The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
THE NEW FIFTH AVENUE.
GEN. CoLLTs EXPECTS TO Lar TEE
f., LAST FOOT or ASPHALT TO-DAK

-tth Un,1.MANsNN 0Hv-n~a ana nn-u>Nweo
vr.,.. r-.,,. e.. 4. ,S.nsss o,.-,.,,.r,A
MHIsr > EAnneee
Fini'hed-The work Hss Cost 'oo"'
I1pla.s .or,e un,ooted.for freot NJ vveathev
comes along Fifth avenue. from end to end. win
sor. ,tter a o,c,ool thi. evsnine Nv that TINA
rare eltero Q oiock TINS evening. by tnHe tnno'
surface and the last foot Of asphalt on the sur
soc. ,ym h. l.,d and Comm,ssionsr t,,liis on
Jan. /, will hand over n magnificent avenue to
the city. The work has taken sixteen months.
In that time the Commissioners Of Public Works
has been the subject probably Of as much abuse
NOW that the work is practically completed IL
is said that he takos no little satisfaction in
knowing tina. there was begun and sompistea,n
MS ADMINISTRATOR an Improvement tnat mas
years %ss uor. Wa. ,..n, ., SAINT. q 1900. =. III,
eoFoo po ., a. t tor y. Fif,,s stb1 stroo tho w SHSnt tS, ~ ~.
eeption Of the work on the sewer. all work had
~ in s'1ibpgsH a,i Sm aSgG ~ Oh 'h fn coz tbo we"ff ner
months tho sewer and the water pipes we're laid
ttom r3rty-tnirs street 10 ritieth ssree., eno
tno nspnntt pavomeh from ortytniT Street 70
rorts -citn.n s'reSt IN hlarcn -, l9o,. morh
was resumed ana II has continued nninter.
ruptediy ever HoS simco. mo competed wnrk mas
e ps, tn3se Sonnectea VIII inc peperIment OF
puolc w orss VINO oeiieye mat the city mas got
.mo Tontm y. ! inones' rurtherinoIe. .ne work
WAS begun and has co tinned for the most part
anrinR y Ierioa Wneh many men lacKeo en-.
pIoy ment' ma ny mas peen preaa ana meat 10
hHnureas q. ininiiifs. ~ .u u,,..
ane "orA InaI nnS oeen aone n,ohs ELIn
mn,ns nayo oosn inla' one On each sue o, ING
avenue, from Fourth street on me south 10
Eight,etn streeI on Inc norm; WIN inc eAcep'
tlon OF q striP atpng the east siae OF me avenue
from ron siXty-hintn street 10 Eigntleth street
ms sec.ion OF lne Water mains VIII, notnine
un,oreseeh prevsnttnR, pc GOWN anu tho pave
men. VII 10 u.iu oy .nis Gseninsi betMsen
tnese tWo mains q SUBSIDIARY lZ.inch water
ia,u. pSsiucS tne wS.er pipes. se"Urs nave
oeeh ouilc IN IIiTsHy oioSkS netween w aeninR-
You sauare hnd ri ntyinihtn street. ana In hVe
" nSas. n,p%r..nn u OIL. ~ IN tbn S.peeti ,,, ronu,
sloner CoilIs a = oGen ASKED why ~ wss neces-
sary 70 tear up rntn arehue atu u. NJ atten-
oon nSs oeeh cn,Iea ~ the ,sHC t1as no oiner re,
cenI Oomnissloner OF fHollc WORKS oeemeu
sucn a work necessary. NOW maj the WORE ID
nearly Gone, yen. Soiiis 5oesn mind answer,
~ kouestiohs y, ~ Ius Aihu' LIE answer "ouiu
DC Sumetnins jiRe tn,s: .,o,ou,. ,,,a ,r
slnee men nave peSn economin,ns land ey
ehooting twenty ana thirty Story buildings into
the ar there mas not peen enough water 10 sup
ply tnese ouliNings. Inc only way Ihe Supply
cSuia oe lncreaseo VA 10 incrense anu ehIarse
lne wafer mains. me water mains couidnt oe
put GOWN unless inc street was torn up. When
the Commlssloner attention mao been called TO
inc urgent Necessity Tor more wafer IN the lower
to meet this Necessity, he learned that houses
fronting on flitn avenue LOT ABOUT forty blocks
were severed oy prlyate sewers running at tne
rear OF the houses through aoJaceht properly
POM ociow or ABOVE, accounting 10 inc grace OF
inc avenue. lhls was necessary. because there
was no sewer along The blocks.
yen. coils Sont1n1ea that II the avenue mac