New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-02
PLANS FOR A GREAT BRIDGE
COMMISSIONERS DEFINE THE SITE.
ro ep,x THE HUDSON RIVER NEAR SEW
rrrTr STREET AND CONNECT FIFTEEN
RAILWAYS AT A COST OF
Annlrr go 600 900
ABOUT $50, 900, 600

ABOUT foOoVV'VVo
Tho commissioner, OF the Nev-lork ana NC"
Rrdg. appointed under recent act OIL inc ,,sr
I lo sit, Of bridge TO be constructor oNe
=" w - river between NewYOrA city ana .o
Wv - >.u, Ier,..y met yesterday afternoon aV -'o
~, ,r,dvay 10 receive tle report oil ihoi''N' "
,I,r chef engineer, and to tt"e s'uoh S' 49,
Af,,r hearing tIle report, they hAeu INC DUG do I
BEGINNING at point III Nom me lines nj SEVENTEEN
VI siiC ,'I,tr,L SIS, In the city Ol new OIh w,
lied thence running eiSt5iS DvtwNo 49, 90 thence
c,eufv.rr,l sts. " point neaI Etv' 90, f,t v-est
ocyu'S t ma ,oi.th and running about 100 ieet VS.
~ thr west LIE Oi EeVeht'a'o ~ a'Itr -, "a ruryo
ldr hoi'ia VI tIeGCe curvlDg 10 the east auu run
Uin Getwecn rniry eighth ana inrY vrr the blocks
NM. .. min, seventh and rhiIts hhth s'7 ""u
extend from ElgAUIaye. To brou" a. union station in
"a - turo,rn to extend from sd'u ui'i o - ~, ~
O'yo %iPlo'tn = connection with ana IOf u. .laL
IntGan Elevated Railroad on oA'"a'o' ~ "
ihirtytiia nroch Will run from the west END OF
the s,Id union station at EsnV', ~ .nm River in
,i'cH nm ,rt nf The v.aduCt aboNe te NcM iVIN
Ceatr,l aud ladaon River haiIosu and vii de
IN II moth and seventy Od So az" -,
t"Vi 80 - Irll ~ a0oLt c.-nt feet above tnc mean
rn tide in the Hudson drcr hon, q" the river iron,
i''" o. ~, tb, ur.s,t sew l0rh C.ntrdl anu iluuSo
liver Railroad tracks Ip2, OH # Pc Near Unehandred
Hhe, "1 DyuIi f. Mi ri> over the New York central
and Hudson River Railroad ''u'nS I,g af mr. near
at into a tunnel about hall nlc rnS nn the east
,'o hmr,Ircd and lfty-flth ST.. cOhlh5 on on '.
dc Of the nil and cro7s.n- al ,I' NJ NIanh9ttan
'rhcca fet above the tracks Oh r,t md INV
,T,,t.d railroad at or near one lhuI' u anu i
Iith,t.: thence across the iiiil.n "ti, lcirh and
3r The Sew Yor, and Norheln aad Io Se" @r
Yorf central and Hudson ilyc ccond ~ pro-
nearly opp,,,. ,n0,r@njiilly By direct rne to a
,onu,c ipu with and for tAe Ne" ~ efn'd =
Railroad at or near One-hundrd ana SaA,S ~ nr eli
I"cc lng the c,t.ry side OF tn: sRu{,Sd DTy nd
and Port Morris Railroad I, thf l"ls ri.n, Rver md
and to a connection with and Tor the iit'rle'4 wv d
p,rtca ',tcr Ralpad the Ncw-forH' Ne"-H"'0" anu
Hartford viii be made with all ntersecng rail
Station +, be erected all connections win Eis Fa
FodI any hattnn ST. and one hundred and fifty NTH
, st. e,..,..v Vail
Andrew II. Green, Frank X Hahn, Charles NJ VAIL
Evan Thomas and I,iior strauss are the O''n'''
.ion.r, who make this decision ,
Fins, chef engineer. In recommending ms '''' S'''
tne following advantages 10 b, derived from IL
flr.-A direct and qu.c, CONNECTION WIN ,, S"
part the Guy u Ne" orN IN. road +" The
1Y LA Ion is nine miles and at rat. OF forty mll9,
prr hour. which can ea-ly bee MADE, lhe u,"' "I,' '
! .e thirteen a.d Ou"LaI mi lutc' I'M -, ti,
yhon the ferries arr MT dcay rd by zee or o-, I'u ''
sane D int To- foot OF C"rtIAhtt IT,, ~ .r. =;
| foot # CoItAud->t and Thirty eighth 81 ana h'Dol
yay ;oa as Inion 5 ~ ti rcater ~
'"' rIr 80 mi met OF thi, location Is its low grades
not exceeding fry feet per m, I, III mil mi. f,f,T
D., absolutely essential 10 The success oil any D"u1c Owl
.ut fiudsu "t" 'r.. 49,, ....o..to,,. cor, D.,
A. ,t5.r 4, the ca.c with which connections c',i r
made With tie NcN YORK Central and the NC" io'4
'"1 f"rt. advantage Is the oppor unity when j
ys lie "a t.ns.n OF the rapd-tran>t i - az -
he RIVER to a hl.h and healthy part oil .'e"-'V''e'
now practically iua''"'. It" ,,., a.. .,.,. tor tb.
Ar th.. is the opuof niy which 1t eve, lor un
.rtrl,ou of hi-u l,vcl lu' on me Wet ia Il "a u"
/ iy.r f,r -h.pplu; cal aid grain hF -iaNiN.
The BRIDE VIII probably boz made wide NV i
i, racks, t1o FOR through passengers t"o ir fr'iSh
/ .nJ ia, f.r RAPID transit.
The uno. v,.t ~ tie river would be a. follows
r"o ...t.d transit Auc, would curve away ii0" I'
r.l.. mon r.a,h.r the east >ii" 81 i'' i'.l'',
/ -,ur OH. lin, would un through ue Iaii-d' ;
.t.tls Us tun4c! and ptruy by open 'ulnN-'' w. T.
} -.I.-.- f,r tu- ,t~- Nr" ~.f Nf lt.H, "'"I'
W Pr. t'r. south a.1 connect Win i"e l'H.I
/ the pclavarr Laohavunua and Ne-t.rl' t"S E''
/ .'.. iva .l. Lcil-l .4.l! and y d I'l ''' -
| ..i..,.: another 80 would curve O. the t.n "l
/ ..,.,t with Tie a. rst shore. ontario ana Western
. H. rfi az Ntv Jc...f. NeV Nnr@ ~i- utH''l ,l any
| 49, 49,, -nd = , f.rsrv and Sow YORK rill"r~
p, IN rite.n c~tau ned lines Of railways VIII BE- con
! .',t-D d., tul- bu.s. urd .t- 70. y4'i'4''
II 1, ,Np.,,cd that work Will hc b"gun on III
,,~..r. before re winter Is over and the ensinee
49,. ,,t. with The ucc,s arv flnfs. II can ." Du.t
/ b., firt, months, 4 schrm q raise li' iu"u'' V'''
! .l,d Al s5UU,OUUO. Wll Dee brodcH"d htA1