Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-15
A BIG ENGINEERING FEAT.
GREATEST BRIDGE In THE WORLD
TO SPAN TIE HUDSON.
a Forty Million Dollar Steel Struc-
turc VIII Connect Jersey Ilty and
New York

HeW OFh
The greatest canti-lever bridge ia tie
world is To span the Hudson River from
New York to New jersey, says q letter
from New York 10 the Chicago NsrdN.
II viii be bigger aad longer than IT,
enormous structure IN Scotland which
crosses the Firth Of Forth and Is the
most extensive structure III existence
built on the c4nt.letcE principle. L viii
be onc-tnird longer aud much wider than
the slspeasion bridge wl,cl Eu.tc5 New
York and Brooklyn, and viii cross the
water at q greater elevation By tfenty
feet than does the Fast River brlGgc.
Is cost viii be about 80, $50, $50 AL
ike sgars will b. required to constrlat
the WORK. As the new acqleduct Is the
marvel 81 the nineteenth century IN by
draullc engineering, 50 in bridge COZ
stcnction viii the proposed structure De
til" wonder Of the age.
The eHgineers, Thomas {. Clarke aad
Char!e, b. Brush, hsve practically deter
mined upol the location Of the approaches
on tie opposite shores, bat Of course they
decline to make that knowledge public
rs vet.
'Ihe l1.g says that the bridge mast
land il tie metropolis between Tenth
and lSl-tstracts, on private property, to
be acquired under the right OF eminent
domain. In New Jersey it will prob
ably start IN the over part Of Palisade
Ridge il Jersey City, where the ground
j. 100 feet above the level Q. the Hud,
son, and u natural grade to the APP
proachcs Of the bridge would be secured
without the building OF aa elevated via
duct. II th's proves to be the site Sc
iected the most reasonable assumption
would be that the New YORK terminus
win he in the REGION oi Broadway and
Forty-scaond street. Thus passengers
from the South and West viii be
wairicd into one grand Union station.
into this VIII also ruu the rains Of the
long Island Railroad, which will cross
the East Rive. Nv i rlnncl that will he
continued under Forty-~tc0nd street to
the Grand Central aud also 10 the great
uuioa station. similar to-that Of the
Northwestern Railway in London.
Bcint bailt upon the cantilcver prin-
ciple thcrc viii be but Il single span
over the river, with q tower on either
shore. Grain storchouscs will be under
the bridge and also under the tracks
along The Palisades. The freight cars
Will unload by chutcs extending to the
tops Of these Warehouses. The bridge
will be Of steel, and 300 feet from span
10 span.
1t will have six railroad tracks, It's
bottom viii be $50 feet above the
rivers surface aud its top Will be fifty
feet stiii higher. After the granite piers
and approaches are constructed the
bridge viii be put together section by
section, the steel being brought to the
spot on floats from the mills as NEEDED.
The latter pare of the stupendouS UNI
jlcrtakinc will be the easiest Of accom-
plishmcnt.
When the Hcr4tl correspondent called
ut the office Of the bridge commissioners
he found cX-Judge George w. Green, the
father Of the bridge project, with Secre-
tary Swan both busily engaged in the OK
animation Of Il mass Of plans and esti-
mates. Judge Green SAID: "TIle cost
Of the bridge itself will be about SIS
900 900 and the total cost including ap-
pgoacncs and stations about $40, 600, 900.
Of this sum $40, 900, 900 will DO raised
by sale of stock ard $50, O00, 900 by the
issue of bonds. The passenger stations
will be built of steel, and large enough
10 admit NJ trains hat now enter New
York, New Jersey AID Brooklyn. IL
will have twenty tracks, side by side,
ard b. 1900 fcct III length. The grade
" A"3 .-e IS 81. - - ~ - =
will bo forty feet to the mile. The roads
accommodated by the bridge are the
Pennsylvania; Central Railroad OF New
Jersey; Delaware, Lackawnnna and
Western, Nav York aud Erie; New
York and Grccnwopd Lake; New York
S~usqucAanna and Western; New York,
Ontario and Western, and the Yves
shore, with the smaller roads operated by
or having connection with these corpora
lions. Tho roads enumerated reach
every section South and West. Their
passenger traffic is about sixty millions a
year, and the freight reaches the enorm-
Gus sum Of So 600, 600 tons yearly.
When this bridge IS constructed the dis
comfort and delay passengers now ex-
pericHce II crossing to New York on
icrryboats will be at an end, and the cost
81 transportation Of baggage aud trans.
Shipment ol freight Will no LONGER exist.
1T is eNfent that New York is reach
ing the limit Of is resident cpulation.
lille the latter caa extend north and to
Long Island, il Will also naturally ex-
tend 10 the west Of the Hudson. where
IS an inviting ii~!3 for residence. While
TINS territory II Nev jersey will grow in
population Il WAL no; take from New
4orl. any OF IFS population which il can
more favorably accommodate. There
will nave 70 be provided a system Of
rapid transit over the bridge to accom-.
molAte those living within a short dis
iance OF the metropolis. Withia TWENTY
years the beautiful region al about the
Palisades will contain the homes OF thou.
sands Of those who will seek this quar-
ter 70 avoid the high rents and excessiv,
COS; OF living in this city In every as.
pcct the bridge viii be a blessing 70 III,