The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-15

| to procure their maximum availability it
would be necessary to construct troll
| ley system ffty-four f54l miles in extent
and scientifically planned, 50 as to form
a splendid system Of rapid transit
| throughout Jersey City.
Then. as the probability of increased
population became evident, the Compa-
! nies are providing for it in advance by
/ tie purchase Of tracts Of land which may
be laid out, and through which tranSpor-
tation may be obtained in the future in
the most economical manner. and. final
! II, as ii become apparent that the in-rush
from Newark might interfere with the
plan of quick transportation in Jersey
City, Il special line was promoted to take
care Of that.
Now, ifthe fnanciers who are promot-
ing these projects had not absolute faith
in the future of Hudson County, you
may be sure that they would not have in
vested millions of dollars in these enter
priscs. The investment is indeed TOO
| great for the Immediate return to pay
a sufficient dividend on the capital. They
are looking to the future when Ehis eoun-
~ wiz have a population on a par with
that of Brooklyn, and that this will. be
soon, and very quickly, they have not the
slightest doubt; the advantages are too
apparent.
Let us examine map of the tunnels
| with their Manhattan terminals. Here
for instance is one which shows you tun-
nels extending from Montgomery street.
Jersey City, to Courtland and Worth
streets, in New York. Further up the
river you will see another line of tun-
neis, two of them extending from FIT
/ teenth street, Hobcken, to Morton street.
1 New York; this line of tunnels continues
/ into the heart of Manhattan, having
crossed under the river the bore extend
ing through Greenwich and Christopher
streets to Sixth avenue, where it
ON Ninth street to connect with the sub
way at Astor Place. the other running
northward en- Sixth avenue TO Herald
Square These subways in New York
will have stations at various points along
the line very similar to TO those of the
! Interborough Subway. For instance:
The Sixth avenue line will have a sta
tion under every IL" station. the en-
trance to each station will be under the
81" railroad steps. That is, at Ninth
street, Fourteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty
third, Twenty-eighth and Thirty third
streets.
Now, if the fnanciers who are promot-
County end of these tunnels, you will
find another line of connection, extending
from Montgomery street as far north
ward as the new D. L. & w. station.
This win be a transverse subway, design
ed to connect with the various steam
railway systems which have their sta
tions along the river. AS you viii read
lily see, it viii therefore be possible for a
person to leave a house anywhere in Jer-
sey City and by taking advantage of the
Zone system of street car transportation
to be rushed quickly and comfortably to
the mouth of any of the tunnels or TO
points along the subway, thence through
the tunnels to New York.
OF course, this same argument applies
to shopping A word about this
shopping" We have heard business
men in Jersey City state that they feared
the coming of the new street railway
might seriously interfere with the busi-
ness of the jersey City shopping district
because it would, with the assistance OF
the tunnels, shunt the crowds of shoppers
past the district here to the New York
district, but the experience of Brooklyn
is directly against this argument.
4 Now. this is exactly the condition that
is going to confront the department store
owners Of Jersey City. Women will GO
to New York to shop" but they will
come back to the home town to buy
because they can do 50, much cheaper.
Now, the new roads will benefit the
laborer Their advent must mean tre-
mendous impetus for the union laborer,
4 For instance: The track construction Of
the surface Ines. as originally planned
will require at least 5000 men working
continually for one year to finish it.
The new power houses which viii cost
in the neighborhood of a million dollars
will need builders, carpenters, plasterers
bricklayers, laborers, etc
Ihe SuDWays Will require an army OF
men nearly as great as that which was
necessary to build the Interborough
These men will enter into Jersey City
and be source Of revenue. or they will
be drawn from other occupations in Jer-
sey City and those occupations will need
to employ additional labor.
The coming Of the road viii create d
great boom in tile labor market of jersey
City. The coming Of this new road viii
increase the value Of real estate.
Now, we have heard objections from
property owneis, who have stated that
they do not care to have trolley cal
running on the streets upon which they
live. / suppose it is up TO them to say
whether they would rather go on living
under the present inconyenient conditions
or have the trolley with the resultant in
crease valuation of property-to say
nothing of the convenience Of reaching
New York. This. however. must be re
membered. The tunnels have been plan
8 nd and they ares being put through. as
/ have stated. /, myself, have walked
from Hoboken to Christopher and
Blocker streets. New York.
The property consents have been OBJ
tanned IN New York for the right Of way