now the Park be reached by one coming uIoiis
lila tbush-aye from the southwark only by tdVers-
ing several hundred feet of cobbe. nen the coi,
tract which has been made Is completed tnere VIII
be straightaway asphalt route from the w MIN
entrance TO the Flatlands line. Untortuhate.!' 81,
account of the large amount or trailc mere VIZ
asphalt pavement on F1atbush-ave u Already pdu'y
worn in places. Apparently IL would nave Deen d
wise thing 10 brick instead or asphait theIe;
The experience is a valuable one however, anu
should be kept in mind when other thoroughiares
used by heavy vehicles are repaved