The sun., 1900-11-29
CHANGE IN TUNNEL PLANS.
CONSTRUCTION or PirE C,fIERfys
FORMALLY ABtNDONID.


At tho meeting Of the Parid Transit Commis-
sloners yesterd a resolution was adoIted
formally abandoning the plan for pipe galleries
as part Of the subway railroad. The plans Of
the commission we're opposed by the heads 81
the city DEPARTMENTS affected. and Contractor
John b. Mcdonald also opposed them on the
ground that his contract was for the Construc-
ton Of the subway. and that the add 'ional cost
Of the pipe galleries would be m added burden on
him. The commissions plans called for pipe
galleries to contain the sswerp pipes. water mains
and gas mains which will be relaid In building
the subway between the City Hall terminal sta
ton and Great Jones street The estimated
cost Of the galleries was $4,000. and work on
them was begun and then SUSPENDED q month
ago. The resolution which the Board adopted
yesterday was ss follows.
"Whsrsos, No considerable work can be done
on the III re gsllsriss heretOiure proposed on the
Whsreas, Ihe present President Of the Board
Of Public improvements, the Commissioner
Of HIGHWAYS. the ComInl.sioner oi Sewers
and the Commissioner OF Water Supply have
made various criticisms on the proposed iIan.
spostsnt tally holding that the constrrction Of
stsr sfeys fsa yor 'Ga 42ssr sp. % saees than ban those
which the board ha. felt justified in construct
iay, as part q the Rapid Transit work. and
has requested that he be relieved from the
obligation to construct pipe gallery. and
=. Whsrsas, The chief engineer has reported
that the pipes aud sub-surfaCe structures now
eIi.tlns can be satisfactorily provided FOR
without the construction Of galleries, now.
Resoirsd, That the President Of the board
b requested 70 withdraw the reQulsit!on Tor
pipe galleries.
This resolution was adopted. and the mem
bers OF the board while they do not wish to
be quoted on the subject. feel that an important
part Of the subway work has been abandoned.
II was the plan Of tho commission TO have the
pipe galleries OF sufficient SIZE to contain not
only the sub-surfsce structures now In the
street but also others that may be laid here
after One member Of the commission has
wd iH5 Be 'e so S1est eses all e pR
having TO lay pipes and mains through the
streets would be anxious to use them, and that
the city would find them source OF considerable
income II was calcnlsted that the steein
heating companies and the gas companies
would use the Saeies 50 enough to & pr9duce Od
s. per cent on the cost OF the galleries
But with the inception OF work on the ral-
lores protests from the hesds Of tie cltv de-
psrtments began TO core in Tie civ. Depart
nents. II may be said LA We never forgiven the
Eapid Transit comms.Lon for turning down
the claim that each department was entitled
10 appoint inspectors 10 watch the work, who
should be carried on the Rapid. Trausi; p,v-
ments saw rich field for effort in this direction.
and hardly had the ink on the Rapid Transit
contract become dry before 'hev began 10 ap-
point inspectors for VIII m rhcre could he moth
lng to do for months They expected Nat
these men would be put on the courrissioHs
PAX al sea t@ view ot % the matter snd toid tRs
department heads that all the inspectors they
appointed 10 watch the work must be paid out
81 fsr Sns' ha s@T
nany department heads have not lost anv OPP
portunity TO annoy the commission In minor
As. soon as work on the Hallsries began.
Chief Engineer Looms 81 the sever Depart
lowed quickly BY Chiei Engineer BirdSali Of
the Water Department. Commissioner keat-
G dent Hsn & ss of Pbc ana Improve
ments Al q them found some,l Ing 20 object
On the Rapid Transit Commission that they
wanted 20 know who was TO have c9ntrnl of
also wanted detail rlans. and they ali showed We,
h disposition To disclain any intention of de-
laying work on the galleries or the subway.
The control Of the gsnerie. wss what troubled
them most. They seemed to fear that this
feld for enterprise might In some way slip
Contractor Mcdonald referred his end Of
thematter 10 his counsel Strong Catvalader.
the subway CONSUMPTION Company met tue
Cominissloners at their meeting last week
nj McDonAds position was that bis contract
alton Of any sub-slrface structures save those
actually encountered In the digging OF the
tunnel They said that the plans OF the COM
mission contemplated the caring not only for
these but also for all sub-surfsoe structures
which might be laid in the newt fifty years
and that in carrying these plans out the con-
tractor would be obliged TO erpend o large
sum OF money for interest and other charges.
the aggregate amount Of which during the
time OF the contract would be very large Mr.
Mcdonald declared that he had not cont-rn-
contract and he did not think that IL should
be forced upon him. The board maintained
that II had full power to exact the construction
OF galleries on L. own plans without reference
% Mr.. McDonald's pocket
1t was pointed out yesterday that an inde-
pendent subway franchise Tor the construc-
ton OF pipe gallery would be very valuable
II centralized by "A n ia N