New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-02

,ou,.es in fce at and about tho termn IN mo otate
Of NewIersey and in the cities OF "hu pioo
lyn as the company may require i"o oOVl 'i ~
which n 4, thus assumed that Congress may Por1io on
the property OF citizens OF THIS oui'o 90 "o % io"
Tcr.ev IN private company, without even 80 much as
-, h,, your leaye TO tho state authorities, VIII at
o trjte the reader BY the third section OF the act
,be right Of way given without CEREMONY 10 II quo
=, o,rae and as for tho real estate all that is
ocosorv 70 secure that ia for the company TO demand
from, the nearest United States DisTlct Court
l'o" r,ht commissioners, whose survey and
award arc conclusive. A pretuer game OF
,norv ,v,s never devised The people Of this State
,rs tina Consultation OF tho state OF NowYOrk, in
,ho,r rgbt OF soyeregnty deemed to possess the
orp, and ultimate property In and to all lands within
tbe urisdcton Of the Stao but here comes tins reject
Cd and diayovOd United states Senator from Newlork
With bill to dispose OF real estate in tms cry ny act or
mat a, il there were further right or title in
the PREMISES MrConkling's bill 10 give A. H. ana "
bu.ness start OF s0OOOOo ont OF the treasury Oh tne
ritoJ states WAS impudent enough; but what IL to be
aid of this measure comforting upon L, r. and o. New
work civ and Brooklyn and NowJorsey real estate to
facilitate L. +, and G's private enterpriScs|
Comments bv The Tribune.
Tunnels under tho Hudson and East Rivers
m either side Of this City would decidedly IA
cililate and quicken the transmission OF the
nr;ncinol mails of this country The choppers
in the pine forests of Michigan and Minnesota,
the miners in Montana and Idaho, the breed
era of cattle IN Florida and Texas, have posi-
two interest therein. The construction OF such
tunnels would mark decided step forward IN
the bonefcant progress OF our race.
Il there a dog in the manager so malcvolent
flat he would not checrfully cOncede right
of way under the beds of our two rivers TO
a.. *. 9k
construct such tunnels2 Who can hate man
kind 80 intensely irratOnaiiy, that nc would
refuse that right OF way u
All! but they are to take landsH on either
side for approaches to those tunnels! Ger
tainly; else what use in the tunnelsF sup
pose n CoDperhead OF kindred spirit with Ihe
World to own q lot worth $4,000 which II ab-
solntely needed for this purpose he would
naturally say, either "YOu shall pay One Mil
"Hon Dollars for it," or You shall not have
ait at any rate and thus Que wicked VIII
might stop the work altogether
But COnqreSs proposes a way whereby the
needed lots may DO taken on legal appralSe-
ment and payment. Certainly have not the
American People been long enough taxed FOR
the privilege of crossing Now-Jersey, and only
allowed to cross at all az a petted company
saw fit to carry thcmY Suppose New-Jcrsey
should veto tho boring of such a tunnel, shall
Forty Millions of us be thus impeded and in
iurcd on tho fiat of less than One Mlllion3 Is
that what you call Democracy
-We apprebcnd that most of us will be
dead before either of the tunnels III question
shall have been built. We doubt that capital
can be found to construct either, under what
ever charter. But the assumption that this Is
"prirate company" and its undertaking a
"priUate enterprise" misstatos vitaly The
object is not only public but National, and
we should heartily rejoice in It's achievement
on public grounds alone.