Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-27
PLAN THE LONGEST SPAN,
The New York and New Jersey Com.
pany's bridge WIN Have One
with 5000 Feet Clear
waterway.

New York, Nov. oG--If The plans Of
the New York aud New Jersey bridge
Company arr carried through, and the
promoters Of the enterprise have every
reason to believe they will be, vessels
plying W and d0wn the Hudson river a
little more than three years from now
will pass under the longest clear water
span in the world.
This statement was embodied IN n re-
port submitted at meeting Of the exec
utive managers OF The company at No,
ia broadway yesterday noon.
There We're prescott John j. Kerr, vice
president OF the Ontario and Western
railead; Louis Windmuller vice president
Of the Bridge company, William II. Ely,
JOHN Loughran, president OF the Man
ufacmn,Ie' BANK, John e. Adams,
Charles Macdonald, president Of the
Union bridge company; George Young.
Thomas IL. Bauchle and George w.
Greene,
Charles II. Swan secretary and treas
urcr OF the company, made the following
report, Which was adopted;
"Ihc span OF 1000 feet clear water
way which our engineers can make will
he the largest Ia the world. The clear
waterway under the Brooklyn bridge Is
only 400 feet, and all this congress took
| into consideration when Vt acted upon the
bill
steel is very much cheaper to-day
than it was Que year ago, and Il is be
! lieyed that the great bridge over the
/ Hudson eau be produced ct 70 per cont
| less cost than II could six mouths ago,
and | recommend that this company take
steps 10 concentrate all the great inter
ests necessary 10 It's success
81 beg Ia state to the stockholders OF
| this company that they should not con.
| found It's proposed bond issue with the
! North river project, whose proposed
| bridge bonds have been declared Illegal
The object of the last clause Is 20 clear
| the public mind OF confusion which has
/ arisen with reference to the New York
| and New Jersey and the North liver
| bridge companies. The lattcr corpora
tion is the one which obtained from com
grcss the right Of eminent domain, and
| whose project to issue bonds payable by
| drawings wns declared Illegal by Justice
| Patterson and his associates, Justices Fol-
| lett and Parker. as told IN the Herald
Inst Sunday, The New York and New
| Jersey bridge company has made no ar
engagements for issuing bonds nor viii
any plans In this direction be considered
until after the president hos signed the
bill authorizing the corporation TO 50
ahead with It's undertaking.
nhis hill, having passed both the senate
and house is in the hands of tie congress
siopn conference committee. and judging
fIpm the favorable treatment the meas
IRE has received thus far the officers oi
the bridge company helicvc it win re-
ceiye the signature of Mr.. Cleveland soon
after congress meets.
Contracts for building the bridge will
tlcn be- given out There Will 10 no de-
lay In this matter however. as plans fni
the structure are completed and work
Inc model of the bridge has been made
The matter Of Tho bonds and terminal,
also will be left until this time
Secretary Swan told me there would
he no difficulty whatever nbout either a.,
New Jersey or Forty-second street tcrmi
nal aud that within three years aftei
the hill shnll have been passed ears will
be running over the bridge.