New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19

vestlgation 1t is found. however. that the city sun
sixty SITS and 400 feet between sixty.seyentn
FOR the purpose in view. The manager OF the Bev- |
sr~ Ss TG%1s as hs wnS
will be amply sufficient TO preclude the posi-
The largest boating object which would ever pass
under this bridge" he writes. would be tow 40, o,
pass through the POushkeepsle Bridge with Its
tfOot The Beverwyek Towing &C. Company % M
Sswesn NswYcrk ARA Aea1y and j.. had pao9 no
! iure Of the New-York and New-Jersey Bridge Com
Is p6poe tn oSas at
st. Seventh-ave and Broadway. taking an TWO
run running y' up to from seventh
to Eighth aves. There Will be two stone buildings.
Fort -thirG,s These viii contain the usual wait;
n s saa G snd rSSps na sa
tracks a terminal hotel containing 2jo to 800 bed,
SSase for big Express ana es
stores cold storage cellars and about S business
shed viii be- stories high. and the terminal
and offices eleven ob t Snrs he will be hr
SIX feet above the level Of Broadway supplied with
aSoye The street a lie level F' IS expected the
c,cs wl be perfect that vii praettenbls
and twenty during the hour being the sn mas
Ths and ;se Of Gs entire Of Ss
teprlse figure that 1t VIII be paying est ,ha
|
confidence is afforded by the following figures cited
| by the Congressional Committee report ALREADY
| quoted , ,,,.
Local passenger traffic in 1870 across Hudson River
ferries 59So; railroad PASSENGERS Sst sT; tota o
~ 259 400. number of railroad passenger trains per
'eG'fi course anything about Network Old as
the Committee probably not far out OF the way
sss"s SS Tr sy H'a hs nAS How fsT% %
traffic WIN rsfsra1y be d hiSh ap 10 as Poy
seconds,'. or starting it from there FOR suburban
% % Is matter w 'C cease not for
| moment imagined. The bridge VIII not suppahn'::
be ,s srHry ra 5f tne viii a Se d.
vcrted to IT, major portion OF me looss Ppw the
ra9SpHr}a'Gn Culinary %li
even OF the freight traffic gatherng ana
Whether enough business VIII be draWn from ncn, pa
traffic and The freight s2eGiay snd the
rouEh freight to and from Y S Se made aEs
by an extension northwardD, remains to be demon
s;ratea The projectors are sanguine. and the con-
Germ therefore be.ongs to them.
OVER BLACKwELI:S ISLAND.
IL. Blackwelrs Island bridge over the East River.
Il ,s promised will be constructed at a cost or
s7.5,DOo possibly less and for this Mr. AUSTIN
Corbn anirms. more serviceabIe and stronger
| bridge than the suspension now In place-wnich
| cost twice as much--wlll be obtained. But II VIII
not ex Se P bst M pianned It's NewYork
viii be sixty fourth-s and 1t VIII run s'raisn Ia
@ sbovs hi@h water over each channel, reaching
hs hops e suracs sh near Sunny Side
connect with those Of the Long lsand Of sse
T% S" ThH snI ian Raoa Ge a SYSTEM viii be within
twenty-five minutes connection win me Stcon a CIV
hTS a on mi. Side Of the liver viii Harlem
this Is nIi yei to ,h" East North
I and West Is no doubt contemplated. The bridge tis
% be and Q" III caay we railroad
OF H. per cent. double wagonways ana Io0t" avs
which Ss enr De- The pers viii OF solid masonry
beddcd in the natural rock and the
ui,h Connecting truss span over each channel inc
. | bridge will be built out from the piers eaoh way
I, "" hardly seems worth while to say much about
familiar construction a. the Br ay aord some
ground speculation or comparison ane1i me ms c
wSFk W ne fes inches above high the
and 1875 feet clear at the cent psr OF cent mt Il
sF"9 sds i ii fe es
Tns nsSGkya GpP the
WITH excn,9n es D:rmn ,s iS, Sllf rs
i e"nts from Nav o. 1888 to December l. 1893 were
siS9 H. d which sl5s.o % was vas r TAKEN n6n IN
y It's cars The pedestrians crossing averaged con'
sderaoy over S nSr S sIs an ace of realization
couple OF ago but was then rhS
Command attention in the near future Is Major nra -
'cw nir. NewiYork and BROOKLYN. It has novel move
features which command interest ana IN ae or v,I
ian Of ,eorga s Morrison and other cnhent CIV, ~.
" engineers are not only perfectly prae'acao, dc
PECULIAR advanaGfs , %nSn ssT an Experienced
abroad manager and originator of the drasry
system 81 rI EHnsnesrng Magazine few months
ago In that system the roadbed is series OF nm m
nnwith stations at It's highest points say ao0n n'
three the mile free car sPee'h sa1bers force
enomsh TO T ts momentum is Diminished It is taken
IL h.. an 81
Continues rapid motion and & the pa sai the t sta
lion The ear free 10 go whazin hs yU@n
incline The p ROY twa cties was to be
hat system but of course Win on,y one hsnea,h
from each end to The ascent by cable
aa' - vs. oa"h of the ternini. Careful surveys es-
tablishra 'nTa tn inst the SLOPE Nassaust; from
y ,rn ~ Wall SITS and only half that operat.n upon
y 'rootlvn This would BE- none too much ior Easy aHy
ana sssper erSde Would rather advantageous
cr his gravity system. Greater speed woh h ,b he
ner nchod in economy Of fS cabn
! would as estimated be as far peyo, mn n any brdg.
a wo1 ro Hs be- designed Engineers have brought
ns down hd0 to ahs sSrE know %se tR bonn material
ha nrnerated upon what the cost VIII pe, IL,
ovation u no through rock and 1t is calculated
%at the entire Of tunnel TIVE. SrGhase ieot
land for tcrmn and equipment Ior OPP no
t. ali 70 only ae99 ha nav Seem a material
SScec mat il may BE- veil to remember that the
- DER ~, d,,meter circular tunnel recently poreu
miller the East River for the CARVING OF gas OBJ
cost onE y oSGph hardly have exceeded $4,000 or
course that is much smaller man can 'i hardly
II ogm Of question that the reazson OF ms
l. wouu 49, construction of the brooklyn Briuge
e ,s Tor the increased accommodation IL wOud aref
~ 'o on,,.al ,here can be no comparison. CaleIu
" made the time the enterp pr e oa ans
SO near TO realization demonsrasec ,rr a. across on
sn sray line proposed and Il was rs de s 9s CO.
- yohu lid no required do the business IL couiI
Command financial oT o o live sndeavor
IL anu this enterprise during that time put II rs
4 anticipated that VIII soor De rorb enerreticaliy