The sun., 1896-07-22
lYAIL-RAILROAD BRIDGE.
..,DFyT OWELL's SCHEME FOR
PBkSossJyG TIE EAST RIVER.

a., . New Bridge Exelu-
ne P "a, Railroad Trains SHOULD Ho
sven .I,., North of the Brookiyn
Sew plans Now Being Prepared.
,.ox.ll. President OF the Board OF
jams :, IN, Brooklyn Bridge, has become
1ru,.d IN a project for the building OF AN
inter- ,.,dss TO connect New York and Brooklyn
other %u whloh shall be designed exclusively
abroad transportation.
tor ,D,eryiow printed in the brooklyn Ed9to
ID me- al he outlined the new project a. fol-
lows: ,..,sa nv n number OF prom
.,,,,,ns TO prepare plans for an all-rail-
mem ~. and they are now under way.
ro'p nl ho one plan for a forr.trsck bridge
In.'s I.,,.r for A si1-track bridge. am In
enu ,v..lf NJ a x-track bridge for the reason
49, I think 1t will be adequate Tor all time to
~, FOR this part OF the city, and 1t VIII there
~ ava the expense Of changing and alterations
I'm " have been so heavy cost Oh the present
'.",.,nre The cost OF the all-railroad bridge
~, rot exceed $4,000, 900, and the ono with
". ,,.ets will be planned at width OF 20 feet
"a m. four.track bridge 40 feet wide. There
a.. ,,ctIenan who is about to 60 to Europe who
-. b..can borrow the necessary money to
INA The bridge over there as low as 9 or 2s per
w., put I Am in favor Of having American
s,u,,,, build the bridge.
- IT.. new bridge should be situated on tho
,,,,,h u close as possible TO the Old bridge, and
..nn,d be used by the surface and elevated roads
s,clusiyely. An ARRANGEMENT with the New
VIZ companies could easily be effected so that
iots iotsnSsrs could be carried over the bridge and
phsn carried either up or down town In New
Ynrk without changing cars. A four-track
rNaR n MAJ
pnnr ssSh way, and the slxtrack bridge could
n..rx nU.S 1900. This is a very low estimate. l
..,nrh charge a one-cent fare for passengers
crossing the bridge, and, IN my opini,SSn, p,S as soon
last ibO 900 passengers per day. Five years
af,sr completion this number would be In
creased to not less than 100000 every twenty
four bours. Now at one-cent fare the first
rss,s receipts at an average Of 100 900 per day
yronId be $3.50. 900, and in ive years time this
wouM be increased to over a million dollars
yssss would be over 1000 yearly. as 1t would
oply consist OF repairing and painting.
III my figures and estimates are correct and
X. nSy 8sd Gd s be .sn OF s. the
wear. and in five years this would be Increased
70 teHi a psodt Of 100000 per year. II the money
is borrowed at ~ per cent cent the profit the first
SsoO. 900, This shows how successful the new
scheme would be from financial stand
point and il Is impossible for any one TO
calculate the benefits which would accrue to
both cities from a bridge OF this character.
When the plans are completed 1t IS intended to
have them put on exhibition and called to the
sss n 8 Sud ,se seq VIII
not there is no doubt but that capitalists will
be Slal to do so, and the matter viii be laid be-
fore them OF course would rather have the
cities build the bridge, as think they should
own ali the bridges. What Brooklyn wants.
however. Is more bridges, and II does not mat
ter who builds them so long as we get them"