New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-24
BROOKLYN NEWS.
NAY FIGHT THE CITY.
IMPROVEMENT QUESTION
NOT SETTLED.
RESIDENTS WILL CONTEST THE RIGHT or
THE P1TRIJc IMPROVEMENTS BOARD
TO CHANGE THE PAVEMENT
FOR WHICH THEY VOTED
ROND ISSUE.

A,,er suffering since Memorial Day with 'he"
only highway Oppressive, torn up ana ii"pa
bic for wagons. the residents OF the -
district Of Queens Borough are IN possess'i -
new grievance. When they knew they hau !. w.
nosted off 10 Brooklyn yesterday, ana re'ai.eu a
firm OF lawyers to hght the ina''e' 80
became needful 49,. ava
pofore going into the courts. however. they are
going IN fry 10 argue II out with the Guy oO''''
esnecially the Department OF Highways
/ When Newtown was town II oohoeu "sV,t
,ns EVENT Of $4,000 for road improvements SOM
o,, n,os done pror 10 consolidation since
81. u,,,e ~ ANYTHING has been done Last SPINS
,ho Rrooklvn Rapid Transit Railroad started W
change it's tracks in Oppressive II doupie tr"0Ne
the street and also altered the sraues ~
snond with the new ones. On 'he ua! -,
Memorial Day the work was stopped ana no'''',o
has been done since except within the Ias'
when the railroad began to put In the oid coooie-
- ho,uoer rs rails The original plans for
49,. ,,,royo,,ent Of the avenue called for the entTe
street 70 he paved with Belgian block. The con-
tract with the railroad company calied LOT " "
nave between its tracks with similar pavement
The company Gains that the GOODIES aIe UeI"e
MI, hack temporarily because IT cannot oo'"ii
the blocks -
Now although the original plans of the street
called for block pavement the resiueI's ioaI"
T. is the intention ~ the Highways Department 10
nave Il with macadam This is their latest grew
once Considerable trucking is done on cypress
ave or rather was when 1t was passabe' ana II Il
asserted that macadam would not last TWO year =
They also say they bonded themselves 10 oo'o'i'
block pavement and do not want the cheaper pave
rnent passed off on them.
II appears from the statement OF the Department
Of Highways that when New-York TOOK over 'he
affairs OF the old town there was turned over 10
Controller Coler sos e43 49, what remained OF me
money received from Newtowns issue OF oohos ,or
road Improvement and according 10 the DepdIt-
nent's statement there has been spenl slice tIIeH
s72 1853 q This leaves available Sl56o4 II 10 Coo,
plete the improvements planned. Ihere are eieten
streets and avenues still to be taken up lncIu9lne
Cvpress-ave ard the amount available is sald 70
be about $50 OO less than is required by the orgna
plans As macadam costs about 81 III square yalqa
and block about 81 10, i was determined; !. pof5,
BILE to substitute macadam for block, ana thus III
prove all the streets with macadam. -. $50,
When this determination was reached me maj
ter was referred TO Commiss ioner keatlne', ne
ferred the question to Corporation Counsel Whalen
That official decided that the change might ne
made but 1t must be ordered by the Board OF
Public improvements. II is said the change mas not
mality and was 10 come up soon
The residents claim that they, having agreed 70
nay for the block pavement. no one has any rlght
10 change the character Of the pavement, and That
election it must stand. Therefore IL the Board
of Public improvements orders the change, the prop
erty owners Will fight 80
President Bowley. OF Queens Borough. sides with
the substitution of macadam for block. He said
he would take the matter up at once and see that
the work was completed The statement that II
was Impossible obtain blocks to pave the street
them 10 be had, and It was nonsense to say other
wise.