Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-01
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new YORK SUB.
WAY COMPLETED
one OF The Most Colossal Pieces
or Work Ever Undertaken
BY Man
CONTRACT FOR
S35,OOO,OOO
Difficulties VI The Undertaking
without Parallel. Figures
That Astonish

NEW YORK. Aug I-lohn y Nc
Donald, Tie contractor ~ the most
colossal piece AZ ~englpeering work
ever undertaken 81 man, has made
good Trns ID bis promise " sew
eral months ago Mr.. Mcdonald toias
turned the New York subway, ON
pisga iii practically All q its details
oyer 10 the operating company. AI
few weeks vii be speat ID running
ex ~perinlensal trains and on Septeui
her / the finest and safest system
Of rapid transit In the Horid viii be
opened 10 The tesuing millions Of
New York
snrnounting all obstacles and prov
Ing superior 70 all difficulties Nj
Mcdonald has fulfilled The terms II
his agreement and accomplished Nhat
few believed was within the bounds
Of human possibility when the pro
visions 81 the s.oOo.O 900 contract
were announced i little y than
four ysars ago.
Extending from the battery 1t the
southern extremity IN Manhattan Ill.
and 10 Bailey avenue and 2seth street
on the west side III q long sweep OF
thirteen and q half miles % four.
three and two tracks. and fprtyseight
miles OF single track: from Tooth
street and broadway under Central
park, ID the east, under the Harlem
river 10 Hronx park and ls2d street,
q distance of sesen miles, or seven
teen and i half miles Of single track,
This ID the Manhattan division which
Mr.. Mcdonald today turned over 70
the operating company. To Brooklyn
another great system II being pushed
rapidly towaTd completion. Thus
spreading out from the heart Of thu
metropolis. like b gigantic spider
web, are more than aistyfiye miles
OF single track, covering a distane,
or twenty-five miles 81 space 70 b.
Travelled BY trains.
Mere figures are Inadequate to ex
press the extent Of this system. Tn,
largest single contract In the histor,
OF civilization was entered Into fol
the purpose OF constructing this won
dcrful System u transportation wheI
n is known that 1.700.22s cubic yards
Of earth and s2f.is2 cubic yards j
stone and rock have been e~xcayated
3ss.60s cubic yards Of rock tunnslled
$780, ss tons IL steel. 1882 ons 81
cast iron and $3.50 cubic yards u
brick used in the work. 10 say moth.
ing of the hundreds and hundreds
OF thousands Of cubic yards " water
proofing and concrete ana stone and
the 100000 linear feet Of steel tracks
and the hundreds Of thousands Of
tons 81 other material-one realizes
that a Yass undertaking has been &C
complished.
The difficulties 81 the work. too.
have been without parallel. Fifteen
miles 81 sewers had 10 be taken up
and Felaid-many Of them aimos, A.
big as the subway Itself. There we're
miles and miles o. gas mains AMI
water pipes and conduits that tHinej
themselves ID and oui and crossed
and recrossed The path ~ the under.
ground railway like 4 labyrinth
There were elevated railways and
surface railways that had 70 be IN.
derminsd. bui . blostered up BY
artificial construction that the daily
transportation and traffic 81 the
great city was not disturbed Blocks
and blocks o. busy Broadway 10 The
upper part N the city we're hoilowed
out ike q flute. Tunnels we're fear.
Iessly bored under lover Broadway.
reaching almost - me very foun8a,
lions q The big skyscfapeu and
brushing AGAINST the VANS of Trinity
church, whiie above The rumble III
the electric cars and the rattle q DE-
carts never ceased Iii regard ID
the SIT. 4 Il sufficient 10 state Tia,
Il amounted t0 ! mtilou dollars !
mile.
Persons Who have 4 unti0ual
dislike p riding il tunnels. based br
the mo- part won agesat a.
pefience. ned a bo msgiyiugs
about TO- Throughout
entire length III Is 81 light g.
day IL VT hnar Eer ams apt
arc lights tae Ii ana Hln
from beginning q
Modern meih0 hat8 sbIas.