The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18
East a.d West side branches.


Bronx park
East md West side Branches.
That portion OF the railway from Nine
ty-sixth street to Bronx park Will be
known as the east side line
From the northern side of Ninety-sixth
street the outside tracks vii rise, and
after the overcrossing OF the inside tracks
they will be brought together on loca-
ton under the center line of the street
and proceed along under the boulevard to
a point between one Hundred and Tween
ty-second and one Hundred and Twenty
third streets.
At this point the tracks will commence
to emerge from the tunnel and be carried
on a viaduct along and over the boulevard
to a point between One Hundred and
Thrty-fourth and One Hundred and
Thirty-hfth streets, where they viii again
pass into and continue in tunnel under
and along the boulevard and Eleventh
avenue to point about l.350 feet north of
the center line OF One Hundred and Nine
tieth street
There the tracks win again emerge from
the tunnel and be carried on yiaduct
across and over private property TO Ell
wood street and over and along Elwood
street TO Kinssbridge street to Kings
bridge road or avenue, private property,
the Harlem ship canal and Spuyten Duy
VII creek. private property. Royerdale
street, to a terminus near Bailey avenue.
That portion OF the line from Ninety
sixth street TO the aforementioned ter
minus at Bailey avenue will be known as
the west side line. In addition To the con-
struction Of the railway itself it will be
necessary to construct or reconstruct GER
tain sewers. together with house and 9TH
or sewer connections, placing them at
either side of the tunnels, and to adjust
and maintain railways. pipes, subways
and other surface and subsurface struc-
lures and to relay the street pavement
both on streets occupied by and on streets
other than those occupied by the route Of
the railway.
The tunnels for the most part will not
be arChed as is usually done tn building
subways They will be fiat on tho top
braced BY three rows af steel pillars be
tween the tracks and covered with steel
plates, The tunnel measures nifty feet
across In the main four-track section and
Is thirteen feet high
Under the present Park avenue street
car tunnel. from Thirty -second street TO
Forty-seeond street. variation from this
plan will be made Here the single tun-
mel win branch out into TWO arched tun-
nels. each containing two tracks. When
Forty-second street Is reached the form
Of one single wide tunnel with four tracks
will be resumed up 10 the end OF the ex-
press section at Nucty-sixth street
From this point northWard. on both the
east aud west side divisions. there will be
local train service only But as stations
will be farther apart on these sections
quick time will still be made One OF the
most interesting and peculiar parts of the
underground system will be where the
east side section will go under The Harlem
river. The tracks viii divide here and
each will go under the water la a separate
cast iron cylinder nftceH feet Ga diameter
cdr t,ff
gigantic waterplpes and will keep the
water cf the Diver out quite as eftcctuaiiy
Aa genuine water pipes keep the water In
The trains % the new underground sys-
TEN will be run By electricity, probably
on the third rail plan The car equipment
is expected 70 be much better than 90 the
present Manhattan elevated. Al frequent
Intervals whenever u r. found necessary.
vcntilaung iues will be built from the
tunnels 20 the surface. Powerful Fans
will be operated by electric motors s1 as
60 keep up a constant and even circaia.
ton Of air.
Mcdonald. the Contractor.
John T.. Mcdonald who has undertaken
this multimiilion dollar contract and viii
te the directing head % the great Wurk.
is "a native 81 ireland ana cousin 81
tohu Whalen. the corporation counsel
| lie WaF born 90 County Cork nfty-slN
! years aga and came ca this country when
I he Was }l wears old His education after
! he came t0 thi- clty was continued tu the
public schools. Eats trst occupation when
I he began t1 WorA COR h,WscG was that ~
| timekrrfar at he building of Ihe Boyd 4
l Corner reservoir in Putnam county, Later
{ he was ius pectOF - masonry cr the bald.
! ms Of the tunnel iu Fourth avenue
when DE went ia;o business AIS COM
tractor he was successful from thc start.
I The first contracts be- revriYrd were from
81 sr.F ia Gel