New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

HEARINGS TO BE GIVEN inns MO.'''' "
,urrrrs OF THE TWO BOARDS OF ALDER
Nrx-PI.Axs FOR THE TUNNEL COB
pIETEp-THE WORK TO BE
DONE 1x CONNECTION WITH
THE ATLANTICAvE.
IMPROVEMENT.
., orly In in,portance as respects the peopie
-. Greater Ney-York to the undefeiou'' ''p
,,ans, nroiect which Is again assui'''"e ,..
.bape. is the plan for building ''ln,. s,,,.,
the borouehs Of Manhattan ana ~
t. seemingly In a fair way to be carrie" on, II, cor"
u 7,,, ,ho ,roposed Improvement OF Attain
49,, 49,. nrooLlvn by the removal OF 'ne S'ea"
railroad from it's surface The ACT Oh inc 49,,
,u,o authorizing Brooklyn 10 po'i d ''' "
-. ~ his Improvement PROVIDES thd' the Aua"-
,,cavo work shall not be taken III manu- ""." .',
C.,ss,oners appointed to oversee II are sa''sNeu
~. ,unneI Is TO be built under the East River
80 onerated in connection with the Atantc-aVe'
a,y,s,on OF the Long Island Railroad
A company formed last winter 10 ouiio 'ne
,unnc and the Plans for the work have been ruiiS
rnnored and have received the approval OF num-
Der Of competent engineers There is UNDERSTOOD 10
he annie capital back of the enterprise, and ac-
oordng 10 President Baldwin OF the Long is'aho
Railroad Company. the tunnel people VIII De pre-
parcd TO begin work within snort TIME ai'e' '"e
,onsent of the public authorities TO the consruc-
to-, OF the tunnel is secured. This consent mas 10
Ina r,ven by the Boards of Aldermen OF the two
cities and TO each Of them an application has been
formally made.
Tho matter was referred TO committee on eacn
side Of the river. and arrangements nave oeeG
made for public hearings The hearing by the
Rrooklyu committee has been fixed for FRIDAY OIL
this week while the New-York hearing Is set down
Cor November q President Baldwin and his asso-
ciaes do not expect that any opposition OF moment
will be made 10 their proposal
The tunnel is 10 extend from Flatbush and Allan
tic ayes. in Brooklyn, TO Cortlandt and Church
en-, IN this CITY II will follow the lines Of streets
all the WAY except for a short distance, but the
deep-tunnel method Of construction when mas
been so successfully employed IN London will be
followed and there will be little. II any. in'erier
ence with the surface Of the streets
THE DEPTH BELOW THE SURFACE
Al the deepest point on this side Of the river the
tunnel will be about ninety feet below the surface
II will run under Maiden Lane and Cortanot-s'''
and at Pearl-st. and Chlrch-st there VIII De sta-
tons connecting with the elevated roads on poth
sides of The city. These stations VIII De ifo'"
- 10 so feet down In the ground
At one place in Brooklyn however. the tunnei
vii he ~ feet below the surface. and the station
N he established In the vicinity If the city HAL
o. Postofice will be nearly at that depth ihere
will be only these three stations before Flatbush-
ave is reached AT that point the tuhne' WIN oo'nv
much nearer the surface OF the earth' ana VIII
merge into the depression In Whlch the A'h"ti'-
eve tracks are 20 be sunk. The streets in Brook
,vr urder which the deep tunnel will are Flat
hush-ave Fulton-st. and Pineapple-st. At the END
NJ Pineapple-st at Columbia Heights, 1t Will pass
under private property for Few rods' ana again
after crossing Furman-st for short distance
Nowhere will heavier grade than 2 per cent
obat is feet In 100 feeU be necessary In building
the tunnel and hence 1t will be possible to run
trains through II at a rapid rate of speed In At
lantic-ave., where there are now some hea'y
grades there will be none TO exceed IN per cent
when the Improvement is carried OUT except LOT a
little way in place. where the grade VIII DE j..
ner cent The tunnel will be constructed IN the
vain through solid rock but for some distance IN
der the river clay and glacial drift are encountereo
In the opinion OF experts, those materials VIII cause
no difficulty In the work Of construction Inc tuh-
mel will be thirty-fve feet below the bed OF the
river and ninety feet below the surface OF the
water.
After the consent OF the public authorities Is Sc
cured the consents Of the owners of the property
abutting on the streets beneath which the tunnel
IL TO run will have TO be obtained. Inasmuch az
the surface Of the ground will be interfered with
scarcely at all. and people living and doing Dusi-
ness nearly hundred feet above 1t will have no
knowledge of the work going on below, IT is be-
,ieved that the consents will be obtained without
difficulty The tunnel people have caused extensive
borings TO be carried both sides OF the river
and are now fully Informed as TO the character
driven. These borings are in fact still going on
as II Is desired 10 examine the rock and earth
formation on every block. The tunnel Will be IA
feet inches in diameter. inside measurement The
trains operated through 1t and on the depressed
and elevated road along Atantc-ave. will be pro-
PEELED solely by electricity ana the pest OF Veh''ia-
ton will thus be insured
WHAT PRESIDENT BALDWIN SAYS.
When seen by a representative OF The Tribune at
the office of the Long Island Railroad in the Mutual
Life Building last week. President Baldwin said:
81 do not see how there can be any question as to
the importance OF this enterprise TO the peopie on
both sides of the river. Brooklyn certainly needs Il;
and believe that New-York needs It. too Think OF
the advantage IL will be 10 people DOING business In
the lower part Of the city who wish TO live Ia me
remoter part OF Brooklyn. For tnat matter on &C
neciins with the elevated roads will be able 70
get to from b sss Ie OF s rn up
the lcve OF elevated railway platforms ana VIII
street T. This elevator problem has been solved in
London. and there IL no trouble at al ABOUT IL. Inc
SvSSi N' people and they viii constructed
to be absolutely safe The plans ior 'hs bo non
etrrc,ei he existing gas tunnel under The East
River They practically the same as those ot Of
that has been done IN London 11T1g the last ,nree
any Do Won, fcel confident that the tunnel will be built
netween New-York and Brooklyn Mr.. Baldwin
asked. . IT.. ut.A l..,.
.Oihero,ise / should not be giving all my time TO H.
as + am now doing We are DESTROYS or having the
natter presented in the right way 10 the committees
~ Aldermen who are 10 give hearings on the matter
IN November 10 and q and we nope tns sn ppO>ecr VIII
engineer the building OF tunnel Ike this Is as sim
,le tbing az the construction OF an elevated rail-
rooS There are no difficulties In ne way that can
not be easily overcome
MODERN TUNNEL BUILDING.
"There has been wonderful advance IN tunnel
construction in the last ten years Take the great
blackwell Tunnel. under the Thames RIVER, the 'uh-
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