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The doors at each of the bays of the building are of rolling steel
shutter type, and are composed of rolled-steel strips which interloop
with each other, so that while the entire door is of steel, it can
easily be raised and lowered.

[Sidenote: _Capacity and
Pit Room_]

All of the tracks in the north and middle bays are supplied with pits
for inspecting purposes, and as each track has a length sufficient to
hold six cars, the capacity of these two bays is fifty-four cars.

The inspection pits are heated by steam and lighted by electric light,
for which latter purpose frequent sockets are provided, and are also
equipped with gas pipes, so that gas torches can be used instead of
gasoline.

[Sidenote: _Trolley
Connection_]

As usual in shops of this kind, the third rail is not carried into the
shops, but the cars will be moved about by means of a special trolley.
In the middle bay this trolley consists of a four-wheeled light-frame
carriage, which will run on a conductor located in the pit. The
carriage has attached to it a flexible wire which can be connected to
the shoe-hanger of the truck or to the end plug of the car, so that
the cars can be moved around in the shops by means of their own
motors. In the north bay, where the pits are very shallow, the
conductor is carried overhead and consists of an 8-pound T-rail
supported from the roof girders.

The middle bay is provided with a 50-ton electric crane, which spans
all of the tracks in this shop and is so arranged that it can serve
any one of the thirty cars on the five tracks, and can deliver the
trucks, wheels, motors, and other repair parts at either end of the
shops, where they can be transferred to the telpherage hoist.

[Sidenote: _The
Telpherage
System_]

One of the most interesting features of the shops is the electric
telpherage system. This system runs the entire length of the north and
south bays crossing the middle bay or erection shop at each end, so
that the telpherage hoist can pick up in the main room any wheels,
trucks, or other apparatus which may be required, and can take them
either into the north bay for painting, or into the south bay or
machine shop for machine-tool work. The telpherage system extends
across the transfer table pit at the west end of the shops and into
the storehouse and blacksmith shop at the Seventh Avenue end of the
grounds.

The traveling telpherage hoist has a capacity of 6,000 pounds. The
girders upon which it runs consist of 12-inch I-beams, which are hung
from the roof trusses. The car has a weight of one ton and is
supported by and runs on the I-beam girders by means of four 9-inch
diameter wheels, one on each side. The hoist is equipped with two
motors. The driving motor of two horse power is geared by double
reduction gearing to the driving wheels at one end of the hoist. The
hoist motor is of eight horse power, and is connected by worm gearing
and then by triple reduction gearing to the hoist drum. The motors are
controlled by rheostatic controllers, one for each motor. The hoist
motor is also fitted with an electric brake by which, when the power
is cut off, a band brake is applied to the hoisting drum. There is
also an automatic cut-out, consisting of a lever operated by a nut,
which travels on the threaded extension of the hoisting drum shaft,
and by which the current on the motor is cut off and the brake applied
if the chain hook is wound up too close to the hoist.

[Sidenote: _Heating and
Lighting_]

The buildings are heated throughout with steam, with vacuum system of
return. The steam is supplied by two 100 horse power return tubular
boilers, located at the southeastern corner of the building and
provided with a 28-inch stack 60 feet high. The heat is distributed at
15 pounds pressure throughout the three bays by means of coil
radiators, which are placed vertically against the side walls of the
shop and storeroom. In addition, heating pipes are carried through the
pits as already described. The shops are well lighted by large windows
and skylights, and at night by enclosed arc lights.

[Illustration: INTERIOR VIEW OF 148TH STREET REPAIR SHOPS]

[Sidenote: _Fire
Protection_]

The shops and yards are equipped throughout with fire hydrants and
fire plugs, hose and fire extinguishers. The water supply taps the
city main at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 148th Street, and pipes
are carried along the side of the north and south shops, with three
reel connections on each line. A fire line is also carried through the
yards, where there are four hydrants, also into the general storeroom.

[Sidenote: _General
Store Room_]

The general storeroom, oil room, and blacksmith shop occupy a building
199 feet by 22 feet in the southwestern corner of the property. This
building is of the same general construction as that of the inspection
shops. The general storeroom, which is that fronting on 148th Street,
is below the street grade, so that supplies can be loaded directly
onto the telpherage hoist at the time of their receipt, and can be
carried to any part of the works, or transferred to the proper
compartments in the storeroom. Adjoining the general room is the oil
and paint storeroom, which is separated from the rest of the building
by fire walls. This room is fitted with a set of eight tanks, each
with a capacity of 200 gallons. As the barrels filled with oil and
other combustible material are brought into this room by the
telpherage system they are deposited on elevated platforms, from which
their contents can be tapped directly into the tank.

[Sidenote: _Blacksmith
Shop_]

The final division of the west shops is that in the northeastern
corner, which is devoted to a blacksmith shop. This shop contains six
down-draught forges and one drop-hammer, and is also served by the
telpherage system.

[Sidenote: _Transfer
Table_]

Connecting the main shops with the storeroom and blacksmith or west
shops is a rotary transfer table 46 feet 16-13/16 inches long and with
a run of 219 feet. The transfer table is driven by a large electric
motor the current being supplied through a conductor rail and sliding
contact shoe. The transfer table runs on two tracks and is mounted on
33-inch standard car wheels.

[Sidenote: _Employees_]

The south side of the shop is fitted with offices for the Master
Mechanic and his department.

The working force will comprise about 250 in the shops, and their
lockers, lavatories, etc., are located in the south bay.

CHAPTER XII

SUB-CONTRACTORS

The scope of this book does not permit an enumeration of all the
sub-contractors who have done work on the Rapid Transit Railroad. The
following list, however, includes the sub-contractors for all the more
important parts of the construction and equipment of the road.

* * * * *

_General Construction, Sub-section Contracts, Track and Track
Material, Station Finish, and Miscellaneous Contracts_

S. L. F. Deyo, Chief Engineer.

_Sub-sections_

For construction purposes the road was divided into sub-sections, and
sub-contracts were let which included excavation, construction and
re-construction of sub-surface structures, support of surface railway
tracks and abutting buildings, erection of steel (underground and
viaduct), masonry work and tunnel work under the rivers; also the
plastering and painting of the inside of tunnel walls and restoration
of street surface.

Bradley, William, Sub-sections 6A and 6B, 60th Street to 104th Street.

Degnon-McLean Contracting Company (Degnon Contracting Company),
Sub-section 1, 2 and 5A, Post-office to Great Jones Street and 41st
Street and Park Avenue to 47th Street and Broadway.

Farrell, E. J., Sub-section, Lenox Avenue Extension, 142d Street to
148th Street.

Farrell & Hopper (Farrell, Hopper & Company), Sub-sections 7 and 8,
103d Street and Broadway to 135th Street and Lenox Avenue.

Holbrook, Cabot & Daly (Holbrook, Cabot & Daly Contracting Company),
Sub-section 3, Great Jones Street to 33d Street.

McCabe & Brother, L. B. (R. C. Hunt, Superintendent), Sub-sections 13
and 14, 133d Street to Hillside Avenue.

McMullen & McBean, Sub-section 9A, 135th Street and Lenox Avenue to
Gerard Avenue and 149th Street.

Naughton & Company (Naughton Company), Sub-section 5B, 47th Street to
60th Street.

Roberts, E. P., Sub-sections 10, 12, and 15, Foundations (Viaducts),
Brook Avenue to Bronx Park, 125th Street to 133d Street, and Hillside
Avenue to Bailey Avenue.

Rodgers, John C., Sub-section 9B, Gerard Avenue to Brook Avenue.

Shaler, Ira A. (Estate of Ira A. Shaler), Sub-section 4, 33d Street to
41st Street.

Shields, John, Sub-section 11, 104th Street to 125th Street.

Terry & Tench Construction Company (Terry & Tench Company),
Sub-sections 10, 12, and 15, Steel Erection (Viaducts), Brook Avenue
to Bronx Park, 125th Street to 133d Street, and Hillside Avenue to
Bailey Avenue.

BROOKLYN EXTENSION.

Cranford & McNamee, Sub-section 3, Clinton Street to Flatbush and
Atlantic Avenues, Brooklyn.

Degnon-McLean Contracting Company (Degnon Contracting Company),
Sub-section 1, Park Row to Bridge Street, Manhattan.

Onderdonk, Andrew (New York Tunnel Company), Sub-sections 2 and 2A,
Bridge Street, Manhattan, to Clinton and Joralemon Streets, Brooklyn.

TRACK AND TRACK MATERIAL

American Iron & Steel Manufacturing Company, Track Bolts.

Baxter & Company, G. S., Ties.

Connecticut Trap Rock Quarries, Ballast.

Dilworth, Porter & Company, Spikes.

Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins (Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation),
Track Laying, City Hall to Broadway and 42d Street.

Long Clove Trap Rock Company, Ballast.

Malleable Iron Fittings Company, Cup Washers.

Naughton Company, Track Laying, Underground Portion of Road north of
42d Street and Broadway.

Pennsylvania Steel Company, Running Rails, Angle Bars, Tie Plates and
Guard Rails.

Ramapo Iron Works, Frogs and Switches, Filler Blocks and Washers.

Sizer & Company, Robert R., Ties.

Terry & Tench Construction Company (Terry & Tench Company), Timber
Decks for Viaduct Portions, and Laying and Surfacing Track on Viaduct
Portions.

Weber Railway Joint Manufacturing Company, Weber Rail Joints.

STATION FINISH

American Mason Safety Tread Company, Safety Treads.

Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, Terra Cotta.

Boote Company, Alfred, Glazed Tile and Art Ceramic Tile.

Byrne & Murphy, Plumbing, 86th Street Station.

Dowd & Maslen, Brick Work for City Hall and other Stations and
Superstructures for 72d Street, 103d Street and Columbia University
Stations.

Empire City Marble Company, Marble.

Grueby Faience Company, Faience.

Guastavino Company, Guastavino Arch, City Hall Station.

Hecla Iron Works, Kiosks and Eight Stations on Elevated Structure.

Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company, Safes.

Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Painting Stations.

Howden Tile Company, Glazed Tile and Art Ceramic Tile.

Laheny Company, J. E., Painting Kiosks.

Manhattan Glass Tile Company, Glass Tile, and Art Ceramic Tile.

Parry, John H., Glass Tile and Art Ceramic Tile.

Pulsifer & Larson Company, Illuminated Station Signs.

Rookwood Pottery Company, Faience

Russell & Irwin Manufacturing Company, Hardware

Simmons Company, John, Railings and Gates.

Tracy Plumbing Company, Plumbing.

Tucker & Vinton, Strap Anchors for Kiosks.

Turner Construction Company, Stairways, Platforms, and Platform
Overhangs.

Vulcanite Paving Company, Granolithic Floors.

MISCELLANEOUS

American Bridge Company, Structural Steel.

American Vitrified Conduit Company, Ducts.

Blanchite Process Paint Company, Plaster Work and Blanchite Enamel
Finish on Tunnel Side Walls.

Brown Hoisting Machinery Company, Signal Houses at Four Stations.

Camp Company, H. B., Ducts.

Cunningham & Kearns, Sewer Construction, Mulberry Street, East 10th
Street, and East 22d Street Sewers.

Fox & Company, John, Cast Iron.

McRoy Clay Works, Ducts.

Norton & Dalton, Sewer Construction, 142d Street Sewer.

Onondaga Vitrified Brick Company, Ducts.

Pilkington, James, Sewer Construction, Canal Street and Bleecker
Street Sewers.

Simmons Company, John, Iron Railings, Viaduct Sections.

Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, Waterproofing.

Tucker & Vinton, Vault Lights.

United Building Material Company, Cement.

* * * * *

_Electrical Department_

L. B. Stillwell, Electrical Director.

Electric plant for generation, transmission, conversion, and
distribution of power, third rail construction, electrical car
equipment, lighting system, fire and emergency alarm systems:

American Steel & Wire Company, Cable.

Bajohr, Carl, Lightning Rods.

Broderick & Company, Contact Shoes.

Cambria Steel Company, Contact Rail.

Columbia Machine Works & Malleable Iron Company, Contact Shoes.

Consolidated Car Heating Company, Car Heaters.

D. & W. Fuse Company, Fuse Boxes and Fuses.

Electric Storage Battery Company, Storage Battery Plant.

Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, Fire and Emergency Alarm
Systems.

General Electric Company, Motors, Power House and Sub-station
Switchboards, Control Apparatus, Cable.

General Incandescent Arc Light Company, Passenger Station
Switchboards.

India Rubber & Gutta Percha Insulating Company, Cables.

Keasby & Mattison Company, Asbestos.

Malleable Iron Fittings Company, Third Rail and other Castings.

Mayer & Englund Company, Rail Bonds.

Mitchell Vance Company, Passenger Station Electric Light Fixtures.

National Conduit & Cable Company, Cables.

National Electric Company, Air Compressors.

Nernst Lamp Company, Power Station Lighting.

Okonite Company, Cables.

Prometheus Electric Company, Passenger Station Heaters.

Roebling's Sons Company, J. A., Cables.

Reconstructed Granite Company, Third Rail Insulators.

Standard Underground Cable Company, Cables.

Tucker Electrical Construction Company, Wiring for Tunnel and
Passenger Station Lights.

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Alternators, Exciters,
Transformers, Motors, Converters, Blower Outfits.

Westinghouse Machine Company, Turbo Alternators.

* * * * *

_Mechanical and Architectural Department_

John Van Vleck, Mechanical and Construction Engineer.

Power house and sub-station, steam plant, repair shop, tunnel
drainage, elevators.

POWER HOUSE

Alberger Condenser Company, Condensing Equipment.

Allis-Chalmers Company, Nine 8,000-11,000 H. P. Engines.

Alphons Custodis Chimney Construction Company, Chimneys.

American Bridge Company, Structural Steel.

Babcock & Wilcox Company, Fifty-two 600 H. P. Boilers and Six
Superheaters.

Burhorn, Edwin, Castings.

Gibson Iron Works, Thirty-six Hand-fired Grates.

Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Electric Traveling Cranes and Machine Tools.

Milliken Brothers, Ornamental Chimney Caps.

Otis Elevator Company, Freight Elevator.

Peirce, John, Power House Superstructure.

Power Specialty Company, Four Superheaters.

Ryan & Parker, Foundation Work and Condensing Water Tunnels, etc.

Robins Conveying Belt Company, Coal and Ash Handling Apparatus.

Reese, Jr., Company, Thomas, Coal Downtake Apparatus, Oil Tanks, etc.

Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company, Smoke Flue System.

Sturtevant Company, B. F., Blower Sets.

Tucker & Vinton, Concrete Hot Wells.

Treadwell & Company, M. H., Furnace Castings, etc.

Walworth Manufacturing Company, Steam, Water, and Drip Piping.

Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company, Three Turbo Generator Sets and
Two Exciter Engines.

Westinghouse Machine Company, Stokers.

Wheeler Condenser Company, Feed Water Heaters.

Worthington, Henry R., Boiler Feed Pumps.

SUB-STATIONS

American Bridge Company, Structural Steel.

Carlin & Company, P. J., Foundation and Superstructure, Sub-station
No. 15 (143d Street).

Cleveland Crane & Car Company, Hand Power Traveling Cranes.

Crow, W. L., Foundation and Superstructure Sub-stations Nos. 17 and 18
(Fox Street, Hillside Avenue).

Parker Company, John H., Foundation and Superstructure Sub-stations
Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16 (City Hall Place, E. 19th Street, W. 53d
Street, W. 96th Street, W. 132d Street).

INSPECTION SHED

American Bridge Company, Structural Steel.

Beggs & Company, James, Heating Boilers.

Elektron Manufacturing Company, Freight Elevator.

Farrell, E. J., Drainage System.

Hiscox & Company, W. T., Steam Heating System.

Leary & Curtis, Transformer House.

Milliken Brothers, Structural Steel and Iron for Storehouse.

Northern Engineering Works, Electric Telpherage System.

O'Rourke, John F., Foundation Work.

Tucker & Vinton, Superstructure of Reinforced Concrete.

Tracy Plumbing Company, Plumbing.

Weber, Hugh L., Superstructure of Storehouse, etc.

SIGNAL TOWERS

Tucker & Vinton, Reinforced Concrete Walls for Eight Signal Towers.

PASSENGER ELEVATORS

Otis Elevator Company, Electric Passenger Elevators for 167th Street,
181st Street, and Mott Avenue Stations, and Escalator for Manhattan
Street Station.

* * * * *

_Rolling Stock and Signal Department_

George Gibbs, Consulting Engineer.

Cars, Automatic Signal System.

American Car & Foundry Company, Steel Car Bodies and Trailer Trucks.

Buffalo Forge Company, Blacksmith Shop Equipment.

Burnham, Williams & Company (Baldwin Locomotive Works), Motor Trucks.

Cambria Steel Company, Trailer Truck Axles.

Christensen Engineering Company, Compressors, Governors, and Pump
Cages on Cars.

Curtain Supply Company, Car Window and Door Curtains.

Dressel Railway Lamp Works, Signal Lamps.

Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company, Car Seats and Backs.

Jewett Car Company, Wooden Car Bodies.

Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Machinery and Machine Tools for Inspection
Shed.

Metal Plated Car & Lumber Company, Copper Sheathing for Cars.

Pitt Car Gate Company, Vestibule Door Operating Device for Cars.

Pneumatic Signal Company, Three Mechanical Interlocking Plants.

Standard Steel Works, Axles and Driving Wheels for Motor and Trailer
Trucks.

St. Louis Car Company, Wooden Car Bodies and Trailer Trucks.

Stephenson Company, John, Wooden Car Bodies.

Taylor Iron & Steel Company, Trailer Truck Wheels.

Union Switch & Signal Company, Block Signal System and Interlocking
Switch and Signal Plants.

Van Dorn Company, W. T., Car Couplings.

Wason Manufacturing Company, Wooden Car Bodies and Trailer Trucks.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Air Brakes.

Westinghouse Traction Brake Company, Air Brakes.

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