New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-18
RUSH WORK IN SUBWAY
70 Per Cent of Excavation Of
Fourth Ave. Line Completed.

F0urln ave. Lite CUlllpleleu'
SEVENTH De~ cent ~ tho work Of eXcava-
zion i'm the Fourth avenue subway mas
been completed since the first sod was
turned Tn November. laoe. and the concrete
work and steel construction is being rap
ldl, advanced. About one million one nun
drad and twenty-five thousand cubic yards
~ excavation lave been made. The Worh
f NJ oxcavatirr has been comparatively easy
as mo- rock ras been encountered tho SOL
heinz sand and gravel. with occas'onai
bou-lde-e. TIE contract price FOR tho un-
de~taking ~ y15,SSs3N -. There are six sec
tons. covering about four miles Of four
track suhwar. extending from the Brook
lvn end of the Manhattan Bridge through
FTsrbush avenue extension Fulton street.
Ashland Place and Fourth avenue 10 500
street
I'm recent report Of the engineers the
work iu the six sections is described as fol-
? lows
Fi-st-FIst bush avenue extension, from
/ Nassau street n WillouGhbv street which
i4 being built by Smith. scott & Co. 10
whom tho contract was assigned by James
- Graham. the contract price being Sill
ST. le Tho work was begun on March l''
1910 since which time 1900 cubic yards,
more than half the total work Of eXcava-
,iou. have been removed. Here three hun
dred men are constantly employed, using a
Gras bucket operated from a boom. The
material IS taken by tramway 20 dock.
dumDed on scows and towed 70 Newark
Bsv where IL is used for flling. This cut
/ is completely excavated between Myrtle
avenue and Bridge street From the Myrtle
avenue station and FOR some distance west
the subway structure itself IS mostly COM
R pleted. and the interior finish OF the station
soon viii be begun.
Second-From the Flat0ush avenue extern
sion and Fulton TO willoughby street and
Ashland Place. William Bradley. contractor
the contract price being s3,49l.74 Ground
was broken in FlatDush avenue extension
near Dekalb avenue on November 3 1893.
The cut is open in the Flatbush avenue eN-
tension. but on account Of the great traffic
in Fulton street. the excavation is covered
Overhead cables carry the material in buck
cts and dump It on platforms az street In
/ tersecti0ns. Much OF ID is used In filling IN
yards al Fourth avenue and Sd street, and
some OF &c for films in around the harbor.
About two hundred and six thousand cubic
Naros OF material nave Deeh eAcaF ateu' OF
oDoul lHIes-H4tilS oI me "hole. ABOUT S'~
hundred men some Of whom are working
on night shifts. are engaged IN the work
Third-Ash.and Place and Fourth ave
nue., from Fulton street TO sackett street
IMAM orauley' ouldei' tAe CONTRACT
price being $3.6o.2-550 Work was begun
on December -. 1919 The work is well
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Fitth-Tenth street 70 -'th street II
Fourth avenue. the IldeWater Building
Company and Thomas 3. Bryson' contrac'
tors the contract price being N,ls5'Ilo oo
Work began with the reconstruction OF
sewers in February. 1910. Locomotive
cranes are used for trimming and FOR sewer
excavation Excavated material Is loaded
into cars running in the subway trench