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 |1150 |THE NEW YORK TUNNEL EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA     |18229 |
 |     |RAILROAD. By Charles W. Raymond                       |      |
 |1151 |THE NORTH RIVER DIVISION. By Charles M. Jacobs        |18548 |
 |1152 |THE EAST RIVER DIVISION. By Alfred Noble              |18065 |
 |1153 |MEADOWS DIVISION AND HARRISON TRANSFER YARD. By E. B. |18012 |
 |     |Temple                                                |      |
 |1154 |THE BERGEN HILL TUNNELS. By F. Lavis                  |21083 |
 |1155 |THE NORTH RIVER TUNNELS. By B. H. M. Hewett and W. L. |42149 |
 |     |Brown                                                 |      |
 |1156 |THE TERMINAL STATION WEST. By B. F. Cresson, Jr.      |17302 |
 |1157 |THE SITE OF THE TERMINAL STATION. By George C. Clarke |18408 |
 |1158 |THE CROSS TOWN TUNNELS. By James H. Brace and Francis |19037 |
 |     |Mason                                                 |      |
 |1159 |THE EAST RIVER TUNNELS. By James H. Brace, Francis    |18722 |
 |     |Mason, and S. H. Woodard                              |      |
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TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETY

OF

CIVIL ENGINEERS

(INSTITUTED 1852)

VOL. LXVIII

SEPTEMBER, 1910

Edited by the Secretary, under the direction of the Committee on
Publications. Reprints from this publication, which is copyrighted, may
be made on condition that the full title of Paper, name of Author, and
page reference are given.

NEW YORK

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY

1910

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1910, by the AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress,
at Washington.

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NOTE.--This Society is not responsible, as a body, for the facts and
opinions advanced in any of its publications.




CONTENTS


 THE NEW YORK TUNNEL EXTENSION OF THE
 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

 NO.                                                             PAGE

 1150 THE NEW YORK TUNNEL EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA             1
      RAILROAD. By Charles W. Raymond

 1151 THE NORTH RIVER DIVISION. By Charles M. Jacobs               32

 1152 THE EAST RIVER DIVISION. By Alfred Noble                     62

 1153 MEADOWS DIVISION AND HARRISON TRANSFER YARD. By E. B.        75
      Temple

 1154 THE BERGEN HILL TUNNELS. By F. Lavis                         84

 1155 THE NORTH RIVER TUNNELS. By B. H. M. Hewett and W. L.       152
      Brown

 1156 THE TERMINAL STATION-WEST. By B. F. Cresson, Jr.            303

 1157 THE SITE OF THE TERMINAL STATION. By George C. Clarke       340

 1158 THE CROSS-TOWN TUNNELS. By James H. Brace and Francis       391
      Mason

 1159 THE EAST RIVER TUNNELS. By James H. Brace, Francis Mason,   419
      and S. H. Woodard


 MEMOIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS
                                                  PAGE

  JOHN FISKE BARNARD, M. AM. SOC. C. E.            479

  ROBERT L. ENGLE, M. AM. SOC. C. E.               480

  CHARLES HERBERT DEANS, ASSOC. M. AM. SOC. C. E.  482

  WILLIAM MEIER, ASSOC. M. AM. SOC. C. E.          485


=This Volume and the succeeding Volume of Transactions (Vol. LXIX) will
contain all the Papers descriptive of the New York Extension of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. A general index covering both Volumes will be
issued in Vol. LXIX.=

  PLATES

  PLATE                                                   PAPER PAGE

  I.       Map and Profile, Pennsylvania Tunnel &          1150   19
           Terminal R. R., North Bergen Tunnel to Long
           Island City

  II.      Map and Profile, Harrison Yard to Bergen Hill   1150   21
           Tunnel

  III.     Plan of Sunnyside Yard                          1150   23

  IV.      View of Tunnel Under Part of Atlantic Avenue,   1151   37
           Brooklyn, N.Y.

  V.       New York Underground Railway Company: Section   1151   39
           Through Surface and Underground Stations

  VI.      Pennsylvania Railroad Extension: Map Showing    1151   45
           Proposed Lines Leading to Those Finally
           Adopted

  VII.     Plan, Profile, and Triangulation, North River   1151   47
           Tunnels

  VIII.    Typical Sections Between Manholes, Bergen       1151   51
           Hill Tunnels

  IX.      Map of Manhattan Island from Twenty-third to    1152   63
           Fortieth Streets

  X.       Manhattan Shaft, Lines A and B                  1152   65

  XI.      Long Island Shaft, Lines A and B                1152   67

  XII.     Typical Tunnel Sections                         1152   69

  XIII.    Plan and Profile, East River Tunnels            1152   71

  XIV.     Map and Profile, Cross-Town Tunnels             1152   73

  XV.      Plan and Profile of Lines A and B, and          1152   75
           Sunnyside Yard

  XVI.     Plan and Profile of the Pennsylvania Tunnel &   1153   77
           Terminal R. R., from Harrison, N. J., to the
           Hudson River

  XVII.    Plan of Harrison Yard                           1153   79

  XVIII.   Details of Shelters and Platforms, Harrison     1153   81
           Transfer Station

  XIX.     Details of Shelters and Platforms, Harrison     1153   81
           Transfer Station

  XX.      Lift Rail and Locking Device for Hackensack     1153   83
           River Draw-Bridge

  XXI.     Hackensack Portal, Bergen Hill Tunnels;         1154   85
           Method of Using Cross-Section Rod; and Belt
           Conveyor for Handling and Placing Concrete

  XXII.    Scaffold Car; Headhouse; and Round Holes in     1154   87
           Concrete Forms

  XXIII.   Record of Drilling, Air Pressure, Mucking,      1154   95
           etc., in Bergen Hill Tunnels

  XXIV.    Belt Conveyor for Handling and Placing          1154  119
           Concrete; Water-Proofing, Portion of
           Completed Sand-Wall, etc.; and Methods of
           Placing Concrete in Forms and Bench-Walls

  XXV.     Telephone and Telegraph Ducts and Mandrels;     1154  129
           Tunnel Lining Forms; Placing Water-Proofing;
           and Section of Completed Lining

  XXVI.    Form of Circuit-Breaker Chamber and Traveling   1154  137
           Gantry; Forms for Storage Chamber; Rock
           Packing Over Arches; Method of Water-Proofing
           in Timbered Tunnels, etc.

  XXVII.   Method of Placing Water-Proofing and Keying     1154  145
           Arch; View of Completed Tunnel; General View
           of Completed Hackensack Tunnel and Arches
           Through Cut-and-Cover Section; and View of
           Hackensack Approach

  XXVIII.  Plan and Profile of Parts of North River        1155  153
           Tunnels

  XXIX.    Weehawken Shaft; and Tunnel Shield Showing      1155  159
           Hood

  XXX.     Yard and Offices at Manhattan and Weehawken     1155  161
           Shafts

  XXXI.    Tunneling Shield                                1155  167

  XXXII.   Thirty-Second Street Tunnels and Shield         1155  175
           Chambers

  XXXIII.  General Methods of Excavation Adopted for       1155  177
           Land Tunnels

  XXXIV.   Plan and Longitudinal Section of Weehawken      1155  193
           Tunnels

  XXXV.    Apparatus for Cleaning and Rodding Electric     1155  205
           Cable Ducts

  XXXVI.   Diagram Showing Lines and Grades in River       1155  229
           Tunnel North

  XXXVII.  Cross-Section of Subaqueous Tunnels Showing     1155  231
           Reinforcement

  XXXVIII. Back of Shield in South Tunnel; and Rear View   1155  237
           of Shield During Erection of First Ring of
           Iron Lining

  PLATE                                                   PAPER PAGE

  XXXIX.   View of Meeting of Shields; and Lowering        1155  253
           Segment into Tunnel Invert

  XL.      Sections of Tunnel During Construction,         1155  255
           Showing Shield, Air Locks, Platforms, Etc.

  XLI.     Placing Key Segment; and Method of Grouting     1155  257
           Outside Iron

  XLII.    Duct Bench Concrete Form in River Tunnels       1155  283

  XLIII.   End of Portable and Adjustable Forms            1155  285
           for Building Side Bench; and Steel Rod
           Reinforcement in River Tunnels

  XLIV.    Details of 20-Ft. Movable Form and Traveler     1155  287
           for Concrete Arches

  XLV.     Traveling Concrete Form for Face of Bench       1155  291
           Walls

  XLVI.    Mechanical Analysis of Sand Used in Mortar      1155  297
           and Concrete

  XLVII.   Views Showing Condition of Work at Site of      1156  307
           Terminal Station

  XLVIII.  Views Showing Excavation and Supports for       1156  317
           Ninth Avenue Structures

  XLIX.    Views Showing Underpinning for Ninth Avenue     1156  321
           Elevated Railway

  L.       Views Showing Condition of Work Between Ninth   1156  325
           and Tenth Avenues, and Progress on Concrete
           Walls

  LI.      Views Showing Box Drains and Tie-Rods in        1156  333
           Walls; the Completed Tenth Avenue Portal; and
           the Disposal Trestle

  LII.     Girders Under the Ninth Avenue Elevated         1156  335
           Railroad; Method of Supporting Elevated
           Railway Columns; and View of Inside of Form
           for Walls, Showing Drains, Tie-Rods, Etc.

  LIII.    Pennsylvania Station