. The street railway review . DEEP TUNNEL NORTH OF 104TH ST. PARK AVE. BETWEEN 33D AND 41ST STS. celebrated. The spot in City Hall Park from which the mayor tookthe earth was marked by a commemorative tablet bearing the date,the contractors name, and the names of the commissioners, as fol-lows: Alexander E. Orr. president; John H. Starin; Woodbury Lang-don; George L. Rives; Charles Stewart Smith; Morris K. Jesup;Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor; Bird S. Coler, comptroller; WilliamB;irclav Parsons, chief engineer. Another difficult piece of cutting was under Park Ave., from 33dto 41st St. Here the Rap
. The street railway review . DEEP TUNNEL NORTH OF 104TH ST. PARK AVE. BETWEEN 33D AND 41ST STS. celebrated. The spot in City Hall Park from which the mayor tookthe earth was marked by a commemorative tablet bearing the date,the contractors name, and the names of the commissioners, as fol-lows: Alexander E. Orr. president; John H. Starin; Woodbury Lang-don; George L. Rives; Charles Stewart Smith; Morris K. Jesup;Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor; Bird S. Coler, comptroller; WilliamB;irclav Parsons, chief engineer. Another difficult piece of cutting was under Park Ave., from 33dto 41st St. Here the Rapid Transit tunnel drops below the presenttunnel through which the conduit tracks of the Metropolitan StreetRy. are laid. It was necessary to shore up the existing tracks aswell as the old tunnel foundations, a task, while not involving newprinciples of engineering, called for considerable care and delicacyto avoid interruption to the street railway service, cars being runhere on 30-seconds headway. Sept. 15, ipor.] STREET RAI
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