New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
WORK ON THE TUNNEL.
ALL SUB-CONTRACTS LET EXCEPT FOR
FORTY -SECOND-ST. SECTION.
EXCAVATION BEGUN AT SEVERAL POINTS
IN HARLEM-TRAMwAY AND NEW
SEWERS BUILT-sATIsFACTORY
PROGRESS MADE.

There will be more 70 say IN a week from
now about the work on the subway than there
is at present" said John B. Mcdonald. contrac-
tor of the Rapid Transit Construction Com
pany yesterday when asked by a Tribune
reporter for a statement as 20 what had been
accomplished so far.
"AlI the work" Mr.. Mcdonald went on TO say.
has practically been sublet. except the Forty
second-st. section. including the furnishing Of
all materials. On that section the engineers are
studying the notifications Of the route. Work
is in progress in the Boulevard, about One-hun-
dred- d-and-twenteth-st.. under Captain Shields.
On McCabe's section work viii be IN progress
on Monday at One-hu1dred- and thirty seventh
ST, and between ne-hundred- -and-hfty-sixth-
St and Onehundred- and -hfty-eighth-st con-
siderable progress has been made in the exca-
vations, including the building of a small tram
way in the Lafayette Boulevard 70 dispose Of
the material The work of driving a shaft 10
the tunnel from the surface at One-hundred-
and-sixty- -eighth-st- is going on. Various alter
ations and the building OF new sewers have
also been accomplished at Canal. Mulberry.
Bleecker. Tenth and Twenty second sts.
The work so far is making satisfactory prog
ress. Next week F. J, Farrell will begin work
from Broadway and One-hundr-d- -aud-fourth-
st. TO Lenox-ave. and One -hundred-aud-ten
st. On Monday the Degnon-McLean Company
viii begin work on Elm St, and Holbrook. Cabot
& DAILY viii begin next week in the nefghbor-
hood Of Union Square"
]. F. McCabe. Of L 3. McCabe & Co. said
yesterday that his firm had contract for
rapid transit construction which covered the
longest section allotted 10 any contractor run
ming from One hundred -and-thirty- -thIrtl-st
and Broadway 10 ne-hUndred-and-n ninety
frst-st. and Eleventh-ave. Mr. McCabe as he
watched his men at work at One-hundred-an and
ffty-eighth-st. and Broadway, told the reporter
that his firm would begin sinking a shaft to-
morrow al Oae-hundred-an -sixty-eighth-st
and Broadway, that work was going on contin-
uously between -hundred-and- -ffty-sixth
and e-hundred-and-f -ffty-eighth sts. in
Broadway, and that work would begin to-nor-
row between One-hundred- and thirty-third
and One-hundred- and thirty-seventh sts-
WORKING AS LATE AS PERMITTED
we shall increase our force on Monday"
said Mr.. McCabe. AT present we work till II
?. m. The men who come on at s o. m. and are
supposed 10 work till , a. m. have to stop work
now at II ?. N. because, on account Of the
complaints Of neighbors the Board Of Health
has threatened 70 arrest the men running the
drill
We shall not be in full operation on our sec
ton before September l. We have about $50 600
worth Of machinery 70 put in but have not yet
decided on a place for it. We had a place chosen
once, but the abutting property owners. who
had right to find fault. Objected and so we are
considering other locations for our drilling ma
chimes etc There have been from four hundred
20 five hundred feet excavated from nun
dred-and- -thirty-third 10 -hundred-aud-thir-
ty-fourth-st-. and from ne-hundred-aud-ff fifty
sixth 70 One -hundred-and-fift fifty-eighth-st but
the excavations are by no means completed at
those places.
MACHINERY NEEDED NOW READY
We have been delayed in our work by trouble
in getting machinery. Special machinery had to
be made. but the shops are full Of orders and the
foreign exports are large. The machinery. how
ever, is now nearly all made. and the only DELAY
VIII be in setting il up. but I do not think We
shall have it all and get 10 work with it before
September l. Our machinery Will be here in a
fortnight, and We shall at once put two hundred
or three hundred additional men 20 work. When
our machinery is all installed shall work five