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.
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_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.
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_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.
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_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.
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_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.