New-York tribune., 1906-09-13
THROUGH HUDSON TUBE
OFFICIALS MAKE 1nii
-, R,ouch of P. R. RS Tunnel
'''r r..nccteS-ous Man Sick

lAc
-, -, through the Perlnsyissi'-A
he hfs' -, v,,ver tunnel was made yes's'
Rsi'Toaa -,s ,r Jacobs. CHIEF engineer 0i u''
day. o'.' - = OROuTl1e. head oi Ile 80
t-n's' a. .',..v that bored the tube uioe, -.
trseting 60. ..-fv Of forty-hve men rom SsN
nver. le' ,ba water 20 New YORK %
jersey - - esve q luncheon FOR tne pS
ORoSf~e = - celebration of the event
s. - - a n. the party ooafoea ~ :. =.
Al the Bergen Hi entFaii's :. .
poA - rode by hand power 70 tne
tlHi~ = r.oobs turned 70 the party anu sA-.
i0oA .,,or, 10 lead the way from New
BIZ - through the first ooInpleteo tu.lile
70 -" r--,svlraria Railroad under tne fiu-''-'
Rivsr'' .,s q vravtng OF hags, ana
l"l-- tered the air lock leading 70
us =. ~ the two tubes. the heAonAsS y
nor'l ,,,ser the middle OF the river On
VIC =. took about ten minutes Tor the
iass0@- ,r-ou-h the air Jock snd enter the
= vhich a. air pressure o. t"e-''y
~ s,,a-e inch was being nainislne1
,,.-,s delay was 70 enable the inea -
.,oustorae6 10 The pressure gT2o1L---s'
80 60 became 81 and had 20 50 paeA'
ols - consisted OF the following. mostly
oessia,s OF the PennsylyaniA RAN
!, he O'Rourke Contracting Company
o,pourlye Charles Il. Jacobs, Anson
- II &. Booz. Henry Jap. AooeIt =
rsca- Cubel-nan. James n bISOe. =; -
31l' wild. =. 7. Robinson =. = rec
49, n Thomas, Il = E-tc1oooA- - -
..--.s-sa-- = Y. Z. Lyon. !. :; sn-lrS.- -. y
r-1rz Bradley, James Forgie george
LE--A N n Burke Vivian Aessiter' ~. =
3 ~ - g1rrourke. 3. T. Cresson. Jr- =. H
hl-s- M z. Pierce, Frank \. Mue44eTs ., 81
49, 81 Z Jacobs. 3 Il Al- 5sWesS - D
eclss 81 Courtney. oscar Er-aooso.a y
craS. = william Lowe Brown. 9 L Asr-
~ -r,--sse-.ck J. Gubelma-. A ). COuNs'
- W. RayIaond and A. Nooie-
NJ JACOBS FIRST THROUGH
-..,,-rv walked along the aOOr ot the tunnel
= dry a-d vel lgbted. and arrived az
" ,,look e; the middle OF the tube where
-,.,v shields had met Nobody had been
- = mass through The shields. and on
= "a. De worlz-nen who had Driven them
=. ,r.s I'd ready for ths cheers that were 20
-,-k re e-st passage through.
-. r.,sbs. ss The engineer. was allowed 20
go ne shields arst. followed by Mr.
sp-~-sA As,sr TIE work-nen had chee-ed the
,,ry asy were eheered n return a aashLsht
..,.,v-a-h a he raen who had passed through
:. ss.lss was taken, and then the party con-
,-B.s rs walk 70 ths New York end OF the
,uss e-rv.zg there a. lbs O'clock.
\. ss5p IS the Girlock 81 the New York and
v,s rssssd ". o'Rou-ke took the party 20 Del
rsr,sos fyr luncheon. After luncheon there
Esrs trls speeohes
Nr Jacobs sad NJ. OyRourke and his star
Tad accomplished what was thought few years
frn 70 b almost an 2ElpcsEib-lry, and Nj.
OPo.rke sd he credit was largely due 70 Mr.
gaols, Who was the best runnel engineer n the
world. Genera Raymond. e. army engineer,
El as lgg bad known of better piece of
vo-k han ne iEbs under the North River. and
hs thought b1A NJ Jacobs and Afr. ORourke
were Esspc-zas i'r the success Of the work
Tls s--1 iubs VII be ready FOR an inspection
i-.I about o-15E :. Both tubes VII be lined
Flh o1Is,s sas made ready for the running o.
Ezl-af nzas ia-ough them inside OF two years.
DETAILS OF THE TUNNEL.
Tie Na-a River division of tie Pennsylvania
r-ns Improvement extends from the terminal
l1V -as- obstruction n New York BY TWO
nan ne tracks under the river and Bergen
T. Q ne Hsckensack Meadows west OF the
-ls s-g1 e. ne tu--e. actually under water
~ lers though Tie section under contract
: --s f.elrEe Engineering Construction Com
Sss2eEg - u does beyond the river
AIS e BON sides, Is 90 feet long.
--1 AslaaIiaD SHAFT from which the tubes
leA criven is ~ Eleventh avenue and
- sleet and the Jersey shaft is near the Erie
-at sef-s lL AeeEaWkeC. Work began
=. -.a-lattl1 sLa-t on June Il, 1903. and
,--5e - ---2-5e OF December Il, 1893. Work on the
.-NAs- Slaft began On June 1S. 1908. and
- L-Aaefon September !, 1904 Work on the
- l.pes-ol Tie rWo tubes that were 20
- --lsr toe river-began or the New York
- q Alr- is l#4. and on the Jersey side
= sss,suoer ] lso4
-| .-le Itself which is twenty three feet II
-, consists Ot 4 series Of cast iron rings
- - .-si@--a ton ~ every ring means a prog
"o aI- @ La-f feet Eleven plates ard
l-1le ~ 90 a. The top complete the cir
- e-- -- entire ring weighs about
n - -Ae cast -ro- plates. or sections o.
- nave Ranges ~ right angles 70 The
1-- II is ry these that the successive
@is aelc together with bolts