Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-18
PNEUmATIC rUNNnE UpDrR
BROADWAY, NEW YORK.


Through an underground tunnel A par
Tof the tunnel is now completed and wa.
treeently opened TO public inspection. w
take from the .sfle1tfgfc. -4ale17casz the
following in relation to this new mode o
transit
4 WAY STATION s..14
These stations are not to be damp and
dimly lighted cellars. but oolnn0dious
Il airy and comfortable apartments where
IN passengers may await the arrival Of a
/ car with as little inconvenience as they
| could IN the best steam railway stations
! and without any of the annoyances that
attend the waiting for street cars. at street
corners. 4sz944 $50 atf
7 + seEfl res4HF SIS - eff
THE TUNNEL AND WAITING STATION. +
The, portal Of the tunnel IS a massive
ornamental structure, of circular form,
nine feet in diameteTa itsrbed twenty one
and a half feet below flthev surface of
Broadway The mouth Of the tunnel
opens directly into a large7 underground
apartment, one hundred and twenty feet
IN length. ftted up in good style, for the
purposes, of a waiting and reception
station. 4 his apartment is lighted from
the pavement, and occupies the entire
space under the Warren street sidewalk.
THE HaEuA ATtc CAR
IS Of circular form, richly upholstered.
and very comfortable, with seats for
eighteen persons. Its interior hight is
greater than the cars of the London unA
derground railways. When the pneul
matte tunnel isz ffigt1er extended, lux
urious cars, 100 feet in length, will be
used. The car. is brilliantly illuminated
by means of aasingle zircop light /
q THE NODE OF PRoPUtsroN
is one. Of the most simple things inaginr
able. AR rs forced into the tunnel by a
gigantic blowing engine made by p. I'll.
& F. M. Roots, of Connersville, Ind,
This blower is actuated By a steam en-
glne. of Ioo-horse power, and is calculaT
ted to dellYer, when worked at maximum
speed, a volume of Ioo, 900 cubic feet of
air per minute. A pressure of one-fourth
Of one pound TO the square inch would
be an aggregate OF three-fourths Of a
tun on the end of the car, far more than
required for propulsion. ba .....
The blowing engine is positive. in its
action, pressing the air into the tunnel
When the air current IS reversed a par
tial vacuum IS produced in the tunnel,
and the pressure Of the atmosphere then
propels the car in an opposite direction.
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.
The tunnel win when completed, cx-
tend from the Battery to the Harlem
river. E1iIels @
The tunnel starts from the. east end of
the reception ROOM corner of Warren
street and broadway, thence in a straight
Il a
ray street, where the shield, or tunneling
machine now rests. The excavations
have been temporarily suspended, for
the purpose Of afording the press and
public an opportunity to examine the
works, and witness the operations Of the
machinery. Mr. Joseph Dixon Is the
uperiHtendent Of the works.
OPENING OF THE BROADWAY TUNNEL 70
THE PUBLIC
The doors Of the Beach Pneumatic
Transit Company were thrown open to
the public for the first time on the 26th
ult.. when an Under Broadway Recep-
ton was given, by special invitation to
the State authorities. city officials. and
members Of the sPress-.eAll the promi-
nent personages. of the city and State
were present, and the inspection of the
works gave the greatest satisfaction
The various daily. newspapers have pub
lished long accounts OF the event, which
has produced quite a novel sensation IN
the metropolis &B08
a The New York Izr1a2d says. 1T was
virtually the opening day of the first I'm
derground railway IN America.
The New York 7i15yzeg says: Certain
ly the most novel, if not the most sue
cessful enterprise that New York has
seen for many day IS the pneumatic
tunnel under Broadway. A myth, or a
humbug, it has hitherto been called by
everybody who has been excluded from
its interior but thereafter the incredulous
public can have the. opportunity of ex-
amining the undertaking and judging of
its nerits.aq q aa gaa sEts SOS gshHaM
Yesterday the tunnel was thrown open
to the inspection of visitors for the first
time and it must be said that every one
of them came away surprised and graft
fed. Such as expected to find a dismal
retreatunder Broadway, open
ed their eyes at the legantrecepdonr room
the light, airy tunnel, and the general
appearance ofataste and comfort in all
the apartments and those who entered
to pick out some scientific, haW IN the
proiect, were siIenced by the complete
ness of the machinery, the solidity Of
the work. and the safety of the running
t-ta ~
The Evejzt,tgl 1I4crfF says: The prob
lem of atunneliTig Broadway has been
solved. There is no mistake about It.
Even as we write, comfortable passen-
ger car is running smoothly and safely
between Warren and Murray streets de-
beyond contradiction, that
it is only a question of time. and money.
to give us rapid and comfortable trans
portation from the Battery 70 Harlem
4 The Company has temporarily sus-
pended operations on the tunnel in order
to give the public an opportunity to ex-
anime their works, which are now. opentI
for inspection. The entrance is. at 26O.I
Broadway, corner of Warren street. di- /
rectly opposite the City Hall. The ladies
of the Union Home for the Orphans of /
Soldiers and Sailors, a most deserving
are in possession of the doors, /
and receive the proceeds of the admis-
sion fee, IS cents.