The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-25
LACKAWANNA TOCUT ATUNNEL
INCORPORATES A COMPANY AND
rs AT WORK ON THE PLANS.
Incidentally, II Ii Fighting W. G. McAdoo's
Twin Trolley Tunnel 10 Christopher
8treet-Pians Not Complete Vet
Road Developing Suburban Trafic.


Road Developing Suburban Tranlc.
The Lackawanna Tunnel Railroad Com
pany, with a capital OF 100000 was in
oorporated In Albany yesterday by Della
ware, Laokawanna and Western Railroad
interests for the purpose OF constructing
and operating tunnel railroad operated by
electricity, steam or other motive power, v
and OF single or double track, from some
point in Manhattan south Of West Twenty
third street, under the Hudson River to the
New Jersey shore, to connection with the
Lackawanna Railroad in Hoboken. The
directors Of the tunnel company comprise
W. H. Truesdale. president Of the Lacka-
wanna Railroad z. E. LOOMS, o. c. Post,
Thomas W. Lee, George F. Wilson, A. B.
Chambers, Frederick F. Chambers, William
S. Mcclure and Walter W. Ross, all officers
OF the Lackawanna.
The Lackawanna railroad has been
opposing in court for some time the at
tempt of the New York and Jersey Tunnel
Company. which has constructed one tun-
mel under the North River from the Jersey
shore to Christopher street, to build still
another tunnel, In the course of the court
proceedings, Mr. Ross, who is counsel to
intended to build tunnel itself and that
the New York and Jersey Company's plans
would interfere with its construction. The
incorporation of the Lacka wanna Tunnel
Company Is therefore looked upon in Wall
Street as a step by the Lackawan toward
the completion of thu plans for its own
tunnel under the North River. connecting
with its Jersey terminal.
According to the Incorporation papers,
the new tunnel is to be five miles long and
is provide an outlet for the Lackawanna's
tra.c in Manhattan Island President
Truesdale Of the Lackawanna refused
yesterday to say anything about the plans
for this tunnel, and referred all questions
to Mr. Ross the counsel for the road.
At his home in Llewellyn Park last night
Mr. Ross said
The board of managers Of the Della ware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad has di-
rected us to go ahead and organize a com
pany and to draw up and report plans for
tunnel from Hoboken o New York. We
have organized the company to construct
the tunnel, and the engineers have done
some work on the plans. but they are by
to say where the Manhattan end of the
tunnel will be located, except that this
will be somewhere near and south of West
Twenty-third street.
Il can't say just when work will he put
under way on the tunnel but l can say
definitely that the Lackawanna is going
to have a tunnel
The l.ackawanna railroad has been srond-
ing several = llions of dollars on its right of
way through the suburban towns in New
Jersey, depressing and elevating its tracks
to avoid grade crossings and to facilitate
greater speed on its suburban lines. These
expenditures have been particularly heavy
through Newark and on the line TO Mont
clair, and similar iuprove'r ents have been
m ade on the Orange lines. With the COM
pletion of its tunnel, which has probably
been rendered necessary by the Penn
sylvania's extensive plans for tunnellinr
into New York city. the Lackawanna will
bring suburban points in New Jersey within
easy access of CITY workers.