New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05
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RAPID TRANSIT IN HOBOhEN

! TIE ELEVATED ROAD NEARLY CONPLErB-FIoM
TIVE POST OFFICE TO TIE HEIGHTS.
| The Uoboken Elevated Gable Railway, which
| extends from the ferry TO PalIsade-ave: in that
city. is nearly completed. The day for opening II
| 20 the public has not yot boea fixed but the man
ayers think they will DO ready TO carry passengers
sometime next month.
| A number of bright new yellow cars fol
| tho road have arrived They are SINH
lar in size and general finish TO those
used on the Brooklyn Bridge. but differ from these
in having the " grip" for the Gable attached to the
| truck between the nxes instead OF the centre OF
! the car-bottom. Besides the ordinary brake
they arc also provided with an extra one in the
shape of o wooden block which can be- let down upon
the track-stringcr by tho brakeman, or " gripman."
~ that individual Is called regular cable roads
In such way as to stop the instantly. As the
fall ON half mic Of the road Ia five feet in every
hundred tho necessity for such appliance is apDar-
ont The cars have tho words " North Hudson
Comfy Railway" on their sides. They were
built By the Pullman Company, bnt tho trucks are
after special plans Of Mr.. EudroS tho chief engi-
neer Of tho road.
The road itself Is elevated throughout. and as
such resembles tho elevated roads of this city.
but IN some respects il exhibits decided improve
ments over tho Manhattan Companys For in
and the guard stringers of iron, thus present.
ing much less obstruction to light and view than
the closely laid wooden ones OF the New-York
structures The road h cable one through
ont its length. The cars Will DO switched
upon the roturn trucks no both ends by
their own momentum, and two 5OO-horse-
mower Coriss engines, stationed on the HILL will
supply the principal motive poweR Tho station
at the ferry aud the one at PaIisade-aye. are the
same in size. covering space 90 by 200 feet.
Tho platforms on both sides are fourteen feet
wide and IL IL 80 arranged at both stations that
car will be emptied and filed with passengers at
the same time, thus oifecting saving OF consider
able time Each car will be inspected before de-
parturc on every "trip.
II il one of the costlest me-and-a-half pieces of
railway ever constructed. Piles for o foundation
had to bedriyen throughout the entire of it,
in some places to thedepth Of ninety feet while he
iron trcstlework near tho hill is about that num-
Der of feet in height. The latest improvements in
everything pertaining to it have been employed.
This together with the value Of property over
which i passes has caused an outlay Of over
/" that we will havo the best road, all IL al, o.
the kind yet attempted. We have studied those
running In Chicago, San francisco and other cities
we'll as by what they have left undone. II has not
been built for speculation as many suppose. The
Hudson County Car Company are the builders
and owners. The growth of the city made
Its construction an absolute necessity, and it has
already done good deal for the place. Why,
property on the heights has gone up at least 10 to
20 per cent already In consequence of IT, and no
wonder Whom 1t Is finished o man can travel from
the New.York Post Office to HobOken Heights In
twenty minutes. The company propose to extend
1t to all their routes charging OF course, the same
fare as ut present"
you think th9n, the cable system is destined to
come into General use in timeW
Unquestionably it ia 1tsprogrcss, since 10 was
stoady and uniform. One large city after another
has taken II up and already about 100 miles OF IL
are In successful operation"