New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-18
RIVERSIDE DRIVE PLANS.
THE BOARD OF STREET OPENING DECIDES
LENGTHEN IT TO ONE-HUNDRED-
AND-THIRTY- FIFTH-ST.


After q long meeting and much discussion IN the
Mayors office yesterday. the Board OF street open
ing and Improvement adopted plan for the extern
sion OF Riverside Drive north OF the Clarenont as
far as One-hundred and thrty-nth-st., py means
OF n yiadyct over the lowlands OF MISUNDERSTANDING
leaving the extension north OF One-hundreu-ah
.birtv-Nfth-st TO the future. Many property-o"h-
orc interested in the proposed extension or the
drive were present at the meeting and some Oh
them had counsel present also
Three maps had been drawn Tor the consiuei"
~ the BOARD. and they agreed in showing the wa
duct N begin at the high ground north u ,sh
CIor.mont and continuing the line OF l"eh'l
ovo the object being to prevent damages loi "a"
ing land not belonging to the city III '"' -. ,or,h
roent, Two of the plans showed an eN'0 ~. ,on
of Cne-hundred- "a nd-thirty-h aISo - ~
NJ The Park Department was d!scusseu " 80 80 ;,
tent 1t was said that the cost u nv -. ., coz -
,royemen. undnr that plan would ne 'Do"' $50
wo and that thu yiaduct alone Woulu co'' 80
$4,000 The Trinity Corporatlon VIC" % Nash
bv Colonel S V. R. Cruger ana o'ep .n.,o, co ar
and II was their desire 10 nave ''i - ,ro,, tho
aod that there would be an entrance ~ -,
80, =. 49, 1>r,r,tv Cemetery. 1t was eViueh' IA
A.. a,souss,on that there would be many CONN,
,n,srasts in the extension north VI O'
and thirty -ffth-st. g., l., Vast Ono-hun-
a. 'uuSOI annordst near the Boulevard. and
=, IT,, 90 Tho proposed extension. was peiore "'o
poara ond asked that the route he chanseo 80 %
O. a,o,d taking his house. ut represents al ~
.a,,ngs and is my only support IN my o'u "eN'
said he. -, A,oa ,ba route
.S,s reason interrupted Martin Newall.
--,ortv-owner living near Mr. Fullam' 0o'e y,
- ,hink Mr. Fullam's house is a nuisance anu
want 1t removed ,, ecbt In the Mayors
oeice as a result of this little dialogue M hove the
Ired to attack Ncwa raising his cane a9oH n and
heads Of the crowd yOufn a sSnSdr Mr. Fuam
the Offer Friends took Doth men 0u' men men
the hall os a99 S SSisdsa Mr. Faa sq1g d that n
would overlook the insult od NSwa responsible
nromise that he would not holu -N'"
pecuniarily for his remark; r,o ~ the property
owners present by reading part OF Ine and asking
legislature authorizing the eX X Street. Opening
4 Il did not give to the Board Oh Ibe entire cost
and m including land lam gR%n
the owners Of properly ,aoEed at the law gasped
and agrced that i could; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who are
DO yoq IN this Improvement and VINO i'm TO
legislature TO this bill w wbole cost Of CON
have the DRIVE 6u an HEM asked the ContToer
fE SruT1dH Hall and other lawyers nam amy
sWeI Sas Strong 1D suggested adopting the plan on
tcMsio9 as far as One-hundred iin over
and e r t Of the the act tho to dSPe
partial plan was qqes9GneG "a 0 Executive session de-
present, UT the viaduct and extension a. a
6 fhe boulevard and to
dred-aho-, est of the extension TO later hat the
ccrpoaGn not naS SS
bill for dh nat the Board is not compelled 10
the full extension. ,..o- renresenting property,
oT0ers IN sxssnson, of tn, the and
last evening that he wSl' He asserts that the
a pRGnS has been ssdSy yos55ea In |
tension above One-hundred Ion the easterly side
of the Rsr:d DRIVE or and P95h Sf9d
dred-and,tWenly Ho also asserts that the law 10
MTaSdatory as to carrying the extension"
the Boulevard Lafayette