New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
l,625 MILES OF
PAVED STREETS
Of This Total 734 Are in
Brooklyn, Says H. H.
Schmidt.
FEW HIGHWAYS THERE
WITH GRANITE BLOCKS
How 100000 Appropriation
for Work Is To Be
Spent.

There are in this city 1925 miles Of
paved streets, excluding macadam. 0!
this mileage 734 miles are in Broct
Iyn. 452 in Manhattan. ls2 in The
Bronx and 81 miles in Richmond. 50
the mileage Of paved streets IN TIE
Borough of Brooklyn. excluding mat
adam. is greater than the combined
mileage of the three other borousas
with the exclusion Of Queens
The 734 miles referred TO are paysi
with modern payements. with the e1'
ception Of the following: Sixty-sey''
miles of old granite blacks without
concrete foundation. thirteen miles o.
old Belgian blocks and four mile, o.
cobble. Thus there are eigh'y'iog'
miles of Anticipated payemenis
BROOKLYN. which will have 10 be re-
placed within such a space OF time
the city can afford 10 undertake 'hh
work. saws II. II. Schmidt. cher eng
neer of the Bureau Of Highways N tn
august ISSUE OF NItF '''t'.'''
Real Estate Board. ...r
On this important subject ChleI IA
gineer Schmidt further SAYS:
in addition 20 this elghty-iour mug,
there are several miles Of macadan
streets which have been soNdly pun
IN. and where il is not economical 70
maintain a macadam pavement ] neS
aieo sbould be rcpaved. our asphah
Movements. Of which there arc nor,
than 500 miles. are generahy 10 NE
class condition. but each year Do is nee
essarv 10 repaye small mileage OF a.
rhalt This repaying becomes neees
sarv when the asphalt pavement Is.
deterlorated 10 such an extent lna. y
Is no longer economical 20 MaIu,a1
il. and in some instances me ssp'a',
navement becomes extremely rough ~
that II is not III for traffic ana u o,
comes necessary 10 entirely IepS'e
at the time of consolidation ~ NJ.
cxisted in the Borough OF brooS',.
242 miles of cobble pavement; an1 a.
that time 10 per cent Of Brooklyn ~ e.
tire pavement mileage was 80,
With the exception Of four mlles nv
oobble stones have been entlrell ~,
placed TO a large extent oy SSp'''
ravements. t.. m 20
I'm former years. IN fact, up -, ~
within the last four or I'VE years, 49,
little work was done Do TINS UotV -ss,
or main thoroughfares where s'1 ~,
surface railroad tracks existed, IN.
reason for this is that the Ial!roau 80,
pany did not eXpend suhlclent "a
of money on their railroad TRACES
nut them in ht condition LOT w w. q,
paving of the entire street, 30 Iha.
the present time there Stlll ienla. .,,,
number of important railroad 80. ',,.
which are in rather poor cohu"IVI IA
inc Ia the fact that the railroad ~.
not see tit 10 lay new TRACKS ,.i,,s
ing the last few years these cono'';TTs ~,
have been very much cnangeu.
railroad company has for NUM- ov %
wears expended sums OF monSi sss
place its track IN proper Co" u.,,,.
so that at the present time 'ne .eoo Na0
er part of the appropriation OF 49,, ~.
will be expended for repa'ennite.. ,urb
tween the railroad area ana 'n e.i,o,d
on those streets where the 80.
company is installing new trs %cAN.,,gb.
"Some of the important th9ioLL,.
fares that were advertised ana 80.
the railroad conditions are Neti car
which We expect to repaye thl' Id.
are tho following: Fulton street, IT,,
son Avenue 10 Ashland Place pises.
Street. Reid Avenue 90 Williams psiB
Gates Avenue, Franklin Avenue ~ Ives
Avenue: Hamilton Avenue Nssgg.sus.
Street TO the Ferry; Jamaica Huyy,ls
Broadway TO the borough line, s,,sni
Avenue, Franklin Avenue 70 F;f,h
Avenue: Surf Avenue, Nest c,,ost;
Street 70 West Thirty seyentn o rs,,y
Throop Avenue. Broadway 70 stree.
Street; Union Avenue, Roepliihi. ;,e,or
TO North Tenth Street; street,
Street. Myrtle Avenue 20 IRON, Stree.
and Second Avenue, Forty-th''u
to Fifty-second Street. -. With
at is also proposed 20 reps, I.,rber
modern sanitary pavement Mar.
Of the streets in the Nallapou,
ket These streets are AZ ,v,.
paved with an old Belgian olooa lt,ry
ment, which is rough and un mss !, no,
"The appropriation Of SboOVVU .. .,,
large enough 10 enable US 10 vari
our well paved mileage, As the nav,
age which IL will enable Us ~,
will not be much greater th hsseeom,i
yardace OF pavement which to" esS
bad during the year. It will nooyIitior
enable US 10 put In GOOD oO" Ian
some important thoroughfares' = Ar.
time allowing those streets ,,,auir'
not so important and Whl'n un,i
paving 10 remain as they ~, ,,ior
such times as larger sppt0F
can be obtained"