New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-12
TUNNEL CONTRACT SIGNED
SUBWAY EXTENSION TO BRooKTy,v To
BE STARTED SOON.

The contract for the extension Of the 7snsa
Transit Subway to Brooklyn was signed az
meeting Of the Rapid Transit Commission YES
terday afternoon Alexander E Orr. president
ana Blon L. Burrows, secretary signed the con-
tract on behalf Of the Commission. FREDERICK
Evans secretary Of the Rapid Transit subvs7
Construction Company, signed the contrac+ -,
behalf Of the COMPANY August Belmont nrszf-
dent OF the company, had signed the contract
previously.
BY the terms Of the contract 81. 100000 rnust
oe deposited with the Controller at the time Of
signing. to insure the construction of the nm
ne and 81 100000 more must be ,sAncs54ad u-h.-
the tunnel is completed 10 insure the operstfo,
Of it. When the contract was signed vastAr5s1
William H Wickersham. counsel for Aus7.+
Belmont, and Frederick Evans secretary OF +hs
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Con1panx
had with them 81 100000 of Nevryo-L- r~;+--
securities. which they deposited with CONTROLS
Grout. When the Controller left the r,eAtin9
he placed the bonds in an inside pocket ., his
coat and took them 10 his office with hin, s-,,1-
ingly remarkins:
III would take good man 70 hold me I'D o.
the way
The contract with the Interborough Rarvvsv
Company. fer operating the tunnel to F2roorr-
lyn when it is constructed, was approved bv
the Rapid Transit Commission and was signed
The Interborough Railway Company is the oner-
ating company for the Rapid Transit subway
Construction Company The two companies are
controlled by the same men, The Interborough
Railway Company is to operate the tunnel rail-
ways in Manhattan and The Bronx before the
Brooklyn tunnel is completed 1t will operate
the roads according to the terms laid down I'm
the contracts between the Rapid Transit Com
mission and the Rapid Transit Subway Con
str rcffo Com
time ago The signing of the contract with
the Interborough Railway Company. in the Ian
suage of Edward N. Shepard, of counsel TO the
Rapid Transit Commission simply binds the
company to a strict performance OF those
terms
Chief Engineer Parsons was directed BIZ the
Rapid Transit Commission yesterday pre-
pare plans for another extension Of the subway
in The Bronx Borough, along Jerome-ave- Many
citizens living in the district through which
Jerome-ave. runs have sent letters TO the Com
mission urging extension of the subway
along that avenue. They have declared that
the best existing means of travel in the district
is by The inadequate trolley line in Jerone-ave.
It was decided yesterday to give a hearing 70
residents OF the district at the next meeting of
the Commission
Mr.. Parsons when he was directed to pre-
pare plans for subway extension along Je-
rone-ave said it had been his desire TO do
that for some time. but he had been handicapped
by not having enough draughtsrneI1. as all or
his staff had been kept busy on plans for the
BROOKLYN tunnel and the new bridges He said
he made requisitiOn on the Civil Service Com
mission. and hoped to have additonal draushts-
men soon
Work on the Brooklyn tunnel viii begin be
fore November II, starting at Battery Place,
and thence continuing toward the Brooklyn
Borough Hall, distance OF a mile and half
The tunnel is TO be ninety-four feet under the
mean waterline in the middle Of the river II
is expected that the work of construction viii
take three years TO complete.