The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-19
TUNNELLING TIE HUDSON.
FROM NEW YORk 10 JERSEY CITY UN-
DER THE RfyERS BED.
npina Ice Embnrpoc--ConviviniC California
Capttniists at ~ banquet In Tnyior's He-
tel Solving % Problem for New Workers.

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III u''r''S s'n'un,H' PROPOSED u, view oil inc
'i''"S "'", I" WIN" '''o p'''S ''"u p'oh ~up-
)cct'd thht thcy form on the spot stock CONF
pauy for tuunplling underneath the river bed.
and begin work ns snecdily rs possihl,
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am with you, said another. 1t Will be
great and nrduous undertaking. hut 1t must re-
n'u"o'"'e us III 'ie iu'ur'' anu moreover ehrh
Tor MS the gratitude OF postcrty. Here is Col
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10y" "n" u.u.u 'e ni,nlns
hum's IN 'all"rnh what does ne think oil ny
Col Dewitt C. Ulskins EXPRESSED n favorable
opipior. ,hc ,h,ro was o,,rn.,i,, - ,,,,' ,,.b,
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Of bold and colossal enterprises: there were
other mechanical ,n,,no,rs nj In. fos,iv, hnora
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VINO con urrtd WIN COL hasklns imrromptu
subscriptions tn the capital stock were taken on
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u'' Spot WIFI accompanying mehl"rahhuihs'
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The company was formally Incorporated on
the 10th of May. 1873. under charters from
a. I,.ti,,,,.as -, -, vi, no., -.
NV
Jersey, with capital stock OF flOOOO.OuO.
divided into one hundred thousand shares Of
stoo .nrh in tho ,r,,orti,u 81 ,hir,v Thousand
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shares under the New Jersey charter and sew
enty thousand under the New York chnrtor
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ihc NJ" ioth uIr'"rs are l. W. fark, YER
mont Dewitt C. Haskins. California: J. c. Ed
,or NV york. u Gihhs Nov yort.I n
Fowler NV York ana Nm Martin Nh w
The same board ofrcate under the New Jersey
charter with In. Extraordinarily r,siden,s -
Inc state in Accordance with The law, Thn"Inrn
L. Wood George Miller John f Wnrd VIM NJ
Force L. NJ Price James L. Marvin nni lanes
s. Wethrr.d
Col Unskins WAS elected Presidep, ~ tho
company Mr. T. H. PAYNE one of the engi-
npers of the Brooklvn bridge il tha consnltin
engineer: and noariy Mi the Nav Jcrs,,v Il rn
tors are well-known eiyii engineers N'
col Unskins hn1in,, nbf.in.1 narp,issio,
from, rho JSrs,v ON utbnrti,s frr a. ~ ~
the foot of Fiftcenth strcet from ,ha u,a,or's
eI,. ~ 1,rs.,, n,.,,,, a., , n ,"i,i Wv, VIII ,
number of Iaborers and beynn t1 si"t tEa
eraf ahnu, n,f,I,xnv ls'n,.a,h tp'' ps,,,,,'' ~
11II,1n npout MIDWAY ,rh.atn "" i4von@ hnd
,v,,. en,i r.v r,ndr bIrd H. ri,er ba,,,,', -,
filled in ia mis- nnint in ,he no, r.,,,rt .Nt,.,
sian 81 thn sinr, In, ma IL. .i,,, ,,, I,,ii,
u,nn H. n,,l nrin H. ~ "',ns,r -, - 49,,
rular brick shell tiitty feet i'm dInm,t,,r v"hirh
should stnn,liiy - uk tirou.,h Tho I''s ,,,r,h iy
It's own weight. as last as il was butt uuon al
the ton This d,vic" world odnpir,iI,, M 81
now nj the dnptL TINT has boon roarbnd tvsntv
odd feet surh is tho strength al tho iri'L lIniny
ihut il might he ii.d ON ri the sho +, mn ri.1
ON the ground with no danger of bronx me,
The work WINS soon iutnrrnnt.d hv thr in
functions obtained against il hy the Delaware
bokrn Land ana Improy.urnt Cnnnanv nnI
years II t'',ious and expensive litisntinyn i"l
lowed; but nj length the cnmpanv Jisnmhnr-
rasscd Of hindranc,'s IL about Ia resume with
renewed vigor and energy The shnft on thn
NV Jersey shore viii. when rompiet,d h,
sixty five feet deep. ana then the tunnel will al
4 current 81 air is IT, be- Tor ed INTO The shnf hy
an engine situated a the top. by which all The
hr ~. ~ up through mother pip. aud con.
veyrd 10 -cows IN Whiting al the water edge
elevators. tn" mouth IF the excavation h.'-
meath IA t. b." ilied with grcat wooden plug
there Will be- space Of twenty feet square for
N" tunnell"r- 10 work in, the looSrnrd earth
ialllng INTO IN" waste pipe beneath to h'
whlsksd INTO the op'n air. This plug Is to hc
steadily thrust forward Ms tho tunnelling pro-
crosses ID be followed ~ steadily hy tho mason
worN on III" other side, ~ was done in the Nnpa
tunnel M California.
The tunnel Is 10 he 20 feet wide. by q feet
mug WIN walls Constructed oi the hst brick
ana cement, me "ltirr length VIII be about
Two mites. Inc jersey City depot VIII be in
Jersey avenue, ma from ms py,nt Ia me foot
on IN sndal. ~ ihn wat r riSei me length VIII
DE Lou lrfl, WIN Eradlal slop" downward
untl. VOL uul under Ne river bed and through
th' s"rpchtlhH iornutloh 81 rock thrnce IL Will
b" ley'l across 10 wthin about 1000 yards Of
the New York shore. whence II Will slope up
ward more Abruptly, crossing under the shore
IN" al "a" loot OF Morton street whence II VIII
De- continued to the foundations OF the depot
that Is 10 be- constituted on the block bounded
10y sixth avenue, Fourth Macdougal. and Amity
streets.
The" bottom OF the river was thoroughly OK
plored toy the company at the outset. a boat
heing used that was specially constructed for
ulu ulnrs ~ hE TON slrhHt Wus u'l"lHlhru pS