New-York tribune., 1905-08-18
BORERS ABOUT TO MEET.
SECOND HOLE TO JERSEY.
In Sac Weeks, 1t Is SAID. Mud Bur
rosc VIII Be Done.

The south tube OF the New-York and Jersey
railroad Company under the North River is
drawing rapidly to the New-York shore In
ii1ue more than six weeks the workmen in the
tuoe are expected 10 connect it with the Man
hattan section. When this connection Is made
the building OF the old Morton-st tunnel which
was begun thirty years ago, will be practically
completed
A few minutes before noon on March II last
year the shield from the Jersey end of the north
1uoe Oh the tunnel touched that from the New
York end, and the work OF buildinp the first
tunnel under the North River was cornpleted
Inc NeW-York and Jersey Railroad Conpanv
became the owner of the old Morton-st tunnel
SeNeFa" years ago. More than two thousand feet
OF II hao been constructed by the former owners
Chder the supervision of Charles NJ Jacobs the
chlef engineer, 1t took one year and ten months
TO complete the north tube Unless something
Unforeseen arises TO delay the work on the
aOU'" tupe' 1t is expected that it will be done
AZ Iolsioerably less time than the north tube.
Of course it will be many months after the
south tube has touched the New-Yorl shore be-
Iore electric cars will be operated in the tunnel
Had the plans OF the company, NOT baep a1+arad
so as TO have a 6tn-ave, spur to the tunnel with
the north terminal station In Manhattan at 33d-
-, ana oth-ave-. the completion of the south
.uoe would undoubtedly have been quickly fol-
lowed by the running of cars But William G.
McAdoo, president of the COMPANY. was bent
on making the oudorton-st tunnel Of the great
est possible value to its owners and the public
as lar as IN his power. One step in the carrying
OUT or his plans the purchase. several years
ago OF the block bounded by 10th Hudson,
Greenwich and Christopher sts. Manhattan.
When that purchase was made 1t was under
stood that the Manhattan terminal Of he Nor
ton tunnel route would be on that block It was
pought, however, to facilitate later the building
Of the proposed 6th-ave. spur
from Morton-st up to Christopher-st St the tun-
neI VIII run. as reported some months ago, and
then TO 6th-ave- and up that thoroughfare TO
S3d-st. There is 10 be no big terminal at the
Greenwich and Christopher-st block In fact
there will be no big terminal station of the Nor
ton-st. route in Manhattan, and for that reason
lit will not be necessary 10 purchase any more
land In this city for that tunnel. The 33d-st
station may have much larger area than the
other stations of the road in this city as the
trains to be switched there
At the New Jersey eTid of the tunnel however
there are TO be two great terminals. One will
be almost adjoining part of the station in
Hoboken of the Lackawanna road.
The cost of putting in effect any plan for
uniting the Hoboken terminal of McAdoo's tun-
nel and the new terminal for the J.acka wanna.
will be much less. It is thought than if the
terminal had had to be joined to the old station
structure. recently destroyed by fire This
plan however OF uniting the tunnel terminal
and railroad station has not been definitely de-
clded. If 1t is not adopted the Hohoken ter
mlnal or the tunnel will be almost alongside of
the station or within a short walk In the
latter case the tunnel terminal will be between
Newark ana Hoboken- The other terminal OF
the tunnel in New-Jersey will be a part Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad station in Jersey Citv
or near II Cars of the Hudson and Manhattan
railroad tunnel which is being built from Cort-
tSai4ol-st. 10 Jersey City, will also into the
Jersey City terminal
Persons representing the principal real estate
interests In Jersey City called on President
McAdoo several months ago to ask him for his
pans regarding the terminals of the Morton-st
and the Cortlandt-st tunnels TO he huiIt in Ter
sey CITY He said he had no plans to make
public then and he is not yet ready to talk for
publication on this subject. He will make
known his plans when he has perfected them
IL was from trustworthy source however that
these facts were obtained, and not from any
ofncer or employe Of the Hudson Companies
"hlch controls the two tunnel companies For
months realty owners and operators in New
Jersey property have held firmly to the opinion
that the tunnels would prOba blv he axteo he'd
a considerable distance west of the river front
IN Jersey City, and would result in the building
OF terminal to be used jointly by the trolley
and tunnel cars.
The McAdoo companies are seeking onlv TO
carry passengers between Manhattan Hoboken
ana jersey City and are not looking for
what are known as long haul" routes in the
suburban sections of New-Jersey. If the trac-
ton companies of NewJersey take steps 70 run
their cars TO and from the tunnel terminals in
way that will be most pleasing to their patrons
it is said that Mr.. McAdoo will do all he can 10
make perfect whatever connecting links they
desire to have with the tunnel terminals
The twin tubes of the Morron-st. tunnel
surrounded by a third wall of cement This wall
laid by forcing cement up with air pres
sure through holes. The cement wall is hard
a rock, and It may truthfully be said that the
tubes run through an artificial bed of rock
many feet beneath the bottom Of the river