BROOKLYN PRIVATE STREETS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 430, 12 February 1909, Page 7

BROOKLYN PRIVATE STREETS.

, SHOULD THEY BE TAKEN OVER? •It was meniion'ed'in thb fortnightly, report ofpomnlitte to' the/City Council. that thelcoiiiliittee . ttad'received report ; from tiie citf erigj'iloer on V c badocbftditlon' of the 'folloAviug • fetl'cets in:- : 'EoAd;::at6Uben - AW nuei';Charlette Avenubr-Tanera: Crescent; ' Avenuer-faura- Avonue, ioad' Street, : . Bbrking Eoaa;:;HombiVooil: fibad.vßrightbn,'Terrace.' ahd ; streets, verb: stated : to' be 40ft. ill width, with formed pbrtions averaging 10ft;. ln-. wldthi .In tile .opinion of .thb ,oity,rengineer,v:these}'streets .should--be public? .:etrb6ts;vb!it^hb:: : asked';fbr. instrUb'tibns as to whether":; he.'shbuld .repair 'them in \brder '■ to" : Safe;;.fbr.. ! traffic,Or .whether the ;owners:ihbtUd' bo'ioalled:upon tb.form and con;6trnet thehi'.vs/riieVcommit.teb' left the .matter for - the.;eoUllcil .'to,,decftle. , i , CouhciUb'r;,\Smith-'.thbught:;thai ':.a; repbrt shbuld be received from, the city, solicitor with' respect" to „the position ..of the Etreets,; ■ ;■ "The oouftc'll should decide whether it is goiug to •. give .the: peaj)|es liviug-'ln : those' streets . reasonable .'.access,'' <ol)sepved , v Cfl'oaclllof-J.tUhbr ( j ; , V->Tho-rMft3r(>rs/ljt-.iß / "niyy'(ipiii!oh r -'tlliht"-'.wa;.isli<iuld ignore :the;:fact;.:that'. th«y-are;.private streets and ;spend money upon thciii. .: Councillorv-l'ifiher: Will 'anybody ;question' .'•jto ■': e saiity;. fit ; the-expenditure ?e;Th'e.::ilayor :• Councillor i ■ Conld' we give: instructions, that'' the 1 cost of > repairs -should be: ttrb■Vided. for .ln'.the next estimates?-Tlle'Mavor' We ought to do oiife bf ( two; thMs :■ either' ' have ; .a-i-Bill; pasSjd ' fiousfitutlng.lhc; Streets public streets, or spend mftney oh the,-streets if:.the .expenditure" Is iri :the ; lhterests-of : tlie ratepayers'/j M there are other streets 'in a : similar position, .we: should .await a .'ebriiWe-: : heMivb; report, from: the-, city engineer. ,■, S Councillor Bus: I hope it will come down .before the present council goes out of 'oflico. It .was agreed to defer consideration of tho - jnatter..'.-v•;v'.;vjv:'v'v ; ----'^-' :i '--••' ; -- : ' r