New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-03
rIIE FoIrRrn AvENrE INPROVEMENr


s4IE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TRACKS, OPENED FOR
The PASSAGE or TRAlXs-PW0sPECrS ~ THE
raRIY COMP FTIpS W III tHPIOvrMgVT
The FOurth-ave. Improvement was opened
ysssrliy 'rum Tie Fury --ec0m-et depot u Ninety
aIth-st. and to-day the Trains Of tie Ncw York CentrI
and hudson River the NewNOrk ANA Harlem. ana the
New York and New-HRven X tlpuds IL run over tie
ncw underground fTuoks. Sunday ch'i-en for ope''
sag because tnat day there we're ooI'
patiIVcy few t0 he nferTered with few man
yer, ~; AZ work track Late Saturday uishi, tat
the work did not begin earnest until between and
. III yesterday. when SoO were pui Ia wnrt
ssarmg az, ola temporary ana putting down
ne rails
Their were three points only where much work was
s-edtSi These az Forty ninth and rfticti-sts'
vher change Of erode from the overSrounl ~ the
and, rgrund roue bap1ns snd sixfy-Hfth and 5ev
epty the Temporary trscks crossed the
uunsep tracks upon trestIw0rk batw'-B rhe-e points
rs rails tracks lBd been .resiy laid AbVut
1000 OF trsck had t l laid Yesterday TO nal up
nc sapa The work Of Taking dawn tie trels
work wher1 IL crossed the cuf made tof
o.. new tracks, ws- very rapidly accomplished
Tie rails aad tire arsf tern up. then
tbe heavy beams sawed IN two, snd tie tall
sesnns which upheld the supeistrnoturr ~rrv PnSd
Aown and taken apart. aud the tlDoers piled Mp
sOng sdee o tie Tn" dirr and stone 10 the bot
tom Of The cut veled away. Ia. rrs
snk IL laid in piae the rails brought. claInped
tegrtber and aailed down AL tile done with great
rApdity Hundreds of spectators we're attracted by <hs
ssraDy. Sunday P~pt. hvtns IN the vicinity Of
lAs Improvement Expressed Qualification al ths rst
tsln Indication Of ~ as.F sPIu'sscb Ia e'mp-ton
Tie pariIon ~ line improvement open ff Use JESTER
day comprises nearly all that viii h. sunk bcncaih H's
Srco Lowell Above Ninety -stxthsS the tTaosH will
ran over vlaiuct far ~ one6nHdrSal aBd-S:x
peentbet rh yet heen eouptetoi - thai tram
Ninety sixibss the temporary tI.eAa an tFsi'ef VIII
ssill have usd Tins sLsact will prnb,5!Y be TIN
uHed .lout July l. aud ~hsIe work wi tn completed
ssriy Fab. 3, uTss Lad ycst.,rd'y va com
po-d ~ nprUVel ste7l rails The ties wcrc of white
aak DrokoD ballast u used throughout Ibe wOrs
Ff,uB PITY fourhs. down the trikS r1m through
o gr,dually deIrunx cut a'uke'i With perpendicular
walls and csssi bridges 10 iDtersecting s-rcct
Er,np Pifty.fonrth Ia Ninety ,lr st. when the
e.,l pls..d. tIa4ks wll. through Al almost
eV1, tiuuUur tunnl 81 varrinR oi'1rtrr From tNify
srun S-sw-. from sxty-uDJh Seventy thirdst. II
with brick, and rt Seventy tbiId and Nlt
sonplsied betwcep r1ity fourth sixt -Af-~< and
s~iWn tIy-Olsb and seventy ninth sta and ulo cam
seti'sn Of tie rnaiDder viii require "uy lew innnLs
work The llrgcr portion OF te iron eealns 81 Ls tuD
~ roof are already In pisec
The new tracks wciv got 70 rsanrs Iar 'is i's' Sr
81 tr7i- ycste ly in the very sh1r period of sss'u1
A,iT> The IA train fron Harlem We DELAYED at
sx;S -nfiy-t nbout IN hU'u 1; was the nrst Tram l.t
Isss4i tle route, aud lie progress wac eeiSd
cbC Tia specLOrs who lined tile sides al ire
uncovered tunnel and the -rvGf hrig'r or'.Si"g u be
trcks will need L. lined" In sCmr PLACES hut the
vert nt-sffN yesISruty thc roSuaf
viii unln sily LSSlay. There wae no
stt.ns,H Ia celebrate the opening ysccrdayt AMI lie
shalge effected e0sly ALL apids tait II VA nat
rsxAfd.d Ar much uulnDut sIs.r1u;GdcutS TJurey
q Ia. IL.d.ou River R'lrcd and B.ss.s u the scw
York aud HArirm Rlrsd Chef I'm xiu'sT Curtis under
wh.-- supervision Improvement hss been cslrreL
smith RpI~y, the contractors, and several
sfh.s rssihSssd and sub contractors thr
xrsund yssS-rdAy sal~rtnfcndipy The w"rlmen Only
&c ntddle ar mifa tunnel thrown open 1be two
sole tases are sun unnuislled and will rss.dy
" svsaFal As,nths
yRwEI.RY sTOILN BY A SERVANT.
Henry Iissl,...s af No G2 kouth LxfNTd-Sf-.