New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
LONG ISLANDS GOOD ROADS
IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE IN LATE YEARS.
MAcApAM IN USE IN MANY vILLAGEs-PRoPosEp
EXTENSION OF THIS WORK THAT WILL DO
MICH TO AID In LOCAL DEVELOPMENT.


EXTENSION OF THIS WORK THAT WILL DO
MUCH TO AID IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT.
The county of Queens has adopted a system II
road improvement which Is destined TO act asa
stimulus in attracting residents TO Long Island toun
and providing a means Of travel exceedingly COM
Portable for bicycs,s and horses
1t has become we'll known to all riders Of
the wheel that no section Of New-York S,au
possesses better roads than are found on Long
Island and residents Of New-York City and
elsewhere have realized that 1. is good
place In which TO spend the summer months
The movement to improve the roads by macadam
izng them begun in 1892 BY number Of promi
nent citizens. who saw that travel In winter over
the dirt roads such TO cause the most con-
scrvative to favor any plan to improve the condition
Of the roads. 1t was frequent occurrence to ses
loaded trucks. business wagons etc. stuck In The
mud up to their hubs, and every effort to extSican
them resulted in deeper plunge into the mrs
The cutters were frequently resorted 10 as means
Of escape from the deep pools OF water which
formed after storms or thaws. and rot inf'e
quently lawns were cut up by this invasion Of
vehicles. This. however has all been ehansA,
vehicles bowling along the smooth hard surface
winter as easily as II on board floor. Bcycfss
find riding delightful and foot travellers choose tie
road in preference to the narrow paths
The first roads 10 be affected by the I'M
provemen,s were the North Hampstead and
Flushing Turnpike and the Jericho Turnpike.
Messhs. Twombey and Eldert, OF Jamaica, were ~
contractors, and the work was satisfactorily done
The bed Of the road is made OF crushed stone which
Is laid TO depth OF six, eight ten inches. %
desired. Covering this is a coating Of sand
steam roller packs the sand and stones after which
the top coating OF fine stone is put on. This Is va
by sprinkler and rolled hard Another coatins@
all al
road gradually works IL into the fine stone covering
The width OF the macadam is eighteen feet in ths
outlying sections and the full width OF the street
villages. The roads are arched 10 the centre per
nit,ing water to drain from the surface and noww
the cutters.
The improvement OF the roads has not only proved
benefit 10 the travelling public. but 10 the bushes
places the health Of the people and 10 the ou!dns
up Of various sections. To-day the villages OF ROCK
Vile Centre. M!burn and Freeport are thriving
business towns. when up to the beginning OF IN
work on the roads the chief Industry was nsh'ns
In the last three years many handsome homes
have been erected by well-known New.Yorkers ano
Brooklynites on the Merrick Road. and many ren'
dwellings, for summers sojourn In that seeuon
The latest addition to the number is $l5cp dwen'
ing for John T. Newman. OF Brooklyn. which Is y
be built near Oceanside. Among the prominent
people who live along the line Of macadam roao'
are B. G. Latimer. j. D. Glover. John H. Csnl
County Clerk Safren, Clerk Van Doren H. H. Cam
mann. Mrs Kate Barnum. H. v. Rody. Charles =
Wallace and Henry Floyd-Jones. 1t is estimates
that the increased valuation to real estate In Sec
,ons through which these roads pass has been aoou
100 per cent. and that although the market for re-.
estate Is exceptionally dull and building operauyna.. ~.
have been at standsti. In many locaiues, tns
southern and northern portions OF Long Island nav
more than held their own.
The total amount Of road bonds now outstahomj
IN Queens County is nearly s!soOeoo The tow, % ~ .
Hampstead alone expended about sS9oM ,~s ~
miles OF them the average e'c cost for building being
about $1,000 mile North Hempstsad tIasansl mss q
macadam roads, The former town recently vcsS SssS
to expend $4,000 for macadam roads but mas SnS Sir
election. and fear on the part OF Spectators as y
the possible success Of the silverites II also H.
sesses rock,crushing machine and steam Sss
by contraction with road builders The repair y.
the roads is Systematically done by each cSnay nnny
Engineer when the Covering becomes thin and ne
stone bed becomes exposed sand Is spread ossi
stone eca,ne places the road in psrfss, eSndSSSsu
The prneipa dsr ESads ad Hnrsh He%pste
Turnpike. the Jericho Turnpike Flushing the the
jamaica Road. Hoffman's Boulevard wh Rocks,
way Road from Hempstead to LynbroOk csn,ssyy Hsy
ave Far Rockaway; Boulevard TO hVVUiiburn
Road and Eehpage turnpike The furtheranneos;d o;ds u
the work OF n,acadamizing Is proceea,h!sm h!smpoftan
highway viii have undergone the change: ia ia
advent OF the trolley to Hampstead from IA read
will bring another important change N ,snssnrikA sns
system The old Jamaica and Hempstssdb bsins nae
over which the trolley Will pass. Is now pesi and
adamized ten feet on each side OF the tracs 70
has been completed to Queens: It rs Which win
open up new and direct route for !s, isaA.
West Hempstead from that point Futon,sss' xidth
ing to the village. will be macadamisea Turnpiks
feet - The Bstspafs sI
i,ed three and one-half miles east ano M have
proposition to make It county road ~" aShh"oud thb
naeadamzed for the entire distance ssGuS to ts
county line, there Is no doubt Of sufiolx xSs icf
continuing 1t. thus affordng direSt drsS county
Wheelmen from New-York into SunoiK Sonst ~ tnst d
Another desirable improvenent VII ,bs DC jSncdes
OF Fulton.st and the Rockaway Roaa I, route. ~
Lynbrook Bicycle riders can take etneds tnd thenea
former street leading to Greenwicn ano n Fsthpoe
Freeport. or the latter leading to 'ns
Turnpike. ,...~.oved are CO..
pleted there will be a continuous route " ~ WIx'
from Brooklyn. jamaica and other points ServjA y
ern Long Island TO Oyster Bay sEsa~oik c6esq
The expenditure OF money Tor tns pSsrrtsSf -