. The Street railway journal . rom the main wall of the building under the sidewalk andstreet pavement which for several feet beyond the east trackof the cable line is supported on trusses and provision had to be made for water, gas and pneu-matic tubes, which were encountered, the largest of whichwas a thirty-six inch main, located almost directly underthe east track of the road. This main was shored upwhile the brick foundation upon which it now rests, andwhich also forms the back wall of the wheel pit, was builtunder it. The other tubes and pipes were either carriedabove the
. The Street railway journal . rom the main wall of the building under the sidewalk andstreet pavement which for several feet beyond the east trackof the cable line is supported on trusses and provision had to be made for water, gas and pneu-matic tubes, which were encountered, the largest of whichwas a thirty-six inch main, located almost directly underthe east track of the road. This main was shored upwhile the brick foundation upon which it now rests, andwhich also forms the back wall of the wheel pit, was builtunder it. The other tubes and pipes were either carriedabove the pit or at one side on trusses or below thefloor. As the cable machinery was put in operation whilethe building was still far from completion, the engineshad to be run and the complicated work of cable stationoperation carried on actually under canvas spread forprotection against the falling bricks and mortar of thebricklayers at work. In spite of these adverse conditions,it is a fact which speaks well for the railway companys. J. D. CRIMMINS. engineers, that not a moments delay has occurred to theroad since the machinery was started, from any fault ofthe station apparatus. OFFICERS. The officers of the Broadway & Seventh AvenueRailway Company are: President, H. H. Vreeland; vice-president, D. B. Hasbrouck; secretary, C. E. Warren;treasurer, H. S. Beattie; superintendent, Henry A. New-ell. All construction work has been and is in charge ofMajor Geo. VV. McNulty, chief engineer, ably assistedby H. W. Brinckerhoff, N. S. Latham, Albert Carr andC. I. Earll. The engineer of operation is F. L. Hart. The Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railway is leasedto the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, a corpora-tion recently formed; being a consolidation of the Hous-ton Street, West Street & Pavonia Ferry, the Broadwayand the South Ferry Railroad Companies. The Metropol-itan Street Railway Company has the same officers as theBroadway & Seventh Avenue Company. The Metropolitan Traction Company is
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