New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
SUBWAY PROGRESS.
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED AND THE
STREET RESTORED AT MANY POINTS
ALONG THE ROUTE.

Some of the places which have been excavated
| by the workmen the subway contracts are
being filed up, and streets being relaid
These facts show that the second stage OF the
work has begun. The operations thus far have
been chiefly of destructive nature. Pavenlents
have been torn up trees have been uprooted and
great trenches made for the reception of pipes
which had to be removed from the line Of the
proposed underground railway. The process of
backfng covering and paving can be seen
now at many points along the line and it re-
Quires close examination to learn that the
| work is going ahead rapidly. The estimated cost
of the subway was about S15 100000 The out
lay thus far in a little more than a year of
actual working time has been about $S5OOO0O
and all the contractors have carried out their
agreements. In some instances the work has
been done rapidly that a fair margin of time
remains to the credit of the contractor
The loop In front of the City Hall has been
completed for distance Of about hundred
feet The concrete arch, which is fifteen feet
wide, is being covered over, and the false work
which has marked the edges of the excavation
is being removed There is no steel work in this
part Of the subway. part Of the excavation
might be filled in but it is left open to facilitate
work in the City Hall station, which will be a
concrete structure after plans by Helms &
La Fargo The entrance to this station will
be from the broad walk in front Of the City
Hall. The concrete underground structure viii
extend under the Postofice vaults in Mail-st,
and thence under the main tunnel to Park Row,
where 1t will emerge to the level of the Brooklyn
Bridge station, which will be short distance
north OF the Tribune Building.
The excavation under Elm-st, between Prince
and Bleecker sts.. is covered The structural
steel is erected the roof laid and the street
surface restored
Active work is going on in excavation in
Park Row which is entirely covered over. The
street. with It's tracks and its great burden of
traffic, Is held in place over the excavation by
supports. the posts of which extend far below
the foundation of the proposed subway
The work in Lafayette Place from Great
Jonesst to Fourth-st. has been completed, and
little remains be done to the section in Lafay-
cite Place between Astor Place and Fourth-st
In F'ourth-ave. the subway has been completed
except for the interior finishing between Tenth
and Twelfth SITS, and between Nineteenth and
Twenty-second sts. more than one-half has been
covered From Twenty-siXth to Thirtieth st.
the subway is completed. with the exception or
part on the west side.
On Ira A. Shaler's contract, which includes
the removal OF large portions of the rock on
Murray Hill, two tunnels are being made.
These run parallel with and under the Fourth
ave. surface railway tunnel The work has been
completed TO the distance of about six hundred
from the south end ana about half tndt
distance from the north Between Forty-sev-
enth and Forty ninth SITS in Broadway the
west side OF the work is finished. but the other
side has not yet been eXcavated. The block be-
tween Fifty-fourth and Fffty-hfth SITS. has the
steel work erected and the roof covered In
Broadway between Eighty-fourth and Eighty
fifth SITS and between Eighty seventh and
Eighty ninth SITS. the steel work has been
erected and the subway made ready for the
| finishing work.
The subway structure between One-hundred-
and -ffty-fifth and One hundred -and-hfty- siHth
sts and between One hundred -and-ffty- eighth
and One hundred and fifty ninth SITS. has no
steel uprights braces. II is built OF concrete,
similar to the loop in front OF the CITY
Hall. and is reported finished. At one
hundred and -sixty-seventh-St. n shaft has oeen
sunk into the solid rock From this shaft
the tunnel has been cut zoo feet north and
nearly the same distance south, making that
part Of the subway ready to be lined with
masonry. similar shaft exists at Eichty-nrst-
St. from which excavations eXtending ABOUT
$50 feet north and south have heen fnaoe
About $50 feet of tunnel work has been dohe
at Eighth-ave. and One hundred -and-touTth-S 81
In the park south of One-h hundred and- tetth-
ST there is 200 feet more. and south or one
| hundred and -tenth-st. there Is 3'N feet OF m
/ ished tunnel under one OF the park drives.
! Much progress has also been made IN lenoN-
ave and between One-hundred- and-twelfth and
| One-huudred- and thirty third SITS there are
many parts Of the subway over Whlch the sl'ec'
has been restored.
| Along the whole line OF the proposed under
ground system the sewer. gas and water pipes
| have been removed. and that part OF the W"fh
! Is practically finished.
!