By Brian Solomon
From the 1830s to this day, the railroad has constructed myriad advanced mechanisms to aid maintain
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A. Read, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George W. Wickersham, and George W. Young. The incorporators of the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company were Charles T. Barney, August Belmont, John B. McDonald, Walter G. Oakman, and William A. Read. Page 22 Exterior View of Power House Page 23 Chapter I The Route of the RoadPassenger Stations and Tracks The selection of route for the Subway was governed largely by the amount which the city was authorized by the Rapid Transit Act to spend. The main object of the road was to carry to and from their homes in the upper portions of Manhattan Island the great army of workers who spend the business day in the offices, shops, and warehouses of the lower portions, and it was therefore obvious that the general direction of the routes must be north and south, and that the line must extend as nearly as possible from one end of the island to the other.
Thompson, Master Mechanic. J. N. Waldron, Signal Engineer. Page 11 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.
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.
