New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
RIVERSIDE DRIVE EATENSION
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WORK Or
THE BOARD OF STREET OPENINGS

| ACROSS
r,rr,,sr ALI, RIGHT AS FAR AZ 1T GOES
mr., ,ur ENTIRE DRIVE wANTEp-A
v,vn,Mts SUIT REGuN
| ,,..u o~ or,ning property on m" west sinH
| ,.,. g., tho unrer part Of Manhattan 's'a"'
| 49, -, M means satisfied with the acuoi VI Wv
| poard NJ street Openings IN reference ~ s .,
| ..na extension OF Riverside prF". 10 .
- rr,h,,r. r.il recall that the bill on 'n'S s""
| the lrlou'e 80. LEGISLATURE last winter. pro-
! 49, - an extension to run from inc "''
VIZ" ~ ., the present drive at 'larsn'nt ~
,hn poueyard Lafayette At one-hun''' ,,at -
| .rgh,h..t and the city officials VIZ ,.,,,, s,x
| hsv. map OF the improvement W." rha, time
| nonths after the passage vi '
| oxnirod on November - , 49,, la,
| ,,~,o,d ~ complying with the letter u Wv
| Oh. or,clas have provided Tor 'he 'o''' a.,roa
| . visduc. across the depression ~ c.
'.an,,'of,hs, and for the grading OF one
| hlrty-n II ~ conc'u' y.
| rrlI be a good thing as FAR as II eoe', 49," rim
III A avav with the need OF gong do"n mn
| 49,, -, again 10 get from tho RVersio' ~
| ,ho boulevard north or Manha''""N''''
| ~. .,o tourney TO he made over easy anu
| ~,.hi. grades But this Is by no means Il" '",'
io''""'0 -, nhe, ,he extension was conceived
was . ~, vas contemplated by the hct OIL
| 49, ostela,urc whether the men 'ofhpo'.e Wv
MA ~ street Openings have conp"'" WIN ~
| 80, mil soon be determined au'ho'''a"s'''
rtif .
| o. ,ho complete extension has bcch ms
! .o' .o..d that the action will he pressed LOT -
! !" rLi, and suits Of this kind DO nov uSu""'
r,oulrc n rrea, deal OF time IN the'r pa,,o,
/ .rn. pc,rd acted on the advice oi 'orpo'A 'o"
| ..,i sco,, who said that IT would be q" rs"'
o""'' -, ia .>teu,loq werc filed IN sections
-. .s.,e time he warned the members 81
/ 49,. po,,d that some ono word D" hK'Y ~ NJ
&C.,. .ui, requiring them 70 hlH the map o' ~.
| .,,,e improveinent what ne p'co'V'' '''''
| came 20 pass ...,, q, tho
! =, ,c.c,.d is that until the complete map IL
~c,,uv ON nlc IL will be Impossible 20 uc''l'''
| ~. .r,des OF the streets running from 'h' "'"''
| yard CElcyenth-avc.p 10 the ne" '"'
! ,.,ce Il viii he impossible to sen 'o's W
| hous.s with any certainty That ihey VIII W. -.
~. RICH, riace In other words 'he '"''''s
49,, 49,, ,ra new drive casts a shadow over
| o,.dcr,blc section q the city II - po'"''" Wv
tina, the completion Of the plan TOT vi" '
you'd not commit the city TO any 'N'cH'''"
| ,,on., Immediately. since th" matter oi 'o"S''
ton would wait uh'4 III" '''
| IN proceed With e. 49,,
| =, addition 10 tho special Interests th'' A'e W..
co-nea I'm tie Ming ~ the competed map Wv
! roror.l welfare calls for tho carry co"s' ~ w
~ the projected drive TO furnish an our, ~
| ,hn northern end y! Riverside Drive. when y
| ..,,.,t.riv rs.ded now hecause the mdcadaW-
| ,,I,g y, the boulevard Iatayctt" VIII 10 comp'c'u
| n,,,v rc,i wear with this boulevard IN eoop
condition there will be. when the ne" parh""S
Is provided q continuous drive along mo .''''
! IRON, from Seventy. second-st 10 ln"ood' from
| cvhich tho new Speedway can be easily reacne"
| ,h,oueh Dvkman-st Drivers and cyclists VII then
| IA ALA to make a complete circuit over eoon
| roads leaving Central Park AZ s"N'nty-seeohu'S'
| and returning to II at the northern 'nd.
| ana ., tho reasons governing the Board Of Street
| o,.r,rp, in DELAYING action was the attitude ~
| rr,,,,v church which has been represented as
| hoe,,le TO the driveway on account OF me fact
| that II viii takc part or Irin"y ''m''''S
| orounds between one hundred and-nfty-thlrh ana
One-hundrcd -nfty-hnh sts. II is true that the
| Trinity representatives did object 10 the erection
| ., -, trestl. or viadvct between the cemetery and
| the river but they did not oppose the hH when
! before tho Legislature. and ara now satished WIN
thA plan which provides for cantilever 'onstrnc-
lion over tho railroad tracks in front OF tho cHme-
| terry whic permitting the making OF roadway
| from tho new drive into the cemetery
| newell Martin. lawyer. Of No ! Nassanst'
| who represents large property interests IN 'he
| district TO be traversed by the new drive. when
| asked how m. people we're satisfied with the ac-
ton Of tho Board Of Street Openings. spoke with
| earncSfness and emphasis. ,, =, go,
,ourfs 4, is better 70 have the viadnct across the
depression At One hundred and twenty -nrth 81.
. hy nGs%s wt. Ia people D' S gong
me Riverside Drive reach Grants tomb they nave
s sSusf saSk or 70 they can 20 down
sIons s0s bad road on the Boulevard across fo9r
,a ,bs, ia thnrougRfare for al kinds OF traffic
The OF 6 the ,hs sd aSy, E mi MI
from m'' one Ss hundr.d and thirty 6ftIs Win It's Yn
cnmfortable grades. TO reach the Boulevard Lniay,
cite on the latter the sraaes ere all x ens ana
Thers no reason why the city s should par nor tSr
his improvement II viii not cost cent 70 DO so
hs plan pr s. will rsn 5Sd
the property. and later the city. AUTHORITIES VII
and drive when they see t The adyar hn 1o q
WIN Be possSe to go ahead d WI n u. the rS I'm
q .rs WITH Hsh exstins sndinss as te as possible
.ss an ola haze will
rsaSiTs re REMOVAL Of any h0ures and yet with
eft vii Be to the .dvantsgs o, III. city 70 lay
out ss psss "1 pTcpry all IN" the upper part
the city will increase in value. and IN few years
that viii have to be condemned and torn away
know nothing about he nus sur se. wa, n h
Pca p' Of Sire Street opepnss had Complied With
IL" "sonSethng has been made Of the opposition OF
Trinity Church to the plan AZ ssctins the GENE
, 'ssm; ' at least Ss hsre only
feet the grades proposed by the" ma ana thost
They are willing TO concsede strip, Of theIl
rounds s9d the drive will be Extended S S S0s
Be 3sa cS 3" sssps with Win b. B.
able 10 make road directly into their grounds
nd Tor . ns TheS Of he r With
and mowers The result will be vast improvement
pr What, they have nova board fence along thu
hoping hat b.tor. ,hn END Of ths yea nj
decide 70 az what the act Of the Legislature ''y'