New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-14
TO OPEN BIDS FOR BORINGS
PRELIMINARY WORK ON THE NEW EAsa
RIVER BRIDGE TO BEGIN sooN
SECRECY REGARDING PLANS FOR THE rERsu
Na1s-pRopERrY MAY BE ACQUIRED BIZ
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN-wAIr-
ING FOR JUDGE GAY ~
NoRs DECISION. ~

NoRs DECISION. go
An important meeting Of the new East Rive
Bridge Commission will be held at the once. Nos.
40 and 81 Chambers-st.. New-York on Wednes'
dav next. The successful bidder for the pre-.
liminary work Of making eight borings on each
side Of the river. where the caissons for the
foundations will be located, will be declared II
WAS recently stated that Stearn Brothers. OF this
city. had withdrawn their bid, but Chairman
Andrew D. Baird, of the Commission said yes.
terday afternoon that the firm Is still IN the
contest. Colonel Baird said These borinss viii
be made with diamond drills and will furnish
sixteen two-inch cores to enable the engineer
70 determine the character OF the rock upon which
the foundations OF the towers are to stand II
ul he a task to make these borings; there are
6fty-Ave feet OF water. two feet OF mud ana
eighteen feet Of sand and gravel to be penesrated
before the solid rock Is reached This Will b
bored ten feet deep ~ furnish the cores The
towers will stand at Delancey-st In New-York
and between South Fifth and South Sixth SITS. In
Rrooklyn. The site Of the entrances has not yes
been determined and we do not intend that they
sbau he made public when determined upon. a.
II would give spectators chance. IL the sites
~ tho terminals were finally decided upon u
would give the engineers room TO go TO WORK
mon the grades but they are not. cannot tel
Won the price asked or offered for the Have.
mever property, but probably all the land re-
ou,red will have TO be acquired by right OF emil
nent domain under condemnation proceedings"
Secretary F. H. Thurber was seen at his private
oalco No 1A3 Chambers-st., New-York. yesterday.
He said. "The present delay is largely owing 70
the fact that Judge Gaynor has not yet given
b,s decision in the Injunction suit brought By
sts,hen NJ Hoye. the lawyer, to restrain the
Commission from purchasing the Uhlmann char.
fer which we have concluded to buy rather than
IN delay the bridge by litigation. Inc case was
argued some weeks ago. and We are now await
ing that decision. 49,
Meantime the engineering FORCE mas Deeh pro
ceeding with the plans for the bridge The
consent of the War Department mas peen OBJ
tained and the height Of the new structure
will be equal to that OF the present Dnusr
should the decision Of Judge Gaynor De advene
an appeal will be taken at once. otherwise inc
Mans and contracts will be pressed forwaro
Immediately and the ground Will PROBABLY %
broken in three or four months from the pres
cnt time The terminal and grace plans havs
been made. pending the occis'o" VI Wv
UOye suit. NJ, LII
Sneakng of this suit. Colonel Baird said:
Even though Judge Gaynors decision u
against u.s. we will proceed with the work un'
der the instructions Of our counsel. MT Cnoate
The Hayemeyer property that We are after con.
sists OF sugar storage warehouse cahnos
tell YOU anything about the price put we WIN
take only what Is needed for our purposes.
In the mean time real estate men ana prop.
ertv-owners In the eghborhood OF the line OF
the new bridge are In fever OF anxiety ~
learn lust where the big structure VIII De 10
Gated and who will benefit by II. Botn classes
are in the dark as far as peihg aple ~ ,e" 20.
ANYTHING of the plans OF the Commission IoE
acquiring the needed properties along the p'o'
posed route.