New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15
4 MACADAM STRIP PROPOSED.
COMMISSIONER WHITES IDEA OF IMPROv-
ING GLENMoRE-AvE.
REASONS WHY 1T WOULD NOT BIZ ADVISABLE ~
LAY A PERMANENT AND COSTLY PAVE
NEXT THERE.


The Improvement OF Glenmore-ave so as 10 pro-
vide a smooth road connecting brooklyn ptope' WIN
Queens County is attracting much attention on the
=. :, prooklvn wheelrnen and Is commanding the
or,o,,s interest of the Good Roads Association
committee of this body - now engaged IN the prep
ora,ion of a bill enabling the carrying through Oh
tho Improvement at the expense or the ci'y' anu
CORPORATION Counsel Mcdonald has been consulted
the subject - ., =, ,o,,
II has been supposed that the best way Oh ocai-
INC with the matter would be to proVide peiha-
r, pavement for the avenue. and the question has
ho, whether this should be asphalt or BRICK with
,ronc feeling In favor of brick, while macadam mas
been regarded as a doubtful alternative But No'r-
missioner White of the Department OF CITY "o'hs'
POINTS ont that il would be inadvisabie 10 put per
,nopent and expensive pavement on a thoroughiare
running through a neighborhood when Is not puiit
- In a conversation on the subject he said:
"Clenrore-aye lies in an un'mproved region albert
, oion that is growing rapidly. IL a good pave
,oent were put down there 1t Is certain 'hal II "ouu
, 20 no torn I'D repeatedly. and it could not long
r.roain In good condition There is not sis" Vi d
sewer on the avenue, and the water mains put uo"i
hy rho Long Island Water Supply Company IN all
- ,,..,o, will soon have to be replaced. There
- 49,, houses along the street and when they are
,ut ueter and gas connections will nave 10 pe
made with all Of them. doubt II theTe are any
GAS mains laid there. All these things VIII '"Ne II
necessary TO tear up the surface OF me s"ee' many
fines The only material which could De useu LOT
paving it with any degree of economy III vi
cumstances would be granite anu '" -
the Uheelmen do not want
.,-o,, u eeer,s TO me that what we want 10 90 IF
n make provision for the next hve years. lot pS
that time in all probability, the extension Oh I>aS'
ern Parkway TO Highland Park Will be competed
and method Of reaching te to- Gienmore
ave is that strip OF macaGaHi, ~ tt ,rbat is
should be put down In the ni ,bn highwavs in New
EnGiand Their they take the road ana can 1r
the miadle part Of it to the W' drive So would
sy,,nav regard Genmore-ave. as If 1t were cour,
try road be improved for Sata II we had
Highway Commissioners OF the o'a'e' Il "" 1
them ,.o, foo, wide In the middle
lhsledu o. !, might perhaps be better TO I'M
W o'n strn eight feet wide on each slIe r','i t
pqn would ake about na re o for access to the
derground work that VIII pc heTr,n nT strips would
e, al the demands of those who drive ana tnose
Who wheel. To put DOWN p ciI hing in view
of the certainty that the pavement wou'd De ai''os'
What would be the cost Of the maoa'''' WI
~ mink said the Commissioner. that II c1u s
be done iUr ,ns and half SIS 900 ought cover The
entire cost II the matter Is taken up III much s thew
omehf 70 have the done by May next ,se
if they insist costly nayememn not be able to get
sny b through Certainly they ought TO De st
Sn3 ,ritb a GOOD macadam road for that Is Wa w.
NJ ~, w. af,er they reach Queens County, ana tneS
all seem to be enthusiastic over the roa s bat this
,,orI can he undertaken? Why can IL not DC In
worh e civ under the provision Of the law In reter-
.Tbat provision applies only to repavnsc. IN
General rule is that the pavement OF any st,eet We
Se maid for in the first place by the owners vi
De Par 10 rectlv benefited and only the Legsiat-
pre can step in and suspend that rule a. la, 90
this n,nroyement Is concerned. all we neeu IL T 40
,hine ~ tide MS over the next five years anu w ~,
moi think there will be any serious oo}ec''o" ~
sn O 600 600 or $4,000 for that purpose ,,.
"IIow about the railroad when securf -, 'ho ''s
somr time ago to run on Glenmore-ave,:r ,,orsb 7
SUI am not Informed about that matter. e, b !,
understand that there Is doubt as to wneanfr 10
Charter is still valid OF course tha ,i hat passed
ne "a ax niinde railroads from Genmore-ave