Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-20
NEW YORK's UNDERGROUND ROADS
Tunnels to Be Built to Brooklyn, Jersey Cit
and jerome Park.

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Tunnels to Be Built to Brooklyn, jersey City
and jerome Park.
Articles Of incorporation Of a company Or
ganized to construct a tunnel between the foot
of Whitehall street. New York, and the foot Of
Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, were filed in Albany
yesterday. The incorporators include some OF
the most prominent men in political and bust
ness circles. Among them are Secretary Tracy,
Gen. Newton, ex-Mayor Hewitt, Vice President
Morton, Senator Calvin 8. Brice, C. P. Hunt
ington, Austin Corbin and Edward Lauterbach.
The organization Of this company is the first
step in an effort to be made by the capitalists
named to furnish the metropolitan district with
what they believe to be the only adequate sys-
tenn Of rapid internal transportation. Not only
Is New York to be connected with Brooklyn,
but the two cities are to be connected with Jer-
sey City, while the city of New York is to be
tunneled on the east and the west from Battery
Park to Jerome Park.
BORING PASSAGE FoRrY-Two NILES.
1t is a scheme that involves the boring Of an
underground passageway more than forty-two
miles long and large enough throughout its
length to accommodate a two-track railway of
the usual surface road form and stability, not
to mention the excavations necessary for termi-
mails and stations and the construction of ele-
vators capable Of handling train loads of people
a minute. 1t is q scheme that involves the ex-
penditure Of more than $50 900 900 in the &C
tual construction of the permanent way and
the purchase of an outfit
In all, over $4,000 has been expended in
preliminary work. Thus, bor;ngs have been
made every 500 feet along the routes under the
rivers at frequent intervals and in the CITY, by
which has been learned that all Of the AZ miles
Of tunnel, save 2.4l0 feet in North river and a
mai in mil str mill he.
the solid rock. Probably the most important
statement made about the plans is that the New
York part Of the tunnel will be 80 feet below
the curb at the foot Of Whitehall street, and
that the section below the surface from the
Battery to Union Square will be ITO feet below
Broadway curb, or FAR enough to escape all
interference with house foundations, street
mains, &c.
A GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING.
The Brooklyn tunnel, on which it is proposed
to begin work as soon as possible, ia planned
to be $3.50 feet long, but only 5000 feet be-
tween stations. The Brooklyn station will
stand at the northeast corner Of Atlantic ave-
nue. and Furman street. and the New York sta
ton at the corner of Whitehall and South
streets, about one-third Of each block being
required for the uses Of the stations.
The underground stations Of these points are
to be $50 feet long, GO feet wide, and 80 feet
high. Six elevators will run between the sur
face and the underground station, and there
will be stairway in addition.
THE NORTH RIVER TUNNEL.
As soon as the East river tunnel is in OPERA
ton the company will begin on the North river
tunnel, which will end at the foot Of York
street, under the Pennsylvania passenger
station in Jersey City. 1t will be 1900 feet
from station to station. The tracks in the tun-
nels will be laid on q dead level grade. The
Jersey City station is to stand 1876 feet back
from the bulkhead on North river.
Another part Of the plan includes connections
with surface roads in Jersy and on Long Is
land by which freight trains are to be passed to
and fro in the hours when passenger traffic is
slack. When the river tunnels are completed
work will begin on the comprehensive system
of tunnels under the city of New York II the
rapid transit commissioners approve the plans
1t is the intention of the company to handle
freight as well as passengers in its New York
system.
THE PROPOSED CITY TUNNELS.
The incorporators estimate the cost Of the
tunnel itself throughout the entire system at
q. 25O, 900 a mile. Real estate, stations, ele-
vators, trestles, rolling stock, &C., will be paid
for outside Of this estimate. No estimate of
the time required for constructing the tunnel
has been made. For profits on the East river
tunnel, the incorporators hope for a minimum
average daily traffic Of $4,000 passengers, or
5000, 900 for the first year.