Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-10-08
CHESTER AVENUE
IS AN EXAMPLE
Busmess-Like Work by Property Owners
Has Given Town One Of Its Very
Best Streets Light Is Needed

One of the benefits of paving street.
| IN Il business like way may be seen ii
HOhestcr avenue. This is Il thoroughfart
| chat ut one time was knee deep witt
sand, and its neglect did not end III
| sand, for the property owners were en-
ergetIc enough to appeal to the council
men to have gravel strewn between the
curb lines. Chester avenue is lined with
natty homes and the residents there AZ,
ambitious. Il fact that was demonstrated
by the way they went about having the
sandy street covered with gravel. Then
action was distinctiyely original i'll this
town. 1t will be remembered by the
Oldest inhabitant that when the dwell
ers iii il street desire to have grayel
spread they invariably petition the coun-
cllmen to do the work. In nine cases out
of ten the street supervisor is instruct
ed to work in the air" without proper
guides, OF at least with nothing more
than the stakes set out by the englneeI
Chester avenue received dtferent
handling and the various property own
ers deserve commendation. They deserv,
more-they deserve IA well-lighted street.
and while the councilmen have not been
mportuned for an electric lamp, til,
residents OF Chester avenue have per
feet right to create a demand for a
'gleum." Long before the councilmeL
were asked to spread gravel OH the stree
curbs were set up by the property own
ers-and the curbs were not of the
wooden kind so generally used in ou
81 the way streets In doing this Chest
bnVa
he borough money. The street is com
pleted. 1t was not graveled" before
,he curbs were set il thing that has beel
lone in so very many instances else
where in the borough, and practice
lhat involves additional and unneces
iary expense.
There are two notable examples OF
Dlundering i'll this respect: Pleasant anC
Woodland avenues. Property owners II
those streets petitioned the councilmen
10 establish grades and pave the road
ways. Prompt compliance was the re
suit, but at the present time not one
property owner i'll Pleasant avenue
has shown sufficient interest III the street
to have curbs installed. One single
property owner i'll Woodland avenue has
set curbstones. Almost from end to
end grade stakes III these two streets are
removed, and this will entail double eN
pense when the property owners reach
the conclusion that they owe some meas
ure of appreciation to the town govern
ment.
Conditions in these and other streets
are in direct contrast with the work that
was done in Chester avenue, and which
should be insisted upon by the council
men i'll every instance. In the eNcep
tions noted the borough has paid for
grade stakes for curb setting and IN ad-
dition, the grade of the roadways, and
the time will come when ne-half OF the
expense must be again borne by the
towns treasury.
Street improvement should be made a
near permanent as it i possible fo
them to be. There is but one economical
way to do this-and that is by demand
ing that the sidewalks shall have curb~
before responses are made to petitions.
If this is done money may be saved and
the street supervisor will be equipped
for giving better results than by follow
ing antiquated hap hazard methods.