New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-22
THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE EAIENHiO".
SLOW WORK ~ PREPARING THE NECESSARY
MAP-THE LAW INDEFINITE

SLOW WORK ~ PREPARING THE NECESSARY
MAP-.TIIE LAW INDEFINITE
Little nrocress has yet been made in preparing
for the construction OF the Riverside Drive oN-
tension which was authorized 10y the last l'E'S-
lature The law requires that map showing the
new parkway in detail SHAH be filed WIN" SIX
n onths after the passage OF the act. which became
n law on MAY ~ Thus the map need not ne COM
Melted before November %. II is proving DIM
cult Thing TO construct according 10 tho offciai'
who are at work 1t. They point out that the
wording Of the law is so loose that 1t Is nara 10
tell lust what Is meant IN some cases, ara ''''
there are so many interests which the act aims
TO protect that IL will be troublesome TO lay ou.
drive in accordance with the statute that VIII
nrova satisfactory all around. They declare That
II would have been much better II an engineer had
been consulted before the law was put In the
shane in which IT was passed.
rba ground where the road Is TO he built has
been carefully surveyed and the contours have
been noted but the work OF laying out the drive
with such grades as TO make 1t convenient for
use will occupy a good deal OF time. and II Is not
believed that 1t be finished inside OF TWO
months Two points Of special difficulty are where
the halfway crosses Trinity Cemetery ana "here
I, runs up through Audubon Park to Join the
Roulevard Lafayette. a part OF the cemetery land
is to be occupied but here the drive will be cX-
tended out over the tracks OF the Hudson River
Railroad But i. is provided that the operation OF
the railroad shall not be ntcrfered with In any
way and that whatever plan is agreed on must
be satisfactory to the company. Fortunately, h"'h
the cemetery and the railroad authorities are IA
vorable to the project otherwise they might pace
mos, serious obstacles in its way
Whether Il will be necessary to ask the next
LEGISLATURE 10 amend the act in some particulars
is vet an undecided question. The law provides In
general that the driveway shall bc contagious to
,ha e,sterV line OF the railroad property. but IN
Srme pac-s IL Is to be several hundred feet away
n &c 10 be narrowed up At One-hundred nd-iifty
ih,rd-st and through Audubon Park Il Is not to
he so wide rs for the entire distance south of the
cemeterv The wording OF the act IS so indefinite
In reference TO the crossing Of Audubon PARK mat
{, * considered almost impossible 10 conform 10 II
LA at The same time provide practicable grades.
Wbat should be provided H. an easy entrance from
,p. new drive into the Boulevard Lafayette. which
In no virtually continuation Of the Riverside
x,ension but Just how this can be accomplished
~ eneincers at work the problem are unable
~ ,i,ogath.r they regard the matter pcrplexing
a., ~ extreme and hold out hOpr Of making
-, amid progress with their part OF the work.
=. POEMS certain that nothing can be done mis-
=, ever in the direction OF acquiring the prop
49, renuired or al least that nothing more thru
q tSaoinning can be made. while the actual work
a, consfructlng the parkway Is co npletey out Of
o toh, The desirabilty OF its early completion L.
~, omen 10 question. II IL especially needed now
no, 10 he boulevard Lafayette IL about To be i'm