The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-11-03
|current Was Turned on the
ksu Artery Of Manhsttan's
Great System.
ha EXERCISES WERE HELD.
|r,.sd That Nearly 10000 Pso-
| Rcds on the Electric Trains
During the Evening.
s,n n Tines at tire Rate q
Me Minute In the Hail
Darkness OF the Huge
Tunnel.

i York. oct. 2S-"City Hall 20
l. ia Is minutes" became a re-
thursday when the main artery
|,.ssitan's great subway system
.,s,ea 10 the public. The formal
-s srercises held In city hall
E,sly afternoon were attended by
!. guests. Mayor Mcclellan pre-
swing tho exercises a special
IN city hall for the 145th street
-ss. carrying invited guests. The
turned on the current and the
n, made without event.
I actual opening OF the subway
b travelling public took place
rtiy night Long before Z o'clock
~ FIRST train was scheduled TO
cry hall. the park surrounding
III vas iammed with a good ma.
crowd. Thousands Of persons
vita one another for the privi-
O purchasing the first ticket.
I ucdccs. center rushcs and al.
rery means OF progress known
|rtali tactics were adopted by
ambitious to ride upon the first
-1'ly az z o'clock the first OF the
uerc admitted 20 the station
vhsn The FIRST train dashed In
around the loop a hearty cheer
~ As soon as the fivc cars
ven allied the train was sent
! people turned out en- masse 70
r,l the new road and Il Is esti-
Z hat nearly 10000 rode during
rcnlng Hundreds Of policemen
ven stationed along the route.
BE- crowd was so orderly that
i q The reserves were sent back
sf precinct quarters.
) ubvay runs through some OF
Eost crowded portions Of the city
va IN these places that the
rains were given a welcome ia
-J with the event.
= run 20 Brooklyn bridge was &C
-ised Ia 20 minutes. which in
eight stops. Running az times
qesd ~ mile a minute In the
.llkless OF the tunnel. the train
By stations which could only
tlEulshed by a glare OF light
D. black mass OF spectators.
okim bridge was the terminus
: express run and theyc a noisy
ilie recruited from Brooklyn and
a'ian WED with each other In
Z The precursor OF rapid transit.
Ply less noisy was the reception
ne train bearing Mayor McClel.
nd his party IN the afternoon.
-ayor stood in the power box and
Is minutes piloted the train
9 the catacombs Of the subway
\ cry han Co Washington Heights
construction OF the tube has
cihcultics Of character prob
leTer faced In such a work. Por
q it passed under skyscrapers
i1s costly and specially designed
1.ng systems. and practically us
length lies under a crowded
requiring the solution OF such
ms as those involved in the dis
neat Of hundreds OF sewers
CT them great trunk conduits
OF intricate and interlacet
e wires. gas. water and steam
and all without seriously In
g The services OF these essen
Q the life OF a great city.
oundations were encountered
expected places and quicksands
W Rowing springs and long for
streams frequently called into
very device Of modern engineer
nus 10 meet perilous emergen
About 100000 cubic yards o
Won Wero made for the tunnel
M OF which was stone. Al
Sairsd blasting another serious
vas encountered in devisinl
'or The safe use OF explosives
--f In those portions OF tn,
sniea we're IN the form Of opel