New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-12
STREETS TO BE REPA|ED.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WATER
PURNEYCR
MIR. NORTH SAYS THAT FrFrH-AvE. SHOULD BE
REI.AID NEXT YEAR-AN ENPENDlI' NE "r
ABOUT $500 oco INVOLVED IN THE
SUGGESTIONS.


SUGGESTIONS.
Soma important recommendations ABOUT rep@Nrns
streets and avenues were made in the report OF ia
ward y North the Water Puryey or, yesterday
The improvements involve the expenditure OF so'''
on this wear and next As 20 Fifth and other ave-
nues. Mr.. North says;
Fth-ave should he repaved neXi year ne
thoroughfares in the city some oil aGSS ohers pre-
slippery Wood is the pavement OF uxury ~ h nut
rope and Engan Mbs ana cah be aG is lifting
wealth and dignity Of the clty or ,o Fftvninth
ST. is 62so square Yards which can prSGaog ,b be-
paved for TIVE, 9S 81 o snd % 8 sS y'F'
Sixth-ave from Carmnest. TO Twenty
has a good granite pavement n f1 s very poor
The Metropolitan Traction COMPANY pro sps and il
AN sho5 be repsve with granite when the work is
done The area Of new pavement cnnree"p rd cost,
city viii be approximately 1880 square yards 'V''-
fhe pavement Of seventh-aye from Greenwich T,~en
way 10 the circle at Fifty nnthst. and Eghth-a'r,
is an old granite pavement laid on sand ana IRON ,s
erty on ana near 1t for some time the , area '' ~
velyed is 5000 SQUARE yard aSu G9s naY sH
Eghth-ave which is the main thoroughfare OF dne
Sor ,s In a II made WITH the Barber Company
am told he metropolitan Iractom 01 pan Avenue
next year If this is done traffic VIII be srra,N .
peded II not practically suspended IN that r'Sr
Sevonthave should be asphated before the WORK OH
Eighth-ave. between Thirteenth and F.fty-n.nth
SITS. Is commenced, TO save me great Oss ,bst tbor
oughfare When Eghth-ave, between hir,ee Ii,n
any on that avenue to and Hud
Canalst Will be removed by me raiL"jS I'm
st. 2Ssphated this viii be a very favorable time to
90 It, the railway company can afford 10 - con- on
place Of being required to relay the granite TIE
area for The city to Pav aer 5ne ya aaSsS whch at
s. per yard would cost s9scO If funds are ava.ahle
a s9er rS %STd Se EirThh to
The Increase of values which would result from thc
combination of an asfla,ed avenue with the quicker
transit afforded by an eecric road. would doubtless
recOup the city in three or four years .or tne
pendltures. which would be in the neighborhood oil
Ninth-ave. from Four,centh-st to Ffty-ninth.st St,
which Is paved with old trap blocks, requires iinie-
diate repav!ng with granite. The area chargeab.e
city would be about 5000 square yards costing
Tenhays also reqa5es re 1o1 yea, S e , @off
Nnth-aye Is repaved but any delay is at the Sr ex
pense Of The city Of go taa a. It's
Mr. North alsopropose torepave the west sie OF the
boulevard from Onehundred-a nd -cighth-st 10 One
Observation-Disclosures in 1891 Provision FOR the
paving OF the boulevard south OF One-hundred-and-
eighth-st. has been made. The report goes on;
oas repav no there arr 10 blocks On the
side OF the city above Seconds,. and seventy Ave
districts where the pavement is out OF repair:
These can be repaired by repaving with aspna!;
more economically than by any other metn no..
aforementioned amount can be decreased tnrongh
! the necessities OF poverty or increased by re-
gard for public welfare and the appearance OF the
| city. D.
great many demands have been made for as
phalt about schools and hospitals In some hos
pitfalls the pain and agony Of patients are gray
Increased by the noise OF passing trafic' ana me
annoyance in schoolrooms has been many times re-
ferred 10. ,, ,
There are on this island at present thirty.one OF
thirty-eight primary schools without asphalt ana
The approximate OF asphalt required Tor these
schools Is 243. i3O square yards. costing Ei@,'1O
In addition the public schools above mentioned,
forty hospitals require approXimaeay gs,+, squs ,1
for public schools and hospitals 81 S1.o6J There are
doubtless many parochial and private schools with
private hospitals that would present neary as strong
! claims as the public institutions. but sufficient data
are not in hand to Justify an estimate or the cost
OF asphaltng about them small enort on the
part Of friends OF public education and OF me nos.
sufficient funds lay noseess and sanitary
pavement in front OF all the above toned n
situations. and in the course OF one or TWO years
more the other schools and hospitals IN IN" city
could be provided with asphalt pavement from tho
current appropriations.
The amounts mentioned above. aggregating
| But in comparison with the 100000 expended In
this city for the construction OF private buildings
during 1896 II is only matter OF Ss per cent an
| az most OF the proposed expenditure VIII be dis
| maintenance II may fairly be said That the gum.
large as It Is, Will amount 10 but little more than
| p per cent the probable yearly expenditure ior
I private buildings in this city during the Mtecn
/ wears the maintenance contracts Will run. on the
other hand II only 10000 or $l.&occ per year is
available for reIavtng the amount necessary Tor
industries of the city are Handicapped by the high
cost of distribution.