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New-York tribune., 1911-12-17


are now operated by electricity Instead
of steam We use electric hosting en-
gines now. motor trucks arc superscd~
Ing horses but. after all, the greatest
increase in efficiency Is found In ths
mon. These men have now had eleven
years experience in subway building
They have learned an enormous lot N
that time
Mr.. Bradley and the present chief en-
eineer Of the Bradley Contracting Com
panv met 4 few years ago under un-
promising circumstances. Bayly HIP
<ins. now chief engineer, was formerl"
! member of the engineering staft OF m,
Rapid Transit Commission.
Mr.. Hipkins was born In Baltimore
only very few years before Mr.. Brad
lev became the sole heir 10 that horse
and cart IN 18th street West. Mr.. Hip
kins. being from the South and de-
tarnined that the Broadway subway
should bc built I'm strict accordance with
his understanding Of some matters IN
dispute ran mp TO see young Bradley
the contractor on the job
Mr.. Hipkinss ancestors were Irish
and English: Mr. Bradley's ancestors
were Irish exclusively. Mr.. Hipk'ns
told Mr.. Bradley what he would have
t. do.
Mr.. Bradley declined to do it, and told
! Mr. Hipkins to start a desert some
place.
Mr.. Hipkins responded IN the mega
| tive so far as his own intentions were
concerned. and peremptorily instructed
NIr. Bradley to seek the hottest climate
! known.
Then they went around the corner TO
| Tom Healy's and had some luncheon.
II Is not ON record who settled for the
check. But the circumstance aroused in
each an admiration for the other
stamina. and it SO happened that Wien
Frank Bradley some time Thereafter
wanted chief engineer ne led Mr.. liit-
kins into his private office and made p
bargain With him.
The men who build our subwayS are
not those who furnish the money nor
the municipal officers who give their
consent. nor yet the men behind tn"
drills. The real builders are the engi-
neers. the men who map and plan. VINO
see the completed work through the
mass Of cobbIestone, asphalt dirt ana
rock which arc given ttem out OF when
10 carve an underground passage Tor
cars
Mr.. Hipkins is as modest as Mr.. Brao-
lev, and they do not make them anF
more unassumng than he. up to cor
tain point. you understand. These two
mon work together like two college
chums on the gridiron, and the work
touard which their faces are turned NJ
the Lexington avenue subway 'oo
ca pitulated thus:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-17
FRANK BRADLEY.

depth of the tunnel will run from tWen-
tv-fye fcct below the street surface &c
ninety feet.
Mr.. Bradley is under medium height
| and weighs 100 pounds. His hair Is
( light. his eyes a steady blue-gray. There
. is a sincere look in his eyes; his lips are
/ close set. In his use Of the personal pro-
noun he reminds one OF Wilbur Wright
/ He gives the impression Of perfect
health, and the idea that if the Depart
ment Of Health had not intertered with
his plans he would cheerfully abolish
sleep 10 hasten the completion of the
Lexington avenue contracts.
How many hours . DAY do you
work" M Bradley was asked, as the
automobile shot north toward the next
green and red building and high wrought
fence. covering a Bradley shaft
You have to keep at job like this
YOU know" he replied. unaffectedly, else
you might as well never begin il Usu-
ally am in TIE neighbcrhood Of trouble
from about o'clock in the morning until
Health has told me, though, that ] will
have 10 quit working alonc Lexington
avenue at night
And that action nv the Health Depart.
ment has more or less nettlod him.
Persons living in that neiehborhood have
TO sleep some time. The Department of
Health has told him that he must humor
them in this regard. If Mr.. Bradley has
no personal use for sleep. at least he
must go away and permit the Lexington
avenue folk 10 forget for a few sweet
hours the joys Of Christmas shopping
and tax bills on the way.
That is why, after sunset, Frank Brad
ley feels downcast There is nothing FOR
him 10 do until tomorrow.
It is not that hc wants To discommode
any one: by nature ne is gentle and
quiet. Even when ne is ON the firing
line. IN the presence of drills that sound
Hike regiment OF Chimes" rebels gatIing
for something new in government. he
rarely raises his voice
It,isn' that he IL backward. But when
the big chief of seven thousand men
speaks-Mr. Bradley SAYS they look Hk.
seven million on the payroll-usualIy "A
whisper is plenty.
4 f,w times he has felt called anon ia
discuss, in more eJaculatory tone, u
New-York tribune., 1911-12-17

We could by the old methods There
are many delicate problems to over
come, but the experience we nave hau
since the last subway has helped us
materially
NO mere subways will be built IN the
open-cut style, as was the present one
The method we are usins here is cut
and-cover. the same as Ne are tolloW-
ing on the Fourth avenue work. We
tear the street wide open, you see ana
then put down a covering OF pla ks 50
that the thoroughfarc can be used
Il have | 200 men at work here now.
This force can be increased 10 ABOUT
COCO men within q few months. by
neNt April I expect To have the fourth
avenue subway done. and there isn't
mrch NOR, to do up there under Crotoh
Lake
As fast as these Jobs are completed
the men will bc turned into tn" L"Ning-
tom avenue subway. | am going to beat
TN, contract time IL | can possibly do IT,
We are allowed four years I'm which to
du the work, and think 1t can he done
in three
This dislike of admitting that n" has
nothing to do until tomorrow mas hlaue
him successful an chopping oil many
months rom other contracts. lie was
almost 70 year ahead on his sub-contrac'
tor thu original subway when he got
from tho late John b. McDonald' ana he
Is IL year in advance VI requirements Oh
New-York tribune., 1911-12-17

lev at present has shafts located on the
east and west sides of Lexington ave
nue.. and more will soon be opened for
the construction Of Section 6. which eX-
tends under Lexington avenue from
nth 10 idth street Derricks and ma
chinery arc installed for the disposal
OF the material. and the operations are
We'll under way. At 33d street, between
Lexington and Fourth avenues. an air
compressor plant is being installed and
will shortly be placed in operation.
This man. who was born OF humble
parentasa Only thirty-three years ago.
in Yves. 4Sth street at q time when his
father William Bradley, felt wealthy in
the possession Of one horse and cart, is
the master mind IN the carrying out OF
5000, 600 worth Of contracts, has seven
thousand men IN his employ, whom he
must not disappoint on pay day and
among his numerous possessions owns
one thousand horses. Incidentally many
Of these horses weigh more than ton
and their average value is between $4O0
and $500
He has tecn awarded five Of the seven
Lexinetoa avenue subway contracts,
Enown as Sections 8. 8. 10, II and 10.
The extent OF Section has been stated
- bove That the reader may understand
the magnitude Of Frank Bradley's Lex
ingtcu avenue undertakings. which, by
the way, represent only an item among
his responsibilities, it should be noted
that Section extends i'm Lexington ave-
muo from SD 10 9th street; Section TO-
from 18TH to $50 street: Section H. from
93d 10 l05th street and Section IS, from
lISth to roth street
Thcee five sections call for the con-
structIon Of approximately $20OOOO0O
worth Of subway. The tunnel must be
built undor Il busy tboroughfare Count
less bulldogs must De supported ON both
sides of Lexington avenue. throughout
tho entire length Of the job-threc ana It
half miles, trolley ears must not be in
terfered with during tho operation; the
safety of v,hicular traffic and pedestr'-
ans mast be maintained: the efficiency
Of large Nat"r ana gas mains. telephone
electric light and power cables must not
be- lcssclcd.
Ir other words. Tho work must be done
without Inconvenience to the public. The
New-York tribune., 1911-12-17
totals 565. $50 s4L1oo sil,4lo 2ss.oi5 IS

what was your first job?' Mt. Brao'
lev was asked. on the way up Broadway
~ his home. in West 18th street.
"T was graduated from the high
school" he said, "and Immediately TOOK
IN hricklaying. was just crazy 70 90
~ work and thought I could never get
enough ~ It II I could just be allowed 80
,uit school. The first day l went -
work was a cold, frosty morning
hadn't handled a brick an hour until M
frozen fingers were dripping blood. Tho
romance Of work seemed 70 be knocked
out Of me that first morning, but IN
few days. by sticking 10 IT. my fnser
healed and in time / could handle brick
with any Of them
What was tho hardest job you eVer
had?'
"shoveling snow from the streets OF
New York" he replied promptly.
There isn't a bigger contract 70 handle
anywhere. The winter OF 1906 left
home on December ( and got back again
Christmas Eve. left home again on
Christmas morning and got back TO It ON
March 26 We had fifty-siN inches 81
snow that winter, and every inch Of
snow on the streets Of New York means
days work removing n
And that reminds me SAID Mr..
Bradley that if you are going 10 men
ton me don't pile on the frills too thick
In a little while the newspapers viii be
asking why We are not through With the
Lexington avenue job We are popular
lust now. but they viii begin to pound
pretty soon.
IAN tho time during that snow r"-
moval We were being pounded hv the
newspapers for being SO slow. Columns
were printed about the hosts OF unem-
ployed who would be glad of a chance to
handle "a shovcl. hut the public does
not know that after "A week of snow re-
moval there is not q force of men IN the
world that would not be- completely dis
! organized"
What is your favoritc recreation ~
/ MIR. Bradley was asked. lie seemed puz-
zlcd for a moment; then he said:
You might call it recreation, I>sup-
posc Anyway. like To visit our stables
on sunday mornings. And like To take
my four year-old boy to see the steam
shovels work He's crazy about the
steam shovel
New-York tribune., 1911-12-17

i both the Fourth avenue subway and
the Croton Lake siphon.
In Section 10 shafts have been located
at s4th. S7th and Goth streets, plant
installed and preparations already made
10 construct the local and express tracks
in the open cut which prevails between
S4th and Goth streets.
In Section II shafts have been located
at 96th. 97th and 10th streets, plants
installed and operations are under way
At FIRST avenue and 96th street COM
pressed air power plant has been erect
ed. containing AT the present time two
units of 35O-horsepower each. Ingersoll-
Rand compressors, driven by General
Electric motors of $500 volts \ ten
inch trunk line conveys the air from
/ this power house west in 36th street TO
Lexington avenue thence north ana
/ south TO the various shafts.
/ Mr.. Bradley was as pleased as boy
I with toy locomotive when Knowles
| stopped the automobile in front OF TINS
power house. In the first place, 1t Is
! treproof. the sides are built OF four
/ inch hollow tile blocks, the roof Is COW
/ cred with corrugated iron and the floors
concreted. Ultimately there VIII be Two
more units installed
/ He pointed out how the air trunk Ihe
/ is carried in a rather ingenious way INTO
| sections of 96th street at First avenue
Al First avenue, overhead, suspended
! from a single truss, it spans the entire
width of the avenue from curb TO curp'
with a siXteen-foot clearance, ana AT
second and Third avenues 1t Is carried
across on timber bents. with fourteen
/ foot clearance and without obstruction
to pedestrians or vehicular traffic.
Section Is was awarded to Mr.. Brad
Low on November Il. and preparations
are being made to locate shafts at lloth'
10th and 122d streets. AS yet nothing
has been really done.
Drills that open up vistas III the roch
ono hundred feet below the sidewalks ol
the metropolis produce in the process
what would commonly be emphasized as
= horrible noise. This sound strikes
lIr Bradley's ear as something far more
musical than grand opera. Caruso
New-York tribune., 1911-12-17
Great Excavator and His
Chief Engineer, Bayly Hip
kins, Delving Fast Under
Lexington Avenue.


have not been too engrossed in the
1TcNamara case, perhaps you have
noticed q series of neat grsn and red
r-,.;drue, at many of the c.rners. But as
,or have plunged uXuriously along that
,horouehfare i'm your automobile or stood
r..,.r has 1t occurred To YOU that l''oV
mon were az work underground?
So much has been written about the
Now subways, so many fiery speeches
b.,yc been uttered 10y the Mayors OPP
u,,.nts. So many cpistles carrying
-tiuac. have been sent forth 10y the
Alavor. that the man of average intel'i-
.ar.. might find b. embarrassing 10 be
asked just what is being done in the
matter of tho Lexington avenue subway
that is. outside Of platform oratory ON
the ou. hand and paraphrasing Epictetus
on tn, other.
70 learn the present situation the
TrUu. man SOUGHT ont Frank Bradley
IN ,hrtt-tnr a-E,ar-old president OF the
Ils.le- Contracting ComrenV. Tn" new
suuv.-. cain for an expenditure "l
.omathfr- like S1500no oOn Mr. Brad
,o,.- share m them viii probably amount
' ...-. '-' '"N" ''''
H-'.H N''.' 'ol''ia.'s ''''' '.'l
NIT. >-'''''''" iie s'lI 's "''''
~f. Tho tribune man Over 'n' ~ '.
Perhaps ms "2olo Dc d S'o' l'i''-.
state taay gong over 'A' WIN i,'
rrars Bradley does not mean solely
f.aH1ins over the surlaee III 'l's "''.
meo'.. That is one OF lIle Hd1a'"S III
Noiveo aHt the invitation includes r'Clils
6o"a ladders evadlns. II possible ths
fore md oft compartments OF oncomihs
and departing mules takin5 care OF
New-York tribune., 1911-12-17

,oanent structure will he erected at tne
sbaft for hosting cXcavatng material
from II.
II being remarked that the hulldiflss
and fences surrounding the shafts were
unusually attractive in appearance MI
Bradley said:
"Mv purchasing agent has kicked d
Good deal about the amount OF paint
we buv. but I told him had to look at
those shafts every day and wanted them
nice"
Asked about the opportunities for. utl-
uzinr improved methods in building the
new as compared to the old subway MT
Bradley said:
81 am using electricity instead oi
steam and compressed air. This enables
ue tn work much faster. 1t has meant
that have had to add an electric pant
IN our ALREADY large equipment put
electricity is fast taking the place oi
steam. and it is better in many ways
Another big Improvement ] am max
inc is the installation of big steam
shovels right in the subway. The big
trench is large enough to permit OF
This and il means that we can take out
twice as much dirt in the same time d.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
OFFICIALS WRATHY
BECAUSE SCHOOL
FUND IS HELD UP

That political interests in Hudson
from the Town of Kearny $500 0 of
the State school money in order that
use might be made of the funds or in
terest earned thereon by favored in
stitutionS was strongly intimated last
night by President Gerrish Newell at
the meeting Of the Kearny Board OF
Education. Mr.. Newell was much put
u yesterday to find that the none
due Kearny and which the state had
sent to the Hudson county treasurer
on January 81 had not yet been turned
I'VE to Town Treasurer Burton L,
Garfield, as the law requires. He was
especially vexed to learn, too, that the
town had lost much in interest on
bank loans made to get money with
which to pay teachers salaries.
The salaries should have been paid
out of the State money, which could
have been in the Kearny town treas
ury fifteen days ago Mr.. Newell
blamed County School superintendent
NJ. H. Kinsley for not sending the Gus
tomary voucher to Kearny as soon as
the county got Kearny's portion from
lllG oldlS. WIlSL lil6 IlOIiGy ulu HOt
arrive yesterday Treasurer Garfield
called up Mr.. Kinsley. who, In turn,
told the Kearny official to see County
Treasurer Eagan. as he was not sure
that all of Kearny's allowance was In
the county treasury, especially the
State railroad tax. If Kearny wanted
the money, however, he said, the off,
Gals could go to Jersey City and get 1t.
Mr. Garfield notified MIR. Newell, and
the latter also got busy, with the re-
suit that they went to the county
treasurer and got $49,471.27 from him
yesterday afternoon. He declared that
he was not keeping the money from
Kearny, but merely awaiting a voucher
from the county superintendent. Last
night at the School Board meeting Mr..
Newell characterized the action of the
latter official as inexcusable.
The total amount of money coming
TO Kearny from the State this year Is
$7S,319.14, and the difference between
that and the sum received will be
transmitted later.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
RECEIVER is N
FOR REALTY CONCERN.
Court Acts Upon Petition Of is.
sex County Creditors.
rspeclal o the NsHark star

DHttldl " lAI "
TRENTON, Fen. 10. Upon petition q
r. izabeth Valentine, Of montclair. ana
others. Judge Cross. In the United
States District Court. has appointed
Harry r. Reeves, of Newark, receiver
of the Metropolitan Mercantile and
Realty Company. of ESSEX County. inc
complainants charge that the concern
is insolyent, has committed an act of
%bankructcy by transferring properly at
Forty-sixth street and Eighth avenue,
New York, to certain creditors to pre-
fer them.
The other complainants are William
T. Brown, Bessie L. Brown, John
Nusent, all of Montclair, and Amelia
Gilmore, OF East Orange. The concern
owns real estate in Railway, Plain
field, East Orange aad Bergen county,
in his State; Sag Harbcr, y. y. and
elsewhere. :
A. suit for the appointment Of A re-
ceiver Is also pending N the Court ut
Chancery and the governor has de-
clared the charter of the corporation
forfeited for non-payment Of Its an
nual franchise tax fer .he past Two
years. The compliments are creditors
of the company for money loaned on
promissory notes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
KEARNY-ARLINGTON.


Considering New school.
No meeting has yet been held by
the Kearny Board of School Estimate,
but it Is expected that the board will
be convened by Mayor Louis NJ. Brock
early mex week to consider the ques-
ton of appropriating money for the
purchase of a site for a new No. 2
school In the lower end Of the town
end a site for a ninth school building
in the upper n of Kearny. At the
school board meeting last night a reso-
luton was adopted again asking the
estimate board to make early provision
for the rebuilding of No. 2 School, the
present structure being declared to be
unsafe, insufficient and unsanitary. 1t
was also decided to allow pupils to
enter in February instead of requiring
them to wait until April. so that they
would get two months more schooling.
Miss Sadie Ashford. of 622 Chestnut
street, Arlington, was taken i'll in the
Celluloid Works, Arlington, yesterday,
and had to be removed to ST. Michaers
Hospital in the Kearny town ambu-
lance.
The North Arlington Club will meet
tonight and make arrangements for
buying a fire alarm bell for the Dor
ough. A drawing for the purpose win
be held at Paffendorff's Hotel on
March 4.
Pride of Arlington Council, Daugh-
ters of Liberty, will have an advertise
ment dance tomorrow night at Quincy
Hall, Arlington. and prizes will be
awarded to those who wear the most
fancy costumes copied from magazine
Illustrations. Many state officers Will
The real estate firm of Smith &
of North Arlington, has been
dissolved by mutual consent, and Bor-
ough Tax Collector Richard L. Smith
will carry on the business alone.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
HOME M SCHOOL LEAGUE
ANNOUNCE LECTURE COURSE

The lecture in the course of the Home
and School League, of Orange, and the
Board of Education tomorrow night
will be Jamaica" The lecturer VIII De
the Rev. George A. House. and many
interesting lantern slides will be shown
The new rule will be observed, thaf
children under is cannot be admitted
unless accompanied by an adult, VINO
will take care OF them.
The subjects for the three evenings
have been arranged for and are as fol-
lows: March 8, Fairgrounds III.
Myron T. Scudder; March II, Nature
Study DIR. Edward F. Bigelow, Both
will be illustrated by lantern slides
March 81, Edison moving picture dem
onstration, in the afternoon for children
and the same program for adults in the
evening.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
FRIENDLY SONS PLANNING
ST. PATRICK'S DAY BANQUET

The energetic committee in charge
of the sixth annual dinner of the
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick, of the
Oranges, on Saturday evening, March
is, at English's banquet hall. East
Orange, is seeking to make the function
a big success, and invitations were sent
out today to the pr 1pective diners.
James p. Kelly, chairman of the COM
mittee in charge this year. will be
POSTMASTER, and the speakers will in
clude7 Martin Gonboy, OF East Orange,
who will talk on THE Day We Cele-
brate;' Mr.. Farmer, of Jersey City,
a humorous speaker; the Rev. w War
rem Giles, of East Orange. who will
discuss Friendly Sons of New Jersey"
and the Rev. Fred O'Naill, of Newark.
who will talk on Irish History"
h committee in charge included Mr..
Kelly, chairman; Edward S. Perry,
James r. Cusack, treasurer; Thomas
J. M%ulgrave and p. j. Regan. The as
semblage will include men of a I walks
OF life in the city, and is II Of the
jolliest gatherings of tho season. Jssler.
OF Newark. will have charge Of the IN
strumcntal music. and songs will he q
feature noted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
RESERVES DECISION IN
CITY'S FLAT WHEEL CASE.
East Orange Magistrate Wants
Time to Look Up Ordinances.

In the East Orange Police Court to-
day Recorder Francis A. Mott. jr.. re-
served decision in a case in which the
Public Service Railway Company was
the defendant and the city of East Or
ange the complainant, the latter charg-
ing that trolley car No. 1927 was run
In Main street on February ? when the
wheels of the car were flat. This is a
violation of a city ordinance which car
ries a fine of $50.
l.. d. Howard Gilmour represented
the Public Service and argued that the
fiat wheels or the car in question de-
veloped in a single trip, due probably
to the brakes being quickly applied.
This, he said, is almost impossible to
prevent in the icy weather, because OF
slipping. He also contended that the
car had made only two trips and was
taken off after the rush hours.
Borden d. Whiting, city attorney, was
counsel for the city. He had Superin-
tendent of Schools Vernon l.. Davey,
Chief of Police James Bell and Patrol
mon Stephen Van Brunt and William
Alberts give evidence against the trac-
ton company,
The recorder said he would take Some
time in order to look further into the
meaning of the ordinance regarding the
fine to be imposed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
CRITICIZE METHODS OF
MUNICIPAL

The alleged lax methods OF the muni-
eipal bookkeeping system of North
Arlington We're criticised in a report
submitted to the North Arlington Bor-
ongh Council last night by Aerpert b,
Greenwood, an count Tne op]ect
OF d comnent was the oi
former Borough Coliector Franz nck.
MARI, put curlousiy' II was Drousn.
out IN the document that the poroush
owes fockhardt $s4'oo' Whlcn aIilount ne
turned over 10 ms successor IN oiliee'
hlchard Shith, IN excess OF whal was
ous the muhicipahty.
mo report aiso saio that ~
.hsIe Is no record Oh tne Dol'ueu ~
uep'eahess OF the borough. "A re1 n,
nlenuatioh Is maze 10 pay Ml, IN
nPrut paek the @s4oo' ~Susses,ions az