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.