, 1881-06-26

job. I regard it as a mere bagatelle In tn
J nature Of our soil. and our freedom from grades
| we have everything lit our favor for building
| strong, durable structure ut moderate cx
| pense and without any serious difficulty in th'
| way l cun SEE no possible obstruction. As t,
the river, this is BUT slight atfnir- It is really
no obstacle. and speak in the light Of my ex
| perlence unIer the Hudson river
Where would you locate tue central station?'
swell. my notion is. that tho city should gran
the basement Of the square now occupied by tht
City Hail ind ourt-tiouse. This would be a1
amrnb!c legation for central st staron OF the
pie station accommodation must be provided, o.
tue nEo1ect becomes useless 50 fur as regards the
public Welfarr.'
would there be any difficulty as to the en-
g:nes? You sec, one part Of the road would be
underground and the other above
"None whatever. Engines to do tho service
properly buth nbore and underground could be
constructed. These engines wnuid cnilsu1ne
their own smoke. and there need be no vitiarlon
Of tie air. The rnilway might be operated with
iii endless chain. This is perfectly pr,,cticaI bu1
do not express any preference lur the endless
chain system- You can rest assured that the
manner with engines, If properly constructed
Would you give some particulars OF the
cost:''
In advance OF any positive knowledge OF
the route and tho exact details OF tho plan pro-
posed, no one can give even approximate tg-
specifying the cost without more exacr dutu. I
think. however, Tint my sons estimate of $3D1,-
900 would cover nj! possible contingencies FOR 4
tunnel unter the river. The cheapest method
Of construction, in my present Judgment, would
be Il rpad buitr, shy, ten feet below the surface
and then covered By raising the grade OF the
tho materials excnvntcd to I'LL the street md the
approaches to the cross streets. The next more
expensive method is to construct tho under
to hc Of sufficient depth to admit tho nrching ct
tho railway track beneath the grade OF the
street.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF ALL METHODS
would be that partly pursued in the construc-
Of building enrirely Under tho surface
The new company think Ut utilizing tho In
Saile street tunnel for their purposes. IT they
can get 1t. How do sou re9lrai this ideA?"
"1thlnk the LIN Sale street tunuel hnd better
be left alone and an independent one built. Tie
alterations necessary If the La SnIle street tun-
nel Is used IN connection with the proposed rail-
way. would be quite expensive. Such tunnels ~
Washington and LII Smile are really needed, and
the addition OF new tunnel would simply bc
another meAns Of Accommodation for Il great
city whose population is rapidly growing. \
city like Chicago should multiply its facilities
tor travel rather than diminish them. "a t, the
length of time necessary for the construction uf
the proposed tunnel. this would depend npun
the supply OF men and money provided for the
towards tho undertaking. ThcIs: certainly would
hc nu serious physcnl difficulties speak with
confidence upon tho subject. because hare
given ycArs Of patient Thought to the work Ut
building tunnels through tho ground ind under
engineer of tho Hudson Kver tunne! i
warrants ME tn saying thAt Chicago. III
my opinion, may secure u herself the attvnn-
taxts aud conven!ences Of an underground rnii-
road through the busiest part OF tne city, and
ndsr 5hs river with comparatively little cost
n! nHoG do yoH progress with the Hudson River
..Eirst rate. We are now making from three
% five feet day 1ood sotid work. In about II
'ortnGht VIC shall commence work frp1n tho
View iurk side, with Engineer Lovcjoy in
:hurgc, and, with the improvements already
ect II Glny OF, cach side Of tho riyer:''
Gen. Smith Is spoken of here capable and
eng1neer. tie hns becH engaged
m several important engineering workA- lie |
,ufit ind hc!p:d to butld five bridges ucross tho
tiver. and one across the Mubiic River; he also
ut in protective masonry entirely surrounding |
he WHugushance lighthouse. Tits latter work |
enujrcd the sinking Ut II RreAt pneumatic cnis- ]
cen in charge uf tho Hudson River tunnel |
be work hus sunc stc:tdiy on nnd the difficult |
it5 lis they nrtSe are met with skill and pluck
he men ctnbl0yed+ both miners nnd mA5ons, |
ave the utmost confidence In the General and !
de result Is that the great work is bein; pushed
E afT. T. q. l.nttjoy Is on hand daily. and give
ct(ve superintendcncc to every detail.
l}y tho way, your correspondents search for |
rem. Smith Is
AN INTERESTING ITEM.
he |" works are close By tho Hnhoken Ferry
andlnE. 10 reach the Office you travel through
seemingly ehd!es. coal doDot, take boat acr.iss
er OF steps, II YOU hare cupetl with your life
rom the perl1s Ut screaming locomotives and
illlug humps OF coal, you reach Il puiuly- built,
-arrnnged suite OF apartments. At