New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-10
The DELAY IN TIE BRONX
Failure of Contractor and y. &c.
to 4gree Causes 1t.

The cornnletion OF the subway in The Bronx
threatens 10 be delayed for an indefinite length
Of time owing to the fact that j. c. Rod
who has the contract from the centre OF Gerard
ave. TO the west side building line, at West
chester and Brook aves. has been prevented
I from digging under the tracks of the New-Nork
4 Central and Hudson River Railroad at Park
| ave and One-hundred- and-foI ty-ninth-st. The
contractor has been ready for the last two years
! to go ahead with the work at that point, but II
is said that the terms demanded by the railroad
/ company were so exacting that Mr.. Rodgers re-
! fused TO agree 10 them.
Despite the fact that w. ". Niles counsel for
/ the TAXPAYERS Alliance. reported 10 that body
at the last meeting that an agreement as to the
bond between the lawyers for the railroad conf
pany and George l. Rives. for the Rapid Transit
Commission. had been reached, the work or
boring under the tracks has not Yet been
started. and Mr.. Rodgers said last night that
the lawyers were still considering the question.
Mr. Niless report TO the Alliance was as follows:
The difficulty between Mr. Rodgers the s II3s
ton o. the subway under the tracks OF the com
terTed 10 me al The last meeting OF the Alliance.
Inquiry al the engineers office of the Rapid Tran
sit Commission disclosed the iaet that the matter
had been referred counsel Of the board and or
known about the subject at that once
then had an interview with George /. Rives.
sion, and learned that the matter had been
delayed py reason OF me ralIToad company insist
bic and remote, actual and contingent damages
ever suffer The contractor refused 10 give such
bond, and there the matter stood. and had stood
Mr. Rives Immediately took the case up with the
time succeeded IN erecting an adjustment by which
the railroad company agreed TO q form OF bond
an 6ne-hundred-a -forty-nintbsf can he nToceed-
q wi
delay
This report was made June l. but as al
ready stated. no attempt TO begin digging under
the tracks has been made. AS the contractor has
been ready 10 proceed for two years and is
anxious TO complete his contract. il would APP
pear that the hitch over the bond has not been
settled.
At the most liberal estimate II Will require
four months 10 dig the hundred feet which Is
the distance 10 be tunnelled under the tracks.
Assuming that the work would be started by
July !. it would be October before It could be
finished Unless the Bronx section Of the sub
way from the Bronx side Of the Harlem River
IS completed by at least October. the operation
OF the road Will be possible only as far as Lenox-
ave. and One-hundred-and-forty-h fth-st. as the
road az that point runs under the Harlem River,
coming out at One-hundred- and forty-ninth-st..
in The Bronx.
McMUIlen & Mclean the sub-contractcrs Tor
the Harlem River section OF the subway, ex-
pect 10 have the tunnel under the river COM
pleted IN July.
Ira A Place. counsel for the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River Railroad Company. said
last night that Mr.. Rodgers had signed the pa
pers this week. although the conditions named
were exactly the same as proposed by the rail-
road company two years ago
All that was asked Of MI Rodgers" said
Mr. Place. was that he leave the New-York
Central track at One-hundred- and forty ninth
81. IN the same condition as before. No charge
was asked, only the contractor was required 10
protect the traffic on trains Of the New York
Central while boring the tunnel"
Mr.. Place added that the papers had reached
him yesterday morning and that the question
would be disposed of by the end OF the week.
so that the contractors could proceed 70 excavate
al once