New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05

the comfort and beauty of the city of New-York
INK Il PaTGy true Of S s In be
which have guided Mayor Strong's administration
an d the e TO cen Ie aoba
ments which had been pad for either from the gen
Is generally designated as the brownstone district
Under his administration only Al per cent OF the
! district the balance having been laid in those
streets mostly inhabited by wage-earners. and much
houses front.
ONLY ONE GOOD AMBULANCE ROUTE
I'm the spring of 1926 there was but one longi
tudlna thoroughfarc in the city. namely. Eighth
ave, and the Boulevard. from Thirteenth to one
thoroughfare on Twenty-sixth-st., from bellevue
Hospital 10 Tenihave, which served rs an amlu-
lance route ana that hospital by the way was The
only hospital approachable BY an asphalt route OF
Now Fifth-aVe. is being asphalied from Fourth
st. to seeyenItn,st; rSfk
ave from Ffyisi%th;s TO ~, W H. Wh;cn
having a level asphalt pavement laid its whole
length, ard First-ave. has been ssphaed from
One hundred and -ninth-s TO Twentieth-st.. where
Chrystie and other streets 10 Centre-st within two
blocks Of Chambers-st, and also 10 the iniersec-
ton Of Wafer and Roosevelt SITS, while the asphalt
on Eghth-aye. has been extended through Green
wich-ave., via Macdouga-st to Washington-si.. at
Prince-st.. and extended Forth 10 One-hundrcd-
Few Socks s5a s h anf d4s WS
ally commence and end within one block Of either
opened from most of the Park entrances; also be;
tween the East River and the Bluffs. which bound
Sccond-ave. through to the Fort Lee ferry. These
improvements have given asphalt ambulance
routes TO nearly every hospital In the city. and n
lie and private schools and church routes
GREAT SAVING.
Notwithstanding the large amour. Of work
VIII: been done in this city. the prices both OF
asphalt ana granite pavement have been materially
reduced-in asphalt particularly The saving in
price during Mayor s,rong's acm!nistra, !on was
equal To nearly 80 per cent. compared with the
prices paid by his predecessors. until the passage
bitumen used IN our payements. For two lettings
the prices appreciated about 10 per cent IN
consequence Of this but i was soon seen that The
development Of our California asphalts rendered
these prices unnecessary, and they are now again
al about the level OF those Of 1896
materially diminished the death rate. as the sta
tlstlcs show; (; also has saved not only the sick
ness which Is bred BY filthy condition, OF the
and ;ervous suffering through the freedom from
noise. Property on asphdlted streets rents al q
transportation and freight and the general crcu-
iaiior Of the city has been very large
conmissIoner Of Public Works to the fact that
many OF the ret loads carried on two-horse trucks
for e@ trucks. which Is probably heavier
load than the truckmen In any other city In inc
world are enabled to Syry As any c1s e podce
and the consumer, the net gain TO the citizens OF
New-Yorl: from the larger loads that are practi-
"In addition 10 these benefits, Colonel Waring
ard estimated after a careful study OF The me
subject that b re- the sa S vi hs eoSi
DO done for 100000 II all the streets where inc
grade serves were aspaated This would be net
s alone sD''''" III VIC '"''''''