Station Finish—Route No. 5, Sections Nos. 7 to 11.—The contract for the construction of station finish for the seven stations on Sections Nos. 7 to 11 of Route No. 5 was awarded to John B. Roberts, dated August 9, 1916, the contract price being $278,182.66. In this contract is included also the station finish for signal towers north of 51st Street Station to and including the 103d Street station.
Work was started on these sections in the early part of 1917, and is practically completed. The hollow tile work, plastering, rough plumbing and electrical conduit work for all these stations is complete. The glazed tile work is placed and with the completion of the stairways on the 51st Street Station, the stairway construction is finished. The placing of control railings and ticket boots complete the work on this contract.
Excerpted from Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, volume 141, issue 4. Published by J.B. Lyon Company, Albany, 1918.