New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-21

Tejerias Is reached. There are eighty-sx tunnels
and 200 bridges and viaducts between Caracas ana
La Victoria and as the bed Is OF rock and the en-
tire road ballasted with gravel and coarse river
sand II has been declared by experienced men
that no line in the world Is more sodly and care
fully built than this The mountain work was ex-
tremely heavy, and proved too great physical
strain upon Mr.. Ruge At the end or two years
he was compelled to take a years complete rest
and ne then went west TO superntend some mining
engineering. During the last year he has been Nv
ing at No. 10 West Forty-seventh-st. in this city
When seen by a Tribune reporter yesterday he
consented TO give brief sketch Of his ife' ana ne
also spoke of certain schemes for the future. HIS
life has in many ways been interesting from MS
birth His father Arnold Ruge. whose name is
well known In German literature. exiled from
Germany for expressing his belief IN the unity OF
his country. He was a wealthy man, and owned
large newspaper and printing establishment but
his entire property conhscated leaving him.
with his family penniless and in strange c9un
try with no means OF subsistence; he setue co IN
Brighton. England. where he died in 1880 Some
10 atone for the wrong which II then realized han
been done, and Bismarck not only restored MS
freedom, but pensioned him for life.
Arnold Ruge. jr when boy studied civil en-
cheering at the Polytechnic College, in Zurich,
Germany he Joined the family in England. and was
naturalized as an English subject. He was after
road Company for several years. and constructed
railroads south OF London. From there he went to
works. A piece Of work that the means. Of
placing him high in his profession the plan,
ming and executing the East Hungarian Railroad
through the Carpathian Mountains The work was
extremely heavy over the water,sheds. and required
special skill and experience. There was extreme
difficulty in constructing the tunnels. and land
slides were constantly met. This road was success
fully engineered by Mr.. RJge. Soon after this he
married Miss Clara Friedmann Of Vienna a young
artist and a daughter OF Otto Bernhardt Fried
mann the publisher and Editor OF the first political
newspaper in Austria. After the honeymoon Mr..
Ruge to Switzerland and constructed the cable
road over the mountains In Iuric. by gravity with
water. He also made the Plans for the SIN Valley
IL was at this time that ne received the Venezuelan
offer.
Greater New-York. drawn by Mr.. Ruge. were
spoken Of and he said: Yes; l submitted plans
last fall to Mayor Gilroy for the southern extern
sion OF the city by filing in parts Of the upper bay.
positive that the result would be great benefit
to the city. and would improve rapid transit TO the
south, east and west, and in connection with juno
lions with the Manhattan Elevated and Central
Railroad would result In speedy transit The APP
pearance of the city would also be improved. Bat
terry Park would be comparatively further uptown
and would be considerably enlarged yet retaining its
waterfront overlooking the bay the North
River The park. which In my plans | named
the South Point Park, would form the end OF the
island. and would be pleasant resort"