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THE NEW YORK SUBWAY Its Construction and Equipment [Illustration: OPERATING ROOM OF POWER HOUSE]
[Illustration: (I.R.T. symbol)]
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
ANNO. DOMI. MCMIV
Copyright, 1904, by
Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
New York
Planned and Executed by The
McGraw Publishing Co. [Illustration: (McGraw Publishing Company New York logo)]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No. INTRODUCTION, 13 CHAPTER I. THE ROUTE OF THE ROAD PASSENGER STATIONS
AND TRACKS, 23 CHAPTER II. TYPES AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION, 37 CHAPTER III. POWER HOUSE BUILDING, 67 CHAPTER IV. POWER PLANT FROM COAL PILE TO SHAFTS OF
ENGINES AND TURBINES, 77 CHAPTER V. SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, 91 CHAPTER VI. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OF CARS, 117 CHAPTER VII. LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR PASSENGER STATIONS
AND TUNNEL, 121 CHAPTER VIII. ROLLING STOCK CARS, TRUCKS, ETC., 125 CHAPTER IX. SIGNAL SYSTEM, 135 CHAPTER X. SUBWAY DRAINAGE, 145 CHAPTER XI. REPAIR AND INSPECTION SHED, 147 CHAPTER XII. SUB CONTRACTORS, 151
INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY
Directors August Belmont
E. P. Bryan
Andrew Freedman
James Jourdan
Gardiner M. Lane
John B. McDonald
Walter G. Oakman
John Peirce
Morton F. Plant
William A. Read
Alfred Skitt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George W. Young Executive Committee August Belmont
Andrew Freedman
James Jourdan
Walter G. Oakman
William A. Read
Cornelius Vanderbilt Officers August Belmont, President
E. P. Bryan, Vice president
H. M. Fisher, Secretary
D. W. McWilliams, Treasurer
E. F. J. Gaynor, Auditor
Frank Hedley, General Superintendent
S. L. F. Deyo, Chief Engineer
George W. Wickersham, General Counsel
Chas. A. Gardiner, General Attorney
DeLancey Nicoll, Associate Counsel
Alfred A. Gardner, Associate Counsel
Engineering Staff S. L. F. Deyo, Chief Engineer.
Electrical Equipment L. B. Stillwell, Electrical Director.
H. N. Latey, Principal Assistant.
Frederick R. Slater, Assistant Engineer in charge of Third Rail
Construction.
Albert F. Parks, Assistant Engineer in charge of Lighting.
George G. Raymond, Assistant Engineer in charge of Conduits and Cables.
William B. Flynn, Assistant Engineer in charge of Draughting Room.
Mechanical and Architectural J. Van Vleck, Mechanical and Construction Engineer.
William C. Phelps, Assistant Construction Engineer.
William N. Stevens, Ass't Mechanical Engineer.
Paul C. Hunter, Architectural Assistant.
Geo. E. Thomas, Supervising Engineer in Field.
Cars and Signal System George Gibbs, Consulting Engineer.
Watson T. Thompson, Master Mechanic.
J. N. Waldron, Signal Engineer.
RAPID TRANSIT SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Directors August Belmont
E. P. Bryan
Andrew Freedman
James Jourdan
Gardiner M. Lane
Walther Luttgen
John B. McDonald
Walter G. Oakman
John Peirce
Morton F. Plant
William A. Read
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George W. Young
Executive Committee August Belmont
Andrew Freedman
James Jourdan
Walter G. Oakman
William A. Read
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Officers August Belmont, president
Walter G. Oakman, vice president
John B. McDonald, contractor
H. M. Fisher, secretary
John F. Buck, treasurer
E. F. J. Gaynor, auditor
S. L. F. Deyo, chief engineer
George W. Wickersham, general counsel
Alfred A. Gardner, attorney
Engineering Staff S. L. F. Deyo, Chief Engineer.
H. T. Douglas, Principal Assistant Engineer. A. Edward Olmsted, Division Engineer, Manhattan Bronx Lines. Henry B. Reed, Division Engineer, Brooklyn Extension. Theodore Paschke, Resident Engineer, First Division, City Hall to 33d
Street, also Brooklyn Extension, City Hall to Bowling Green; and
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