The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
SHERIFF STOPS SUBWAY WORK
REMOVES THE MCABE PLANT
UNDER AN ATTACHMENT.
Sections From 1851 10 7O8d streets A..
feet eti--McCabe Owes S87. 900 to
Two Cretitorp-Tt IL Said That the
Tunnel WIN he CompIeted In Time.

feet e(i-Mc(Abo OWeS 881. 900 to
Two Cretiitorp-N IL Said That the
Tunnel WIN he Completed In Time.
The first serious hitch In the construction
! Of New York's big subway came to light
yesterday when Deputy Sheriff Campbell,
who since March 20 has been In possession
| Of Subj Contractor James F. McCabe's plant,
began removing all McCabes machinery.
horses and appliances from the tunnel to
safety the demands OF two oret..os 3.
McCabe undertook the building Of Sec
tions IS and IA, which extend under Broad
way from 13Sd street to 203d street and.
because OF the contour Of Manhattan Island
at that point, cons titute about the most
| difficult parts Of the job.
| An assistant in the office OF the Rapid
Transit Commission said last night that
McCabe's failure would not necessitate
any great delay in the completion OF the
| tunnel. Others said that the removing
of McCabes plant would take six weeks
or more and that the work Of replacing the
machinery would surely take as many more
weeks
On March 20 attachments for 81, 8e7
| in favor OF the Rand Drill Company at
| 1928 Broadway and for S8,48e In favor Of
the Eastern Stone Company were issued
| against McCabe. 1t was said then that
the contract which was originally sublet
| to l.. B. McCabe h Bros, had been taken
up. on the dissolution Of that firm year
ago. by James T. McCabe. McCabe. 1t
| Ia said. became i'll and the work Jagged on
that account
Six weeks ago, when the attachments
! we're issued, it was predicted that McCabe
would be able to settle and carry on the
work Yesterday. however. the Sheriff
began to remove tho plant. The under
taking thus mapped out for him Ia adj
mitted to be the toughest job the Sheriff
| has ever had.
| The plant consists OF derricks. concrete
| mix ers, 90 dumping cars, two locomotives,
car tracks. electric lights. horses. mules
and a lot OF other things.
One great difficulty In removing the
| things arose from the fact that In some
places the bed Of the TUNE, is 40 feet be-
! low the street level.
McCabe got an injunction against the
| Sheriff restraining him from removing
the plant, but that was vacated recently.
The Sherir's men yesterday hoisted out
nineteen horses and seventeen mules and
put them in a nearby stable. One OF the
mules, it is said, had not seen daylight
for two years. The whole plant is said to
have cost 100000.
George r. Rice, assistant to William
| Barclay Parsons. the subway consulting
engineer, said last night that the work
on one section, No. IL. was we'll advanced
and could be finished in a few months.
but that the work on Section IA was not
very far advanced. The work on that SEQ
ton, he said, had been considerably de-
layed, any way. by the dispute over the
| change Of route OF the subway In that part
| Of the city
Nobody could Be found who would say
anything az to the exact cause OF the trouble.
James F. MoCa be was in town on Thursday
but 1t was said last night that he had gone
to Baltimore. A man who knew something
OF the situation said that the seizure OF
McCabe's plant was the result OF dispute
between McCabe and John B. Mcdonald.
! the subway contractor.
| That man intimated that Mccabe had
| not been paid for much OF his work becaus
! enough OF the work had not been done.
IT'S purely a private matter between
Mr.. McCabe and Mr.. Mcdonald said TIL
| suns informant. THE work on McCabe g
sections will be done in time all right. That
| much stands to reason.