Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-31
WORLDS METROPOLIS.
rDAN re nrLIEgr CRUSH or
TRAFFIC ~ HnW YoRK



Now York Letter. The visitor TO
Nav Wort ~ the present time is apt TO
express himself rather furcihly concern
ine the wny the streets ate heinp torn
no tho sidrWaka diverted aud other
llttla annu}nnres Of The hind IN various
partp of the city apt 10 ue met with
This condition repms lllsplv 10 con
tlnur. for Now York " out Just cnefg
ing from her chrysalIa stage of q great
to vastly greater city
The tentarles If the great municipal
nctopua ate 70 I've expanded in So many
directions that ono can rcarcely fore.
shaduw where the metropolitan area
VIII ovennnllv end
The Rapid Transit subway Including
the BROOKLYN Tunnel have acrncely
been putten we'll under Roadway before
ulana are nut on foot for BUILDING q big
bridge arroHq the North River which
win practically bring within the metro
noitnn ptei. although II may he IN an
olhcr state, that vast nucleus ~ y big
citr on the lctrcy eide ~ which Jersey
CITY. Hpbaton Newark aud Patterson
are Tho lcallng factors
Tho North River bridge "a intpnded
go unite certain railroad terminals n
New Nork "a we'll as to facilitate the
handling bf tast suburban trnfllo
noWine inward from New Jersey, lt
will lead to New YORK becoming the
50 unite certain railroad terminals in
greatest aggregation OF human units IN
me Vorld within the next quarter Of q
century
The latest development planned TO
meet the demands for improved transit |
facilities In New York Gle, ie great !
elevated road pNgtom co iuin the EAST |
River BRIGGS and connect them with |
the west side ferries and railroad ter |
mlpals
The plans Cor ihis elevated system
provide first for an elevated road from /
the present terminal ~ the Manhattan l
NJ the NUoklyn Bridge to connect the /
ytrurturo W'th the two new htidges now 4
hWnp haiti atloas the EaHt river aud 4
secondly t0r che building ~ another
doHhlo trp,R elevated structure down 4
rafk Row, crossing Broadway az Nesev
street thence SO West street and Gort
hndt street Ferries on tto North river
The extension ~ the elevated sNstem
is urged l, i0idee Commissioner SAea
0n the Hrand Of absolute necessity for
The rely ~ tho prescott rr0otlyh
biidro as The eNpiNopire experts
maiW D that itR present capacity has
been oNaNt 'oaehea and that 30 nerma
ncut raljef far The congestion ut tho
terminal can he hoped Cor EXCEPT - the
completion of thu now trldRCa
axe ao ofthe now ,vsd 10 connect
the Ht hlta SIS WCNld ~ from jhp
Manhattan terminal az Center street
b. Al
ci Rt dpe NJ . aHd coB0ectink by
me3a 81 eHather branch With nHdse
No
The plans involve the erection 81
stations an6 a some
places foUr track roads WITH simple
switching Recommendations for tte
handling ii The vast traffic that will
arise
Tho syWoU as can Ne seen VIII serve
to give NeyN much Hecdcd facilities for
rapid transit between RrooklNp aoa
Now Jersey and tp tAsi way viii help
alons wonderfully che progress - ex
tending New Notk's radius across thc
North river
The system Ja0. az course. he easily
ronnt,jtd With tNe North river bridge
when that is completed Many persons
have regarded tbc probabilities Of this
tonr talked ot bridge belne soon bNjN
SIS rcmnte but thore IS little doubt that
work VIII DO commenced oa it next
wear The only thnR standing In Tho
way U eva Immediate commencement
now Fla tre way ot an immediate com
mrHcemr0t nov is tht securing 80
wharf aNn'08oh UahjS from tbe city
uNhn Witch question IL vs. expected the