New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-30

4--te-iis FOite -seconC-sJ 70 get into It's present
condition:
Alexander K OBJ president Morris S6sT cIsai JesuD
2 ste@a smith, eo agGF e. F. Mo6 4dai
Woodbury. LsngdOn.
George L. Rives and Albert 81 Boardrnan ara
. counsel to the commission
The commission almost seems to submit TO the
view that whatever the contractor and sub-con-
tractors care 10 do with the streets in convert
ing them into storeyards FOR building materials
ard tools IS proper and necessary for the
prosecution Of the work. The commission
unanimously consented 10 allow Chief Engt-
neer William Barclay Parsons to accept an
appointment as commissioner on E London
4 board charged with the laying out of
rapid transit system Of tunnels for London. The
large discretionary powers vested in the chief
engineer are supposed 10 be vested in Acting
Chief Engineer George S. Rice. When asked
saturday about the progress Of the work in
rorty-second-st., Mr.. Rice said that the con-
them.
Mr.. Mcdonald and his principal assistant are
OUT OF TOWN and viii not be back till next
Tuesday said the second assistant at Mr.. Nc
Donald's Office.
7 HAVEN'T BEEN NEAR FORTY-sEC-
chief engineer OF electrical construction. We
are not alone in that nlix-up. We HAVE TO
WAIT FOR THE EDISON PEOPLE AND THE
CONSOLIDATED GAS PEOPLE AND THE
WATER DEPARTMENT PEOPLE. It's
progress is painfully slow
who are the financial hackers OF the Degnon
Contracting Company" Mr. Deyo asked.
Governor Herrtck Of Cleveland, Ohio, and
The OCses ere the leading capitalists in the COM
Dany. Governor Eerrick is vice-p president Of the
company, and he and the Otises are respon-
STOLE men" said MI. Deyo.
MR.. DEGNON HAS GONE OUT OF TOWN
ana VIII not be back Til some time next week.
said Nathaniel J. Haywood. secretary Of the
pegnon Contracting Company, at the companys
Offices in the Park Row Building Friday
Are you going 10 be able TO restore Forty
soonest 10 normal conditions by Saturday
night or next week. as promised by Mr.. Deg
non on Tuesday, he was asked.
OH. DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
THAT replied Mr. Haywood I was told by
The engineers to-day that the work was going
briskly IN FOrty-seCOnd-st. and that thew will
begin filing IN tomorrow Saturday morning
That means that the work is getting pretty well
along"
At the Office OF August Belmont & Co i- was
sad that John 3. Mcdonald was solely respon-
sibie for the tunnel contract. Mr.. Belmont was
paying only ordinary attention 70 the mechan-
real details.
MIGHT AS WELL BE IN wEEHAwKF,,y."
The people in the buildings on the north side
Of Forty-second-st., between Fifth and Sixth
ayes. are practically isolated. We might az
Well be f. Weehawken." said Joseph P Nc
Hugh. Of Joseph p. McHugh & Co our Gus
toners could reach US just as easily" For fully
one-third the width OF the street there IS a
FaVu-ng chasm where the pavement has been
a
twenty men water main The water pipes are
scattered along the street. A rampant five 10
seven feet high lines the edge o. ne T-o1t. This
LaihpaI- made OF the paving blocks and the dirt
from the trench. has two small gateways
through which one might sally from the be-
.eaguered buildings 10 a stTeetcar.
SO serious has the condition in the basIeged
oUl-ulngs grown that Mr.. McHugh called Ihe
attention Of the Health Department on Satu--
DAY 10 the fact that there was no way OF re-
moving garbage from them The Health De-
partnent said THAT the street Cleaning Depart
Hnent should attend 10 that There-was no one
AT me stree Cleaning Department 70 attend 10
anything, Mr.. McHugh declared. A letter TO
ne Mayor was taken by the sergeant on duty
NJ the Mayors Office. bu- neither the Mayor nor
relief
Ny opinion Of this thing would melt the t--ra
and burn The paper" said 8I~. McHugh in COM
menung on the blockade We have per!tioned
ana complained, 10 be sent from the Rapid
Transit Commission 70 the contractors and
rom the contractors 10 the Mayor. Nobody
seems 70 have the power TO remedy this evil II
ne tribune keeps on with its work. however
mere VII probably be a shaking Gp 10 the
No one comes into Forty -second-st now IN
less he can't go anywhere else. Business all
along the street has sufTered-hovy rr1r,rr nobal-
can tel Most Of my customers drive 10 my
D-ace- How can carriage drive through The
-'fth-ave-, how could irs occupants get across
mag trench and over the wall OF rocks here
for three years the street has been almost i'm
D4a7-D-e We wouldn't complain at anything
-easonable. but It seems as II there were some
malignant force working against Us here. TN.
street has been torn up the pavement reiaid
and, TWO or three weeks later the same section
has been torn up again. The least can say is
that IL mighty unskilful piece OF engineer
ing
George F Parsons. Of Ga Nun & Parsons was
pesslmIsLic TO the chance Of getting Forty
Second-st. free for traffic. Mr. Degnou says
he'll clear & Up IN a week does he2'' asked Mr.
Parsons. I'm willing 20 venture that it'll lie
several weeks al the least before this street Sc
l-s5a5l IT'S IL has been for the las.
three years. only a bit worse For eighteen
months there not day when d carriage
90 I'D get through this block with safety. What
CO you suppose that does 10 our business along
here? 7 have lost every day SO or 800 In cash
ceiIent claim against the subway people, but
I'd rather have clear street Every other
house is fl the same tx, save that some bust
nesses where there Is shipping or receiving Of
large parcels would be Inconvenience more
. seriously than 7.
There may be 4 reason for all this. but It
isn't apparent 70 US. I don't know whether the
+, longer the men work this job the more
money they make. It certain We poor people
have tried every means 10 hurry the work and
have appealed TO every source which should
have authority, and there's never been any no.
ticeab bic result. FoTty-secOnd-st. has evil
, name all over the country Its condition, be-
sides the loss to business men, causes vast in
/ convenience to the many who have to go through
the street 10 the Grand Central Station and the
elevated stations. We've reached the limit Of
/ our endurance"
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