herefore, were of great
advantage where track room and scow berths were limited.

As noted in the list of contracts under which the work was executed,
the scows at both the 35th Street dumping board and Pier No. 72 were
furnished, towed, and the material finally disposed of, by Henry Steers,
Incorporated. During the same period, this contractor disposed of the
material excavated from both the Cross-town Tunnels, constructed by the
United Engineering and Contracting Company, and the tunnels under the
East River, constructed by S. Pearson and Son, Incorporated. As stated
in other papers of this series relating to the construction of those
tunnels, the material excavated by the United Engineering and
Contracting Company was delivered to barges at 35th Street and East
River and that by S. Pearson and Son, Incorporated, at two points, one
in Long Island City and the other at 33d Street and East River,
Manhattan.

The total number of cubic yards of material disposed of amounted to:

Place measurement. Total barge
Earth. Rock. measurement.

35th Street and North River 242,800 22,800 281,500
Pier No. 72, North River 673,800 1,488,000 3,203,400
From Cross-town Tunnels 570,400
From Under-river Tunnels 402,500
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Total 4,457,800
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The material was delivered as follows:

To the freight terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Greenville, N.J. 3,454,800
To the Meadows Division of the Tunnel Line between
Harrison, N.J., and the North River Portals 711,900
To other points selected by the contractors 291,100
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Total 4,457,800
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The handling of this large quantity of material required the loading of
from 10 to 20 scows per day (and for more than two years the average was
14), and, as the average time spent in one round trip was 3 1/3 days, a
fleet of more than 50 scows was required to keep all points supplied and
allow for a fe