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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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the Mayor of New York, Mayor of Yonkers, Commis-sioner of Street Improvements of the 23rd and 24th Wards,Mayor of Mount Yernon and the Chairman of the Board ofSupervisors of the County of Westchester. Mr. FordhamMorris, president of the commission, as well as the othercommissioners, Messrs. Archibald S. Van Orden, Charles HillWillson, William Delavan Baldwin and James Wood, wereappointed in pursuance of the act, by the Governor. Thiscommission completed its work before the end of 1895, andthe sewer which it proposes will run from the Kensico Damsouth to the north line of Bronx Park, thence easterly to thechannel of the Lon^ Island Sound at or near Hi^h Island. The land proposed to be used for the sewer is also pro-posed to be used as a highway, as far as practicable, and thebeauties of the Bronx River the entire length of the valleywill be preserved. The following tabulated comparison will probably givea general idea of what has been and what is being done tobuild up the North Side :
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14 The Great North Side. 55 WORK DONE. KIND OF 17 YEARS. 5 YEARS. Regulating, Grading, 1 dvlllg, 4114 Ocv\ellIlJ^ of Avenues and Streetsin the 23rd and 24th From Jan-uary 1, 1874,to December31, 1890. AnnualAverage. From Jan-uary 1, 1891.to December31, 1895. AnnualAverage. Wards. xVliles. No. Miles. No. Miles. No. Miles. No. Regulated and (xraded 24.00 1.41 38.96 7.79 Curb-stones set .... Flagging laid Crosswalks laid .... 39.7237.065.51 2.342.180.33 83.5062.419.76 16.6812.481.95 ravemeiit laid 10.91 0.64 21.54 4.31 Repaying Third Avenue Asphalt Willis Avenue Sewers built Sewer Manholes 33.39 1.96 2 240 7637.72 7.54 constructed. . .Receiving-. »asi ns Avenues and Streets 1603567 94.3(1 33.35 2067.429 413.4 85.8 legally opened . . 49.61 2.92 49.0(1 9.40 There are now altogether 130 miles of legally openedstreets in the 23rd and 24th Wards. Willis avenue was paved with asphalt in the fall of 1895.It was the first asphalt laid in the 23rd and 24th Wards. The cost of the assessable improv

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