New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
TO HURRY SUBWAY
Fourth 4Uenue Brooklyn Line
VIII Be Pushed.

Pursuant to promise, the Public Service
Commission started right in yesterday to
push the construction of the Fourth avenue
Brooklyn subway. made possible the day be
fore by the Board of Estimate The reso-
luton passed by the board was received in
the morning, and forthwith the commission
sent letters and other messages to the sue
cessful bidders for the contracts to call and
execute the papers They are expected to
show up tomorrow.
The contractors deposited from $4,000 to
sl2,JC0 each and unless the contracts are
executed within ten days the money put up
as security will be forfeited Each con-
tractor will have 10 put up a bond of $780,
G0c, or cash to that amount and in sixty
days actual work will have to be started.
There was a report that one or more of the
successful bidders might give up the con-
tract owing TO the advance in the cost OF
materials since the bids were handed in, but
none has SO far shown any desire TO back
out.
There are six sections upon which work
is to be begun within the two months speci-
fled in the agreements. The contractors
and the price for which they have agreed
TO do the work follow:
Section and contractor Railroad anr r.1,s2'.. Pin.
!. Nassau street
Wloughby street:
James p. Graham. :. 81 ,O2o, AIS 55 s1o1. .s7a 55
. Willough5v street to
lam Bradley .. 1886. .019 90 5s.G95 90
lam bradley ....... 1882, oe1 30 COS. .15s 90
4. Sackett street 10th
Construction Co. 2,ess, $50 30 aO6.6I2 90
g. 10th street to 9th;
James p Graham. 80 1,413 635 60 --
Same; T. f. Brysou
and 1idewater Build
g. 9th street to 13d:
f +. smith Con
structlon Lo.-.-.---- 2soS"s- >" Ii".ee9 w
Totals ............. si43J4 757 - s999 ST. 80
Nj Bradley was the contractor who de-
posted s1250o, the other men or companies
having put up $4,000 forfeit money. it is
expected that surety companies will go
on the bonds. Mr.. Graham and Mr..
Bradley have already told the commission
that they ready to go to work as soon
the papers have been signed. The Tide
water Building Company and Mr.. Bryson
have announced that they intended 20 in
vestigate conditions before deciding TO 60
ahead. member Of the commission said
yesterday:
IF any company should default on the
contract there will he no delay. No new
advertising fer bids will be necessary. All
the commission would have TO do accord
ing 10 the law, would be to accept the
offer of tho next lowest bidder. and all the
bidders who were second have posted
forfeits. And any bidder who defaults will
forfeit the deposit, and I believe that there
will he no one willing to do that"
It is expected that everything will be
ready for the beginning of actual work
before the expiration of the ten days limit.
The commission is determined to accele-
rate the subway construction in every way
possible and it was said yesterday that
silver loving cup might be put up as a
prize for the contractor who first begins.
4 possible dispute with the Finance De
partment has loomed up. but it was
learned that this would be avoided when
the conditions were understood 1t was
said that the Controller asserted the
contracts had 10 be registered in his office
before the work could be begun. The com
missioners hold that, that would be neces-
sary only ii the whole cost of the i'm
provement had been authorized. In this
instance only s2,s00O00 of the cost had been
appropriated
South Brooklyn delegation called on
the commission yesterday to say nice
things about the commissioners and to find
out Just when the work was to begin and
what was being done to hasten it.