The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-19

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W. cnntficiots shlch n silnrsy rsft ~ no
g1ysl nHny laytnen etrtssaegi a!tHfiee
yesteriay ~ tho HRffnu sfies pf,VHleI ~
~tfteeen thT etfs and mo tunnel feof. ~
aheNu. w pihiished dqefgnna n n gs
murh less Than wv Tho NrAS,to tungeis fcy
lns!ang siters esfg y ffgtn els V elaht
q itiae hiaecr, bul ~ ~ Hlce explained
yesterday that w. hecausn Isfaef caeA efH
" h. fth. Ne lgrihs, eb0 ID eoeWIltlna
engineer fnf tho McAduu ADD tho Penn
a~yivania tunpols. said Yesterday that their
.as 70 ncgl fer any gre tgL lee~sy tbc,I,
JAcpha ssid b. mus' rpfef 10 thppe IN charae.
Y wish ~ aay that slthcugh The Mayor
quoted maAt Yesterday Messing he uid,
i have not had The nlseaIte ~ taIkina with
him fuf two years, ! don't know why're he
got tho sentiments eSpfes@nd. Al ! ran aay
L. fhaf a.. tL.l..Ia la tia tat HtVaf tim.
nels arr not ~ srfinis that they cannot I've
rciuedird In tiiua.-
!. When M Jaooba vas told tha, tho Mayor
Wrought II might take three years Mr. Jacobs
r%gfefr,Sl a. Engineer Pegrama statement
that N would take sixteen months.
In this case I think Mr. Pesmm Ia about
right F" added Mr. jacobs.
Chief EnRinear Rice's statement that ths
Hudson River tunnels a ~natten0l, too,
which sopina to hs horne out somewhat by
Mr. Jacobs, brought forth a statement from
William q. McAdou, head Of the COMPANY
building tho Hudson River bcres. This
statement said;
$50 lar ~ the North River tunnels arc
concerned they have been built % exceed
ingly massive materials and ara st1ictu-
rally perfect. They have hcen built true TO
Inns and diameter throughout. There h
absolutely no foundation Tor any rutnor to
the contrary"
Beyond saving that the information con-
corning the serious flattening Of the tunnel
had come from a city officer Mayor McClol-
Ian had little to add to his statement made
nj the Rapid Transit meeting.
Il regard II as a very serious matter,
said the Mayor, "but az Mayor | am power
less. As to the question Of blame, that IL to
bs ssttle1 after an investigation. IL IL GER
tainly a serious matter IL the work IL to be
delayed two or three years"
One very eminent engineer said yesterday
that the safety of the tunnel was not in any
doubt. Laymen might not realize but all
engineers knew. he said, that IL anything
there was greater pressure from the bottom
Of a tunnel than on the top and that the
pressure is nearly equal on all sides OF a
the weight Of the river bottom would crush
the tunnel, he said, was absolutely ground
less,