New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-10
rrnrP TIE HUDSON.

The practical completion Of the hrst tuiillei
,nder the North River, 50 far as eNca' 'l'n
Goes Is an event Of no little siSn'hcance' MUCH
80 +ir,, was required to finish the task jhah
onvro5v IMAGINED when It was hrSt uhdeI-
taken in 1874. The rassageWay VIII pe ut'o'.N
TO 2 different Vurpos" than that cherished d! Us
original projectors 1t viii give transit 10 u'I
lev cars not freight trains. Even now year
must elonee to permit its present owners 10
drive n parallel tunnel beside the first one De
fore II viii perform any service. Nevertheless
tho two viii undoubtedly be ready long before
rho twin tubes OF the Pennsylvania company
GRO finished. Mr.. NcAdoo and his associates,
therefore can still claim the honor Of being Iho-
reers in fnDrovin- tie means Of coinlaun 'at'h
t1tvyeon the two shores Of the Hudson More
over n highly beneficial influence VIII Dee eA-
c-+aa uron the municipal authorities and sundry
traction companies hy the object lesson mus
afforded.
Jersey City. Hobokcn and tie large collection
OF suburbs 20 the westward Of them are almost
y. essentially uarts Of the metropolis as Brook
lvn and Long Island City were before their an
npxation. The daily tide Of travel across
North River is nearly rs great as that across
East River. The facilities for reaching the
business centre OF the city from the one d.rec-
ton are vastly inferior, however. 90 those from
the opposite quarter. Brookiyn aul the out
living suburbs of Long Island now have one
bridge. will soon be Eettiu- the benefit q a
second and are assured that the number VII
be increased 10 four before many years. IN
addition 10 these. there s. q promise that Tie
subway from the Battery q Brooklyn viii be
I'm operation IN the not distant future. Mean
while the Jersey traffic Is effected by the prlmi-
tive anriquated and tedious ferryhoat- Ii IS
amazing 10 think how long the Inconvenience
Of
been endured,
The fact IS, the site OF the older Ncw-Iork
City labors under peculiar geographical dis1d-
vantages. II can be approached from the north
with comparative ease. though the present ter
miual Of the steam lines which enter from that
direction IS not so close - the business centre
as the corresponding stations Of Philadelphia,
Chicago and Boston. The worst restrictions are
imposed. however by the great Waterways on
each side OF Manhattan Island. Until recently
II was impossible TO reach the heart OF New
York from the eastward without 1T least one
change OF vehicle and even yet that IS ueccs-
sary when coming here from the westward.
There IS go large city i'm this country or Europe
that IS hommed in between such barriers The
Thames Rs but a single stream, and is crossed
by a doZ. n bridges. The Seine and the Spree
are even more insignificant, and put little check
upon Internal traffic in the French and German
capitals. Chicago Ike Gaul IS divided into
three parts 10y what IS scarcely more than a
huge open sewer. Tho closest parallel 90 New
Nork's situation is furnished by PHILADELPHIA.
The beautiful SchuylklI does not interfere with
local transportation there, but the Delaware
does. Camden and Gloucester. to which access
is had by ferry, have together something like
one Lund-ed thousand Inhabitants. Tho COM
bined population Of the Jersey suburbs OF This
city exclusive OF Newark. but Including such
places as the Oranges) is fully five times as
great,