The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-28
A FIFTY MILLION STRUCTURE.
Tho Mighty bridge to Span North River.
An Eastern Terminus for all the Great
Railroads OF tho Country. Hd.

Railroads OF tho Country. n
New Yonx, Nov. 27.-The commits
sioners o! the New York K New Jerse,
Bridge Company held an enthusiast
meeting here yesterday and the presenc
Of Col. F. X. Hain, manager Of the Ele
vated railroad system, was thought t
indicate a business relationship belwee1
the bridge and the Manhattan company
Colonel Hahn spoke in glowing terms o
the big bridge and added that 1t woult
be connected with every railroad iy
New York and continuous line from
Boston and Montreal 10 western point.
he did not think improbable.
Thomas o. CLARK, the engineer wle
has charge OF the preliminary work, and
his assistant, Charles B. Brush, pre
sented an elaborate report to the com.
missioners. This report embodied eve.
rything relating TO the proposed sites 10,
the ends Of the bridge, It's probable cost
and plans Of its approaches, its span and
the magnificent union depot on Broad.
way. l7a- H.
These plans wero discussed fully, but
the commissioners decided, owing to the
unfinished business relating to tho pur.
chase OF property that that 1t would be
lnadvisabls to make public tho site OF
the bridge in this city before next week.
One Of the missioners said, however,
that the New York approach to the new
structure will be In the immediate neigh.
borhood OF Forty.second street.
The commissioners were pleased to
hear from Secretary Charles Ii. Swan
that none OF the railroad compauies on.
posed the plats OF the new bridge. Some
OF the projectors OF the bridge expected
opposition from the New York Central
system that now has great road run.
ming III the heart Of the city, but It has
announced that the benefit the West
Shore system would receive from the
North river bridge would disarm hos.
tility from the New York Central com.
pany.
ii is estimated tlIa. the bridge can be
built in thirty months and depots, ap.
proaches aod all within three years. The
work will begin in March next. The
cost of this structure will be $50, 1000 900.
and stock amounting to Sl5,O00,OOO at
SlOO share will be issued and the re.
naming S35 100000 needed will be
raised by the issue Of bonds. No stock
has been issued, but the commissioners
OF the enterprise say that they are conf.
dent that the entire $50, 600, 600 will be
easily placed.
tits said that tho New jersey ap.
proach to the new suspension bridge
will be from the west side of Palisade
Hill and the structure will be SO ar.
ranged that all railroads terminating in
Northern New Jersey can connect with
the bridge tracks running into it on an
easy grade OF thirty.one feet to the mile.
There will be eight tracks on the bridge.
II will, OF course, be suspension
bridge and its elevation in the center
will be l55 feet above the tide water.
The span will be over half mile long
and preliminary plans have been sub.
mitted to the War Department to show
the height OF the structure above the
river.
All lines OF railroad terminating in
Jersey City and adjacent cities will run
their cars directly over the bridge and
into the heart of the city. The commits.
sioners believe that a large income will
be derived from railroads using the
bridge tracks and the depot privileges in
New York.
Although pre.eminently railroad
bridge the company may lease the priv
ilege of running cars similar to those
now in operation over the Brooklyn
bridge for the accommodation OF the
residents OF Jersey City and Hoboken.
There will be ample arrangements for
foot passengers, but none for teams.
Engineer White exhibited au elabor-
ate plan OF the new depot that will be
built on Broadway in the neighborhood
OF Forty.second street, and the commits.
aioners say that it will be the handsom-
est and biegcet cdiice Of the kind in
America. 1t will bo modelled after the
Broad Street depot of the Pennsylvania
road in Philadelphia, and passengers
will be raiaed. in monster elevators.
This depo. will be 1900 feet long tand
400 feet wide, and it will be the ter
minus OF all the great railroads in the
country, including the Pennsylvania,
Erie and all systems approaching the
city.