The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-09
HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE
Mr.. George Young Explains
How the Work Will Be
Pushed Forward.

The signing of the Hudson River Bridge
Rill by President Cleveland, full and ex-
elusive account of which was given IN H
NEWS last night, together with a highly IN
teresting interview with Mr.. Edlow Har-
rison, has created much interest IN thls
county, not only among financial n pusl-
ness men, but also laboring men, who recog-
nize what a vast amount of work will be
necessary to complete the undert aklng, and
who. Of course, will benefit by 1t.
In speaking of the prospect to a reporter
last evening, Mr.. George Young OF this
CITY. formerly secretary and treasurer Oh
the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Irust
Company, but now president OF the Unlteu
State Mortgage Company OF New YORK
said:- Int
Nov that the bill is signed we shall at
once sea about getting our traffic contracts
with the different railroads on the west SIDE
of the North River. These railroads are une
Delaware, Lackawanna western, the
Erie. Pennsylvania, Lehlgh Valley, New
Western, Northern of New Jersey, New
York. Susauehanna and Western and New
Jersey and New York. That much erected
we can enter into a contract with the Union
BRIDGE Company. The estimated cost to
build is between $l5, 600, 600 and S2o,Uoo,ooo.
THE NEXT STEP
sUThe next step will be taken when Presl-
dent Cleveland appoints, as the new bill
directs him to do, q board consisting OF hVe
competent, DISTINGUISHED, expert bridge en-.
oineers. of whom one will be either the Chlef
of Engineers on any membe OF the corps OF
Engineers of the United States Army, and
the Others from civil life, to recommend What
length of span, not less than 2,0o0 rect, would
be safe and practicable. This board must
=. ,r;+bip thirty DAVIS after lis aDDO1QU-
ment, and after examining the questlon,
must. within sixty days after the first meet
mo make its recommendation, and tile 1t
with the Secretary of War. That, however.
is not to be final or conclusive until 1t has re-
ceived his written approval.
"When that is done we can get 10 "oIR A
and buy I'D the land for our approaches. On
this side everything is ready. We have had
ali the ~soundings made, and surveys and
mans all completed. We shall not lose any
time. We are given ten years In which TO
build and complete the bridge, but IN fve
years you viii see the structure up and tralns
rolling over it.
engineers nave advanced immensely In the
science of bridge building, and everything in
connection with it is much simplfied. There
fore we are justified in saying that the
bridge will be ready in five years. More
over, as we stand now, we do not I'VE a
dollar IN the Worlu, anu we lave AuouoJ III
the treasury.
THE LAND TO BE TAKEN.
''The land west of Eleventh avenue, New
York, is very poor, and the owners would
like to sell it. Between Forty-second street
and Forty-fourth street and Seventh and
EIGHTH avenues the land is valuable-one
block, I believe, belongs to the Astors. But
there will be no difficulty, because we can
condemn by the right Of eminent domain
.Have you got all the money! asked
Mr.. Young.
mo- he said, because we cannot issue
our bonds until our traffic contracts have
been made. They are to be fifty year bonds,
three months. We nave the privilege of
taking them up at ITO at the expiration of
twenty-five years.
GAS to the piers, about which there has
been so much talk, the one on the New Jer-
sew side will go down 260 feet. 1t goes
through 200 feet of soft clay before rock
bottom is struck