The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
COILS TO HIS CRITICS.
zE TELLS OF THE GREAT WORK
BEING DONE IN FIETH ATENUE.

70 Ne Asphnitsd rrS- usshlaxtsu areh 70 tire
Fart Before Jns- n-FIrst and Kirhth Ave-
nues Put In shape for Heavy frame asd
Eirh Avssue to Regain 1s Eerner Prestige.
The Merchants and Manufacturers Board OF
Trade. whose Offices are at 2k1 Fifth avenue,
is made up largely OF persons whose places Of
business are In that neighborhood. and who
are therefore much Interested in having the
work OF laying the big water pipes and sewers
IN Fifth avenue completed and the new asphalt
pavement laid as soon as possible. Many of
these persons have been persuaded, because of
the senseless claEamer by certain newspapers
AGAINST Gen. C. II. 7. Coils, that he was in
tault. and as a result c. c. Shayne, President
Of The board. was deputed to see Gen. Coils
and ask II more speed could not be made. At
a meeting OF the as ~ociation which was held ut
ia Offices yesterday, at which a large number
Of members were present. a letter from Gen.
Coils vas read, which seemed TO satisfy every
one that Gen. Coils was getting ahead with the
work a. rapidly as possible, and that 1t would
be completed within q satisfactory time. Gen.
Coils wrote as follows:
Engineers Of my department who h. -
IN the city's service for over u quar-. -.
fury estimated that the work &c.. -
wafer mains would take 400 "
expect to have it finished sNn Ha-sas.
Let me briefly state the ,ts.,.~ - a. - :
- nAatOFy OF tnH wCcK- L
have always felt tn ryFth avsnre was bpr.
thened with q cbs Of se.tsc which or-hr ,o n.
diVer'eu TO ou er sAahnels The reason that
Gays d VI .cSa going north and south sought
MS " Saa simply because it Wa the only
aeeeH~- saSSd'continuous highway in the entire
81 - An other avenues were q disgrace TO
=, -mtson. Eighth avenue on the west, from
: member. was "a unit for travel as an old
army coriurcy ruad- while the cobble pave
ment on drst avenue on the east was so fun Of
ruts AMI ridges that it was not safe for q horse
even going at a walk Look at them to-day.
Eighth avenue and the Boulevard take care OF
the west side traffic, and First avenue & a.
we'll paved with asphalt as any sreet in Lon
dun or Paris There is no longer any induce
their way to reach Fifth avenue. and it is my
hope thar when this great work is completed
te vii be used exclusively for light vPhicies>
What a boon this will be To your ~business asso-
ciases.
per in which Fifth avenue has been treated
BY private corporations And city, officials in
the past. You have seen it with your own
eyes Every man WHO has looked into those
yawutng trenches.sat the labyrinth and contu-
sion beneath the surface and has any civic
died IN and the chastity spectre hinder nom
sishr the better for QUE reputation. The sys-
fact every other street has been a 20 as you
please system. If you cunne TO rock. don't 90
"@ We in n; 0Gi 20 w arbuN wbt II ms Il Is SasaPs a.1,
other pipes y q superb example Of American
ingenuity and mechanical skill, but tt IL. I
hope, a lnstinS disgra0, to the people who
were tntrusted By the taxpayers with the So
pervtsion OF it In Ihk first place I had co con-
strgct sewers thruuy1 eighteen feet OF rock.
and then IN order - provide ruum for the two
Central Park r. the poor tenement house people
osiow taDA street. o,oo0,oOO gallons Of
waser . AL have had to push aside and
suaIYnrL a out this tangled mass Of pipes. ne
ccsaitr xinE the quick manufacture OF special
cas' .ngs In many cases. and requiring a re-
.oints. Somebody has suggested working at night.
Steam drills working on rock are not conducive
30 &c me lss1 stssR Is guest Ear he IN pRSnlf; asa done / nsp N a aSs
shadows Of electric Lights This WORK Is no
ehiid,s play; The cars bestowed upon it BY
million people south Of Fourteenth street and
the future undisturhed cumtort Of every mer
never rurgtve myself il I sliShred the work tc
secure ep6emerai praise for its speedy accom-,
Which Re now artga aches to { Il sar the SIMPLE lie rsNard
Of approval which Mayor Strong and [ will re
ea! One "h eF the the " earliest Is c0 RDPes expressed b,
Mayor Strong was that Fifth avenue would be
ParR before ae went out Of Office. HIS nope !
guing TO be fulfilled Mr.. Birrisall, the enEi
ssf sin m ana snaaF &C. a a5d t @Eie Il. ns sfter Pt ot. srs5 sn1i
Mayor had determined to Lntrust me with this
work. and the Board OF Estimate had appru
pr!atedsthe money. he was asked by IN ex-MaTGl
whose faithful services to this city are 4 part
of its proud history whether he seriously con
sSmpiaoeu rlpping up LIN avsnus 20 Ns %h 20
replied Mayor Strong. Wei. sir, said the ex
Mayor, It will drive from Office any admins
radon which has the courage 20 do it, I an
told that Mayor Strong replied IN his homefy
fashion. But We viii get 1t done before We &c
out And we Will.
Within the next two weeks the asphalt
pavement viii be laid from the Arch to TWEEN
ry-chird street. In the succeeding ten day:
this work will be continued TO Twenry-sixCh
street. and then follow right on nor-hwarri
Tomorrow m asphalting at Forty
eiR0r0 street north LOWarC the PARK and VIII
follow On the heels OF the pipe laying. In a
months time prayers and petitions will become
thanksgivtngs and shortly thereafter Fifth ave
hue viii resume its old place Of a decade ayr
a. The greatest avenue in America " hat
want Ia q little patience and rGrbearance-
am doing a great work for the Door penpls
downtown and for the protection Of vallablt
property AGAINST fire. and incidentally | am
AvalIng my self OF the opportunity 70 restore tC
Eirth avenue her old prestige for the benefit Of
The merchants doing business there"