, 1879-03-27
DR.. Hayes Explanation of the Bill Now
Pending Before the New York
Legislature.
All the TRUNK Railroads to Con"
- ccntruto In New York
City.
Extraordinary Commercial Advantages
Expected from tho Under
taking.

tfon OF tunnels under cities mud fitlages ut the
Btato for railroad purposes.
THE puKrORr or THE TUNNEL BttT.
Ncportcr-In the first place, Doctor, n(fow TIC |
n nsk you whether you th!uk The Tunnel hill rs
pre.cnted in the Ltrald OF Saturday morning
Will pnss and bccomc a lnw7
DR., Haycs-Tlle till 10 which you refer was
introduced by me into the Assembly soinp weeks
ago, nt,t1, attcr having hccn duly considered IN
the Committee on Cities, was invorahly report
ed to the Assembly, wlicre It is now on gen /
eral orders, md Will probably b. reached dur /
ine the week. think 1t will pass an.l become |
a law.
.ssnas tic bill any special reference 10 Nov |
York City1"
"1tis general in Ills provlstons,-ns much so
rs tho general Railway net. 1t provides ]or |
t,nncling under c.tBs at'l vi!lagcs of tic State
for railroad purposes, but, naturally enough, It's
chief bearing Will be upon New York City,"
IT understand It is proposed 10 tilunel tho
Hudson River, mud a tunnel, therefore, under
New York would be ot no use unless The river
tunnel was made"
"1t is proposcd," said d.. Hayes, ito tunnel
the North River at some convenient point from
the jersey shore and to enter Ncw York ut Ii
point Us nearly opposite as possible: Int with
The details Of such tunnel have no coI.ccru.
/ have taken pains. however, to Inquire fully us
to the practicniility of such project al,l thve
10 doubt whatever that It. Il cntirely feasible.
The bed OF tho river, mn informed by sntslpc.
tent engineers, Is composed nj such mAtcsial
that tunnel cau eaaIir be du. twenty feet bc-
low It's bed with comparatively little cost. hn'l
can be- made perfectly srrnrr alitl water.tight.
That you can tunnel beneath thc eiy needs no
argument to prove, Having satisfied tnysclf on
These points, have simply gonc abuus pre-
parIlIg u bill that wilt giyo anybody, my conf
pany, rallroal. or railroa! rorp1y'atlon a'a hayS
;sssssss Ne~ Yssk q under e te iiSdson Kiser II
the Harlem, Or FROM, any point where Il
with Tho n1attcr. believe 1t to be n great
scheme in the tntereB. Of tic colntncrcn OF New
York un,1 If ayacl Of will Rebound grtatfy tn
thu benefit Of the State. know OF nothing
1ncrcc Of tic metropolis Of liz cn1ntEy, a'n! II
I shnil mt succeed In passing 1t this ycar san!n
ono else is sure to do IL not long hence. Aud!
in Ibis connection would like to os,serva that
haze also pcullug before The Legislature nn-
otller schema scnrcesy less important tlmE this,
II, measure which introduced Into the I.cgs-
lature last year. l tncn, the pso]cct of Irce
sna. r Ss e tonsa !" sfSs%e. VIII SfFfs rss an s Ms s
couraGemcnts to commerce NrW York wotAl
indeed be not alone the metropolis OF Amcrscn,
but tue greatest trading mart Of I'LL the world"
THE GREAT HALFWAY TERafiN1.
"You hasye. spoken1. Doctof II tie great 3D.
lnc aall you to specify more particularly"
"1sc great trouble nnI complaint concerning
New York; said tic Doctor, "iB In her ternt-
il or nbout Jersey City arc. Obliged there to de-
liver tIte vast quantities Of freight shItt ars
brought by ttein TO the scaboard from .le great
West, and 10 rcccive their return cargoes. Thu
shlrplns ou The East anl North lliycrs Is srcat
drawback. 1t Is necessarily d0ue BY tHats ur
lighters at great expense, md, il lie dsstribu
ttan Of commodities upon Manhattan island
transportation about the flarbor, Is serious c1-
pcnse"
EFFECT OF TIE PROPOSED CHANGES.
"This would. you th'nk, bc obvIatcd by tho
"In great measure, yes. II tunnel should
be constructed u,ller tile river n,rd II lu,Natng
1nn.lo underground IT. the lower purt Of the cltyt
somewhere above Caual strcet then the Dc!a-
ware d LaekawaMna Railroad, lIc Eric, tlle
Midland, the Pennsylvania -, Central, tho
enter It aud deliver their freight mud .atset-
Ecss Mt Il convenient point OF distribution
without any Of tle Gust and hindranccH Of water.
woul.! 10 grn,,d indeed. Aid, noFe linn tn!s,
ny bill provdes in tl,c latter I'art OF thu ,lrst
scrton, that any roaa-as, for tnstnnec, Thu
New York Central, which delivers its freight Mt
The immcnso depot IN St.. Jotu's Parkway
railroads in tl,c city, with VII thelg nnnoyat,ccs
sanl risks, would 10 at III, end. Tie surface
strncks Of tla Central loa.l dowu Hudson street
On tlcwest side of The city, would be sun', The
freight would he received Ut st. .lohn's rurk
Depot under Etonnu, and u tuuncl coHneut-
i'lg tlat depus With the grind scpot Of the oter
comp!eto circuit. Should tnfs project he carried
out the city would tu COURSE ot Time, ue tul-
nrlcd through TO Tho East Rlver. and Auo!,rr
grand depot Vi the Central and other ruads
III tH0E uttrk 1oPySs 1tG1
COSTLY, md useless structure called tile East
River Dridse would yery roon Ie suprlantcd by
tunnel TINT won!l ,!l,Isetly conncct brooklyn,
by rail-, With tllc great West"
"Ihla 1s, tntlccd, graill prolcct. Do yol1
really think It practicahlc3H
"atost assurcdiy. 1t is but question OF
money nnd ctginctrir;. skill. Tint there nro
nj iasuEmo,ntab1e ohstaclca In thc way, 10 tar
as engineering is concerned Is proven l,y n,,,ner.
otis experiments in oiier countries. Nahi1lculty
hss been found ~ tuntcl!ng the Tmncs. 1'hg
Alps n,nl tl!o Hoosnc SlounsainH l'avc hseu
nay! A. to th!t, aIn nasltscl by lnen thorough.
ly familiar with the subject. anil who 1ayc tx.
pressed 'str Willingness to prove 'Iletr tnth By
doubt. Dur With ti!is, a. hayo s4i.l lafurv.
llayc nothing 10 do. Ny business Es to f.,al;t
laws, not to make tlnnuls. All lcslse is te
give legislative nntl.orltv tn lilo engsucers mn
selves of IT, nnd TINT y.ry quickly, n1n mud
rnlstakcn; and II New Yoik dues mt t!lun tukt
at uNcc great stride In progress sElail huye III
faith 10 enterprise"
WHO WILL OPPOSE TIE TuNNst.
ITO such hehrn.e for ihu promotion nj Il!
intercsts Of New York cntlIl.crce ehult thiuI
there wuuid BE- tIo opposition, Judging ittn ynll
stA'nlno'ht. Let ms ask, .lu yoa antietpal
"nyt" 49,
hccn told tlnt tlIe Srw Ynrk Central wo,l o
pcFo It. hut do INT think 80, | ain sntis.c
ilnIt te Central viii eee !iat It's ntbreass ure
'i',!eh tnsu!sc Us thuse ot my n,ilrr r1ad, anil
as ! lnse ALWAYS maintained That treu canal
would !elp tim Ccatra!, 30 arsua i,t this pr.
isct VIII os the uaeuss Of greatly increastuE II
business"
THE TUNNEL. GoMpANY.
"1s there anY company utganzcu nnl sead
to tu tin work VI lnn,cliis!"
~ nm told theru IL hn,i ll1at thp iawt of NJ,
Jersey lave hccn fully complied with. Il shat
has alFeas,v l'cen auuk nsI tilr Jcrscv slnrr mn
wsrk commenced By ,llc llu..han funnel Cur,
paby.. Their capital Ia $!0,uA'lsV, AZ l lrar1
nnd all thcy nerd is III be tucorpuraled undo
tic laws Of New York, as ,l,ey .ure a!rrad
under those of New jersey. Tic President Il
the Cvsn1upy Ia Mt. DO Witt &. Ilask,u, vii