New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-21
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
ANOTHER TUNNEL RAILWAY SCHEME.
PLANS OF THE NEw.YoRK AND NFw-JERSEY
TERMINAL COMPANY.

TERMINAL COMPANY.
The fNew-York and New-Jersey Terminal Railroad
Company, which has applied to the Commissioners OF
the Land Office at Albany for permission TO tunnei
the North River, organized under the General HAIL
road law Of 1850 in February last. 1t proposes 10
construct tunnel railroad from Foureenth-st, East
River, under that street to ths North River, theroe
under water TO Castle Point, Hoboken thence under
Hobolen and jersey City to point underground or on
the surface at the Hackensack River. thence
over under the Hackensack to the point where inc
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and Pennsylvania
railroads the same, forming connections with poth
roads. branch is proposed from Fourteenth ana
Hudson ts., NewYork, by tunnel under Hudson-st 10
Chsmbesst thence underground 10 the intersection OF
Broad and Wall sts, thence under Broadst to the ter
minus Of that street the East River. Other tun-
nels, connecting with Brooklyn and Staten Island are
In contemplation.
The road at present projected is to be nine miles IN
length six IN New York and three In NewJersey. lts
capital stock is divided into 200 shares of 800 each
The proposed tunnels TO be capable Of containing
four tracks under the Hudson River and Fourteenhet
to Nnth-aoe. and two tracks from Ninth ave- TO ohe
East River, aud under Hudson-st to Chambers-st and
down TO Broad and Wall SITS. The two main stations
will be at Fourteentst and Union Square and at or
near BROAD and Wall sts They to be 100 feet
below the surface Other stations will be placed at
convenient points for connections with the elevated
roads. All stations viii be reached By elevators Of the
most improved description.
The tunnel under the North River which the Land
Commissioners have been asked TO approve is TO be IN
the form Of prism ninety nine feet wide at the top
and sxtysix feet In Depth and 10 be built seventyfour
feet below the river bed The application to the Land
ofitce was made MAY 90 and the Commissioners re-
rred II to the Attorney General and the State Engineer
and Surveyor On September % the Attorney General re-
ported that possible that interests Of the
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was afterward sent to the Dock Department of this
city The Dock Commissioners referred it to the
Corporation Counsel In 1871 the State conveyed all
its right title the territory running 1000 feet
from the east side of Thrtcenthave.. and the Cor
porson Counsel therefore holds that the application to
this portion Of the rverbed must be made to the
Sinking Fund Commissioners Of this city, The officers
Of the company express thedr readiness to do this.
The company has thirteen directors. who are
Thomas sturgis, william c. Lane, George II. Taylor.
A. r. HERMAN, w. Z. Cox. Charles F. Smie Isaac p.
Mafan Isaac D. Fletcher and Thomas Rutter, of New
York City; General Henry ". Slocum, William Mar
shall and w. s. jarvis, Of Brooklyn, and Charles p.
Macke, of Englewood, n. j. General Roy Stone is
chief engineer Of the company Thomas sturSis Is
acting PRESIDENT. and william G. Lane Is secretary.
The Office of the company Is Of No. 45 broadway No
date for hearing upon the application has yet been
fixed by the Commissioners Of the Land Office.
The promoters Of the scheme look forward to great
returns from Its institution. Jersey City and Hoboken
they estimate receive and send out daily 1IOO trains
averaging Eve each. including mail. baggage and
mel VIII enable them 70 bring these to NewYork with
oft breaking bulk. The plan is not to interfere with
s % y e Di ceSra feeder to any sy
tenn OF rapid transit that may be constructed It's
purpose Qso is 70 establish great central crossown
thoToughfsTe.
THE ACTION OF THE CHICAGO GRAND JURY.
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Federal Grand jury Of the four members Of the firm Of
Swift Co. for violation Of the Interstate Commerce
law causes considerable satisfaction among railway
officials In this city. The idea has heretofore prevailed
that no special effort Is being made by the Interstate
Commerce Commission to secure the Indictment Of Ship
pers and that railway officials alone are being prose
cuted The indictment Of SIX prominent shippers and
only one railway Official by the Federal Grand Jux has
removed the impression nom the minds OF railway
officials that shippers ere being favored by the Gov
ernmont authorities The railroad officials themselves
were to blame that more shippers have been here
tofore indicted. The refusal of the former to TESTIFY
sGninst their patrons due to the fear that bes
would lose the business Of the clippers and merchants
who were under investigation and also that their
testimony might be used against themselves That In
dictments nevertheless found Is due to the IN
defatigable efforts Of Special Agent Kretschmar For
more than two years past 1t has been the general opinion
that the firm Of swift Co. WIS getting special rates
ON provisions and dressed meats. The refusal OF that
| firm to ship over any except one or two specially
favored lines taken lroof that some understand
ing existed between the firm and these roads but so
sdroitlv were the deals managed that positive evil
dence of manipulation Of rates could be secured An
effort was made before the Federal Grand ry about
six months ago to the Indictment OF the Swifts
for inducing railroads to ppy them rebaes. The clerks
who it was suspected had carried cut the deals by order
Of their chiefs refused to give testimony. No hdict
ments could be found and the matter was dropped
until the present time The four clerks OF swift q
tran al the previous one and the DistrctAtorney vii
move In a dag two that they be punished for con
tempt