, 1870-03-18
BRIDGING TEE HUDSON.
The Projected Suspcnsion Between
st. Anthontss Nasc and F0Et CliE-
IONA SluPcndoua UndcrtnkinE-
DctnI}s of the Plum.

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st. Anthons's Nosc and Fort Clin-
1on-A SiupcndouA 1jndcrtnkthE-
Details Of the rlnn.
EEom The .Scsc York Times, March II
Recently special act Of tho State Legisla-
ture Incorporated the Hudson Highland sus-
SANITATION wss enected, and the following ofi-
eeIs appointed: J. n. courtenay. President
Andrew Carnojie, Vice President; c.
]. Pueoy, Treasurer; Jas. H. Jenkins,
sesrotarxi Major General u.ls, F, y; a.nss,; So;
5s George oh1s' E uecis}ian, % consaItlns Ensiase1
and he following Board Of Directors: John
NJ. Courtenay, Andsew Carnelic, Caleb 3.
Mahen, Charles J. Pussy, David Lyman, Ed
ward VI. Serroll, n P, stanton, s. bngoe, l..
4. J. hubbard, E. R. Nisweu. The estimated
cost Of this grand undertaking and the exact
date for the commencement Of its cunattuc-
ton arc not yet given to tho public. But that
it is ono Of the greatest felts OF h1idge-bulld-
irg ever attempted IL manifest from the
Id location is already determined upon. It
will span the river, from blun TO blum between
Fort Clinton, on the western, to St. Anthony'a
Npeo, On the eastern side, The abutmouts and
| towers will be built upon the natural rock,
which forms the base Of the range Of noun
! tive granite OF the most enduring and psrma-
| ncnt character Thcro will be one cleaE span
Of 1900 feet, The length Of tho bridge be-
tween the towers is to be 1,6GG feet. The to-
tai length Of the bridge, including tho ap.
The lover part Of tho bridge nbove high-water
mark will be 155 feet.
Tho entire structure will be formed OF steel
combination truss and cable work. Tho wire
| to be used in the manufactur OF these cables
critics, and in experimental trials, in spans
2,6A0 feet long, has shown greater tensile
strength. with less weight, than any ever be-
fore used. Its tcnacity ia almost incredible.
This structure will surpaRs that at Niagara,
and others, in several respects. While the
this viii be Of the lighter steel combination
trussea, more shapely and graceful, and firm
Tho span is the longest in the world.
The height OF the toHeEs above tho surface
of the water will b $50 feet There viii be
four eysteIns and nnd twenty cables, locked OF
rooted deeply into the rock, and abntmcnts
and towers. Each cablo will be about fourteen
inchcs in diameter, interlAced and secured By
innnmerahle other and smaller cables. The
cables will contain 81, ICE, $50 feet, Or 7D,So9
and steel in tho bridge will be about II ,00e
tons, and the total suspended weight will be
| 9.G5l tons, Tho total measurement OF mason,
r. will be Sc, ,094 cubic yards. It is calculated
that this bridge could safely support train o1
| sixty locomotives aud s., 600 people.
l
one will hive narrow and bzoAd-gauge trneka
and will be uacd for railroad purposes; whit
the lower one will be devoted to team service
The amount Of weight that can evar b.
crowded upon It At once, viii be bat one-si1ts
4 elevation above the water level renders it ~
out Of the way Of nAviesble craft Of Ill kinds
. The benefits to accrue from tho succesafu
consummAtion OF tho undertaking ,aro mani
/ fold, and actually resolve thcnlaslvc
into necessities. 1t opens, what
1''' midlsad, altr.a Avenue, "
l.y4 Of fer1iage between tho East, Northwest
and West and the great metropolis Of the n
. Along @ Z the IL Mndson ' m1sr, md but sboSt fort
1 miles abovc New York As .. lesser, but atl]
important consideration, it also opens CA
. riago snd foot highvny betwoen the great All
populous lands on either bank OF the s1ye,
( ven, Derby, knd NiiimAutic, Conn, forus
), 1,art Of the great Eastern and Western Linz
= Negotiations are nov progressing toward th
. consolidation OF seven important roads in tlli
> enterprise.
Among the roads that from natural aud IL
eyitable causes viii, first OF last, be likely
grayitAte toward this magnet Of necessity, vi
30 the Hudson River; the Boston, Hartford .
: Erie the Midland, the West Side Albany: It
boz the Delaware l. LackAwanna, tho Harlem
kHe DhaO1fg q N0f"Ak, INC NOW 1uk& q 1t8
Haven, Hartford, Springfield, Connochcu
Valley, &C., with Ill their tributaries. Anon
other benefits it will transport and roduc
. tho cost Of milliona Of tonB OF co.
: annually, from tho PennsylvAniA CO,
fields to all points cast Of tho Hudson Rive:
ret ton; other freight is sased the ouerou
chargca Of t1anahipment At New York an
Across the ferries. The present expense {
transferring certain freight from New York
q Jersey City, is about equal to the cost Of il
;, transportation By ral between Jersey City an
e Philadelphia, or between New York and Ne
j. Haven, Several miles distance is ssved h
e tween New York city aud Turner's Station 70
the Erio Railway,) BY crossing this bridg,
a which is but thrco miles above PeeIski1I. Thes
;. facts and figures,-the latter not the final N
fixed statements Of til. projectors Of tho Of
:. tetprise, but still in the main correct, ,-sire
: clear conception Of tho tremendous sehom
= The eminent names Of the corporators, bcfoi
: mentioned herein, and tho,o Of other friont
+ Of the enterprise, induce Tie belief that but
+, little moro time and negotiation and lsunctin
!, out OF hage capitsl Is required TO complete
{ triumph IN the engine1y. Of bfadge-huilair
d ch ~ the world nsycr before ,av, or eve
= | dreamed Of.