New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-15
WORK ON GLENMORE-AV We.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS WITH AN I'M
PORTANT IMPROVEMENT.
THE CONTRACTORS THINK 1T WILL BE COM
PLETED BY OCTOBER 1.-THE BEST THING


PLErEp by OCTOBER THE BEST THING
TO RE DONE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES
The weather for the last six weeks has not been
favorable for such work that which is being done
on Glenmore-ave. and the connecting streets, which,
taken together. form the Glenmore-ave. improve
ment, but nevertheless excellent progress is being
made. In July there good deal OF rain. and
in consequence the number of working days was
materially cut down. and It feared that post
ponement OF the completion OF the work would be-
come necessary During the recent hot weather
II has been impossible for the men employed by
the contractors to work full time.
The greater part Of the work is being done by
Thomas Byrnes: that is all of It except the part
OF Genmorcave that Is TO hc covered with asphalt.
Notwithstanding the drawbacks that have occurred.
Mr. Byrnes said day two ago that he expected
October would the road completed
and ready for He has begun TO put on broken
stone the western end and is making rapid
progress with the grading the eastern part.
good deal Of work has been necessary here.
one of the things that caused delay was the
strengthening OF the conduit or aqueduct through
which Brooklyn gets its water supply, which Is
crossed by Glenmorc-avc. at a height of hlteen or
twenty feet To foresta the possibility of a break
in the conduit il was necessary to reinforce 1t so
that II would bear the weight of the material used
for filling in the big trench in which it lies. 1t was
easier and cheaper to strengthen the conduit than
to bridge it, and it is not believed that any harm
full effects follow 1t was not far away from
this point. by the way. that the break in the con-
duit occurred a few years ago. causing much alarm
and inconvenience throughout the city. 1t is be-
lievcd that the precautions taken at Glenmore-ave
will prevent repetition OF that unfortunate anar.
The asphalt portion of the improvement is well
under way This includes the part of the avenue
that paved with Belgian blocks several years
ago The asphalting company found it necessary
Ia ra1l off he lock
surface generally.
While the improvement in general will be most
important one. there some regretable features
about it, In the first place. the route is crooked.
and four right-angled turns will have TO be made
between the present end of the Eastern Boulvard
and the beginning of Broadway in Queens County.
Then a. an official Of the Park Department pointed
out yesterday, the street is narrow one and the
roadway will not he wide enough to accommodate
the travel that will move that way In few years.
if not Immediately.
1T is great pity" he said that parkway
was laid through this part of the city years
ago. Eastern Parkway 1t is true. was laid out.
and is still here. and II is a street eighty feet wide.
and would have answered for this purpose very
well indeed But then the elevated railroad COM
pany seized it and planted its columns in the mid
die OF the roadway both sides. thus completely
spelling it for public use. Why the elevated road
went down far don't know, but l suppose II
wanted 10 cover more territory 1t comes back TO
Liberty-ave. half "a mile this side OF the city
line. and don't see why it didn't 90 out Liberty
ave all the way. There is a street now that might
well have been kept for the free use OF the public
but a trolley company has got possession of it, and
II would have been just as well fact, great
deal hettcr-if the elevated road had gone there,
Il suppose the improvement Of Glenmore-ave.
really the best thing TO do under the clrcun-
stances. and the Improvement Is certainly going 10
be one Of great importance ! have no DOUBT that
il will bc used d great deal, especially by plcyce
people. People driving in carriages Will also be
glad Of opportunity to get out on Long Island
and those fine roads that they have heard so
much about. Heretofore they have not been able
rough pavements. and they have rarely II ever
gone. DO YOU know that they get very tired or
always going down and UP the Ocean PARKWAY IL
is true - have some ether good ROADS now IN
the newer wards of the city, but the old boulevard
is the principal resource for those who drive When
they get outside of the park. and they will be very
glad to have direction in which they can
90 with comfort.
at is too bad that this Genmore-ave. work is
just what ii is. but all the same, II will be a
needed now but in Few years, when the Highland
Boulevard is completed. and the drive through For
est Park constructed. and these two are connected
by a public road through Cypress Hills Cemetery,
there Will be a still pleasanter way Of getting out
on the island. As far as Glenmore-ave. is con-
cerned the immediate surroundings are of
shabby and unattractVe character, which IL
drawback 10 a certain extent"
II is believed that the parade IN honor or Inc
opening Of the GlenmOre-aNe. Improvement VIII pc
held on Thursday October J. though. or course Cd
sfaces may arise that will delay the completion OF
the work The contractors. however. realize the
importance Of getting the Job finished as rapidly az
possible and are "hustling" for all they are worth