New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-29
TrVNEL WORK UNDER WAY
ANS FOR THE sUB-CoNTRACTs TO BE
OPENED MONDAY.
c.xAr-sr SEWER ALTERATIONS NEXT IN
oRDER-HARDEsT WORK TO BE
UNDERTAKEN FIRST

e. - he work OF lowering the sewer in Blocker
=. n order 10 permit the passage Of the tunnel
sss progressed slowly but the contractor, James
pigfngron is making preparations which VIII
facilitate The excavation. Men were employed
,s+ar6av- in making ready for the setting up OF
.-,+,s nd boiler near Mercer-st. for the opera
=, - line OF trolley buckets. which VIII permit
-. s-eesv removal OF the earth from the open
- The buckets VIII be rugged up the x
-s+,o- and as fast they can be filed with
.--h hey Ef be along the trolley line TO
=. convenient for dumping directly into carts.
= 80 men dig deeper the travelling buckets will
=, .,,-esnondilgly lowered and by their the
III, a, lowering the sewer will be greatly
a=,.as : ditch about three feet deep has now
- dug between the cartracks IN Bleecker-st. for
distance o. about sixty feet, just east OF Greene
- .s an the previous days. a big crowd Of
--b1as around the trench. importuning Mr.
7,s-,,t-,g+,n and hts foremen for employment and
!. - again -.ecessary 70 engage the services OF
-,,.s-,en 70 keep these out OF the way Of
-r,es already work
The bids for sub-contracts will be opened on
.,-,5sv The successful bidders viii be required
= ,4ve bonds which must be satisfactory 10 Au-
,-,s- Belmont and Mr.. Mcdonald. It is under
800 mat in the preparation OF the specifications
o. -,ese sub-rorIrscts M. Mcdonald had the
ss-srce OF David L. Hough. the engineer who con-
s--,rred part 81 The Boston Subway, and who had
made estimates On each OF the fifteen subdivisions
AZ
-ske- vii be The Canal-st sewer. This sewer is
- be divided al Elrn-st-. and Two branches made.
s-siIsng into the North and East rivers. The cost
- thts task viii be about 100000, and Il is esti-
mated Dr. william Barclay Parsons that 4 will
axe ~ least a year 10 complete the job. This
~ ~ -ot interfere with the construction Of
me tunnel L Is the intention OF the contractor
N n,sh a. The outset the building OF the most diff
,it sections Of the runnel-the Postofhce loop. the
F,--v-secor5-st- section and the rock boring al
Forc George
f-ra-les soovsnlirh the consulting engineer 10 the
Rapi5 Transit Subway Construction Company. sug-
sas-ed Yesterday that the description tunnel ap
Dred 10 the projected underground railroad should
b abandoned II favor OF the word subway.
The latter, ne saic, Is a Tar more appropriate
ard correct designation. and is free from the IN
nleasanr suggestions which go with the term 'tun-
-eiF ! tunnel proper IS made by wholly under
.--0un6 work never visible from the surface, eX
cept perhaps al me leTliLl: IN common paIIaoe,
i IS hole IN the ground. made Dy sun-surIace
h0rfnE A railway subway is great trench eXCa-
- ------ -se-5- M -l7a cor,s-r,rC-ioY7
% our underground railway Hence. i Is a subway.
and not q tunnel The company mas recognized this
fzct II calling Itself the Rapid Transit Subway
-aro-- vas published Yesterday 70 the effect
that the Manhattan Railway Company purposed 70
begin Immediately the extension OF it, East Side
elevated line. and that grounc would De broken
for ne pillar foundations on Monday, mile and
half Of new structure. x was said, would be
hun1red-a-l5-s eve7lry- seventh-st. the Fordham
station II was added that to-day bids would De
o-e-eT for ma CONTRACT Fo- concrete work on the
rev Manhattan powerhouse at Seventy-fourth-st
md Fssr River Al the offices Of the Manhattan
company 4 Tribune reporter was informed yester
ca afternoon that. while the preliminary details
boxing 10 The extension Of The elevated system
and the installation Of electric power were being
pushed as rapidly as possible the statements as
n the SPECIFIC dates which we're mentioned for the
breaking u ground and opening Of bids conveyed
news the officials OF The company for the reason
thar these were matters which had not yet been
decided upon.
The Metropolitan Street Railway Company
uecrs 20 complete within the next two weeks the
extension OF its F0ur-h-zve. Tine the Postoffce.
Inc Rapid Transit Commission will at 3
o'clock this afternoon when the plans for conduits
and pine galleries VIII De considered and routine
business viii be transacted