Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
THE SITE SELECTED
For the Immense Bridge That
VIII Connect New Jersey
and New York.
A GREAT UNDERTAKING
From Which Many Railways Will
Receive Large Benefits
By THEIR CLOSE CONNECTIONS.
Location of the Big Structure as 1t Has
Been Planned.
EXACT DINENSlONS STILL TNESOWN
GREAT UNDERTAKING
BY THEIR CLOSE CONNECTIONS.
EXACT DIMENSIONS STILL UNKNOWN

:ErEcfkL TELEGEAM TO THE DIsPATcH.i
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The New York and
New Jersey Bridge Commissioners decided
upon location at to-day's meeting for the
mUch-talkeG-of bridge that is TO connect
New Jersey with this city. Every one of
the five commissioners, who are Andrew
II. Green, Evan Thomas, Isador Straus
{. NJ. Vail aud f. X Hahn, were present.
An elaborate map, showing the site of the
proposed bridge and the approaches thereto,
was shown. 1t received unanimous ap-
proval. a report was adopted and signed
by all the commissioners, locating the
bridge In substance as follows:
Beginning at point in New Jersey, on
the west side of the river. between the lines
o. Seventeth and Seventy. first streets in the
city of New York Give miles from the CEN
ter of Jersey City) thence rum
ming easterly between Seveutieth and Sew
enty-frst streets TO 4 point near Eleventh
avenue: thence curying to the south and
running about 1G0 feet west of the west
line of Eleventh avenue, to such 2 point
as far north as Thirty-eighth street as will
allow OF 4 curve of proper radius; thence
curving to the east and running between
Thirtv-eigLth and Thirty-ninth streets to
union station, which union station will
cover the blocks between Thirty seventh
and Thirty-ninth streets and extend from
Eighth avenue to Broadway.
LOCATION OF THE APPROACHES.
One approach is to extend from the Union
station in diagonal line TO a connection
with and for the Manhattan Ele-
waited Railroad, on Sixth avenue,
near Thirtv-third street. Another ap-
proach will run from the west
end OF the Union station at Eighth avenue
with a two-track line descending toward
the Hudson river in the lower part
OF the viaduct on the main line.
L Will pass not less than 20 feet
above the New York Central and Hudson
River railroad tracks. living between Sixth
eth and Seventy-thrd streets, and will
descend to level of about eight feet above
the mean high tide in the Hudson river, at
or near Seventv-ninth street.
Thence it will run along the river front
outside OF the present New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad tracks upon a
pile foundation to be made for it. Near
One Hundred and Fifty-fith street,
1t will rise over the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad tracks
and curve to the east into a tunnel
about half mile long at or near One
Hundred and Flfty-ffth street. coming
out on the east side of the hill and crossing
the Manhattan Elevated Railroad at a
clear elevation of IS feet above the
tracks at One Hundred aud Fifty-ffth street.
thence across the Harlem river in 4 north
essteriv direction to a connection with the
New York and Northern ana the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroads, op-
posite. or nearly opposite, One Hundred
i
substantially bv direct iinr. to a connec-
ton with the New York and Harlem
railroad at One Hundred AMI Sixty-second
street. Thence along the easterly side Of
the Spuvten Duyvil and Morris Railroad to
Long Island and to connection with the
Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad,
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad lessees
CONNECTIONS TO BE MADE.
Connections Will be made with all inter-
secting railroads. Stations will be erected
at all connections with railroads and also at
near Seventy-secoud street. Eighty-sixth
street Manhattan street and One Hundred
and Fiftv-hith street. The plans for con-
structing the bridge and Its exact dimensions
have not yet been approved by the COM
misSioners and will rot be made public
until they are approved. The bridge will
DC luduS "AHS eHOusl toI slA lTdckS, Two
passenger, two freight aud two rapid
transit tracks The viaduct will be of the
same capacity and carry six tracks on top
OF il and two more will be below.
The lines west of the river would be as
follows: The two rapid transit lines will
~curve away from the bridge upon reaching
the east side of the Palisades. The four
other lines will run through the Palisade hill,
partly by tunnel and partly by open cuttings,
with bridges for the streets. One set of
tracks Will curve to the south and connect
with the lines o. the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, the Erie, Pennsylvania. Le-
high Valley and New Jersey Central rail
wavs. Another set will curve to the north
and connect with the West Shore, Ontario
and Western, Northern OF New jersey,
New York, SUSquehanna and Western and
New Jersey and New York railways.