New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
BRONX IMPROVEMENTS
Cost of Work in Nine Months of
1912, $4.227, 800.
DETAILS OF TASKS DONE
Big Viaduct To Be Built Over
Bronx River at City
Line.
BY Cyrus G., Miller,
President Of the Borough OF the Bronx.

VI 'bF DofOuSH VI tuS
The public improvements under con-
struction in the Borough of the Bronx,
City of New York. under the direction
Of the Borough President as shown by
the report for the nine months ending
September 30. 1912, represent total
cost Of s4.227,360. OF this amount $751;
40 represents the value of contracts in
force for the repavIng Of streets and
avenues i'm the borough. There are I05
contracts pending, among which are the
following:
Cost biased
upon
tractor
Description Of work. bio.
Constructing sewer etc, I'm white Plains
street, ss2 900
Regulating. grading. etc, Boston Road
line ....'..,.... ,o" - 's ~. go 5o2
BAILEY avenue. ......., 1885
Regulating. grading. etc. Baychester
avenue from Boston Road to Pelham
constucfing sewer etc in jycstcbestcr '-i0''
avenue between Ierega avenue and
westchester Square. etc.....,.......'... Slss5
Constructing sewer. etc, in Havemeyer
avenue between lafayette and Watson
avenues. including number OF lateral
sewers $50
Constructing sewer etc. In Hermany
avenue between Pugsley avenue and
summit east OF Olmstesd avenue, In
Guiding number OF lateral sewers.... l1 752
Regulating. grading. etc, Jerome ave-
from lS0th street 20 500 feet north
OF Van Cortsndt avenue. ............... 1894
Paving with modern granite blocks East
18th street from Jerome avenue TO
the New York Harlem Railroad, etc. 5l,Ho
The contracts above enumerated are all
assessable Improvements. Among the inn
provements the cost of which is borne by
the city at large are the following:
Cost (bas-d
upon
tractors
Description OF work. bid
Constructing a transverse road at East
10Th street in connection with the
Grand Boulevard and Concourse. Nlf.3H
Ia parE boulevard '''.''"....''....... $3.50
Constructing transverse road a, East
Grand boulevard ana Concourse....... o2,7si
Rspayng with modern granite blocks
Boulevard to Gun IIIIl Road. .......... ln.3ot
Repaying with redressed granite blocks
70 East i53tb street ' 1866 oIG
Rep,yinz with modern granite blocks
East iS0th street from Third avenue $500
10 Bronx street ..'.......'....'''.'.''''' 'i'"''
In 1912 the method OF paving the streets
an the borough gave much satisfaction
ON the streets OF a residential character
where traffic was not heavy bituninous
pavements and light asphalt pavements
were used in conformity with the law
prepared IN this department whereby
payements are divided into two classes
preliminary and permanent. The prehml-
nary pavement is of the cheaper KIND ana
is assessed against the AUDITING property
II * expected 10 last ten or fifteen years.
thereby developing the neighborhood for
residential purposes. When new pave
meut is required il Is To be OF the perina-
nent kind. such M granite rock or WOOD
block or other FIRST class pavement Inc
cost Of this also is to be assessed against
the abuttng property. but the amount
paid for the first or preliminary pave
ment is allowed 20 the property owner.
~ that he In reality pays for only one
first class pavement, while he has had IN
fact two pavements. preliminary pave
ment and a permanent one.
The use OF old granite blocks for repay
ing has also been very satisfactory. our
block split II i'm two. redress IL and lay
IL OF a iive-inch concrete Foundation. fill
ing the Joints with concrete. This makes
a very smooth surface and should last
long time. Also IT is quite cheap, COM
parativelv speaking. \ recent job of this
kind on Third avenue. from 10th street
10 fremont avenue. resulted I'm saving
OF about $4,000. This method was used
first in this borough.
II is anticipated that in 1918 the value
Of the public improvements that will be
authorized and contracted for will be
considerably greater than that OF those
accomplished in the present year
At the present time the engineering
forces are making an examination of the
old pavcments now existing in the streets
and avenues. with a view to proceeding
AT once with the preparation Of plans and
specifications for repaving. so that con-
tracts can be let during the winter and
the work started as soon as the weather
perrni;s I'm the spring