The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-31
HUDS0N'S BIG BRIDGE.
Ground Broken on the New York
Side.

Mr.. Andrew H. Green, Chairman of the
New York Branch of the Interstate
Bridge Commission, at Slxty-seventh
street yesterday re-enacted the role Of
''laborer" SO successfully performed by
him on Thursday last at Gutten berg, at
which time ground was broken there for
the great enterprise. Among those
present were Messrs. Charles NJ.
Vail, Evan "a o Thomas. Isl isidor Strans' trans
W. Wetmore Cryder, CHARLES Il. Swan,
Joseph H. Swan, Thomas c. Clarke.
Charles B. Bush, Ex-Governor Rodman
NJ Price, Burd w. Spencer, r. Floyd
CLARK, Lawson N. Fuller, William D. Ed
wards. w. g. Bumsled, John q. De La
Vergne, DR.. E. P. Fowler, Z G. Schaef-
er, DR.. Louis Arcularius, j. d. SparK-
m u, Alderman John Morris. Alderman
Isaac H. Terrell. General Henry .Varnnm.
Judge Holman, OF Indiana: Cnncles For
ster. George P. Hotaling aud Charles e..
Elausen.
The company. upon the arrival of Mr..
Green, proceeded TO the place assigned
for the ground breaking, upon which
until Monday last stood chicken coop.
A shovel was handed to Mr.. Green, and
he forced IL into the earth and upturned
several lots of ashes and cinders. A cheer
went up from the company AMI was
taken up by the crowd. Then a young
man stepped forward and plautad staff,
painted red and white, to mark the
spot.
Mr.. Green supplemented his work, by
making q short address, in part as fol-
lows:-
"In the presence of this assemblage as
witnesses now commence the work of
Jersey Bridge, fixing its location by a
visible earth marx.
MAGNITUDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
II length is about 4. 12l feet, or about
four-6fths OF mile. its height $50 feet
above high water. 1t will carry at least
eight tracts aud bring persons and prop
erly to the heart of the CITY. Its APP
proaches have been conceived on a scale
hitherto nnthought of. affurdlng storage
capacities for cars and other most i'm
portant facilities. 1t will connect all
railroads coming to the city from every
quarter, and Will be in every sense con-
venient facility, an economizer of travel
aud traffic. and IL Is not beyond the pro-
liabilities that 1t may he the basis OF facil-
itating correspondence through the mails
to degree not generally contemplated. p"
AT the conclusion of MIR. Green's re-
mark 1.-The company filed out of the stable
yard TO the stand in the street to listen TO
the main address of the day. delivered
by Ex-Governor Rodman M. Price. In
PeiS - OS'~eHSA - fAN> SFOA~ 49, ~S~
lows:-
1.-The magnitude of this enterprise is
only equalled oy the benefits it will con-
fer upon four millions of people now con-
centrated Within radius of twenty five
miles from this point The realization
from the completion of this work Will he
simply immense. The amount of traffic
awaiting its completion can scarcely be
computed. With the single exception of
the Hudson River. every great waterway.
every great river in his country separat-
ing centres OF population has been
spHnned oy the railroa bridges to meet
the demand of the times.
"And 50 we begin the great work. and
IN the progress of this grand conception
to its ultimate realization let us hope
that we may have the hear'y suppo and
good wishes OF all our countrymen
Mr.. George w. Greene spoke briefly
AMI said that the event would mark Il
new epoch not only in the progress of the
city but in the history of the ration.
A letter of regret was read from Gov
ernor Leon Albeit oil New Jersey, ana
the formal ceremonies were concluded.
Mr.. Charles ii. Swan said, In speaking
of the bridge. that the engineers of the
company mad informed him that the
bridge could be completed within three
years