New-York tribune., 1912-04-01

and railroad companies, IN regard 70 tiIaI
part Of The pavements for which the latter
are responsible. ,.,,.
Delay in making repairs and in closirg
Lack of properly qualified force OF in.
spectors and assistants to the engineers III
charge Of pavementS; ~ .,,,.
Very little knowledge among our tnSl-
neers OF the most approved modern metn'
DDS of having, as carried on in places OUT
side Of the United States. < 49,.
The system Of long guarantees. fof lns
maintenance of pavoments py con''d''o''' .
which hinders prompt repairs ,,s
An almost complete lack or tramc $40.
tistjcs upon which to base an intel,igessI |
estimate of the value of the various hiil"'
Of pavement used. s...r,,ir.
ing by tests the value OF many ot the nias
terials used In paving, ana no'doi!
regards granite and asphalt. ,u,. -
Restrictive Specifications, especlalIS az
cards asphalt which has prevented se.u y
Inc competition and given 10 one 1nterees. a
monopoly in the making and repair VI q"
phalt pavements In Manhattan. =, tho
Too much license given 10 hullnslS, slS,,di,gs ~
use NJ the street in front OF ne" puliu l "a =
which results IN great hindrance 10 u "''
and damage to the pavements. -, ,ba
rho hlorkading OF cuinDeruHs - n
..ron,s bv other private interests, and
snow, witch under the present sfst,e
remoyal cannot he disposed OF rapioN'
suooests New Policy.
There are twenty separate iecoi'i'''7
t,o,s The report recommends "a cornp'e'7
r.ver.,I of the policy of the city III reed'"
80 pavements. and that ultimate ecoho"'
r,thor than cheapness he made inc gov
.r,ipr consideration In their construCuo"
,d r,airtenance" II recommends that the
.,.,. r,ola Cts own purchases of all materials
used in paving direct from the produce'
"and thus obtain better prices anu "e"''
qualify than II now gets. the engineer
in charge of street work shouid oe ee"'
abroad TO study the paving methods IN use
IN the principal cities, and ADOPT 'ho7e
methods found to have given the pest re-
su,ts as far as practicable. All dead ana
unnecessary tracks should be removed from
the streets, and the street railroad Co''pd
MES be governed by the same rules "'ii'"
anplv TO individuals In the opening anu
closing of pavements All repairs should
be made by the city and each borough
shonld have an adequate repair plant.
More stringent regulations than now exist
are recommended for the use Of the street
by contractors for the storage Of building
material, by the transportation companies
for the storage OF merchandise and by the
pushcart men in peddling their wares. n
trial of the use OF the sewers for the re-
moval OF snow, without the use Of carts
and the rapid extension f that system, II
found successful, is recommended. trlal
of the French method Of flushing out the
cutters daily with view 10 its general In
PRODUCTION here, should be made, the report
suggests.
ho ~ arin Silh-COp
which point out specific findings and de-
tailed remedies. dealing with the kind OF
pavements which are most desirable in diff
ferent parts of the city, etc, are attached
10 the general report The report includes
numerous photographs illustrating the bad
condition OF the pavements on Broadway
and many other streets.
A. r. Shettuck of the Automobile Club
Of America, is chairman of the committee
Ernest Flagg, of the Fifth Avenue Associa-
tion. is ice-charman and f. B. De Berard,
OF the Merchants Association, is secretary
The other members of the committee are
]. o. Bloss. of the Chamber of Commerce;
Jacob A. Cantor former Borough President
of Manhattan: l.. Barton Case, West End
Association; Robert Grier Cooke. Fifth
Avenue Association; Joseph L. Delafed,
Washington Square Association; Thomas
Dimond, Dimond Iron Works; John c.
Eames, Merchants Association; Stephen
Farrely, American News Company; Will
lam II. Gibson Board OF Trade and Trans
portation; S. Carman Harriet, Fifth Ave-
nue. Association; Charles r. Lamb. Munich
pal Art Society: G. Rowland Leavitt, Rich
ard W. Mead, w. W. Niles, William II.
Page. Joseph X. Orr. president OF the New
York Team Owners Association; Henry
Sanderson, president of the Automobile
Club of America, Aaron c. Thayer and &C..
F. Weibusch. of the City Club.