New-York tribune., 1901-06-19
NEW EAST RIVER TUNNEL.
THIS ONE is BACKED BY PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD INTERESTS.

BY the incorporation at Albany yesterday OF
the Long Island Extension Railroad Company
New-York Seems 10 he assured OF another tunnel
connection between Manhattan and Long Island
at distant date. Pennsylvania Railroad in
terests are behind the new company and that
means a plenitude of funds TO push the plan to
completion Samuel Rea. one of the vice-presi-
dents of the Pennsylvania will be the president
of the new company. and William III. Baldwin.
jr. president of the Long Island Railroad. is one
of its directors.
The Long Island Extension Railroad Company
has been Incorporated to build and operate by
electricity or some other suitable power an
underground tunnel about four miles long from
near the Long Island Railroad property in Long
Island City 10 and under the Fast River. to and
under Manhattan Borough 10 a point south of
Fiftieth-st and west of Broadw ay. which points
are to he the terminals. The capital is ST.
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President Baldwin was not prepared to say
yesterday just where the Manhattan terminal
would be- but from another source 1t
learned that it would be conveniently situated
for connection with the Manhattan end OF
the yiaduct which the North River Bridge Com
pany proposes to build across the North River
at about Twenty-third-st This bridge is
also supposed to have the backing of the Penn
sylvania
The bridge seems to be long way in the fut-
ure, however but the tunnel under the East
River win be pushed at once President Baldwin
said Yesterday. The first thing. of course is to
obtain the consent Of the city authorities Those
who remember the extended and futile efforts
of the Long Island Railroad to obtain consent
for a tunnel Connection at the lower end of Man.
haitian may think the proposed tunnel uptown
a long way in the future, too, but the Rapid
Transit Commissioners may have something to
do with eXpeditnS matters, and that is body
of far different calibre from the Municipal Coun-
cil When the uptown tunnel is completed as
well the rapid transit tunnel from the Bat
terry to the Long Island Railway station In At
lantic-ave. Brooklyn, NewYorkers using the
Long Island road can reach or leave Manhattan
at two points without change OF ears
The uptown tunnel will consist of two parallel
tubes or bores and will be used for passengers
only. They VIII pass under the New York Cen
trail tracks and also beneath the rapid transit
nues of travel by stairs elevators. President
Baldwin is a warm advocate Of the tunnel sys-
TEN. but he would not estimate yesterday just
now much the projected twin bores would cost
Railroad men remarked when they heard of
the newly Incorporated company that under Mr..
Baldwins management the Long Island was de-
velOping a great future, and the announcement
of his latest project naturally revived interest in
the North River bridge plan. Whe- this is con-
sidered an enterprise to he built only by a union
of all the railroads with terminals ON the New
Jersey shore still the PENNSYLVANIA company is
regarded the prime mover I'm it, The North
River Bridge Company has the necessary char
ter for bridge across the Hudson with a Man
haitian terminal close to Ninth-ave. and Twenty
third-st. IL is doubtful II this Will be built
unless the Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, Central Railroad of New-Jersey Ie-
high Valley. Ontario and Western and West
Shore interests can be enlisted in support of tine
plan.