The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-25

avenue, a distance of two blocks. Then
a hill begins, and the stones are exposed
because of the absence OF top dressing,
This dressing, by the way, lies in heaps
along the cutters where it has formed in
to mud piles This can be seen along the
whole road where repairs have been
made. The dressing can never be used
again, being mixed with mud and weeds
and stones. New dressing will have to be
put down to be washed off again when
these piles of dressing in the cutters, but
they are scattered dangerously about diff
ferent parts of the roadway.
Little cutters and sideways have
formed from the heavy downpour of rain.
The sensation when riding over these can
be better imagined than described. The
same conditions prevail over the entire
Bergen section.
A point on the road which the Com
missioners should look after, and to which
1.-THE News has called attention several
times, is that at Communipaw avenue.
If more murderous spot exists, it has
not yet been found. Here a rider comes
down hill from Harrison avenue with
such speed that it is next to impossible
to ride slowly across Conmunipaw ave-
nue.. This thoroughfare is paved with
large Belgian blocks, laid very Irregular
~ The bridgestone crosswalks, put down
about year ago for the benefit OF
cyclists, have been taken up on more
than one occasion and thrown back into
place again. These stones protrude so in
some places that riding over them almost
rouses riders to lose their balance. Many
accidents have occurred in this vicinity
within the last year. There are several
deep gullies there which riders should
keep a sharp lookout for in order to
avoid accidents.
A great number of loads of stone and
dressing have been dumped along the road
in the Greenville section in the last few
months. The steam roller has been at
work. There is no great improvement
noticeable.
The left side of the road from the New
ark and New York Railroad bridge to the
Morris Canal is supposedly finished. If
it is, it would have been just as well not
to have attempted to make the improve
ments. There are numerous holes along
the road which retain the water from the
recent showers. Stones of various sizes
are scattered along the road in profusion.
A great number of the side streets com
Meeting with the Boulevard are unim-
proved and whenever a heavy rain storm
occurs large quantities of sand and earth
are washed down to the Boulevard, clog
ging portions of the road and forming
piles of sand The city officials seemed TO
have a realization of the fact some time
ago. and as result, few of the con-
Meeting streets were partly improved.
They never have been finished.
The west side of the Boulevard, from
the Central Railroad bridge to McAdoo
avenue, is at present in an extremely bad
condition In numerous places Jagged
portions of bed rock project above the
surface From McAdoo avenue to the
canal bridge numerous loads of stone
have been dumped, but as the space IS
considerable and only one roller is en-
pIoyed, it is not probable that the west
side of the road will be finished this sea-
son.
The Commissioners have been experi-
menting with new kind of stone on the
speedway. in the centre of the road. So
far this has proved a failure. People
will not drive on it. The reason for this
is that the wagon wheels sink at least
three inches and the horses are unable
to pull a carriage through 1t faster than
a walk. Cyclists cannot cross from one
side of the road to the other without
fear of being thrown from their wheels
and being badly injured.
Loads of crushed stone have been dump
ed in the middle of the roadway. The
steam roller has not yet been at work
on it in the Greenville section. If the
Commissioners expect that part of the
road to be broken into shape by the nu-
merous vehicles passing over the road
they are much mistaken as all drivers
give that portion of the road wide
berth, choosing the best part of the Bou-
levard that they can find.