The evening world., 1894-07-13
.DEf|ES The n. Y. C.
Secretary Swan, of the New Hud.
son Bridge, Answers Depew.
Will Have the Landing Pier on Land
Now und r Water.
And Run the Approach 100 Feet
Above the Railroad Tracks.

The statement of President Chauncey
NJ. Depew, of the New York Central
Railroad. that as his road controlled the
entire North River water front between
Ffty-ninth and Seventy-second streets.
1t would be impossible for the 100000
New York and New Jersey Bridge to
secure a pier landing within those points
and advising the Bridge Company to 80
up to Riverside Park and land there. Is
pooh-poohed by Secretary Swan, of the
Bridge Company.
Secretary Swan says the bridge can
cross the Central Railroad tracks and
property $50 feet in the air and do It
legally at any point on the Hudson
River font between Fifty-ninth and
SiXtieth sire cts.
This is how he explains the situation:
In 1890 Andrew IL. Green, Col. Hahn,
Evan Thomas, Charles NJ. Vail and
4 Isidor Straus, the Commissioners APP
pointed by the State of New York to
determine the location OF the bridge APP
proachcs In New York city, chose the
block bounded by west of Eleventh
avenue, SEVENTEEN and Seventy-irt
streets and ON to the river. They
( located our pier outside OF all property
controlled by the Central Railroad.
The water pier iand.ns is On under
/ water land by.onsing to the city of New
| York, and not to Depew or Vanderbilt.
/ Oar plans showed that We went $50 feet
I in the air over all the railroad or pri-
waite property Intervening.
Now, IN 1894 the United States Con-
| gresS decides that the bridge landing
must be located between fifty-ninth
and Sixtieth streets. Therefore we are
bound to build between these points.
| AT SiXty-ninth street up to the ex-
terror pier-head line. our landing would
Toe outside of the Central Railroad prop
, erty, ana on lands under water owned
by the city. There are no piers or any
thing else to interfere with us there.
AT Fifty-ninth street, upon the block
betwe.n Fifty-uinth aud SlNtieth streets,
the property IS held by private individu-
ais, and there the landing could be made
under water also on city lands within
the exterior pier-head line, just as at
sixty ninth street. The land suitable for
the i"nH'ns nter on ne upifnds ,rea be-
west of Eleventh avenue, belongs to pri-
vate individuals
1T Is. however, true that the New York
! Central railroad owns part OF the land
and leases the balance from the city of
New York between Slxtieth and Seven
ueth streets, but ii don't lease or own
We can go overhead over the railroad
tracks or condemn private property for
/ our use
we had lust the same identical fight
the PouGhkc,usie Bridge, but We built
1t Just the same and carried our APP
proaChes over the railroad tracks, just
/ as We propose to do now.
The New York and New Jersey Bridge
Company Was orsanlIei vita private
capital in 1900 The states Of New York
rights that lay within their powers To
build the bridge, and the, United states
Government has approved the action OF
1T should be distinctly understood
that all plans and details of the bridge
are subject TO approval by the Board
of span aud by the State Commission
bridge These latter Commissioners
may demand carriage and foot ways:
and We would have to provide them Il
they so elected, though at present II
is only as railroad bridge that our
thing must be, approved by the Score
tary of War He is the final arbitrator,
and whatever he says should be done
81 think that we can only Ind suit.
able landing either at Fifty-ninth street
or at SiNiicth street, and at one Of those
TWO points, Chauncey NJ; Depew Sr no
Chauncey NJ. Depew, the ir:lge building
will be located.
Until we know which OF the two To-
cations is finally selected o we cannot rot
land either by lease or purchase from
private owners or by direct lease from
the city"
The Board OF Expert Engineers net
again this morning and imme Jia tely
went into executive session to COM der
further borings and statistics OF resist
ant strains for the bridge piers. The
Board adjourned this aftecnC1 IN until
next Monday morning, when the session
will again be private.
on Tuesday the meeting will be o. en-.
and a partial report OF the SOarJs work
so far probably made public.