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Show ENDANGERED BY SUBWAY Foundations of City Hall in New York Sink From Jar of Trains. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. It has been discovered dis-covered that the foundations of one wing of the city hall have sunk at the point nearest the subway and deep cracks have appeared in the wainscoting wainscot-ing of the Mayor's room, which occupies occu-pies the west wing of the building. The point where the wall has settled is the nearest point in the city hall to the subway tunnel. The excavation is only about ten feet away and lies almost al-most directly below the wide front steps of the city hall. The soil in the vicinity is sandy and offers slight resistance re-sistance to the vibration caused by the trains. |