New-York tribune., 1903-03-30
I'D bronx. ROADS.
Poor Surface Of IJero"'e-GUe' an"
Uppcr BrOGdscdy.

SWUA fAn
ivy rpe having millions appropriated foS I'M
- y. streets. The Bronx thoroughfares
- ,-St ,r a AenlorahIe condition. Between tne
---.~.,~o asnlalt or Manhattan and the nne
-o.r.6am Of wsstchester County there are
-. az roads that are and have been IN PF.c-
A,caIlv iupassabIe condition Tor years 1n sD,'e
OF the petitions and protests OF the users Ot 1.o
80. whseA include the drivers OF speedy troe-
terra autonobilists and cyclists, FreSioehI ia ~
fen NJ the Borough Of The Bronx taxes EeAuso
hahInd frst one excuse and then anoener' N
positively declares. in an insinueung "Ss' e.'~-
The work could be done II the money was pro-
vided-
Inner Broadway, formerly known az hinss
49,. Road- and Jerome-ave. are the two mann
hJ.hvsva from the Harlem, River to Van Cor'-
I.ndt park Both ara wellnigh tmpassaDie LOT
any kind Of vehicle. Many who use the roauS
are indignant at the seeming neSnSehco "a A
ys~onx authorities who only offer feeble excuses
while the city is appropriaelng millions ~
snrfnx for paving streets less important '"A'
these two main thoroughfares. Plenty OF nlc'leS
has been expended on these roaos HI Ao'4 -,
,.sr. hut the waste at the bunghole policy VIII
-, -o.,,,t IN an ultimate expenditure OF
much larger sum. Originally the surface was
1sid at the expense of the city. ControAet
Crout refuses to sanction the expenditure Oh re-
having Jerome-ave. unless the owners OF PROV
ertv adjoining would bear part OF the puroeh'
The Corporat ton Counsel sustains the Coh-
troller
troIIey line traverses the entire six niles "i
Jeromc-ave. and its service seems aoequ0ee "
satisfy the people living along the route AZ
least they are Indifferent to its condltloh' !" -
1.se than ten wears ago that Jerome-ave. was
paved under a special act. when SZUUV" "He
expended besides the assessment on the aout-
Yor
and use have worn away the macadam on Ooth
s5es NJ these stones until the entire distance -
a series OF spring breaking thank you NUNS
II is impossible to calculate the damage 10 We
hicIes these distractions cause.
A. R. Shattuck president Of the Automopile
r,,,,b of America. who has devoted a great deal
of time to the work of improving the approaches
to the CITY, is most emphatic in his opinion re-
earding them. He says: "Oncial req tane Il
the cause of Il all. It was the people OF Il 4n'
haitian who paid the 100000 for paving Jerome
ave- and ii is no more than right that the I'M
provement should be protected" While MI
Shattuck does not single out any person TO
blame still he does not hesitate to arfalgn
those in immediate charge Of Bronx affairs.
1t is said that Controller Grout would faVor
any plan that was brought up before the BOARD
nj Estimate while President Haffen gives as his
excuse the lack Of appropriation for the specinc
work.
Tpper Broadway is even worse than Jerome
ave but that is due entirely to the laying or
sewer which has been under process OF con-
structIon for three years. A considerable part
Of the work is done, yet the contractors show
no disposition to restore the part where the
sewer Is laid to its original condition. For
long distance the road is impossible for any kind
of vehicle. and in some places the pedestrians
are at a loss to find foothold. There has been
a long delay in the work, and the contractor
will have to ask for an extension Of time, while
the people who live along the road suffer IN
silence and resigned to another period OF
three or four years of discomfort. 1t is for this
that so much effort Is being used to have Je-
rone-aye, paved. that there may be some
relief.
The big army of cyclists and automobiiists
are particularly interested in having these thor
oughfares restored to their proper condition. as
these the only avenues leading from Man
haitian to the upstate roads. Two petitions
bea ring the signatures Of many thousands were
presented to President Haffen few weeks ago.
and he then gave his promise to consider them,
and, II possible, carry out the wishes Of the
petitioners. II is generally believed that the
reason the surface Of Jerome-ave is not re-
paired is that the money is diverted to other
purposes. while this important matter is neg
lected. The presegting Of the petitions is not
all that the different organizations purpose do
ing If the roads not fixed.