New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-17
v1ADTCTS IN THE BRONX.
,r.~r PUBLIC WORKS RAPIDLY
NEARING COMPLETION.
a- GAINS IN CONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE
At THE DIsTRICT-orENING Up NEW
PARTS OF THE CITY.


or THE DIsTRICT-oPENING Up NEW
PARTS OF THE CITY
tho last Few months there has been IN
VIZ VIZ ac.vi;v in the borough of The Bronx in
uf',,or OF building yiaducts especially over the
the ~ The Ncw-York and Harlem and other
ua'" oAs II IS hardly necessary 10 say how i'm
ra'"'~ cubic works of this description are 10 the
po', ~ this section OF the city. and 10 the
Ep",, If us inhabitants. Al present many THOR
.,.,es are almost completely isoatoo' ana 'he
QUE cue living In others must walk long uis'a"ce0
Fao- 70 reach points really only ie" Ea.us
ID o.. rba viaaucts now nearing completion with
away ,,ah 8, il expected. VIII be started soon.
mos -, IN immense gains in convenience 10
WI" as If nersons and will also have the erect
'. onening UP sections Of the city which are az
VI rttle better than waste land on account
,, ,be,- inaccessibty
vIADI-CTs NEARLY COMPLETED
on.,l n the Department o: the Borough OF
~. p,onx furnished to a Tribune reporter Ees'e'-
- na,,iculars OF the viaducts now nearHe 'o'',
eaS o,d those on which IL is hoped work VIII
-, within few weeks. The most important
pe,,rec, nearing completion is that for Tour VIA
eo ,Aroo ~ them over the tracks OF the New
ou0,' - 1Ior,eno Railroad at Walton Gerard ana
d., ayes and the other over the NeW-10'h anu
n.o-n Railroad tracks at Fort lndepshue"ces''
o. oil these ereciions the abu'meh's are p"
" 49, ,-o,vork Is In place. The workmen are pc
- 70 place the irOnwork in position on IN"
ta ,vo structure Il is expected that IN TWO
o,the from the presen; time. at the ou'S'ue' az
~ ,iaducts will I've ready for use. the coh''hc'
IS 10, under Commissioner Hanons adm''"s'"-
49,, ard II is owing TO his efforts that the money
y. -. building OF the structures was No'eo ny
io' c,s1o,ure The three avenues mentioned
- oor been completed north or the raiHoaI'
-, they are at present almost inaccessin!e OWN
. tho need Of viaGucts. Roads on the south s'uo
ave now being constructed The eraalng 81 c .he
syen,es viii cost a great deal OF NOR! 90 IA
$3.50 n the properties and the taNpaYe am
MS money would have been liactCddrla., ~, 90
~uno,ad yin make through traffic along the river
t,om One-hundrcd- and thirty -eiShth-St. ". 20 nc
tUaa nd sixtv-frst-st. possible. Inc -FOUR VIZ
ac,s are being constructed with either piate gro
ers or lattice Uusses me cos r 10 s"rr allowed
W. ne Roa I'd Of Estimate and Apporuonmehi WIS
S45mO but the price Of steel mas nSe e,,iy
esve nearly one-third OF the money apporuonea'
The contractor for these four aqueduc's Is a. -
Gedersleeve.
IMPORTANT STRUCTURE on BRooK'AVE
Another important viaduct which is no" nearing
completion Is the large steel beam structure carry
tho Rrook-ave over the Fort Morris brahch ol
,ha Nevr-York and Harlem Railroad. between East
onab,ndred- "A nd ffty-severth-st. ana Ihlrd-aNe
All that remains be done In this work IS 'he Ia'
inc ~ the pavement The structure. The latter
is composed OF masonry sue wits vi a,oro,a
spanned by heavy steel beams AM anc g, 6Me ~
arches The Importance Of this Viaouct Is que 10
the fact that when Brook-aye was sfadS cross
twelve years ago no provision was mace aUr .,I 80,
ing the railroad. and from that UNI ull4'' C ~"
there has been no way OF crossing hird-ave The
owners os property were heavily assessed fOr me
grading Of the avenue and yet each siEe ei a Iae
20 Commissioner Haffen that the proper owners
Sacn in his time that the contracts let The
work will cost between 100000 and S.lpp ne
contractors are Stephens ORourke. The Yladuct
vii complete the line Of Brooke-ave.. making II a
continuous thoroughfare. The ne.ghborhood Is well
built up already. the houses beng OF good class
n is hoped that In a short time the viaduct which
will carry Melrose-ave over the tracks or the New
York and Harlem Railroad. between One-hundred-
and-sixty,hrd and one hundIea-aho ls MN ~
SIS. will be begun: The contract was AWARDED oy
not ordered ahead because Of some difficulty IN
acquiring title or easement OF the land The struct-
with masonry abutments and approaches. The
roadway will be asphated. and Will be Of the same
do away with an extensive circuit now necessary
for those who go forth from The Melrose section.
building over the Harlem River. continuation OF
First-ave. over Webs'er-ave. IN almost direct
sier-ave is now being graded and the work is
finished almost w 10 the city's limit
TO UNITE DISTRICTS NOW ISOLATED.
The Northumberland nfty-,h.rd-st viaduct
the yards Of the New-York Central Railroad. from
Psrk-ave TO Mott-ave. nas been delayed for
similar reason. The railroad opposed the erection
Of the structure for many years. but Commissioner
HafTen succeeded in obtaining the sanction Of the
Legislature Some difficulty arose. however IN Cd
tanning title 10 the land required for the ap-
proaches. but the difficulty has been almost sur
mounted and y Is understood that the contractor
has already obtained some OF the materials The
yiaduct Will be metal structure OF several spans
supported on piers. with abutments. 1t will be 30
feet wide II will give from the east side 20
the west side between sections now much isolated
there being present cross street between one
hundred and fOr,Y-rnth and e-hundred- and-slx
ty-hrst SITS. Another way In which thls Viaduct
will result In q great gain TO the people Of the
district results from the circumstance that Cedar
PARK located in the western end Of the proposed
viaduct. The residents Of the Melrose section have
been assessed for the park. but have now no easy
access 10 IL Commissioner Uafen worked for
years obtain appropriation for this viaduct
but only succeeded last year.
All The viaducts mentioned under the super
vision Of Josiah A. briggs. Chief Engineer OF