New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
MANY TUNNEL PROJECTS.
MANHATTAN AND JERSEY CITY r. R. CO.
ASKS FOR A FRANCHISE.

TRACY. BoARDMAN P1-ATT THE CoON'i'D
FOR THE coNcERN-Two OLDER APPLlCA-
r1oNs CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL
Railway tunnels under the North and East rivers
are becoming as common-on paper S wv ~
jected plans OF new theatres .
The latest a double barreled one 10 connee'
Now-york and Jersey City. attracted public atten-
t,on anew Yesterday petition Tor lraHchiso
for II was presented 10 the Board OF Aldermen
Tho name of the concern which has been FORMED
,o construct this tunnel is the Manhattan ana
Jersey CITY Railroad Company 1t was moor
porated in Albany June l6, with eapitai Oh oHly
rono The directors then given were Ernest g
Moore John F. Clarke Henry NJ. Brigham haIph
q Packard IT, H. Waller Brinckerhon BenJaH'
Russell oliver Hull. George A. Howeis ana war
Ger T Lindsay. Moore controlled eighty-sM sh7'es
Of the stock and the others one each None Oh
these men are widely known but 1t is said that they
have the assurance from big capitalists that me
latter will purchase enough bonds to push the
MAN through If the franchise can DO secured. ana
conditional leases OF the tunnel when cornpieteu'
can be negotiated at a certain figure.
Alderman Goodman. who presented the peuUoh
for permssion to use certain streets for the tun-
mel approach said he knew nothing OF the com
pany. He introduced the petition at the reques' Vi
Tracy Boardman e. Plat. counsel for the COM
pany The petition was signed by r. T. MOORE
nres,dent and Charles p Blocker. chief engineer.
I
wall-st yesterday afternoon. 1t was said that inc
affairs OF this company were wholly In charge OF
Mr. Boardman. who is now in Canada ana 'ha' III
his absence nothing about It would be given out
Ernest c. Moore who holds most Of the STOCK OF
the company, is a civil engineer. occupying onlceS
AT No 100 Pearl-st., with the firm or X. o. q j. -
Packard dredgers and has had experience IN the
construction OF subways He has said that MS
company purposed building two tunnels circular
In shape. with ON inside diameter OF ten rect Inc
material to be used would be concrete incased IN
boiler steel and the structures would be capable
OF sustaining an enormous strain. as the concrete
would become as hard granite 1t would take
two wears TO build the tunnels but II was possible
that they might not be completed In less than hVe
years as there might be delay In acquiring the
terminal Sites the required franchises ana inc
necessary consents from the Federal Government
The tunnels would cost only about NOUVO each
although the acquisition Of real estate for the
terminal stations might bring the total cost as
high as $50OO0Oo. The two tunnels. Mr.. Moore con-
tinued would DO used for railway traffic. and
would be operated by certain railway companies
the identity of which he was not at present pre-
When Mr.. Moore was seen last night .t,, at the
unlimited capital behind us and will go right ahead
cation from the MUNICIPAL Assembly, and get the
consent Of the State Railroad Commissioner
asked is as follows: Beginning at the intersection
OF Liberty and Washington SITS. and thence run
ming north along washington 10 Dey-st'' lltICe
under Dey-st.. under and West-st. and
under and across the Hudson River as far as the
boundary line of NewYork State near Jersey City.
That is for one of the tunnels. The second tunnel
would branch from the first at Cortlandt-st, and
run in a westerly direction under Cortlandt-st. to
West-st., under and across West-st.. and under
and across the Hudson River TO the city limits
A New-Jersey charter will be asked for In order
TO complete these tunnel lines into Jersey City
The Aldermen set September IS as the date for
q public hearing on the application
The Councils Committee on Tunnels gave a
hearing yesterday the application of the Me-
tropolis Tunnel Company for permission TO build
q railroad tunnel under the East River from Park
Row. Manhattan, TO the Brooklyn City Hall The
committee took the plans and adjourned the hear
ing. These plans have already been described in
The Tribune. Cromwell G. Macy is one OF the
moving spirits OF the undertaking. II is TO be a
double tunnel also. II is said TO be the ultimate
intention 10 continue the tunnel across the city
and under the Hudson River to the Jersey shore.
The Council considered a third tunnel scheme
yesterday. that OF the Manhattan Tunnel Railway
Company, which has also been heretofore described
in The Tribune. This. according TO the intention
OF the promoters, Is TO start from Chambers-st.
and West Broadway, and extend under the North
River into Jersey City. A public hearing this
application was set for September s.