New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
Building Operations Last Week
Estimated to Cost S210,641.
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Borough Presidents Favor Pro-
posed Highway-Flushing and
Jamaica Bay Canal Survey.

buildings to cost s13,303; forty-four
| applications for alterations OF an esti-
mated cost of s10.l56 and thirty-two APP
plcations for plumbing permits of an esti-
mated cost of s27,lS2.
| Ira l.. Hill has taken out permits for
| the erection Of a fine home on Willow
street, east OF Main avenue, Douglaston.
| Among the builders of frame dwelling
houses are Max Cross. who Will continue
a development on West street, south of
Swale Road. and on Wells avenue, south
Of the same road. Jamaica, by the erec-
| ton of two story dwelling houses at cost
of $500 each. and Caroline c. Weddle'
who will erect two story dwellings on 18th
street. at the corner Of College avenue
College Point. at cost Of $500 each.
The b. T. Construction Company VIII
erect a large number of two story brick
dwelling houses on Benedict avenue south
of Sterling Place, Woodhaven, at cost
of 5000 each.
| The Columbia Paper Bag Company has
begun to rebuild and this week took out
\ permits for the erection of storage
building. one story and Of freproof con-
structon, to cost $3.50 TO be located on
Sd street east Of Van Alst avenue LONE
Island City.
The Long Island Railroad took out a
permit for the erection of two story
brick office building TO be located al
! Archer Place, east OF Vanderbilt avenue
Jamaica. and to cost $1,000.
l.. n. Schwenk will erect three STORY
tenement houses on the Rocka"ay ROAD
south of Sylvester avenue. Jamaica at d
cos, Of 5000 EACH Andrew Piptone WIZ
erect similar tenement houses on Elgh'h
avenue, north OF Vandeventet aVe"ue'
Long Island City. at cost OF 'lz'VVV eal"'
Work was started last week on ''o
| sewer construction in the IngleWoou SCI
tIon OF Queens. The big trunk sewer LOT
this section was completed several years
ago. but II has been practically useless
because Il was impossible to buiId inc
laterals. The title OF many OF the s'ree.s
| had 10 be vested in the city ana UNI
form plan Of sewer construction mao "
no adopted. Also a disposal system had
N ne arranged. This work has been done
by Roroprh President Connolly since ne
has been I'm office.
The contracts which were started 'as'
week will cost in the aggregate heat's
800 900. and last week contracts were 'e'
| for sewers in addition in Parsons avenue
Beech street, Cypress avenue Dela""I'
| street. Franconia avenue and hawthorne
street. These will cost nearly 'Ipo''
In addition TO the sewers In the lnsle-
! side section, President Connolly let con
tracts for other sections OF the ooFoubh
amounting In all to Sl0l,2H 70. contracts
were let also for highway improvements
amounting to s3l.76S.
| The ,e,tIng OF these contracts makes
the total amount Of public work contract
ed for in Queens since January heaily
81. 5000. This is the largest amount u
| work OF this character that has ever oeeh
under way In the borough. and u sho" >
the rapidity with which the borough u
craving The improvements have been
made necessary 10 keep up with the oulid-
Ing operations.
| Robert w. Higbe president OF the
| chamber OF Commerce OF queens hs'
week received letter from Borough
President McAneny that tho proposition
for the construction OF parkway
| through Cypress Hills and Mount CarmeI
| cemeteries connecting the Brooklyn ana
| Queens parkway systems would come ne
fore the Board OF Estimate at a meeting
on July 81. At that time report VIII De
presented from the special committee OF
the board consisting OF Borough Presi-
dents McAneny, Pounds and Connolly
which will favor the proposition. Large
delegations from Queens and from auto
mobile associations Of Manhattan, Brook
lyn and Queens will be present al that
meeting to urge the board TO take favor-
able action on the proposition.
The oonstruction OF this parkway IS not
a local matter affecting Queens alone but
Is OF prime importance TO every section
NJ the city. With this parkway estab-
usbed automobiists will have a magnih-
cent connection by one OF the most pict-
uresoue drives in the country from Man
haitian 10 the heart OF Long Island. Tho
drive Of points gives a view both OF the
Atlantic Ocean and the Ions Island
Sound. It overlooks the extensive devei-
opments that are taking place In queens
and the view is unobstructed for miles.
The proposed driveway has been urged
bv the representative men OF the city
over since consolidation. II was highly
approved by the city planning committee
appointed by Mayor Mcclellan and all
tho engineers of the city have urged It's
establishment They declare that 1t VIII
canal in Importance Riverside Drive In
Manhattan.
The obstacle in the way has been the
cemetery corporations. They at first alb
solutely refused any invasion OF their
territory. A measure had TO be fought
through the Legislature during three ses-
sions before the city could get the right
even 10 consider taking the necessary
land. When this was accomplished the
corporations put prices upon their lands
which the city officials considered exces-
s,ve But recently the corporation, real
izinR the strong public sentiment behind
the movement, have made offers that
| Controller Pendergast who has gwen
much time to the proposition. has agreed
are fairly liberal. Under these circum-
stances II seems that the proposition is
near realization.
A survey is now being made by corps
| NJ engineers from the Office Of the State
Engineer OF the route OF the proposed
Flushing and Jamaica Bay Canal. They
are working under an appropriation OF
| s35. 0O0 made by the last Legislature
which was secured by the vigorous aBita-
tIon OF the big real estate interests OF
o- LooLad hv thu hnrouRh officials