New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-25
MANY ASPHALT PAVEMENTS.
EXTENSIVE PLANS FOR WORK TO BE
DONE THIS YEAR.
SLOW PROGRESS IN rIRsT-AvE.-BETTER CON
NECTIoNs WITH THE FERRlEs-NUMEhoos
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.


INJECTIONS WITH THE FERRIEs-NUMERoUs
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
Extensive plans have been made for the laying OF
asphalt pavements in the city this year. ana WORK
Is already under way in several places. The most
troublesome Job hand is the ropavins OF flrs'-
ave. This ought 10 have been completed last year.
and would have been but for the delays ana oo-
structions caused by the railroad companies haNins
tracks there. In places II was iound that 'io
tracks had not been laid on the established grace
and the railroad people have been eXasperauhsN
reluctant TO comply with the law in laying ne"
pavement between their tracks So Obstructive are
they that there is some doubt whether the pave
ment on First-aVe can be completed ths !'"'
Work on 1t is now in progress In four inherent
places and the city authorities are doing the' pes
10 get 1t finished The pavement is TO stretch from
Twentieth-st. to Observation-Disclosures me
work now going on is between ThirtE-iouI'I or"
Forty-second SITS. between Forty-eiShth ana fh'N-
third sts between Seventy-second and seventy
fourth sts and between Eighty-hfth and Eighty
sixth
The wheelmen Of the city will be glad 10 learn
that among the pavements contemplated are
several that will be Of great advantage 10 'he'h'
particularly in giving them better approaches 10
soma OF the ferries. The ferry most used D! VI
cycle riders is doubtless that between East twenty
third-st. and Broadway. in Brooklyn. 1t was a
great advantage when Frst-ave was repaVeo man
Ing Twenty thirdst. accessible from Iwenty-sMth-
the north ana IWenty-SecoHu vi 'i0 SN"'-''
both these streets having smooth pavements IL
IN now proposed TO put an asphalt pavement In
Avenue A from Twenty-second 10 Twenty-fourth-
st. and with smooth pavement In these TWO
streets between First-ave. and Avenue the Terry
will be much more conveniently reached Only a
single block OF rough Belgian pavement VIII re-
main to be traversed, and along that strips OF as
phalt at least might be laid; the cost would he
trihing.
THE FORT LEE FERRY ROUTE
After the Twenty-thlrd-st ferry. the ferry 10
Fort Lee Is extremely popular with wheeimeh.
One-hundred nd twentysixth-sti is now asphaIteo
between Second-ave. and St. Nichoas-ave Inc
smooth pavement will be carried west this year
from ST. Nicholas-ave. along Lawrence-st. and One
hundred and twenty ninth-st. TO Manhattan-st''
only a short distance from the ferry.
The ferries at West Twenty-third-st. Will be
made more accessible by the completion OF the as
phalt pavement in Twenty-second-st. (between
Sixth and Lexington aves) so as 10 make II con-
tnuous from Frst-ave. 10 Thrteenth-ave
Roosevelt-st is 10 have a new pavement from
Water-st. to Park Row, enabling another ferry 10
be readily reached. while at the Park Row END
Bax;er-st and Nalberry-st both asphalted, are
close at hand Dey-st. will also be repaved be-
tween Broadway ard Greenwch-st" making a con-
necton with the Asphalt on the latter, and en-
sbling the cyclist 10 reasonably near the
J,hArtv.st and Cortlardt-st ferries. One-hundred-
and-fourth-st is TO have asphalt pavement from
FYfth-aye to First-ave., efording access 10 the
ferries at Ninety second and Nnety-nlnth SITS
Another Improvement which cyclists will appre-
ciate Will be provided 10 enable them TO AVOID the
A,aponal crossing OF the cable-car tracks in Co.
lrmbus-ave at the Boulevard. The plan is to lay
asphalt for little distance IN sixty-third ana
sixty-sixth SITS. and also in Columous-ave between
the streets named. When this is done the tracks
can be crossed at right angle. and serious eie-
ment Of danger will be removed
Every one familiar with the lower East Side IS
aware Of the large amount OF asphalt put down
there in the last few years The great majority OF
the streets have been provided with pavements or
this material, and where asphalt has not peen
nlaced there are good for the omission
Grand and Canal SITS. are among the EXCEPTIONS
for they thoroughfares and there arc car
tracks in them. Delancey-st was left OUT because
e. forms the approach to the New East RIVER
Bridge. and will probably be widened ana part
OF stanton-st. was omitted because X contains
double car track The physical benefits 10 this re-
zion from the improvement in the street surfaces
are above question. and in point OF cleanliness
alone the gain has been great. .,o.
Carrying es BqSk further to the east other Of
the smooth payemens on the Eas; SIDE eTtGn nG b
benefit Of people gong R 70 ynf the f poc Ddpsrmen
on the other side OF The Bowery Bleecker-st is
making a connection west from Second-st by
crossing the Bowery dag9nSly ana NOM ss Wt
to Bleecker-st in old Greenwich village several
MANY STREETS ON THE LIST.
Further north Fitteenth-st. Will be asphalted
from Sixth-ave. TO Tenih-ave. and from Fifth-aVe.
10 broadway; Eleyenth-st. from University Place
10 sixth-ave; Thirty-second-st from Fifth ave- 10
Tenth-ave.; Forty-third-st. from Sixth-ave. to
Broadway making continuous asphalt from Mad-
son-ave to Eighth-ave.; Eighty -third-st from the
Park 10 Riverside Drive. and by doing block
between Sixth and seventh aves, the asphalt In
one hundr and twenteth-st. Will be maze con
tinuous from Pleasant-aVe. 10 Elghtn-aNe. Inc
smooth pavement I'm Thrt!eth-st will be heightened
TO from First-0Ve. TO Eleventh ave, three
hooks will be done in Thirty -slXth-st.i Thirty
ninth-st and Forty -firs;-st VIII be asphaiteu from
Elevent have, ana a similar pave,
ment Is proposed IN fifty-hrst and Flfty-second
sts between the same avenues; by me auuItlon %
one block asphalt will be provided IN
ST from Madison-ave. 10 Eleyenth-ave'' Sky
thi-d-st is 10 be improved from tIfjh-aye. 10 Ave
me A mainly for the benefit of the Flower Hos
ptal: and-another improvement TO the advantage
Of wheelmen-One-h undredth-st; is to have asphalt
between the Park and the Boulevard :.
besides tho shorter pieces OF work mentioned. IL
Is expected that the repavng OF t1fth-ave VIII
be done this year; the conlraet was Inaue at
wear but Il has been impossible 10 carry II OUT
yet The Park-ave. improvement recently de-
scribed in The Tribune. Will also be erected Pc
tween Fftieth and Nnety,sYth SITS Inc asphS oI
but this depends the laying OF tracks by q
railroad company which has not yet secured the
'ksohalt saving work is done under the direction
Of Inc Water Purveyor, an ONCE until recently
flled by coward r. North. About fortnight ago
he was appointed consulting engineer IN the
Department Of Public Works. and was SUCCEEDED
by Charles w. Barney. previously general m
spector in the Department Mr. Barney Is a man
already made for street improvements as rapidly
possible
A BLACK HERO.