New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
FIRST TRIP IN SUBWAY.
Continued from first page.
speech. Colonel Mcclellan smiled. raised his hat

speech. Colonel Mcclellan smiled. raised his hat
and the cars rolled
The Journey continued without change.
AT Eighty-sixth-st. The sub-contractor, William
Bradley. had placed flags over each OF the three
tracks, I band OF twenty thirty pieces was
on the platform. and crowd OF thousand or
more wes present to welcome the pioneers OF the
subway traffic. AS tns train ran into the sta
sion they gave three cheers for the Mayor, and
then the band struck up Hail to the Chief"
EMERGING ON THE vIADUCT.
The next stop was at Ninety-ffth-st- 1t was
Decided TO run along the Fort George section
When the viaduct was reached at One-hundred-
and-tWeuty-seco the cry came back from
ihe first cars. Hold on 10 your hats" and a
strong cold breeze showed the difference
between the open air twenty-five feet above
the sidewalk and the sheltered tunnel
Along the viaduct the train ran to One-hun-
d-and-twenty- and Manhattan SITS.
where the from skeleton OF the proposed station
was viewed.
remarkable thing about the whole trip was
she absence OF disturbing noise. Where the
tracks are fully ballasted 0he ballast is of egg
shaped buestone) there was hardly any noise
hut where the tracks are laid loose on the sleep
there is rumble that is unpleasant and an
oscillation. All the tracks viii be ballasted be-
An idea OF the isolation from the world in the
subway BE- offered in the fact that when
she handcars with their human freight passed
under Fortieth-st. there was a fire at the Muir
ray Hill Hotel above that had called out a dozen
or more engines and had attracted crowd Of
many thousand persons. Accompanying the
alarm OF fire were the usual noises Of the city.
added to the noises of the fire engines and the
shoutings Of the crowd. The persons the
fandcars knew nothing Of the fire until they
read about it in the papers when returning from
sheir uptown trip
At the e-hundred-and-tw twenty ninth-st. sta
tion il was decided that enough h%d been shown
to demonstrate the excellence ot the work Of
construction in the subway ana its rapidly ap-
preaching completion. The cars were backed
10 Observation-Disclosures -ffth-st.. where the
party posed for a dozen or more cameras.
Half dozen carriages took Mr.. Mcdonald and
his guests TO the Claremont, where luncheon was
served. The trip had taken jus: ten minutes less
than two hours. and the distance travelled. ac-
rording 10 Mr.. Parsons. was little less than
hire miles.
Mr.. Mcdonald, at the Claremont. waved his
glass Of cocktail and shouted across the room TO
the chief engineer:
well Parsons, we've done II at lsst"'
Commissioner starin. almost excited Mr..
Mcdonald. emptied his glass down the back Of
Mr.. McDonald's coat He tried to apologize, but
she big contractor would have none Of il
Empty all you like. old boy he said. Il
feel so good to-day that don't care what hap
pens"
Mayor Mcclellan made speech, in which he
said:
II thank you very much, Mr.. Mcdonald, for a
rery pleasant afternoon. and for the opportunity
you have given me 10 see the great work which
sou have now so nearly completed I wish you.
tn the name OF the city. this New Years Day,
ell health and happiness and assure you,
The time rolls on, Of my consideration and Of my
hope and belief that the debt the city owes you
VIII continue to increase"
DID NOT WANT TO INCREASE THE DEBT.
y concur with the Mayor" put in Mr.. Grout.
in all he has said. except as to his last wish
We DO not want the debt the city owes 10 Mr..
Mcdonald to he increased
The Mayor means the moral debt said Mr..
Plant.
Then the Mayor should specify more partic-
,ilarly" said the Controller with laugh. Il
want TO agree with him in everything he says"
NO one viii doubt that the Controller Will be
CAREFUL put In Senator McCarren.
BY the way said Andrew Freedman. Il
Donald
Mr. Mcdonald put out his hand and Mr..
Freedman presented him SO gold piece.
81 don't know said Mr.. Mcdonald, IF you
lsneant that as joke or not. but am going TO
take il in earnest"