The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-09
BOARD COVER FOR BROADWAY
,O>TR aCTOR REVEALS PLANS FOR
the LOWER END TUNNEL.


Name scheme I'm Mind for Upper
Broadwa,--Shart Ten by Ten In the
sidewalks May Block ShopkeeDers'
Doors and shower Dust on Theatre
uats-No Damages Are Recoverable.
Within ten DAYS tunnel building in lower
Broadway from Ann street to Bridge street
will be begun. Business men who COM
forrcd themselves with the assurance Of the
papid Transit Commission officials that the
surface Of Broadway would not be disturbed
NAV then have an opportunity to see how
INIT promise ia to be kept, and the tenants
end land owners in Broadway between
ror,y. second street and Fourteenth street
~, 400 for themselves what they may expect
T; 4. contract is let for subway branch
without any restrictions beyond those con-
tanned in Contract III,
The upper Broadway people had their
attention directed to lower Broadway by
me marlborough company. which in its
cffcgl statement said:
"Ilow the city officials are safeguarding
the rights OF property owners in contracting
,or rapid transit extensions is shown by
ing The tunnel under lower Broadway to
Brooklyn"
One of tho upper Broadway men went
10 the trouble of examining Contract H.
yesterday to see just how the interests Of
property owners were being safeguarded
Ne found that the language was as follows:
For that portion Of the route under Broad
wny between the point of beginning and the
north end of Bowling Green and that portion
Of the route In Brooklyn between Borough
Hall and flatoush avenue WORK shail n"t De
begun at any point unt'l stae'msht mas peeh
He'd with me engineer showing .''n, Int ma,
,'f". iecueu iU' "nsI u.s. ~ W. ~ h's VIZ,
mas "er. ",I hna h.sn hosrn ,ha sons sh.I
-, o' nrosecuted win ali possible energy with
', ,oaot two shirta NJ eight hours each every
Working dav. Before commencing. the con-
tractor shall furnish 10 the engineer. and
receive his approval thereto. a plan indicating
the method OF procedure; such plan snail
REQUIRE tha' on week Gays between me hours
" ~ any, a. 'nV .u, % VI i,i,',.
,,,,I exnsr,t IN snch ,nonnar ona in snch
rlaces as the Engineer in writing NAV permit.
The contractors who are now keeping an
opan ditch in the east side of Park row
contend that thew are maintaining the
street in a condition for ordinary travel,
and there ia nothing in the contract to
prevent the operation of the Park row
method in lower Broadway il Chief En-
pineer Parsons Ia satisfied. Indeed. if
Engineer parsons chooses to iss,,e a per-
mil 10 the contractor he NAV tear IN the
straat md Ieava II irnnaasahla as tha rom
tract reo,,ires him TO keen the street In
condition except in such manner and in
such plsoes ma the snoineer in writing NAV
permit The marlborough company is
.atisfied that the property interests have
,een safeguarded but one OF the Broad
way taxpayers wanted to know yesterday
who was going to safeguard Engineer
Parsons
The Degnon-McLean Contracting Com
panv is the sub-contractor for the lower
Broadway job from Ann street to the Bat
terry. where Andrew Onderdonk's section
begins. This firm has the Park row job.
1t changed its method on this section 40
that instead of opening the street in the
middle under the car tracks narrower
ditch was opened on the east side OF the
there Park row sidewalks are narrow
enough for traffic but the ditch was brought
right 20 the curb and the sidewalk was en-
croached on for distance OF from two to
three feet travelling crane was put up
and an overhead dump established. The
street was blocked from the east side OF the
car tract, to good two feet inside the car
line.
Only little while ago it was the
expressed purpose OF the company, with
ire understood sanction OF the Rapid
Transit Commission officials. to Use the
same method on lower Broadway. The
organization OF the owners on that section
worked change and the contractor now
promises not 10 use the open ditch which
mas 80 long made Park row unslghtiy, and
70 keep lower broadway covered. That
ooes not mean that the surface OF the street
VIII not be disturbed. IL means that the
street will be bridged over from curb to
'urn with pianking while the men work
under this platform. The first excavations
W .hree or TOUR ieet VIII ne made at night
ana VIII De undertaken IN such quantities,
only as VIII permit the street to be planked
up oy CLOCK IN the morning
IN lHE Sun yesterday was told how engi-
"ee's guessed from Cnief Engineer farsonss
Na'e'hen's ana negatives mat ne and the
contractors mad IN mind to use the Slice
ps'em that was employed IN the subway
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