The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-08
Two DREAM BRIDGES
One Company Already at
Work Making Sur
Veys.
WILL HELP THIS CITY
Views Of Prominent Men on the
Commercial Effect Here.

Some weeks ago The SUNDAY MORNING
NEWS published an anticipatory descrip-
lion Of a great railroad bridge across the
North River, and termed it Dream
Bridge" That the erection of such a
bridge was contemplated by well known
capitalists. including Mr.. Z. f. c. Young,
Of this city, has been known for some
time; but the average citizen looked upon
the scheme as something too remot to
give the subject Immediate and serious
consideration.
The fact that a company has been
formed with view to constructing such
veying the bluffs of the Palisades in the
vicinity of Gutenberg us an initiatory
step in the direction OF the carrying out
of the gigantic scheme, has concentrated
the attention of men interested ID the
commercial prosperity of this city.
Mr.. e. Z. y. Young's name appears as
one OF the iucorporators of a company,
which, through Congressman MeAdoo,
submitted an act to Congress entitled "a
bill to authorize the construction Of a
bridge and approaches at New York city
across the Hudson River, to regu-
late commerce in aud over such
bridge between the States Of New
York and New Jersey, and to establish
such bridge a military and post road. "
This bill was referred to the Committee
on Commerce in March last, who report
ed an amendment in the nature of q sub
stitute. virtually giving the incorporators
the power they asked for. The bill sub
sequently passed the Senate.
Before expressing any opinion as to the
necessity of such bridge, and as to how
far it would affect the commercial pros
perity Of Jersey City, Mr.. Young called
my attention to the fact that the survey
ors at work near Gutenberg were not
employed by the company of which he is
a member, and to which no name has yet
been assigned.
TWO BIG BRIDGES.
Il presume, said Mr.. Young, referring
to the surveyors at Gutenberg. that
they are employed by the North River
Bridge Company recently organized
with Judge A. II. Green as president.
This company secured grant from the
New Jersey Legislature some time ago,
and the New York Legislature also gave
it the grant during its late session. The
bridge in which | am interested it is
proposed to locate somewhere near
Hoboken on this side, and between Tenth
and Twehty-fourth streets on the other
siden
win there be more than one bridge2'
I asked.
1That cannot answer. / can only say
that we are forging ahead,' he replied.
ITO what extent will one or more such
bridges spanning the river between Jer-
sey City and New York affect the bust
ness interests of this city,"
"Well, in the first place, ten years from
now no river accommodation will be
adequate to the increase OF our popula-
ton. Jersey CIty's freight and passenger
traffic viii be the same in proportion. She
can lose nothing. She will gain, as she
must, necessarily, by such an enterprise
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
does not seem to be worried so far as it's
property and business interests on
this side are concerned. 1t is
elevating its tracks to run into mann
! moth and costly depot, and is having con-
structed large double decked ferry boats
with d view to running her passengers In
on the upper decks, and has purchased
property on the other side so she can con-
struct bridge leading from the upper
decks to Washington street. What the
Pennsylvania Company will do ten years
from now, after the construction of d big
railroad bridge is completed, am unable
to state. But | cannot see how the land
ing of New York passengers and freight
on that side of the river is going to hurt
the commercial prosperity OF this city" "
IN FAVOR OF IT.
EX-Mayor Gilbert Collins said 81 was
much impressed some years ago by a
panpOleU WTlLleu Dy w 11lldlu L. Rogers,
brother OF Commodore Rogers, of the
Navy. He thoroughly demonstrated the
wisdom of constructing bridges, and
WAS convinced by the arguments he pre-
sented that Jersey City, as we'll as New
York, would reap the advantages. Rail-
ways are more important than water
ways. Nearly all great cities are railway
centres. Few of them are seacoast cities
Take for instance, London, Paris and
Berlin. It is impossible for me TO think
of anything to show that the commercial
prosperity of jersey City would be less
ened by such scheme.
You may put it down for truth: any
thing that helps New York will help j or
sey City. Enlarge New York, we catch
the overflow As to the foreign ship
ments, they viii go directly from here
just the same.
President Allen, of the Board of Alder
men, said he had not had the advantage
of thoroughly studying the ideas and eff
forts of the bridge projectors, and was,
therefore, averse to expressing an opin-
ion for publication.
eli" said he, s'there is foreign
capital backing the scheme, | should be
inclined to look upon it with some slight
suspicion. l know Mr.. Young, however,
to be q representative citizen, and he
would participate in no money-making
scheme to the detriment of Jersey City.
So far as l am concerned am ever ready
to assist in any Improvement from which
Jersey City will reap the benefit. and ]
can see nothing in the scheme detrimen-
tol ff,n I1r inf