Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Engineering Organization

The whole of the work of the North River Division was designed and executed under the direction of Charles M. Jacobs, M. Am. Soc. C. E., Chief Engineer, and James Forgie, M. Am. Soc. C. E., Chief Assistant Engineer, the construction of Section “K,” Bergen Hill Tunnels, being directly in charge of the writer as Resident Engineer.

PENNSYLVANIA TUNNEL AND TERMINAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
SECTION “K”

—BERGEN HILL TUNNELS.

Organization of Staff of Resident Engineer

Organization Previous to the Holing Through of the Tunnels

Resident Engineer.
Assistant Engineer.					Assistant Engineer.
Cost and Office Records.		Field Inspection.				Alignment.
			Weehawken.		Hackensack.		Weehawken.		Hackensack.
Inspector.		Chief Inspector.		Chief Inspector.
Two Clerks. Stenographer. Telephone Operator. Messenger. Janitors.		Inspector, N. Tunnel. ——”—— S. Tunnel. ——”—— Mixer. ——”—— Excavation and Force Account. Inspector, Night. Cement Warehouseman.		Inspector, N. Tunnel. ——”—— S. Tunnel. ——”—— Mixer. ——”—— Excavation and Force Account. Inspector, Night. Cement Warehouseman.		Chief of Party. Instrumentman. Rodman. Chainman.		Chief of Party. Instrumentman. Rodman. Chainman.
		Conduit Inspector.

Organization After the Tunnels Had Been Holed Through.

Resident Engineer.
Assistant Engineer.					Assistant Engineer.
					Alignment.
Cost and Office Records.		Field Inspection.
	Tunnels.		Conduit Inspector.		1 Instrumentman. 1 Draftsman. 2 Rodmen. 3 Chainmen.
Two Inspectors. Two Clerks. Stenographer. Telephone Operator. Messenger. Janitor.		Chief Inspector. | 8 Tunnel Inspectors. 2 Mixer Inspectors. 1 Night Inspector.		Inspector, Hackensack Approach.

The general organization of the staff is shown by the two diagrams, Figs. ²⁰ and ²¹. Fig. 20 shows the organization previous to the holing through of the tunnels, during which time a separate office was maintained at the western end for the use of the men stationed there; Fig. 21 shows the organization during the latter part of the time, after the tunnels were holed through. The Assistant Engineer in charge of the construction was J. R. Taft, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C. E.; the Chief Inspector, J. S. Frazer, Jun. Am. Soc. C. E., had charge of about 75% of the work of the lining of the tunnels. The alignment has been from the beginning under the charge of R. L. Reynolds, Assistant Engineer.

Footnotes

1. Presented at the meeting of April 6th, 1910.

2. Plate VIII of the paper by Mr. Jacobs.

3. Plate VIII in the paper by Mr. Jacobs.

4. Of the paper by Mr. Jacobs.