New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-21
IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED.
NO MORE ASPHALT PAYMENTS CAN LIZ
PUT DOWN TILL THE MONEY
is FORTHCOMING.


EIGHT CONTRACTS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
INSTEAD OF BRrcK-rHE USE OF
ASPHALT BLOCKS.
The suspension OF work on asphalt pavements
owing to the financial condition of the city ana the
failure to sell the bonds recently offered means
serious delay In the improvement OF brookyh
streets Last year nine miles of asphalt were lalo'
and until about month ago it was confidently ex-
pected that the amount this year would exceed 'a'
of last year Work has now been practicaiiy
stopped and II is not certain that 1t Will be re-
sumed this season 1t is hoped. however that SUM
cisnt money will be forthcoming In the IAN u
permit the carrying out of some OF the contracts
already made
,oh,e recer,lv nrepared by one Of the bureaus
in the Department of city Works shows how large
a quantity Of work has been planned FOR tnls year
Parts Of six streets were under contract ana parity
completed rs follows: Secondst. between oHtn
and Eighth ayes; Penn-st. between bedioru anu
Lee aves: Firs,-st between Sixth and Seventh
ayes: FIrst-st between Eghth-ave. and Prospect
Park West: Greene-ave.. between Marcy ana
Throop aves and Jefferson-ave. between bedioro
and Nostrand ayes
In Tho next group Of CONTRACTS Made and Certi-
fed" eight pieces Of work were Included in'y
wore. Hancock-st between Reid and Ralph ayes;
Grand-ave between Putnam and Gates aVes''
Gates-ave. between Waverly-ave ana ST James
Place: Uicks-st between Joraemon st and At
Iantic-ave.; Decatur-st between Throop ana sum
ner ayes: Decatur-st.. between Stuyvesah' ana
Sumner ayes: Prospect Place between NoSlranu
and New York ayes and Montor-st between van
Pelt and Nassau ayes. After this comes iohs h''
Of contracts Made but Not Certified ana then
list of "Rids Received but Contracts Not Made
In all there are sixty eight contracts outstanding
for asphalt pavements. counting those III 'ne 'aS'
grouping as having been actually made. In the
natural course Of things the contracts in all these
awards will presumably be made as soon as there
is a prospect Of getting the money to carry them
ou: OF the sixty eight contracts. thrty-tnree "e-
long to Crawford & Co. including the eight areiu1
mentioned having been certified twenty seven u
the Alcatraz Company. six to the Bermudez COM
panv and two to the Frun- Bamhrck Company.
In addition TO the large amount OF aSphalt WORK
held ND mention should be made Of the proposed
brick pavement in Washington-ave, between 'las-
son and Flatbush ayes. and OF the similar pave
ment that Is to be laid In 'lasson-aVe, between
Eastern Parkway and Westinghouse. brick
pavement has also been planned for one block or
Nostrand-ave between Prospect Place ana Park
Place The asphalt block pavement proposed Tor
Sidney Place between Livingston and state sts''
is another minor improvement that cannot be pro-
ceeded with
Among the most important improvements sub
iect 20 delay Is the completion of the asphalt pave
ment in C;ates-ave between Clinton and Bedford
ayes which would provide large part OF COM
pete asphalt route between the upper ana lower
parts Of the city. in addition to the one recently
completed by way Of 81. Mark Save. The smooth
pavement to be laid in the immediate neiGhborhood
of the city Hall in Court and Joralemon SITS IS m
cluded in the Bids Received, but 'ohUacl9 No'
Made" x..o,,. o,.ordod work
cannot he begun until The city Controller cer'i
that the m1ney Is on On n cy most Of the
contracts already mentioned have not peer guy nuy
certified and il the cases OF eight that MAJ peei
is impossible
condition OF the ely " sor limo 200 mans were
made for brick pavement in tireene,,aye, between
Fulton and Clinton ayeS whdn o %,oh t the good
roadway for carriages and bicycles referred 10
above As this avenue here sea d by al Ug
company the company would ne requlrcu ~ ny
oncfourth of the cost and the property owners one
hy The civ The Experience OF McDonough-st
with it's brick pavement, however. has Ied TO
brick pavement we're received. all proceedings in
that direction were abandoned ana new proceerii,
instead OF vtrifed brick pavement This proposed
s,are in he BOARD of Aldermen and there is
no prospect Of its being carried out before next
Resolutions Of Intention repave parts of streets
to the number of NOT less than seventy nave peen
passed tie present year. but none of them Will get
of these Intentions relates 70 the paving OF Lily
with asIhalt block a material which has been lit,
tie used in The city but when is IS, h6my reE "a RS
pairs and improvements In his report for last
year Mr. Lewis said on this subject; .
IL wish suggest trial OF asphalt blocks,
which ( think will loo found peculiarly well
adapted to many of the railroad streets. where the
vehcular traffic IS not heavy enough TO reaure In, t9e
in Court square in 1870 is In excellent condition to-
day except whore several openings have been
made The asphali blocks were found unfit for use
along the railway tracks. and granite blocks were
Substituted While crushed limestone used in
makine the blocks laid in Court Square the manu-
fcturrrs now use trap rock and II IS asserted that
thew Viii stand along the rails any street having
a moderate traffic this statement being confirmed
In results obtained in other cities"
Tivingston-st. Is largely used by the wagons OF
the big drygoods houses in Fulton-st. and Is a
street well adapted afford good test Of asphalt
blocks as n having material The Only other places
where such pavement has been proposed are Sid
nv Place a quiet street with little traffic It
n street in fact. that might almost b" termed mo
thoroug hfa re'-and Rutlcdge-st. between Wythc
and Marcy ayes the latter being included among
tho numerous 'intentOns' which the Board Of AL
dcrmen has seen TT to put on record.