The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-28
THE STORY OF The SUBWAY.
m GET 4 START TOOK 80 YEARS;
IN BIJLD THE ROAD BUT -FOUR.
s,s 600. 900 OF Capital Put Into It-Cot
In Convenience and Hurt 10 Business
Enornous--But Completed II IL
triumph OF Underground Railroading.


More han s1a'ooo'"oo OF caPta, 10 'oo" ,.a
mp in the rapia ''ane', '"'''""u CIV ~,
cqT 'ment which to-day MAKE une u'u
cry Tor transportation ',o'. w" ~
10 Harlem IN hileen ii'hu.ee u. .,
fulfilled I've oa r oo'v ~ Ios.' ot ".
Was s3''"o''"' me 'ee. 10 j" o''o, ~
power mouse an" u,rs'a'ro'''' =" % ="
slS''"' - W. 80
Of expense 49,,
An army o' lo'Vo' NV" -.
poyei III oun I,, ."e 'I hoa 'o. "o
squadron VI wv" iiaaa ;.s .,,i,,,,,an,
It's c"nS"uI''o"' us ,''. Va 49,, H.
ana P'ai'"e W, l's a,nle' W.. su ~ 1870.
ora'ions' ine t nn. ~ ~ ,nr Wv orr,,;nr
g'u"" ts",' - .ho r. has baa,,
aa,ad,ta;,
rcln'n'n'u ~ 49,, n'' T. ~ - ..o ,s,a
n'lr n'' '.n,.y 49,. ~ =, T., ,ha ,,nnor
a'oS''.'', va. ,';i. tas 1901 H.
"'' ~ ~, $3.50, ,,'a ,,,siast hiahvays ~
nS' CIV '',osn Wv 80 ,,,er,.t ;aaa
'.' o"' so. 80 .ha ,,,aa,,a,,;na uere
VI Wv ,h.l ..h;.h -,n,,e,, fo;nt
ar 'o',r, -. s,.e -, ,ha 81,
no.I'' VI W. W. WV ..
''n ~ Ii 80, -, ,.,toriaI
az XXX a., ooo nn,io ,,rds u,as rock
o' wy" 80 .,tio. ~ ., -. rIo.tad ,rh;la
W., 'Dno ,, ~, n,nnas;da or o,.erheod
ran ..n.;o, a. ooo tons ~ st..I ond
~ 20 St TO-, h.,.. ha.,, ,ood.
.,n ooo .a,ds 80 oonorata nd non r,, mo ooo
''V' .ae h,,.a taar LA
o,,oa. ~ 1901
'' .ha ars,.o.od r,i,ro.d hos hoen
oe.'e'.' VIC
GUY Wy ; ,d 81. ,oss 70
~ Wv, -, - ~ vs.,,. -
~ii'c', .'I" - In anu es 80
sul".l'..u s.,.;..;ap 49,. .hosa y. va 49,,
'fe'. al. Nv NV -. IT,.
equally ols al,u Juss ae .o w.. Wna,s 49,
oesail eool ai.ei Ii",oi 80
ule rfso spauelui VI 9"'n - 30
PARK IN March, fSVo' anu ''iey 'a''eu nearly
I'VE years
1t was the nrst Undertaking OF .ne klliu
here, and II had taken hght Oh .m.V
years and more 10 make i.s beginning
possible. 10 ee' s'A!. at all VIC ene
PRISE hao 10 oe mace al'iac'Ne' VI no one
would nave uhoertakeh ". .api'ai "as
shy OF IT, anyway contractors were wary.
30 the oon1rac' hAo W oe uie"n eo os W
give the man VINO was 70 puiiu .he loaa
the greatest possipie advantages III oui'u-
ing IT,
He was permitted 10 40 one "ork 'hioueh-
out the length OF the Guy oy open cutting
he could plant MS machinery ABOVE slouho
almost where he pleased. Inc streets
under which the subway was 10 pass were
practically handed over 10 MN ana ms
sub-contractors TO DO with (the haPio
Transit Commission permitnng) as they
pleased. It was noted later when the
work was we'll under way that few pieces
~ ,ee;slation comforting such all embrac-
oi 'es sse.a - ,ha panid Transit act Gave
had ever passed at Albany.
The business men along the line OF the
.ubvav who suffered most by It complained
h;,tar,,, a. time went on. A few were
o,t.ey ..r,v so tn. i,nony.n,enoad
nutse Complained, too, but to NttIe purpose.
When they saw that there was no heip Ior
it they submitted with as good grace as
possible. New York had to have a SUBJ
r - .h;, h.d s.ar,ed Tho on,v INV to
way anu .nl' no. ee. WY Dc. =.
get 1t. SOMEBODY mao 70 pay. nue IL
was made certain in time that there were
better WAYS than this, and that never
again would the city UNDERGO 80 much
as aa,,,r ~. s,d ;neonvan;eno. And
neeu'ee ss $50. -" .,.aus;an 49, ,onar
Broadway was planned open exoavating in a
busy street was abandoned, as IL now
80. ,,oh.hlo Tor oood
eeT,ne pioD s
but now eha' 'le "oiA nSs al oeen uone
1t is the testimony OF engineering experts
at home and from abroad that this Is the
finest handsornest, most complete and
hest souipped underground railroad in the
oo'C Pp 90 =. A..
world. compared WIN @ne Aonoon
tunnels and the Paris suoWays are years
behind the tunes, JUST ee the great 81.
Gothard ana Mount GEMS tunnels are
pygmies TO IT In sue
lu stations are more commouous' more
Accessible, better hgnteo' Doteer venu-
lated ana nicer 70 LOOK az. IS trec@ are
more extensive ana better arranged. Inc
safety devices are more oomP'ete Inan any
hltnerto planned me tnIo TAI s COW
eied, TO prevent INJURY from Gontact some
OF the cars are steei aho aoeoutely non,
compusupie ana non-oe,eeoopaole ano ~
mu pc 30 soon. IN tne cypress uaoks
an o-pneumsIo Diock sl&hal system,
specially oeVissd, automatically makes
colsion Impossible
Engineers cannot run past oangef sig
mas on the express trHchs. Small iroh
bar rising antomaucauy pesloe tne ran
catches . waive OF tne aliorake as Ihe
train passes and stops IL mstsnter. Inc
train In the danger zone aheao automau-
caiiy sete the Danger signai.
flre cannot spread m the subway.
grounoeu curreht cannot ue up more tnan