Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-28

n NLEsS the signs and portent'
prove misleading, there Is every
reason for believing that the
" city OF New York, now the lar.
gest municipality IN the United
states, viii eventually become the most
popuous and the finest "a the world
Possessing as II does great natural adj
vantages by reason OF is unexampled
location between two rivers and with
a deep water harbor accessible at OH
seasons New York has yet been ham
pored by the very character Of Its en-
vironment II Is narrow as measured
across from the North 20 the East rly-
err and ils area is insufficient for the
expansion Of its commerce and the con-
scQuent demand for sites FOR Office
buildings. public structures and houses
for residential purposes
Recognizing the inadequacy Of Man
holtans facilities for transit and ter
mlnol purposes, the endeayors Of It's
public spirited citizens have been con.
centrated Of late toward overcoming
the natural disadvantages under which
The city labors as well as toward the
upbuildIng Of q metropolis In keeping
with the vast national growth Of recent
years. Gradually, link by link. the
great chain has been forged that will
eventually inclosa Manhattan In a
mesh of steel railways. tunnels brldg~
s-that win make for the absolute
transformation Of the city and win call
for the expenditure Of many millions
The strangest feature OF this project rs
that II has not been worked out Ia its
entirety by prec0ncelyed arrangement
but through independent corporations
and forces, which are nevertheless har-
moniously striving for The citys bet
terment At the present writing. ar
rangemenis are being perfected for the
expenditure IN the near future OF more
than $iOO0O0O0O for Improvements taat
viii effect a revolution u transit facil-
ties as well as in the permanent archie
lecture Of the city New York has long
been known as The home Of The modern
skyscrapers. most Of which, however,
have been erected In the lower or busl-
ness portion Of the city nearer the Bat
terry and harbor than the uptown resi-
dental district There has been such q
orowdng OF skyscrapers into this re-
stricted area, In fact that facetlous
writer's and artists have frequently de-
picied Manhattan as overweighted ut
its southern end and liable TO tip up
almost any day
Taking mp IN detail the various prof.
ects for the botterment Of New YORK
the first IN Importance is the scheme Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company for
connecting Manhattan and lts envlrjns
with the RESI- Of the country from
which It has been so long isolated by
its lncloslng waterways. This scheme
was promulgated only q little more
than a year ago, but Is already well
advanced In Its conception and develop
ment, and promises to become an ac-
tuality within a few years BY this
project the heart Of New York city Is
reached through double steel tubular
tunnel beneath the waters Of the Hud-
son river and by another tunnel be-
meath the East river connected with
Long Island, New England and pos
slbly transatlantic lines Of steamers
for England and Europe. The estimat-
ed outlay on this vast scheme Is $50
600 900, which sum is to be spent upon
the tunnel and its approaches practical
ly In and around the city, and viii add
that much directly to Manhattan's en-
richment, What 1t win mean Indirectly
by removing the barriers hitherto ex-
listing between New York and the coun-
try at large II Is hardly possible to
overesiimate