Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-28

While The Brookiys Bridge 10 slosly
growing iato shape. giving - proaise Il
rapsd Transit q % very distant dag 30
the lovely haoless nd seashoges Of Long
Islasd, our other projeeted ouiiet b. in .
state Of suspended sniaatioa- We rsies,
Of cosrse, On the tuapel under the Hud-
son river, Of which re have hard little
Of late, and that little only reports Of
suits brought by railroad co1panies and
other parties Ohio are determised b. kill
the affair il possible.
The proposed tuasel 10 undertaken
mainly fos the purpose Of bringing and
carrying Western and Southern freight
to New York city, without the delay and
expense VI beeaking bulk 1t jersey City,
or fsrryiag chs over the river. A il 10
not the prcject AZ any rsilrosd; the rail-
roads are all opposed 10 il, and have kept
the Company in courts, - defesdsnt, in
- many vexstious suits - legal isgsss-
ity and the certainty Of large fees could
possibly bring to action. TIE last Ut the
suits, we believe, was decided fev days
ago in favor Of the Tanael COMPANY, and
they are free to 60 On With their work.
Besides Q number Of men Of note and
Of some money, there are two pretty solid
backers reported % be interested in the
work. One II Senator Jones, of Nevada,
the Silver King, and the equally famous
il less fortunate, Trenor w. Park. Mr..
Park has hsd little else but lawsuits on
his hands for two or three years, and may
have for years to come. He cannot find
time to look into the tunnel, and possibly
has not the million or two of dollars re-
quired to begin in earnest, in his vest
pocket. Mr.. Jones is not much troubled
with the law; but he is taking his ease
for the Summer, and does not pan out
So the work is entirely suspended for the
present.
The pretense Of beginning was made
months ago at the foot of Fifteenth street,
Jersey City, where a shaft twenty eight
feet deep was dug. This hole in the
ground will be made about fifty feet deep,
and then the horizontal excavation will
start. The line will run about northwest,
passing under the ferry slip at the foot
OF Christopher street, on the New York
side, and coming out at point not yet
disclosed, but somewhere near the west
side of Washington square. From Jersey
City the grade will descend at the rate Of
two feet in a hundred, until reaching q
point about 2,700 feet from thelNew York
side, when the grade will begin to rise at
the rate of one foot in . hundred. The
river here is just about mile wide. per.
haps little over. The entire excavation,
under land and water, will be about two
miles, or 10000 feet. Of course the tun-
mel will be large enough for double rail-
road track, the road-bed being twenty
eight feet wide. It will be walled and
arched with brick to the depth of four
feet, and when flushed will he abundantly
lighted with gas. At no point will the
top of the tunnel he less than thirty five
feet below the surface of the water, end
in some places it will be much more. At
the lowest point Of grade, for instance,
it will be seventy feet. When the work
fairly begins, the company will put on
about 100 workmen, who will operate
continuously day and night.
The capital of the company is SIC, 00O,:
600, bat if any one may judge from the
growing cost of the Brooklyn bridge, the
tunnel will probably use up $15, 600, 600.
When flushed, there will be no reason
for delay in time by ferry boats, or longer
delays caused by fog and ice.-New York
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