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Working Platform, Contract 9-0-2, Canal St.

about One Hundred and First street, the northbound express trains running on the tracks as at present arranged, thus avoiding the crossover just north of the station.

On the west side two additional tracks are proposed. The southbound west side track will branch at about One Hundred and First street and provide for an independent Broadway local track to the Ninety-sixth street station, while the present track will serve for the southbound Broadway express. At or about the same point near One Hundred and First street, on a lower level, the southbound West Farms track will branch, providing for a local service outside of the present subway tracks to the Ninety-sixth street station, while the present track will accommodate the southbound West Farms express service, thus again avoiding the direct crossover of the southbound tracks north of the Ninety-sixth street station.

WEST SIDE TRACKS N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R.

The engineering department in 1906 made careful studies for a subway along Eleventh avenue, West street and other streets in Manhattan borough, in accordance with an act of the Legislature which became a law on March 26, 1906, entitled:

"An act to terminate the use of streets, avenues and public places in the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan, by railroads operated by steam locomotive power at grade."

It was therefore obligatory on the part of the Rapid Transit Board that if by March 26, 1907, no agreement had been reached with the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, to which company this act applied, to place its tracks in a subway on the west side of Manhattan, condemnation proceedings would be instituted. As no agreement was reached by the date mentioned, surveys to carry out the purpose of the act were started and are now being made.

On June 30, 1907, there were 328 appointments in force on the staff of the chief engineer, divided as follows:

1 Deputy Chief Engineer.

5 Division Engineers.

3 General Inspectors.

115 Assistant Engineers. 33 Draughtsmen.

54 Rodmen.

33 Axemen.

10 Inspectors of Steel.

45 Inspectors of Masonry.

5 Cement Testers.

1 Steel Chemist.

2 Computers.

1 Secretary.

19 Clerks.

1 Photographer.

The engineering executive staff on June 30, 1907, consisted of the following officers:

Alfred Craven, Deputy Chief Engineer.

George Hallett Clark, Engineer First Division.

John H. Meyers, Engineer Second Division.

C. V. V. Powers, Engineer Third and Fourth Divisions.
Frederick C. Noble, Engineer Fifth Division.
Amos L. Schaeffer, Engineer Sewer Division.
Sverre Dahm, General Inspector of Designs.
W. A. Aiken, General Inspector of Material.
D. L. Turner, General Inspector of Stations.
M. J. Farrell, Secretary to Chief Engineer.
Pierre P. Pullis,- Official Photographer.
Heins & LaFarge, Consulting Architects.

Latey & Slater, Consulting Electrical Engineers.

As the engineering corps of the Rapid Transit Board, as such, practically ceases to exist, I take this opportunity of thanking the executive staff and the entire force for their efficiency and loyalty in carrying out the work. The force was organized in 1900, and is an excellent example of how civil service intelligently and honestly conducted, can be used in carrying on a large public enterprise. The work has been arduous, and the success achieved is due almost entirely to the confidence on the part of the Rapid Transit Board in its technical employees and their assistants.

I thank the Rapid Transit Board for its uniform courtesy and kindness in complying with the many recommendations made by myself as Acting and Chief Engineer, and for the confidence shown at all times in the work of the Engineering Department.

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APPENDIX B.

REPORT OF HENRY B. SEAMAN ON RAPID TRANSIT MATTERS.

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