The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-18
A DREAM BRIDGE.
New Jerseys Wonderful
Scheme for the Annex
alton of New York.
The BIGGEST OF BIG SPANS
Il Built 1t Will Be Five Miles Long
and Have Ten Railway
Tracks.

Inere are many people who are inclined
TO look upon the project to span theHuuson
River with a bridge as even greater than
the great Brooklyn bridge, as a fanciful
dream Of some not well balanced brains
Nevertheless the scheme has now as
sumed a tangible shape and Ia all prob
abilities before the government takes the
next census there viii be completed the
greatest bridge IN the world aud the
grandest faenument to American nEen-
nifty and enterprise
Not the least gratifying features OF this
vast undertaking. TO Jersey men at least
Is the fact that the great bridge WI be
largely due to the money and brains Of
seyman, was the first man who concluded
that the bridge could be built and took
steps toward bringing about that result
For several years he applied 70 the Albany
Legislature for the necessary authority
to build the bridge and only succeed
this winter. He has now a bin before
the Legislature OF this State and the
prospects that it Will pass are exceedingly
brl CHIT IN addition TO this the consent
of Congress to bridge a uayigable stream
viii have 10 be obtained, aud there Will
have to be perhaps some negotiations
With the municipal authorities Of Jersey
City and New York
A bill for the purpose Of obtaining the
consent of Congress has already passed
the House of Representatives and is now
before the Senate.
THE JERsEYNEE INTEREsTED
Edward T. e; Houng. president OF the
First National Bank Of this city. Il repre-
sentative Jerseyman. is one OF the incor-
porators OF the new company which pro-
poses to cons truct the bridge Another
typical Jerseyman on the Board is Gar
ret A. Hobart, the millionaire bank nresi-
dent of Paterson, and at one Time presi-
dealt OF the New Jersey Senate The
Roebling Brothers, of Trenton, proprfe-
tors Of the large wire mills at the capital
and the engineers and builders Of the
great East River spans are also among
the incorporators.
The other members Of the Board are
Jordan l.. Mott, OF the Mott Iron Works;
John K. Mclaanahan, a rich iron manu-
facturer of Pennsylvania: James Andrew,
who assisted Captain lads to construct
the Mississippi jetties; Charles j. Canda,
for manv years Sub Treasurer ii the
United States at New York: Henry Elad,
president Of the ST Lonis Board Of Trade.
Gustav Lindenthal, celebrated engineer
OF Philadelphia; John Il. Miller, Pitts
burg railroad magn1te; Samuel Rae,
banker and engineer of Philadelphia;
William f. Skunk, the engineer who con-
structed the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad,
and Philip e. Chaplin. Of the Cambria
Iron Works at Inflated Johnstown-
This list of practical businesses men and
eminent engineers-liye Of the latter OF
whom are members OF the American So
ciety Of Civil Engineers who have
enough faith in the project to undertake
carrying it out, should be sufficient to re-
move any dou5t as TO its practieabilIty
No better idea OF the vRstness of this
new scheme can be obtained perhaps than
BY this comparison with the Brooklyn
Bridge, which was prepared by Engineer
Lindenthal and presented to Congress
Brooklyn North River
Bridge. Bridge.