Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-16
UNDER TIiE HUDSON.
Progress of tho Tunnel That
wiz Connect New Jersey and
New York.

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AZ the foot 1T Fifteenth street. Jersey
city, u low woodon building has been
erected, which has the appearance0i an
oyrrgrown Shanty rather than tLe be-.
Cunning 1T an important aud difficult
WyTk This building Cantains the oi.
Hre III the Hudson Tunnel Railroad
Company and also the engines, electric
generator, aud air compressor In the
Cynire 1T the building shalt thirty feet
tu diameter has been sunk Ia the depth
at sixty tvej. lls lower portion Ia used
a. a receiving tank iur the mud remoy.
el from the tunnel About midway
down the shalt has beon lluorUd over.
Jultiug Out from the river HidO III this
Hhail IN what appears tu he large iron
hu,ler. 'lhia IN lhO "ar luCk,' an air
tight chamber made ui cue hall inch
rullrd iron and ain Ia diameter aud NJ.
teen iupt in length. through which
everything passes Ia entering ar lcay.
iug the tunnel. liy ilS uso porS'us pass
iug Ia arr gradually accustomed tn the
change iu ait pressure, about sin min.
utCs usually being taken IA the opera
tom trum the ait lock, which lisa little
above the top oi the tunnel proper, the
cN,ayatlon Nas extrndcd NJ a gradual
dr,liuo until the required depth Was
TvarhCd, about sixty iuet below high
NatCT The exterior structure ar shell
ui the tunnel Conslgta III cylinder at
one halt inch hoilor, plate lIun, With ~
lin,ng ui brick two feet thick securely
aurhurrd tnit The river uu the line al
tho tunnel ~ about b,blD icot IA width
aud IA largely composed III blue clay,
With a mixture 81 saul aud other sub
Rtaurra
The excavation Ia begun ~ tho. top,
aud carried lurwatd ~ seCiiuns. The
plates at which the iron casing IN con''
,usrd are PLACED IN poSillun ~ last as
auihricnt space IN oNcayalUd. These
platra are two aud one hall ic0i IA width
hy three aud AIN irut IA length. They
aIr hnltrd together 10y means al anglo.
trun secured to their edges. The brick
Wutk ~ laid a. rapidly as ~ cirolo nl
Hrttluus ~ completed. Tho alt ~
lhrpwu back into pool, iutn "hiCh N
ruuaing a stream al water torUed ~
irum a pump iu tho shalt bY the pros'
sure at Ihr condensed All Ia tho tunnel
TN. water, carving about uno-h hall at
all, " blown uut through aslx inch
pipe iuin the receiving tank. The ~.
manning pnrlinn Ia carried into the TN
lshrd tunnel
Tho office IN connected With the iun,
ucl hy telephone and tho electric llsht ~
uard bath Ia aud uut 1T the tunnel,
work hcinu carried un throughout the
twenty huurH, M average al about
hour irrt Ut tunnel Ia hnishcd daily.
The top III the tunnel will have an
average distance ~ about twenty hNe
irrt below tho river hcd. Thus makes
nrrrssary considerable grade, M the
uyrr ~ SOME points reaches tho depth
ul aiNIy iccl Nv the AGENCY ol com.
pressed air, at pressure ut aoycnleen
in twenty pounds Ia the square innh,
tlis mixtuTp ni water, clay aud saul in
tho rxrayaIinn ~ kept ~ firmly position
that a uiphi hn worked iutward IN ter
ra,ra nr hpnchra, thus uhNialing all ne
rra4tty Tor staying az hraCCs while en-.
rayaiiug the alt 90 plaring ~ p"S'll"n
the upper sections ui the iron easing
~ ,nmpa,tly IN the ALT hCld that an eN-
u,ttru,pd work mau, With a sharp shnN'
a. will carve out aud shape the top ~
a,dra a. easily IA u lao we're cutting
rhrrar. aud can prepare exactly the
plarc iur each sheet.
The entrance tn the tunnel on inc
New Jersey sile will he ~ point about
three quarters Ut milo lrnm the r''er.
Tho terminus Ia New lurs has not
hrru artllcd. hut the tunnel will enter
tho city Mt the iuot ni leroy street Al
underground depot will he us'd, AMI
nnWhrrp will the track hc less than ~
teen tr,i below the surface, Tho ap-
prna,hra un either side will ho twenty
AN rct la width aud twenty hour loot
la hight. With double track hat under
tho rtyrr there will be w. tunuelS, s'ie
hy a,le. each eighteen lcet ~ hight and
.iNtrrn irrt width, aud each containing
a single track Work IA nov ~ progress
,u nul, one ut these tunnels, hut every
thtur i. Ia readiness Ia begun the adl"'n'
,ny one ma lew days, when npera''nnS
rnu be- begun ou the New York SHE
also. With approved facilities " "eA'
pp,tpd thai each section viii bo aiNsh''
,ta,atr All live feet per day.