New-York tribune., 1886-07-22
PREPARING FOR SUBWAYS.
THE CONSTRUCTION CoMPANY's BOND.
~ AMENDMENT To PROVIDE FOR FUTURE SURE

~ AMENDMENT To PROVIDE FOR FUTURE SURE
TIrs-PRrPARlNG SPECIFICATIONS.
The Electrical Subway Commission met yester-
Aay TO listen to the opinion OF ITS counsel Dahie =.
Giobens. on the form OF bond suo,.&,ex & ny eet sao
Ing He reported favorably on the iorm as ieau on
Mir Lauterbach with only one addition wh'ch WI. VII
make the instrument stronger IL was IN svTd sneIdi
that whenever any of the five suretles snouIu
by death OF other. cause become mem
sspt the c0%%ssiG% is ,Dase snt,sd eadS To
snch surety BY an efficient one, so that ihe oouu
may be kept good and intact This was decmeu a
fair provision because IN the future, py ,no states
of The sureties by the scatterns OF thelr estates
for any cause their heirs or assiGnees mgnl oe ar
v ijing TO remain bond executed many Hears H,
before and would be advisable TO reess" nS
or their successors TO keep hVe r,ment sv,,vu'
suretics aiwavs upon the Ins'iun,n 1 ~ wns
The bond as amended was appIos'a am be
authorized " 10 complete all necessary h ue" h mnv
10 make any additions or alterations wn'Jn ,T ni"a
deem necessary, to fix the time for the pesisn,s &
of The WORK of construction and the rate OF pro pro-
gross 10 be made by the company, ana 10 na s,r &c
papers ready for execution at Inc heAt nioo'"s
The commission" ;.,rrcted
w Dr Tedonx. the chemical expert. was lnstruceed
10 make frequent tests of he iDatelia' oondu;ts
In the cons ruction WORK Oh nlanS n,ies the com.
and TO invite the operating compaIes' 'II u ,rns
snu ..r W " and tho nrcss 10 all such tests. he was
also authorized to employ enough men 10 PioPe,E
-a,ch the making of the material. IT, LcuouA,
aNsn ,ositiou Is thus probably the most importaht
- t,,nre work OF the commission IN It's rela-
.;' Nv ,r,, h the Construction Company, studied ior
.sno raars at the Columbia College School OF
Mines two years at Be<lin, and finally IN 1919 was
graduated from GottlnCen niversl'y VIII tns
sc,recs of A. NJ, and Ph. ID. For year ne was was
-. chemist of North Carolina, and IN lSoi
bc ame 10 this city, where he has since engaged
in LABORATORY work and testing ores Inc Sonis tnis
s,ons view of the question raised Dy the tele-
ZION enah comnanies as 70 the right to compel re-
noyal of the wires from the poles into subway
WIS expressed Yesterday by one OF tbe cohihiS
siOners. who SAID: .
Tn ,o,ce mower of the State authorizes the sbate-
nemt of a nuisance. The telegraph poles have repeat &
cmom~.,on vested with police power by the state pro
poses aoae the nuisance. ana We are tyIns s,Ia 70
think the public it sees that We are In earnest
viii lend us its hearty support
From the commissions meeting Mr.. GlDoehs car.
rieI the form OF accepted bond to MI LauteIpa1t )
office No. 10 Nassau ST., where lateT III 'he .iaS
IN. Cousoiicated subway Company held meellng
Tie president Henry flzhuGh preslued uiH oprv r
o.nef directors present were Nicc-fiesiuent hcnI
] DAWSON Ewald Bali hazar. the secIei aty anH H
Treasurer and James J. Freeman. Mr. Lanteroach
ouce which he had drawn mp 1or tne
comuany's approval Some discussion ioi- io
lowed, PRINCIPALLY on the 9uesrGIdh on,'fy to
the fnIl l,mt of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. twas
decided that each should satisfy the commission oi
his financial responsibility 10 lhat a'noun'. ~
,eetnr authorized the president and the secretary
g. oct ~ a committee to execute and deliver the
contract this afternoon together with the bond as as
altered by Mt. GlDDcDS OillN Js ~ ''NN'NVN' -
tbe hoard of directors. was absent.
Engineer Kcarney and DIR. LedouX were IN con-
sultnt on Yesterday TO the SPECIFICATIONS Oh con-
sIrnction before submitting them to the cOlnmN
son el her to-day OF Tomorrow. !bey ndu SUP,
stantially completed their work. Three Gays SIN
remain of the a lotted ten days IN when the lele
granh and ot her companies can snbnlt estlnale ess
aud suggestions on the details OF tue work oeNclal
have already sent in suggestions along WIN
their hsts of the number of wires which thcy eN-
nee, to have buried in the different parts OF the
citv and some of these suggestions nave peeh
tonnd of considerable Importance. lne ~ IL.
porsett Company's works which are to be used lor
the manufacture OF the conduit material I'D tne
suhway work IN tins clty are stuatedat wehlleth-
s.. and Avenue-B There asphalt,c-conclete con-
dnits of different capacities for wires nave peep
constructed tor some time for the subways laid IN
Trooklvn aud Providence. Justice hely
jast evening in describing the work oi
the Dorsett Company. of which he is counsel. sald
that the factory tnrned ont conduits OF four, ive
seven eight nine twelve and fifteen holes, as thev
might he needed bv the different cities lhe Con-
sndated Company, with whom an arrangement,
has bcen made Will require in It's work a tube OF
twelve holes m order 10 conform to every speclh
cation demanded by the Commission. Inc Dorset'
COMPANY will have TO modify us ma
chinery in particulars but sun thl,
can be done with slight expense aud
The company If required to do so. can lay
q mile of conduit day. and begin on less than