New-York tribune., 1906-06-18
Jersey BRIDGE PLANS.
COMMISSIONERS TO MEET
Work of Considering Means for
Structure To Be Taken Up Soon.

The New York and New Jersey Interstate
ridge Commission will or Thursday afternoon.
:. tfs Office of McDougan Hawkes.. in the
,rr.,al Life Building. begin hearings on the
,,.s,ion. character and terminals of the nro
,ose6 bridge 10 cross the North River. II Is
'r,.ect.6 that the bTiGge viii cost between s25-
ono 600 an5 s5o.0o0,0oo. and take about ten wears
70 build
The WAYS and means for building the bridge
will be under the direction of the Interstate
p-.dge Commission authorized under laws
,sssed by the New York and New Jersey leris
Istures Senator Sake in the New York Iegis
,s-ure. introduced the bill empowering the Cow
.-ror 10 appoint three commissioners who serve
r5.hout pay. The New York commissioners are
wcDougau Hawkes. a. J. Shamberg and E w
Blgouingdale. The New Jersey commission is
made UP OF Ex-Governor Werts. Victor H Mason
sn6 Senator James F. Minturn.
The New York commission organized by elect
irz Efr. Hawkes. chairman and Mr Sharnbere
secretsry. The New Jersey commission organ
ize6 or Thursday last. Later. ar a joint meet
ing OF the commission, Mr. Hawkes. was elected
Chairman.
NJ Hawkes. is a civil engineer and LAWYER
an6 was Dock Commissioner under Mayor Low
The soint commission is 10 meet every Thurs
DAY. The New York commission has collected a
since 1865 and it is expected that short work
Will be made of red tape and that the practical
consideration Of ways and means for construct
ing great highway across the North River will
be under way in a short time
One Of the first acts Of the commission was IN
iuytte Bridge Commissioner Stevenson and his
engineers 70 meet with it with a view to CO.
operating far as possible with the city
authorities. The building of the North River
bridge IS not a corporation or municipal affair
The Two states Will furnish the money. the
theory being that the bridge will enormously
enhance values IN both states particularly in
New Jersey; as soon as it is well under way.
one OF The frst things 10 be decided is the char
scter of the bridge. Naturally the trolley lines
viii ask for chance 10 cross 10 New York and
Il IS expected that some OF the big railroads will
want track rights on the structure.
one OF the interesting features OF the bridge
proposition is that II VIII facilitate the working
out of the idea Of the good roads enthusiasts
who want a nacadam road from New York 10
Albany on the west side of the Hudson. There
are only two or three gaps in the road now.
One q Them is at Storm King Mountain. With
The building OF the new bridge there could be a
continuous state boulevard all the way up along
the west bank
Hudson now. one, the New York and New Jer-
sey Bridge was TO have been 10 West 59th street
Manhattan. and the other, the North River
Bricge, 20 -9c street. The first would have been
2-5e feet long. and the estimated cost s22 oOO-
600. The other was 10 be S,100 feet long. with an
estimated cost Of more than $4,000, 600 The
New York and New Jersey Bridge Company
planned 70 build terminal between 49th and
5lst streets and Broadway and Ninth avenue
while the other company put their paper ter
Hinal between Sixth and Eighth avenues and
18th and 2Sth streets. These old plans are
worthless except suggestions, as the ter
,ainas would have 70 be redesigned and re-
iocared
Not until the creation of the interstate COM
mission by the legislatures Of the two states
SiO Or-
ers has there been a serious businesslike at
tempt 70 build a bridge across the North River.
The commission expects TO make a detailed re-
port on the project 10 the next legislatures in
the two states