New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-05


Assuming the cost of real estate amounting to 6Ooot
80 he s6OO and that ono sixth GO0 of said lots a
propristcd TO depo &c. and that the remaining 5Oolos,
containing at least basement and first floor 20 feet wide
and 100 eet deep shall let for mercantile manuiac
turing purposes for SEQ each per annum and that the
-rcs Of construction OF the road. rolling stock &C., for
z, miles, amounts to Sl5OOoOO or $2OOOOOO per mile,
which exceeds the most liberal estimates made, we find
The cost of The road to be $2loo and the net income
s3oOOOo per aunum Ii per cent upon the capital III
vested.
But II the capitalinvesed be reduced to 81 ana
slOOOOO he raised upon bonds secured upon TIE roAu
and its real estate paying per cent interest the a'
dend upon the capital Will exceed d per cent
THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE.
Within few wears according the present calcua-
tons Of the builders Of the East River Bridge street cars
viii he making through trips from Central Park to Pros
pect Park. In tho language of Roebng the engineer
who planned it, this bridge will be- when completed
"the greatest in existence" II is estimated that nNe
wears and over $1,000 900 required for its compile
ton by Illustrations and descriptive articles It's gen.
era appearance and the principal details Of Its consruc
ton have already become quite familiar to the public
mind Meantime the tower slowly rising on the Brook
lyp side gives daily demonstration that those who pro
iected the bridge mean TO budt Its growth Is one Vi
the most interesting features OF the grand transform"
ton scene now in progress at this meuoPo"''
The new Pos-OGlc and Court House. the Improvements
AZ bc Battery numerous noble edifces projected al
various points and various means OF transit VIII DO
minsterng to the convenience and gratifying the pu
Of our by the time that the first passengers are
conveyed across the East River Bridge. Ihe Nl"uucV
road will probably be completed ana the I'M
movement OF docks and piers will be well
advanced by that time; and work VIII doubtless
he begun uron the contemplated bridge at BackwelPs
Island The immense new railroad depot at Fortyhird-
ST. will meantime. have become comparatively venera-
able with age point of attraction for the eyes
Of all be the Bridge rendered, rs it viii be
by the great hight and massveness of its towers, the
most conspicuous object within the horizon pleasing
from the graceful curve of its cables, and peculiarly im
portan from the location of each OF its termim at the
heart OF a great city. 90
In the psst year the work upon the foundations of the
Bridge has been carried forward energetcaly The line
~ the Bridge and the location Of its depots and ap-
breaches have been determined all the necessary sur
veys and drawings completed; the caisson OF
She east tower sunk TO its position in
a firm he'd Of clay, gravel and powders 45
feet below the water line and the tower itself built up
10 about % feet above the lne and the casson for
The wes tower completed, but not put in position After
tedious NEGOTIATIONS the purchase Of the ROosevest
ferry landing with considerable adjoining space has
been effected and the clearing away Of the piers Will
begin next Autumn preparatory the sinking OF tho
casson for the west tower The work expected to DO
accomplished next year will be the building OF the
east tower up to the level OF the noor OF
the Bridge that is TO 1S feet above mgh wafer; tho
bringing Of the west tower up TO the hight which the
east tower has reached; and the purchase ana par
taI clearing of spaces for anchor walls, pillars depots
etc In the wear following, both towers Will be COM
peted to their projected dimensions namely
26s feet hight lSl feet length measured IN
the direction Of the river) and &c feet thickness
at the water-ne taperng slightly thence 10 the TOP
Upon their completion the progress OF the work WIZ DO
comparatively rapid, larger force may then DO en-
loyed 10 advantage The distance between the towers
10 be comprised by single span, will DO 1000 feet-
nearly oneha greater than the length OF the new sus
pension bridge at Cincinnati Beyond the towers on
each side will extend "half spans measuring eaeh' 94o
feet and reaching TO the anchor walls.
The approaches the Bridge aGording the necessary
gradual ascent over the housetOps, will be- the New
York side 1887 feet in length, from the terminus to the
anchor wall and, the Brooklyn side, S37 feet Ihey
will consist Of iron grders and trusses' supported at
short intervals upon iron columns. The dimen-
sions of the Bridge as WHOLE will be folows Total
length including approaches, 562 feet distance from
anchor wall TO anchor wall, 3,4SO feet; distance
from center 10 center Of tower, 1000 feet;
elevation at anchor wall IS feet inches;
above high tide and ascending toward the river at the
rate o! three feet five inches in each 100 feet; hight
above hitch water at center Of bridge about 1875 feet
,ridh of floor s. feet-the as that Of Broadway
The space the Bridge floor will DC divided as follows:
In the middle raised PLATFORM feet high and IA feet
wide for foot passengers next this platform, on each
aide. iron tramways for the passage Of the Com
nanys cars drawn by stationary engines with
wire-ropes; and next the verge, on each
side a roadway Is feet wide, for all kinds
of common travel with tracks for street cars Upon the
present plan there will be admissions TO the floor of
the bridge except through the depot at the termn The
anchor walls instead OF being used to furnish stairways
for the ascent Of passengers will be so constructed as to
afford immense safety vaults, IN winch NaiuaOes VI
every description will be kept.
The terminus OF the Bridge in NewYork VIII be at the
intersection Of Chatham and Cenrests, opposite the
Registers Office in the City Hall grounds and VIII PROB
ably occupy the site Of The Daily Neos and StddtsZ-
tung offices. In Brooklyn, considerable portion OF
the block bounded by Fulton, Prospect sands
and Westinghouse, Will be cleared for the
DEPOT The line Of the Bridge, beginning at
Chatbam-st, crosses North William, Willam'
Rose Vandewater and Cifsts, Frankinsquare Cherry,
Water Front and southts and thence to the end
OF old pier No. %, now broken down. Continuing IN
straight course the river passes nearly through
the center OF the spare slip Of the Fulton Ferry Com
many and over Water, Dock, and Frontsts. part Of
IaIpesst near Garrison viii be occupied by the Brook
lvp anchorage Thence crossing York and Main-sts.
ohouelv the line defects toward Fulton and
Prospect near its intersection with Fulton.
Most of the railroads which pass over the City OF Lon
don are suppored by brick arches and seriously impair
the vaue of the lots beneath but the plan Of the Bridge
Company eontemplates q very different result here
"a will be readily understood from the pro-
nosed construction Of pillars and the making
of the bridge floor so as to ada 10 the
eoouritv Of the buildings touched by it, 1t
Is proposed also TO open street from Chatham or
william TO Cliff or to Frankln-square, along the north
aide of the Bridge The blocks in this part OF Newfork
are crowded by the poorest class OF buildings ana the
removal Of many of them is very desirable IL hs also
been sugeested that one more blocks between william
and Rose or between Rose Yandewater' ana Chn' might
he but ND to serve as market halls the location being
more convenient for such marketing as would come over
the Bridge from the Brooklyn side. part OF Jamest
near the Brooklyn anchorage is considered the best oc
.ior Cor q market u that side.