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iiwiiiiii-i~riii is ls;ful§o~r§,e§i~ -_Ymlg soli- wiiy fi-iiiii the engligeti-i\i|;‘1tstandpolnt‘,

iniii :is the soiutidn'f"bli'blflofmllnililplili in-iilili,-iii nf riinid 1q‘nnul(¢;_tl_i6f0`l1\i0ili‘it/'_JpN>f-i iiiiei-S ii ii-imiiy iiieiii, \'_i'i_i'fiii»‘is-“‘iianii=iiiiy=

it ii-ii-i piiiiineilji-io; und b\'|llii~;3o'iul_y le¥**'l,ho piii-wise oi giving easy nnfl-f¢‘li1llxk‘u‘<:ceéii=i

Lriiiii inie piirt of the "grentor'Dlty,-gig"-'@]’

illlii-i-iiiii'l-ii. Lint t»lwi*¢.‘is now fd.

“_ :ik ,_f0!" Qlgrpuwd .of 'iirlentiliention ns the --,north Tunnel' ia_‘bom_d; the south Tunnel

ivithiiiwzithiiusiiifd mei, or nie New i orkiiiillghonldl 1`A_J`0i»ivo work will soon ilie bemxn Ol! bile' Sixth avenue extension Ibftiie iJuheh"iml'i the sliiift is sunk for gpntlwork wi'li’i4iiorlly begin on iiiie down !mvniriv`ol°" Tunnels. All of the lioivs,

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oii'oiisti'uetloiilniin<in1'0uud New York teciii`eet»L\vo inches internnl ciinineicr;

ini iiiiiiei-igmnnii r`abll"t-'1*iiri_slt 'systeln tiiut, when in oiierulilom-'ngiii 7br1>gl_neo,not only-_ir

viuil elieel, on tiiu_ruelil6pO'lis i'nlri` its"

iiniiiilriiis New Jersey eiivlmiih; liut'bn‘tho enliri- uuiiiiliry, ns wall, to u very liirge ex- Lunl. _ ' Llrieily, this svstcin. ae plunned to dnte, ouiisisis of four Tunnels in [iuirs'im'1ler the iiiiiliun iiiver, eonnoetimiflilliypw Jersey giiiii-ii wiiii nie Isiiiiiii,-‘_-q_t\<wl§a|iii`iii_mi»ui- twii iiiiiiits; two piiroliui ‘iliubeni runhliiu- fi-uiii tivii oi' the rh/el:`t,ui5es'.und`er the li.|=iiiil, ilii-iiiigli, Ilva»u‘ei;n'Jp'olll.an nhop= ping ili~Li-ielci; 'Life ii\ASOa`ul6l\q tihe Now .]vi'.si~y uuitur i'rd)§t 0i_7n'l1'cel-lug the four iilvi-r iiilii-ii iinil Qlhitliofiirunk 'line tenni- niiis, i-xeenl, on<;‘;€p`gi=,iahu_J§li’S¢‘¥ Shore, and ii aiiiii- i-iiiiiiingrlyirllifohpnnlr of the river' Liinin-i~ liiiul: phi; wnmr from, loii iininti \\'liqgA§1i¢pi1§¢mg|`m|-’°“nI be wh.

veiili-iiily iiinllbigmxlblt-'thu inGrioi\i:e net \\'urk iii l.rullQi`, "`B!l`<` `Spi'!iI\d ,Over l-iw sli'i‘el.a of iiiilléffliflibeiklhg-Jersey Ulliy, lliiliiilii-ii, and other lwllillu .suIiiifl§lN>`}.`i'q!`\"l>'untres` wltliln ii

twi-iiiy-li\'e~iiill(l§ [§5`.g|§ New Ym-kg Ciiy lliill. Tllpigi ide-fond towns coni-

bil\~i\'=wv1\ nil ,9iijas`a,1o0,ooo- wiiieii ie gre=iiiei‘ by 1 ` A a, ' ‘Q-"lille" p6pl\lillil0\\‘

\\'iil|i\ni U. qgmg. ol |,llo

nii\|i_\\'lio is i' ` ';g‘¢@l§,|il§}_"glgnnliie Dew of wvrk, -W _ »,`Lli'i~‘llil`ui;‘-iiuiihod hiriviii-il su qulelily nl\'(f_}_-§[¢\ii~Hqq\!~_ mm qiiininiiie eiiglilcorlnq |§`Q\f dvéh iiiii i-iiiiiiio mines or -Moifi;oz§_liligi!l§miahv‘ wii-li.~ii~ei-_iii iii New Yo'rl£',ili`iilie°_¥.‘i“»vi\iél\` tii-ii iiiiii-ei iii-e helm: lioi-ed, l\i\'\’0’»l)l§§n“di)4?_‘ tiii-lioii. i-Iiiigineiers will izriisp iio\`\"ro|$Ily" tx-iiiiii-kiilile this feat. iii when it is iiddeii tliiit iii iliorlon and GrecnWlol\l<‘si7l'E6tA`~_lri

. V ......__, __,,`,, P __ _ ini-~ii <-iii-vii iii iii() feeorafiiusl _ Mr. .\ii-,i\~liii> in ii. typical Soutiiern g-on~ i»l<‘iii:iii. lie is bull und spiire. llc has n Elin, i-leiiii .~ilii\_ven face, ills eyes are liii-iiiiil iii-ep sei.. ills -voice belimysu iiiiiisiiiiilii-i-n iieeonqlmpeieeptlblonlmont, Jutiiiii- iliiit keeps tlin‘}-'lisvenor attentive liiiiiciii- liiiiv he will: plenbhiice i»l1'ls` or tiiiiiiiiiii-|ii~iiii\r word. "'“.'- 7 _ iii i~ .i '

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i'l| 18112, iilivn lie N'-w viirk. ‘ ni -lri>|>o|i.~i lie

lie was

fpnrposeof eoneiirnctioiil is ix iiiiicliiiie liiillt

_, _ .. _ . nsuivo stool- \vohs'rbuiJl1 Vui~Li'_-ixlly und

5 lib lil1n\i6l,Wlllll$- cdlilllrlletimi is proeeeil- 1 n`gi“"Thbli40'll lk clnilvlliefl in fmnli ui Llie

tiieiinrili Tunn_el_is eighteen feet inter- ,nnl riinmetiei'.' " '.""," "`"‘"" N _Cinrries M. Jncoiis is tho englneei-in ehiirge; Ho 'lins el‘n`ployer‘I the shield 'inothgll of eeiistruetioii from the start. In ooinpiebliig the north Tunnel he iiseil i.-he shield lei`t»iu itby i.lie second conr .piiny, urenuly improving and streiiigtiien- fini; tiiie-snnie. Thnii Mr. Jimi-obs hiislinilt. _-§_Jl‘l,e Tunnel withoutr. so mul.-ii as ii serious oi'|yrtii-raeteil delay, und is izuingiiliniiil 'building others with us iitiie fuss, iii fproui’ iniilieleiit of' the* iiliility lie liiiii iiroiifxlit to the work in hiiinil. , Iii December, 1002, Mr. Jin-ulis prepiii-eil ,lihe following sbai.eme'nii of the nietlioii employed inthe building uf the Tunnels; at the some time iight. Ls tihriiwn on the

.tim river Tunnels hiive been ni-:ii-elie» ing.ilx-iven:

The work is executed under pneu-

mnile pressurel 'ifhe soil in which Llie Tunnel is built is A stiihiebiiipiii-t clny silt, furmlnpt the lleil of the Hudiiun River. The ,slileicl userl nt the fuceiiiinl ini- the

ull of boiler _pigitrisi stmiigtliencil with

Hield; tltlldfr-ls* bibuglit into the tunnel lirollgb ¢_109t8 left ln the rllunligrinn, by iiioh -niihieilih-e~;li‘iiii<iieiiii of ine iiiiiei-i éilkllhllufliif-’TlfM`e‘ llooru cini lie contrulleil

l1l'lr|`»lrl6tho 'l'nnnel, iii:eu|'<|i|i;z io thi:

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Qillilpgrllil- lie inoveil, iiinl the nien iii-ii ‘lille renr of the ;~;l;lell;l, ofa sullrl bnltkllleurl nliontlis, \\'o1I'l¢":ii\:; been elinrleil Lou nnrler im,-mf -to Work lhmugh un, (|,,m-5 in iiil. nil in wlileli i,\ r oc is ure construe ui . L ie most 1 i ian I. 'coin irn 'nown in Xviuiee of the _sliielii ivlieiieveriieevssii-y. l iil-hc” “mocks form 0humhc,.s_ with iiiiriirimiiilllrllgg |1111-*fillllll »‘\‘\\<"~‘;'-‘Hi . ' . " ` ~ _ ~ _ iini \\' i ren riinii . us wer* iiiii

l"”""""'i\est Lunneleurvo driven to dnmirhs sh-umm pushed tomurd ihy mlm oomut Gnchend' hom "ours Dmmung nrovideii lfnriiie el‘<i-iivlltvlon oi' the lower llvii ||yi|i-'iull'- Hljlelfl lllirler eom res§e¢i born of Mydmuuc dlnckr cb?-ling tenor* H me Bmw Inrccumwumb In to mmm' piirl nf iiie '1‘uiinelAin solid roek forniiiiinn " ` ` ' »|”°‘1'\l“'“3““|'“~ “fl " "W" “" “ l’W"" 'irilbdtlie tunnel-nnil by this niciins-i ` ` H - _ ’

ent lnstiilleil, on \\‘ell as in the new sliielils xmmsum um’ bon emmnmn at _(Any. ‘while the l'll1lJ0l` l11\"|- Of :|10 llllllllll L* "1 now fn pi'ueu»4.~i of euiislriuitiuii, the totnl :mlm “,|m|n__|_h'¢M_‘.|{,ck c|mmber‘ _ emu", eiriyslli-1 llie rock lim-i :een elrllleil nnill power n\'nlli\bli\ for |\\n4iiiii|; tin' nlilelil is i_'“,n|\ mu |,i.'“‘;s“N cnrriud |“,‘m,_, Li", hm. -ll||\-'3l»¢"l ‘ll ‘““"\“°0 "Af UU* Smell' N l>l'0lU'l"~P~ 2i0U0l10l\H- ni-,i ur the itilmbyplierie pressure outside, Wm' ”'“'”fl“c‘0"y twirlts) 19:? Lt°"':|;le:'l!

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As the eiiiielil in piislieil [in-\viii~d nnii iinil this mppgeuient give.-i the nieiins ;:’?;"`;'f:;'c;‘|'[‘):1‘;'[;r£lu|\:l g“rll;c-°r’:lp\;’m,"r[J‘r miiterini is excnviiteil, emit iron lining nf fieceiu-i iao`.‘ind‘ from the outer n.tnios~ tho e'“ure undermkm

erected inside the tunnel iinii |ilii~,re1ind tile fees ol the tunnel worki - . V- R'

the slieilier oi thetnii of the sliielii. ln this work the oirleeks nro nrriinged in In the north Tunnel, whore Mr. Jnculm

-` "-“'~ is the miilerliil expo:-ii-ii, iliinllciiie, foi-ming two stnpi-ei`< of ali' pn.-Hs* -éworkedwltli' the nhleld' that ennie with

lg, thnx-olore. ui/ no time ini); iii-i,-,iincliirg lore /rlhliil'i`o\\t illrxon hun- (tm: purehlixse of lilionoid Ictlmlpniiyfh Iini:~

tolifn rn' to the work iisi-i iii-eil feet, i.W U IWW* ‘i "“ VN? e uesnn igoodw |!l§lif0|5\l 001- ll"

t-he process oi eoniilriielloii. 'i‘iie .muy iiiovo__" iii ubo ond from the- v1meoo`dny\vas thejbesti that could lie plelxas are en-cteil by liyili-iiullv i-l,iinil mn qu-1: o effect oi iiir pressure lilonoin-slit, and in‘ 'roek_ from twenty

machine liiilonniiiient. nf upon ¢i|ipl __v'lV|;npproAe|iible. -lnelxes-the wligéihol is rgig ofb‘l;he cast

to the iiliieiil. which iiiiieliiiie __ “ ‘ -inn lining--to feet. "eve y momiii

pliite L-xiieily in l_“ "he :rsign 0'. 3"; umcmnerymlzf ’oH,i\`o nt# miwhinory- whinh-lwns being

viii-iylnir u snip mm n mx w°Yk‘» W I- i 1

uw nnlxhul iiiieliinery [lib proiaeiih iinilbrfeollirnot, ` =m'm7 wh” he mm’ this sm"°mc“t‘ nw Hcm'w|'V lil! tiioiiiowliijforn devices known ‘ln “Mah “thlny f°"tdr`s“-uhM` h°°h' ms'

"ml N0' tunnel hull idk’ into nelng-Ml°DlC§»'A\1il ~P\‘°°&"|“”d”‘“"d "'°`r”a nt mek rc' wiiter- it In “mléug mm dwbh ms _qulwmw `movol v_nrles from three tejten feet.

ol|lniaheri_ dolcnnbeebnstrouted When 'the senond cumpony which dixylhnn h slyerbhen- done- hereto a itmkle'dtheTunueisi\b\qni\_o1!6rl the worli:

IMI-lv 01° Newiiiinip _im i»¢\ii‘;iie»iga1ifmp`iii»luiiy.“iii».iiii-iii wiweiii-ii wfnfuaga of me -inf\cr:cvi|-~ iiiiiiiii roi-' iiiiu-. ‘nii-immuoi fmiiiu wiiieif wi. »iiii~imiiima.~ mr nie

e 7,`:,||,||n“i |",»,i,§¢_ '\\_ "f¢qh¢}:_““d“ eo|npnny‘l>oo¥‘- llbiri, Th! 'north

helm: emi. iliidiion RI __ _1'='l‘h\_f’pruonlii khiilik' Mid , pixel-in n fella ln‘ jiioiiiélor ln- vcry Ili-'M ii e new ii fiqii-viii, iieeiimwl by by iii.-mi point--dim wk'-ima

lily WHY "Hy iii-onlie |iov¢§x`\,9n11e?nmaIiYll\\m §uf'qf6ity|\ Nino Tnnileli ll one _-work. At the n.- Iiiizh in 5,lliii]lU\Il\Ill £0 till bqilnl'lM\Ili|‘,- ulikcn Natln heigilh plllslinted

in cmf ~\">' 0"" while pnvunhllé-' lmuwidi-tor iiiui»ri|iviiii»¢i¢iiiminii»<n||ieii¥iy,» only sin

is Immnlif-'Ply aiiiiingmzli nigh; ‘ gpg, rpm- di-iyiiixi -imi~ii»¢ii_~¢i»i_i;ayii»iiiiuiii'gfiis_isiia-i\i~y.Ai».fi

oriier un, hm; J' Eu `|n the tunriei,‘ an "where the ledge was thickest the sill, wan Th” lbiooti-io power il ing used for IIQMIDR thinnest-only about involve loot-and the

l! by rho-whole Works. river deepest, mme uixtrfive feet. I( the

“' In the new portion of the tunnel eoi-i~ ledge had onlyioroppod out where the

duuiiice of iwnicigigiytiiii ¢9i_iipniiyiii the may two lit covering vm hi-nor time uma in

ltlliel:-but iit its \vunki-at spot! l 1-iii-i-mi iii iiie .mul Ii '|'iiiini-l iii~_:\i- ilii- Ni-iv

' It wus i`oriiuin\ii~ ini' the lniinizli-i'i~' lIi1ii.r'l""~*"‘,\' -\l\"l`*'f \"|l"" ill" |"l\""i\|' "Will ,mu unc mm Lv", foul/ 0“u.,.‘,m,i,|u "mmm, gviiily ii-I( i_lii~ \ iiii-Iii iliiiiix iipi-ii. ilii- ii\ i-i ml llrsl. 'l`l\uy ixilincrl il lub iii viililiililu ex-l "Nl 53'“"~’ Wi*-V' '""| 'l“` T""""| “ "" |ieriei|ei‘ liliisiiiur iiliis n\\‘n_v so lliilt \\ lien ‘|""'|"'-I \"“'k I" 'h" "if l“"k' HM “>""" um"mst|»m.mh|“|,|L,U`m,|.UMNm“_n_H_(,m.|,_ iiliiisi- ii|n~ii iliiin'_~ iinil ilii- iiiiinl \\'livi‘i~ Ilii- vd U“_yi,m_,_|,i,|,y ,,,,i,,;,,,_c,,,,\ym_, ,,,,m,,, _~,ii-i-i ii-iiiiiii' iiieiiii-iiii-ii _~iiiii.i ii.i-i-.- ii-in ilrilllinrnlieiiil ni tliiinlilelil nnil 1|_\'iiiiniil "l"`*"m~l'_ W" f""‘ ,"1 """"~‘ "‘l"' """' ini( 4lellei\tc|y,=n iisiirit ioiiwnkeii I lie ri\ vi- " I

iii-iii0|iii\'crl\eiiil. 'i‘iii>_v kimw lliiil ilii-ie! ~ ` ' "'

wus only il few feet of iiriiivlicmiisc sill, between Llwln i\nil i\ whole river of miter 'l‘hey lmew thin, ii grnln we mni-li of <\x~l plosive would ict that river of iviiler in

upon tlnnn. Tlioy know nil Llilil, yi-iv ilu-,v i

wforkwlon \\'lblinl,enily i\iin|l.~i `ii|iri i-mil liemls-illirluiiedny, after three nioniiii~. of never-rnckinig tuil, they striiek silt ngnin-|\n(l tvlmmviinll been no neniili-ni..

truly* ii font thiit si-inns iilnicmt s\i|n-i-- » huninn tn the lny niiiiil. f

r Oi eenme, there linve been iieeiileliiei in the men vrurklnlz ln the Tunnel, Iinl niili

ollleiinei been lost since Mr Me/\iino’.~i‘ ` _ I i-,ompnny took possession. At minii, im) Khmn r'

ilnprers and lags i\n\'_e been in_lni-eil. seine ` |c|n\xioyi-in have been tri-iiterl in the com-3 “na _, ,.~,»i ii i pi\ny'u nnmpresaeil nlr Iiospltiil inn the ti “bemls," lmt even snail eiwcs, peunllnr in i `-_""' ‘ "=.'i-'

tunneilln'|z, have been eo\npi\riitl\'eiy (cw. i, "' - '

- Txliee-oinpnny'a surgeon niwnyii ex:iin~

-ine: tim eniployeu prior to work, iinil letii - ‘

none go into liin_ handing who i.~i not in

prime condition. Engineering nklll, lion. ,,i i '_

hill hud\ lob i/0 flu with this eleini 3_’¢§f<“-' pemd; ann this some sk_iil iins over. ~ como sei-bnoha in twcnty~ioi1r, and iioriy- *if

oighb hours l-hat would have Appeared =-'ifnii' welinigh innnpenible twenty years lm. _ __,,, _, ,_, or nb ibut delayed the work for weeks f » ` '

and months.

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.ii ii-i-niiii-iii.._ siiii, iiir i-iieiii.~i~i-iiiii it

ii-iiiii i|ii~ ~iii.i-.», ny iiiiiii i.-i.~.-iiiiii-.iiiy iiiiiiiiii ii, iiiiiiigiiiiiiiiiii. '|'iii-ii_ ine

iiiiiiii~ni| iii liii- i-viii iii-ii-iiili-i- ` iii-li:iiii-i-"; liai\'i|i;; iii-rn liiiiigglii i-\|ii'<-\-lyiiii' illi!

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