The evening world. [volume], February 03, 1894, LAST EDITION, Page 6, Image 6

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J& r TnE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1894
THE CLOUDS
ARE LIFTING.
K Work for Thousands of Men
K. on the Sped jay and Park
r AYenue Improvements,
fll
PROSPERITY SEEMS ASSURED.
i
H" Faotories and Mills Starting Up
Hr and Hard Times Appear to
Hf., Be Nearly Over.
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1 NEW YORK'S GRAND DRIVEWAY.
IHp
; It Will Be a Credit to the City and
He Will Do Much to Relieve the
HR Present Distress.
JK. It Is Glad newt Mint "The nvening
IH'' World" has to tell to Its readers to-dn)
BB, Hard times arc coming to im ml, ami
flH prosperity will reign In New Yorlc 10
H t soon that by Springtime we will have
1 C forgotten wo were even Innl up
IH t Thoso to whom the management nf tho
i affairs of this city Is Intrusted ale 1k-
HM X stirring themselves nnd plans mil projects
1 for great public works nre being raplill
flB completed, so that rather Knickerbocker
ll ( will, before many (lnys have paused, lie
IB the employer of thousands of men who
IB have been Idle for so long.
M :
H
e contractor t. n i.i:aiiy.
Bj- Private enterprise Is doing Its hliaro
9lB; City factories nre taking on, r have
'' taken on, their wnnUil forces of woih-
L men and -workwomen, and the hum of
grSBac the machinery Is heard again
MBhE Architects report almost unanimously
lHtf that they are, and liae In en, bus), and
BJi building contractors are in paring fur a
ffftpj!, more active Hummer i impnlgu than
IHjji they have had since ivij
It: Bioreitecpers sav t lit re Is already a
lit' perceptible betterment of trade The
pjlV wholesalers, manufacturers ami Jnbbiis
K; ngreo that tho orders for the Spring
JHt. trade are coming In greater volume th in
j; last year, nnd much more cncouriMng
; BK advices nre reeled from the counti)
' p than had been hoped fur.
IBf '""" WIlNHII
flB,' The passage of the Vi INon bill for a
IBJb reasonable reduction of the tariff on the
nBl.J raw materials has cleared the atimisplieie
f the whole business cuuutiv, and until
K1 comes from every hecllon of a rem vial of
(, activity. Mills and factories of the Hist
IBJl and West aro furbishing tip tin Ir in i
IHK$ chlnery preparatory to .1 resumption of
IB9l? business, and Uncle Sim's children will
lHk be happy and prosperous again
Mi! ' As for this city, the npproval of the
lApr-r contracts for the construction of the llrst
flpHr section of the Harlem Ulver speechm),
IBJIV 'he prompt action of tho Di.pirtim.iit ot
ftH Public Works In the preliminaries for the
jHH3 beginning of work on the second me
k8H!C' tlon; the assured success of the movc-
H- ment for the great Riverside l'ark Im
FhHJ provement; tne construction of Corltars
h Hook Park; the beginning of work on tin
IHHJr Immense Job of raising the tracks of the
Hjf New York Central and Unison Hlver
gB", Hallway through l'ark avenue, thu ap
i Hflp i- preaching Increase of activity In work nn
B: the Macomb's Dam liridgc. and the new
MBVr railroad bridge across the llarUm River
N EBji are harbingers of happlm vs to thoti-
hBW, sands of families of this great iltj.
BHU AVurk. for 'I IiouhiiiiiIh.
BBJjj. Contractor James D. Iear, who built
BV an1 floated the great Noia facotlan raft.
flBS the biggest eer built, will have I'i.j1
BH men nt work on the llrst hecllon of the
BBV-4 Harlem ItUer Speedway bj a wiek fiom
BBp to-day, nnd Just as boon as the iil.ius
IBBk and specifications for the Heeoml and
BBpJ f much larger tectlon can be preinieil
PBBir bls advertised for and thu Lontr.icts
IBH awarded, twice as mail) more nun will
(Bg, have work. That will be In about s-l
nBHt ' weeks, and this work will be steid and
SBBl contlm.ous for the next fifteen or clh-
BBBfr teen months.
FSflL Tho work on the big swivel bridge
flK ncross the Harlem nt One Hundred and
flVt Fifty-fifth street nnd HU'hth inenue, u
BB fast reaching that stago where the
flBB, riveters will be called tipm to dot the
Kt huee structure all oier, anil the hus
BBV, "tap-tap" of their hamtmrs will be
l BBS, heard Just as soon as the weather le-
BBpj) comes suitable.
BBm The Park a enue lmpro ement w 111 glv e
l BBBV employment to thous mils of nun. arl
HdpBt.;, 'nlth the assurance of the Legislatures
BBBB sanction of thu ItUorsIl- Park
BBBBBB and the Corlears Hock Park constiui
BBBBpBF tlon. New York will be a busy beehUt
BBBBBBB when Spring opens,
BBBBV A JIilKnltlcenl
BBBBBEf The first of these public works to be
jBBE Bin will bo the Harlem Itiver f-peedwaj,
' M" which will, when completed tometlme In
B the Summer ot 1635, be a magnlflci nt
ly, E$ drive from the upper end of the new
ViBBfc viaduct at its Junction with One Hun
s' ,BB dred and rifty-flfth street nnd St. Nkh
pBBpEjt olas place to Djkman street, which
fe'H- rUns at the t00t ot tne 1,ort Otoi"ge
pKBaBV - bluff at One Hundred and Nlnet) -ninth
jMBBBA street and Amsterdam avenue.
MsBBBvi), There will be JC25.916 10 spent on the
IBBBjgfl first section of this work, which extends
1 flBEp, froP (h0 viaduct to High Ilrldge, a llt-
Sr , .BBH, j tie more than one mile, and nearly the
BsftBBBf whole of this sum will be divided
P BVk4 . toons the worklngmen employed by
K (BBBl ., Contractor Lenry, under the supervision
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Plan of the Park Avenue Improvement,
of his son, Dinlcl .T I.enry, who Is now
engiigid In Government wotk at Hputeu
Dujvll
Some lilt i may he gathered of the ex
tint of this work when It Is understood
that HJ,ll ruble junN of inrth ami stone
will liu to be i Mas iteil from the wist
Hide of tlii ciiitrne of the spmlwio, nml
It will ri(iilre ilVw cubic Minis of filling
to build the mid ener the pi ice win re
now the little bas and gulfs Indent tin
rugged Hhnre of the ilnrlim waterway,
for the hpeidwii) will be built mainly
upon litiiln now under water at high
tide and eedid to the city by the 1'ederal
(io eminent.
lt.'l.ll) n lllxliti MinL.
The ill edge in must cli-in nut I'iO.OOO
cubic janls of njiclnd stuff fiom the
bottom of the live r, and 2,M cable
Minis of loik must be taki n nut of the
rher bid, In low mi an low witer, lit
ili pths of from four to twi nt -seven fi rt
'I here will In 1,730 dm) cubic fi et of cilli
biilklie id to build ami 1.0 (x0 llmal feet
of piles to be ilrhni In to make a firm
foundation for this ilrlewa, which,
whin both HcitlniiH ate rmnpleted, will
be, pirlups, the Inline it ' In Idgc" In
Ami lit a
In the work PI () fi e I of timber nnd
pliml., biiMid imiiMiie. will be used In
the found itliuiH of the llm "l pliasuie
ilihi In this niuntrj
'1 hen will b" ' '.i) Hipinie Minis nf
p indy loam loadu i on u fntimlatinn nf
liiokiu Htime nml ilmleis, liieliiillug trap
block pnMiuiul In tin guttM, ami thin
i 111 be 1.SS r(KI mpmie fi 1 1 of imk nph lit
pnMiiiiut mi nibbli Mtnui' and Poitlinl
i e me nl com rete found itluns
eple il tlif Itii.nls.
rnmptiollei Pitch, u ting on the ad-
Ii i nf Corporation uuni I e'laiK. who
bnlilh iiinfi ihhI that his ligil nplnlou
as the counHi I for thin iiuinie lpallt w iti
Inftiii nml b the lllnnl medx uf the
thous mils of uiumpliiMil aicititul and
appnived of tin bunds siibmlttid bj Com-
tn "'
i
inn. mm: tMite tis i i si.tii or tup
si 1 I tiw
tractor l.earv 'I he wire futnlsliid b
.Inhii (1 Moore of the b inking houe of
Mniiie Nellie), SO llioulw.o, ami John
lluoil
Itli lll, pitrlotlsm mid In the Int. r
it of those fur whom tin imiiiiii
until ireilde wotk, 1'riHld.tit T.ippi n
promptly eMcuted the euiiti n I with Mi
Kill) ,MHteiud afti iiiiioti and it is nut
believed tint any uf the nihil loiuiic
lois who 1.1 1 fur the minimi ami who
1 1 llm thai tile aw ,u I was iiitgulai in
asmuch as ll wis not awanlnl at the
Kiinu muting of the I'uU Hum 1 whin
the bids wile op. Hi I will bntve pilhlU
opinion b obstructing the simd uim
ininceimut of the vvoil. t Injuuoiluii oi
otlu I iitirding legal moviimntu
'In Iteulii iirK nil Miilulii, .
"We bh.ill IhkIii the woik on the
speedwa at 'I u cluck nn .Mumluy mm ii
Ing, ' mil. I Ml I .i ai , with a cum
pi. in nt Hinlle to-il i ' U i an now n
g iged in iinmitii-e w irk Juwt nliuvc the
bite of the sjh i lwa, our dicdgm, pib
dilvirH and other machinery are eloye
al haul, an) tin re im.l be no waste
of time In gitting at the J.ili
' M sun, Danlil J l.eurj, will su
ptrlnlcud the wml. We shall beUn
with UKJ or 1 l liilwrim load uiakers on
Mumln), an I lucii ih the furc as uipld
ly lis possible till we have l.VW to i' 000
im n on the Jub
"1 he lontinet allow h u 3T" wuil.lng
divs In which to finish the Job, or till
April, 1KO, bit the m.issltlis nf t.
times the lack of i mplnvini nt foi aide
bodl d men. moves us u, . inpu a fune
larg. r than 1 idnmll iiiituiul1, and 1
In lb ve we can wink 1 lii to v'.ou men to
advantage und thus lomplete tho llrst
hcctlou In Jl" working ilavs or In about
one j ear 1 belli ve It Is our duty tn em
ploy Just as inav men as we can h indie
advantageously. Jl the end of 1851 there
can be no question that good times will
have returned.
Kinpln; uicllt for l,(M)() lien,
"Of course, I shall bid for the contract
for tho second section, from High Ilrldge
to Dykman street, a much 'larger and
more difficult job, and If I rtvould be the
successful bidder, as I ought to be with
the advantage of having my Immense
an 1 (ikpenslve pi lilt light on the hci ne
I will empliy fi om .1'") to 4'kh) miii
along the whole line nf the unelvvny,
putting them la as thick as I cm h indie
them
"I he bulk of the momv "pint nn the
work wllj go to the workmen, much of
the matt rial used In the eoiistiiictlou
Islng in the rock-ribbed bluff on the
wist die of the drlviwni There v 111
be imploMni nt for mm of almost ivery
trade In the Job, nml It should nlleve
much of the dltriss now Ion nppannt
"W'e shall einplo) no men who lire not
rtsldcnts of this elt, and If the m vvs
papciH will make this pirfntly pi iln II
will save the city from a visitation b
nun from other parts of the cnuntr "
Im I.ei.rv Is,
Contractor James Dinlcl I.enry Is mild
mannered, flftv live vears oil, has a
mulling face and a kindly voice Hi Is a
very bus man He Is known as a 'lain-
mnnv contractor, though he dm s not1
lulling to Tnmniany Hall He has huc- j
until! In nht lining in my contracts bv i
CCCItlU Ill Ulll IIIIHIK III Illy UMlllilvn J .
lensini uf bidding .it the lowest figure j
wlili Ii v mild vleld a pmllt, and be his
bi. n in ilili d to liiilld up a 'plant" of
m ii him iv an 1 tools tint Is uiiMiiptsmd
hi tills in Ighliiiihoud
Mi I.i nl v ' i bl 1 of JfJO W 10 w as K m
Ins thin that of his ncaiest intupi tllnr
for the spi mlvvuj contiait, and w is more
than J,inMW P-s th m tin . stltnnti 1 iiiHt.
as ilgun d out bv Chh f Ihmlni c r Ii Ihg
and Lnndsinpe Ihiglmei inn of tin
1 irk D pin tun nt, mi whose pi ins and
api cinciitlcm" the bids wire lin-nl
While "I he livening Willi!" mm was
In his ofllce In the On i si brniigh Hull I
Ing, 21 St He utieit, il scene of labnilng
men callid to ask fur omploMm lit 'in
i uh he hald 111 n kindly way lint he
should applv at the scene of opeintlons,
One Hundred nnd l'lf tv -llfth street and
St NMcholas plan', on Monday morning
It Millie the W nrkern llui.
Tt.pnrtns and artists of "The l'vinlng
Wnr'd" Mtlng the dune while the
wink will btrfln on Moinliiv, fnun I time
a half 1I117111 liboilng nun whose f ices
n flee tid vi iv tililulv the hope and the
iijn.ilng which the ci iiMiiuiu itl m nf
the cnntiict letvvnu the Talk 1'. inrt
uiiiil Hid the gnat eontiactor hid occa
s mid
'I In dtli In gittlnr to work on the
sp.idwiv was 1 aspi lallug. but all thut
v.lll be linrntttn an 1 furglvin win 11 the
picks 1111 1 hovels and v, lice lb 11 rows ami
ill II. s and ilnilges ami stone irushcis
and 1 lb -ill he is get to work theie 111 t
weik, lining 111 meoinp mime in to the
hum of the h ippv woiklngmen
The del i) yn w out of the contest
nv'i tin .tin tlon .if iv h ther there
Ktioul 1 In T Hldevvall. on but one side of
the Uiimlful drlvi er . ne mi 1 ich side
The Pink ( iiuimlKnlnni is winmlnl ovu
It till the 1 1 rll nun, uu I bv 'The
1'venlng World ' and bv sin Ii lending
cltl. ns as Chancellni .MLl'rnikin. uf the
I nhiisltl nf the Cl'v il .Ni vv 'Vork,
Pit side nt Sc Hi l.uw of Columbia, nml
i IuiIki" lluwl.inl, ordained thit tin re
shoul 1 be tvvii sldiw ilks ,111 1 that the
pe ple on foot Hhmild lint In d piivid of
tlnli ileht to enjovlng tin witer fn nt
Hut niemtime bl Is had bun nihil
tlsed for fni the i iinstnu Hon of a speid
w i ' fi t wide nnd one k! Ii vv ilk 10
be nut less Hi in 10 nor mure than . )
f. it wiile The bids hi 1 In en leevlv 1
.ml cp m 1 This coinplieati 1 matte is
ti'l Corpiiruloii Counsil Clark came to
the lemuc with his wise decision nnd
the inntrnc t w is 1 mi utcd for the b n III
of the working ncunle
V11 I'urtlier Olistu. Irs.
The in t thing tn do will be to draw
up 1 lans unl i- 11 Ideations for tint oul-
I le walk, a hteunl and beautiful 1 n me
n.ide nn the edge of the ilver, an 1 tint
nn ills more wink for tlmse who nek It
The Gov. mine nt muds icad to cnlo
tint strlji nf laud under water to the
cli for the purpose of the pronu inde
and thcte Is no obstacle In the wa of
the construction of this great public
work entire, In the Immediate future.
A wonderful transformation will begin
along that Harlem Itiver bluff when
Daniel Leary nnd his men appear on
Monday morning
Standing on the viaduct to-day and
looking towards High Ilrldge, the eye
scans a most picturesque scene. The
west bank of the Harlem ilses abruptly
from the water's edge to a height of
from 100 to 1.0 fret The rocky, nigged
lil u I r Is studded with tues
The shine Is Indented with little bus,
and Is aliunst as It was whin Hindrlk
Hudson llrst si t foot on Mnnhnttuu
Island two cintuiles und more ago
The speedway will lie at the foot of this
bluff on foundations built In the bed of
the river. It will be a Htralght course,
icipt foi the holder curves of the rlvir
bitween the viaduct nnd High ilrldge,
which Is Itself but an uiiieiluct with 11
footp l til on Its 1 oof.
The plctutisipic slope to the left of the
brnnl driving course will not bo dls
turbel In building the Bpecdwnj, hut
nftir 11 Is flililud the 1 mdscape" nrtlsta
will take a h mil In tn iking It more beau
tiful and more nrtlstlc
A s,llc tifinir,
The entrance tn the speedway will be
nt the western (lid of the viaduct, where
.St Nicholas pi ice and lMgecombe ave
nue bring thili curved courses together
at (hie Hundred ard riftj-lltth street
This point Is IM fed or more above the
Uvd of the ilvir, which curves away
towards the east a ciiailer of a mile
above, leivliv 11 place for Miinhittnn
ITel.l, the Polo Grounds and the 1 nglnes
and car tnsth s of the tun t hem terminus
iT the Manhattan 1 hinted Hallwai
The Mist woik nf the contractor will
be to tiki tin speedway liiiek down to
the level bj a gi title Incline, which
will n 11 h lis lowest point nt the pi ice
win ro the ilvcr binds to the cist.
I'toni tin re the drive will be practically
level along the liver edge through the
blond arches umh - High liildge, pass
ing on the river side ot the pleis of the
mnpiilllceiit Washington l!rldge and nn
up the rlv r iirnund the bluff of Port
George Into the mndows ndjolnlng Dk
m in sttect at tint point
Prom then1 the drive miv go on to
Klngslullge 10 id, nnd 1 111110 back to the
dt b way of tint famous old dilve,
or continue to Inwoml, whence the
bioad Houlevnrd now being constructel
li the Washington Hi lt,hts people, will
prm lie a delightful leturn route to
One Iluudiid unl PUtv-llfth stteot
CI1111 mliiK Se.Mien.
ritlnntelv Hralliuist nvenue, which
lbs at the fool of the bluff south of the
vlidiiet mil Is skirted b the new und
picsnit municipal Mde 1 111 Park, will
be 1 Mended so ns to Join the specdwav
when the St Me hol is pi ice approach
1 1 aches the level, thus aftorellng nnothei
Ideas mt ell he
Pi 0111 the speedv nv the ilew across
the ilvet Is vnv pi.ttv, althoui'h the
vision nf the niril hillside of Morris
aula in u 11 el I15 the liildge sruc
tuie of the New ork and
Niiithem inllwav, 1 i tractate which
tuil, howivee, be iininvid one of these
d.ivs as the Vandeibilt Int. lists have
galnul lontml nt Hint Utile mid and
inav ilml It mole convenient to run New
lllk nnd Nnrthein tt litis Into the.
Poil -Second stmt eh pot
There nre some line residences on the
Morris inl 1 hlllsl le and s mi piett 1ml
icapcH Hut the rlv 1 1. alwajs busv In
Summer with the pleisuie lleet of vacht
liunihes plenle Hteiuuis, unl b irgi s,
t ltt anil sin lis will be the prettiest
sine fur the imk of those who rile on
the lVi fo 1 drive 1 those w ho walk in
th as halt. 1 im nn nts at e ther side of
the spec Iw iv
Iron workers, fnmers nnd laborers of
every clas before It Is finished.
The stlmated cost of the work Is more
than $1 "W.OHO, and tint part of It which
Is alieady 1 i'el out between One Hun
elreel mil Sixth street and the Harlem
HIM r will cost K.Omt.OuO It Is the latter
portion which will be completed llrst, nnd
the work upon which will he resumed
nt once, follmlng the announcement of
Comptroller Pitch that all llt'gatlon has
been finally disposed of
It Involves the raising of the tracks
of the New York Central nnd its nlllcd
railroads to the grade repaired by the
law pnssed several cars ago, nnd the
proposed Improvement begins nt One
Hundred nnd Sixth street, extends over
the Harlem Hlver, across which a new
rillroad drawbridge Is to be built, nnd
continues beond the east shore of the
Harlem to One Hundred nnd Fort
soventh street, where the tracks will
again come down to the level of the
'i 1111 M'i:i:i)i 11 as ir wii.i, nr. wiikn l-iMsiiun.
PARK AVENUE IMPROVEMENT.
ttrsiiiiitilliii. of Work 01. It Menus
I : ... ;l 0 meiil fur II11111I1 oils.
The annouueimi 111 th it work Is n
to be resinned cm the 1'i-k avenue lm
pruviMiKtit, and tint theie U n prospect
of stead) einpltuint In the neai future
for hundreds of workmen vv ll be wel
comed with Joy and thmksglvlng bv the
I'icit army of wngi -cirncrs who have
been In lllrnesi for so mini months
put
This great undirtiklng, which was be
gun last Spring, was hardlv unjer vva
before It was abruptly brought to n
termination through legal complications,
which have only Just been brought to a
close by the action of Comptroller Pitch.
At the very least estimate the work
will take a year and a half more to
complete, and when It Is once fairly In
progress will undoubtedly give profita
ble employment to thousands of work-
logmen, including bricklayers, masons, 1
, ,'l via'i ;', jfl-niailrtfc'i vi ftl?:t ftyifato&&.k..
street"
This work is carried on under the su
pervision of the Comml"loncrs of tho
Pnk avenue improvement, who nre
Chirks W Dajton, James 11, Haslln,
Wnltir Kitte. Geoige W. Illrds ill nnd
lohn Pox. Contracts for the preliminary
imt of the work were given out inrly
I i"t 1 .11
The whole structure between One Hun
dred ami .Sixth street, where the eleva
tion begins, as fir iih the Hnrlem Hlver,
at One Hundred and Thlrtj -fourth strcc t,
Is divided Into four sections of about
1 final length The contract for the Iron
work of the elevated structure for sec
tions 1, 2 and 4 wus given to the Hlmlra
Jlrldge Compnn, of l'lmlra, N. Y nnd
for section 3 to the New Jersej Iron nnd
Steel Company, of Trenton, N. J.
unw or thu rith op Tim sit.iiiiwav itiom the vhdi'ct.
A nrU Still tei He Done.
The contrnct for the building of the
Hnrlem Drivv Hrldge was given to the
King Ilrldge Conipnnj, ot Cleveland, O
A gn it de il of masonry work, consist
ing prlnclpill) of the living of found 1
tlnns for the columns of the elevated
stiuctuio and for the 1 Using ot the
w ills of the stone vliduct between One
Hundnd and Sixth nnd One Hundred
and Plftctnth stnets, wheie the Iron
tnstle begins, must ul"o be done
Onl one contract for n patt of this
work his jet been nwnrclid, tint of
building the foundations for the outside
columns In .went One Hundred nnd Plf-I
tenth stmt nnd the llulem Hlver 1
The contractor Is lohn G Hoppci, (if.
Hailcm, and this was the work which
was under wav when Hanker Police
Loccle obtnlued his injunction IiiHt
August, which brought epilations to a,
sudden standstill, ami his prevented
unv thing from being done ever since.
Contractor Hopper begin his work
early list Spring, and hid completed the
double mw of column foumlntluns as fai
hb One Hundred and Twenty-sixth stieet,
when he was compelled to lay oft his
men
He then was emplolng a force nf
about on" hundred workmen, Including
1 large number nf hrtckhivcrs and
lenient vvorkeis, besides the laboiers for
digging the trenches. There Is work
enough to keep such a forco of men em
ployed for two or three months longer
beforo the foundations are completed as
far ns the Harlem Hlver, where his con
tract ends.
Itcndjr to IlrKln nt Once.
At the office ot Mr. Hopper, at US
I West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street. It was said to-day that he waa
ready to commence work Immediately,
1 for It waa of suet) a character that it
V
!4'fr3feLV', , 'HfnffiljjZ !fW (VAet;1 fir
could bo done In Winter as well as In
Bummer, nnd that the old men who had
been employed there last Summer would
be only too glad of the chrnce to get a
Job, ns many of them had been out of
steady work ever Blnce they had been
luld off.
"W'e have jet received no notice from
the Commissioners to go ahead," said
Mr. Hopper's representative, "but we
nre ready to begin nt once, and now that
tho legal hitch hns been disposed of w
expect to get the word In a day or
two"
This will be good news for the itnem
plojid workmen who will be fortunate
enough to secure places under the con
trictor at this season. At le 1st one hun
dred men will probably be engaged nt
once and ptobablv more, for the rail
road compmv as well as the city offi
cials ate anxious to push the work
which has been so long delaved, nnd
which should have been completed last
Pall, before the cold weather set In,
Hut this Is not nil. There Is a great
di il more work In prospect within the
nci month or two, for the two com.
pmlis which nre now building the Iron
wotk for tho elevated structure have
nlieady begun to deliver the material In
this city nnd mole of It Is on the waj
here
Willi t the Super. Islni; I'liKlnecr
Sn M.
Co! Walter Katte, who Is the super
vising engineer of the work, and a
member of the Commission, toll nn
"Hvcnlng World" reiwrter this morning
til . I IIS Snnil ns ihn fiMtndillnna fru- tlin
columns had been completed the work of
erecting tho structure would proceed nt
once
As the preliminary work will be sum
clently advanced by the middle of next
month lo warrant the putting up of the
columns, the employment of a large num
ber of frnmers and Iron-workers will be
necessirj, besides n sufllclcnt force of
hclpeis nnd laborers for the putting up
of the lemporury trusses
It Is possible that this will be com
menced sooner, but at all events the
prospect Is encouraging and promises that
work will be found In the near future
for several hundred additional men In
this great enterprise There Is no doubt
that the number will be continually In
creased ns the work goes on.
In fact, It Is being found that the labor
In making the change of grade for the
four tracks Is much greater thnn was
at first supposed, for It Is not Improba
ble thnt It will he necesBnry to go back
as far as One Hundredth street to make
tho llrst changes.
Another contract which will soon be
given out Is for the erection of the
foundations for the central columns of
tho structure. These will be more mas
sive than those nt the sides, and will
reach from the bottom of the present
cut up to the level of the street.
Depot nt One Hundred nn.l
Tenth Street.
They will be the main support of the
structure when It Is completed Before
this the trestle will have to be stiffened
and braced bv temporary trusses, the
crecthn nf which will Involve a large
amount of additional work. Eventually,
however, the 1 itler will bo taken down,
the centinl pillars erected nnd the cut
filled up, making the street under the
structure level nil the waj from One
Hundred and Tlfteenth street up to the
Harlem River.
All this space, which Is now occupied
by the cut, will then be opened to
vehicle?
A large amount of masonry work will
also have to be done on the viaduct be
lew One Handled and rifteenth street
to bring It up to the required grade nftcr
leaving the tunnel. The contract for
this uu t of the work Ins not et been
awarded, but will be, It Is reported, with
in a f-w weeks Und not the prelimi
nary work been stopped last Summer
this would undoubtedly be well under
wny nt the present time.
At One Hundred nnd Tenth street a
very handsome depot will be erected at
the expense of the Railroad Company,
the city not sharing In the expense of
this structure. It Is the Intention to
make this a handsome building of artls
lc and elaborate design, and several stor
ies In height. It will be of brick nnd
stone
The plans have not et been
completed, nnd It will probably be
seveial months 5ct before nn work can
be bit, tin upon It. It Is, however, some
thing tint Is In prospect for the unem
plojed In the building trades, and helps
very materhllj to make the future look
brighter
The Pour-Truck I)rinvlnlilKp.
One of tho most expensive portions of
I the Improved structuie will be the new
four-track diawbtldge ncross the Har
lem at the end of Park avenue The
I Pirns for this hildge nre all complete
I und the conn ict foi building has been
awaiilid, s alie-ul) Hinted, to a Cleve
lind, u, lump in). It will cost nearly
thlec-qll irters of a million dnllnra
Heai) approaches of solid masonry
will be built at either side of the river
with .hep foundations, and n central
die ulnr pier will be erected in the
middle of tho ttreani, upon which the
brllge will swing
T he contstractlon of u four-traek draw
Is no . my matter, and when completed
thl. brl.lge will ho a model of engineer
ing skill The enormous weight of the
driw iniut be peifectly balinced, as the
deviation of half an inch in the level
of the tracks would bring disastrous re
sults. A great deal depends upon the
solidity of the pier upon which It rests.
Some dllllculty was encountered In de.
vising a foundation for the pier, but It
was llnnlly decided to sink masonry
piers In the river bed until a firm rock
bottom had been reached
To what depth It will be necessary to
gb In order to secure such a foundation
will not be accurately known until the
work Is begun. The bearing surface of
the draw will have a, diameter of 71 feet
and the bridge will move upon 4 series
fiifittAfi'lViittiriii!YiiiYi'-ir j
of wheels. It, will thus be seen that It
Is practically ball-bearing and Its final
adjustment will be an extremely deli
cate operation.
It is understood that the contracts for
the masonry work In connection with the
drawbridge will soon be offered for com
petition, so that It will not be long beforo
this part of the construction will fur
nish labor to those who need employ
ment. Deyotkl the Harlem the work has been
Inld out, but no contracts except for
the Iron nnd steel work for the struc
ture have )tt been awarded.
It may be mentioned hero that there
will be a station nt One Hundred and
Tivent) -fifth street, nlso to be erected at
the expense of the Halltond Company.
Hut this will be n small affair as com
pared with the one nt One Hundred and
Tenth street, und will resemble more the
better class of stations on the Hlevnted
Railroads, although tt will be consider
ably largei, with long platforms nnd
nccammodiitlons for handling a. much
larger number of passengers thnn Is
ufforded by nny of the "IV stations.
Now Contracts Tlint Will Cnll for nn
Outluy of $1,500,000.
It wltl bo seen thnt the contracts which
yet remain to be let out foot up a total
more than J1.500 000, all of which will
probibly be taken up within the next
few months, when construction will be
commenced In reil earnest. The share
which the wage earners will receive of
the cnpltnl employed In the early stages
of construction Is considerably greater
than that which they will afterwards
obtiln.
Por example. In the masonry work
and In the la) Ing of foundations the
proportionate share of tho cost which
will go to the wage-earners Is fully two
thirds, but It must be remembered that
tin se contracts represent hardly more
than 10 or 12 per cent, of the entire cost
of the structure, which Is chiefly made
up of the cost of the material.
No accurate estimate can yet be
formed 11s to the total number of work
men which will be required to complete
this work, but It Is safe to say that It
will reach fur up Into tho hundreds. If
not the thousands
The engineer's estimates of the cost of
the work below tho Harlem River,
which nre on file In the ofllce of the
Comptroller, Bhovv the total of 2,000,000
to be made up us follows:
Grading mawnry foundation!, paving
draining anil rv.ers 1285 975
Ele.ated viaduct structure 1,470 000
temporary trratla nork 103 100
Taking down old bridges h R 500
Track auperatructure 45 917
Engineering, Inspection, aupervtslon..,. 42 800
Incidentals expenses of tho hoard, c... 43.703
Total 12,ff0 000
Tlit C lt 'n Share .if the HxpcilNC.
Of this amount the clt)'a share of the
expense Is limited to JTjO.OOO, so that
the Railroad Company will have to pay
$1 HSOjeJO for the work done below the
Hnilem, In addition to the cost of the
st itlons nt One Hundred nnd Tenth and
One Hundred nnd Twent)-flfth streets.
This, together with the cost ot the
bridge nnd the extension of the structure
beyond the Harlem River to the point,
where the tracks will reach the street
level ngaln, will foot up an expense to
the Itallroael Company of fully $2 ',00,000
Superv lslng Engineer Katte stated to
day that Contractor Hopper would be
Informed nt once of the settlement of
the legal dlfllcultles In the case, nnd
would be asked to procccel Immediately
with the work of completing his contract.
"I can give no further Information nt
present," he s ild, "ns to when other
parts of the work will be commenced,
but can say In general that we Intend
to waste no time and will proceed with
tho construction as rapidly as possible.
"The way seems clear now tn n com
pletion of the undertaking, und I hope
that nothing will occur to further delay
It. I should say that It will tnko at
least n )ear and a half to finish the
structure nnd have ever) thing In running
order, provided there Is no further ob
struction to the progress of the work,
and I see no leason why there should
be."
WATCHING FOR GHOSTS.
Velllo Illy Sits Up All Night In a
llnnntcd House.
It requires pluck for a young woman
to remain all night In a big, empty
house alone. When It Is said that the
house Is haunted nnd that ghostB nre
seen In the bedrooms, there Is every
reason to believe that any young wo
man would prefer to remain at her own
home.
Till! HAUNTED HOL'Sn
Nellie Hly, however, Is glnd of Just
such expei lences as one would have In a
haunted house, nnd when she heard of
the old place nt Woodport, N. J , which
the countiy folk uround say Is a resort
for ghosts, sho went there nnd "visaed
n night In one of the rooms She will
tell the renders of The Sunday World
how she felt und what she baw.
ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING.
Mngglo Clinton Arrested by Two
Detectives In Muej's.
Maggie Clinton was nrrcsted by De
tictive Sergts McCauIt) and O'Hrlen In
Mao's, at 0 o'clock last evening, on the
clnige of shoplifting fahe icfused to
give any Inform itlon about herself.
Mncy'a itnplovees say they saw her
steal a pilr ot slippers and a bottle of
bold paint.
Maggie's pockets were found to be
filled with gouds supposed to have been
stolen fiom several other dr) -goods
stores She also had pawn tickets for
opera-glares, a gold watch, several
gol I rlims and other articles of Jewelry
pawned In several places and under vari
ous names
At Jefferson Mnrket Police Court to
da) Magbiu iv as held for trial.
TURK ROBS TURK.
They First Quurrelled Over Which
Hail the Moie Money.
Nlgradtck Kachudiirlncm, a Turk, of
403 Dust Twenty-ninth Btrect, was held
for trial In JS11 ball by Justice Voorhls, In
Yorkvlllo Police Court to-day for assault
ing and robbing another Turk, named
Saklo Oarablblan, of &17 Hast Twenty
sevtnth street, Hot li are curpenters and
work In the same shop,
T hey had 11 quarrel over which had
the more money and, It Is alleged, the
prisoner knocked the complnlnant down
and went through his pockets.
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SLASHER NUMBER 2,
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John Sheohan OarrieB an Open '
Jaok-Knifo for a Weapon, '
Jabbed Ticrnan In tho Neck Several
Weeks Ago. ',
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Caught Last Night After fcong Searoli i
by tho Police. '
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John Shechan, an ex-convlct, twenty.
five, of 200 West Fortieth street, whoso
picture adorns the Rogues' Gallery, sjiJ
who Is considered a dangerous man by I
the police, was committed for trial In
Jl.OX) ball this morning by Justice Voor. l
his, nt the Yorkvlllo Police Court, on a "
charge of felonious assault. r
Tho complaint was made by John '
Tlernnn, a clerk, living; at HO West Sev. t
enteenth street, whom he sloshed twice t
In the throat and twice on the right '
arm w Ith a big Jackknlfe.
The cuts on the arm were received '
while trying to shield his throat from '
the slasher's attack. Tho cutting wa i,
done three weeks ago in Neu's liquor j,
store, Twenty-ninth Btreet and Second i
uv enue. ,
Tlern in was standing nt the bar, chat
ting with the proprietor, when the slasher i
entered. It was tho first time that he i
had been In the place, and Tlernan and .
Neu, the saloon-keeper, gave him a
mere glance ns he stepped to the bar.
Sheelian, after calling for a whiskey, 1
turned around and said to a man slttlnr ,
at a table: I
"I m going to do Bomo cutting; to '
night."
Then, turning to another man, who
had a luxuriant mustache, he said In t
cool voice, as he drew an open Jack.
knife out of his coat pocket: '
"I think I'll take oft )our mustache" '
The man fled from tho saloon In fear
of his life, Tho slasher seemed to ba '
amused at this, and after he hud !
hearty laugh said to Ticrnan:
"I may us well begin my carvlner on
you "
Hcfore Tlernnn had a chance to spring J
aside the slasher was upon him and I
gavo him a Jab in the neck and two in f
the arm, and then Bhot out of the door
without being stopped by the horror- ,
stricken eye-witnesses. I
Some of them followed, but Th
Slasher" was more fleet-footed and soon t
was lost In the distance. d
Tlernan, the victim, was hurriedly
taken to Rellevuo Hospital, where Uu .
surgeons were required to put In ntni .
stitches In the throat and six stitches to ,
tho arm. j
Police Captain Martens was notified of c
the case, nnd he and his detectives hayi f
been looking for "The Slasher" since.
Last evening Detective Donohue cans t
ncross him at Twenty-ninth street anl i
Third avenue, and before he had a chanci I
to do any further mischief, slipped t
pair of handcuffs on him. '
It was fortunate that he did. On
tearchlng nlm the detective found thl
Jackknlfe open In his coat-pocket. He I
had no defense to make. r
Only a little over two years ago Henry '
G Dowd rivalled the llendlsh "Jack, the
Ripper," by slashing seven Intoxicated, '
but Inoffensive men In the Fourth Ward
One of his victims, John Carson, wai ;
butchered outright. His dead body wm '
found In Chr)stlo street, Jan. 15, 1831 J
the throat cut from ear to ear. f,
Two davs later. Patrolman Mastersoi c
caught the fiend In the ery act o'
slashing William Miller, who escaped h
death by the pollcemun's alertness I! r
was learned that he had formerly been r
an lnmnte of the Platbush Insane Asy li
lum His mania wns tne avenging of i b.
wrong done his mother years before bj i
a drunken man. "
W hllc "Slasher No 2" seems to be i
sort of Imitator nt Dowel, the police V) "
ho Is far from being Insane. v
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THUGS AT AN "L" STATION. ',
They Wnjlny nnd Kob a Pniscngfi c
Going Up tho Stnlrs. i
Timothy Sullivan, a pressman, twenty
three jcars old, of 204 Hldrldge street c
was held In default of $2,DO0 ball for trial J
on a charge of highway robbery by Ju i
tlce Koch, In the Kssex Market Polltt J
Court, to-day.
As lohn J. Loftus, of 15 Atlantic ave .
nue, Hrookl)n, wns going up the steps oi j
the "I." at Division street and the Bow- ,
cry early this morning, he wus seized by ,
three men Two held him, while tni i
third went through his pockets. He was
robbed of $3, somo keys and a pocket
comb
I.oftus struggled desperately with tlj
thieves, who knocked him down mi
kicked him The robbers fled, nj
Lofttts shouted for help. Policeman Bta
arrested Sullivan, who almost ran Into
his arms, and Loftus Identified him u
the man who senrched his clothing; TM
police are looking for the other robbers.
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Ilcllevcsl Grocnke Wnn Polsonedv
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lUCINE, Wis , Feb 3 Prof. Ifalned, of Ret
Medical College, Chicago, informs Coroner lane
that from arsenic found In the atomacb, and llTf i
ot the lata Hermann Groenko, he ts ot tb eftl i
Ion that tho roan was poisoned Itla wife If Ms '
pected by a number ot persona of admtnliterlol
the poison She has married again anlce Groeolufl
death, and Is now In New lorlc
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