New-York tribune., 1906-06-15
D.L.& W. " ANTS TUNNEL
REVIVES OLD PLANS.
U1M apply Through Union Ter
minaI Cor pany.

The Delaware Lackawanna q Western Railroad
Company, it was announced yesterday, Will apply
through the Union Terminal Company 10 the BoarG
of Estimate and ApportiOnment for a franchise TO
construct a subway tunnel across Manhattan under
18th street and both the North and East rivers
The application will probably be made next week
This announcement was made by Henry S, Wood
a contractor. of No. East ed street. and +. Ma
pier Anderson an architect of No. So Fifth avenue
The plans revive the old scheme for a tunnel
across the city, with a large union railway station
under Union Square. Connection with the Penn
sylvauia Railroad station and the Grand Central
is proposed. The Erie Railroad. which few years
ago was said to be considering the same scheme
will not take part In it. An official of that road
said last night that the Erie would wait Tor time
before making any move toward tunnel and
would watch the results of the Pennsyvanias i'm
provements. The building of this tunnel would
leave the Erie almost the only railroad without
direct access to Manhattan by way of subway.
The PHILADELPHIA & Reading, the Central Railroad
of New Jersey and the Baltimore & Ohio will use
the McAdOo tunnels.
The Union Terminal Company incorporated
at Albany under the general railroad laws on jan
uary 2s 1892. The nominal capital is 100000 and
the incorporation is allow the construction of
electric tunnel road between nine and ten miles
long between New York and Kings counties. The
directors at the time of incorporation Francis
H. Leggett Frederick p. Voorhees,. General Roy
Stone Charles F. smille, Louis L. Stanton. Will
lam c. Cox NJ. +. Robinson, Appleton ID. Palmer,
John A Stewart and Walter L. Pierce. The
poration is an independent and has no conneo-
ton with any local traction company.
The plans announced, call for outlay OF
about $4,000 and it is said that S5OOOOOO of this
amount is already pledged. Whether the Lacka-
wanna Railroad has given this amount is not
known. The plans for a deep tunnel under
Fourteenth street with four levels. each be
used by a different railroad. 1t is proposed TO lay
the tunnel depth of about one hundred feet
below the surface of the North River. 1t would
strike the river at its narrowest point and in
Sequence a descending grade of only about ! per
cent would be required for the approaches. There
would be six steel tubes under the river each car
rying a single track They would cross below the
Pennsylvania tunnel. and in Manhattan would run
at Il considerable depth below the level Rapid
Transit subway. Electric would be used
for all traffic
The station in Union Square. as planned, would
be entirely below the ground and would be- built
without disturbing the surface at all 1t would be
1t is said. large scale that of the Penn
sylvanta. far area is concerned.
The plans to have the tunnel begin the
Jersey side the shore at the southern part OF
Hoboken. The tunnel would the ground near
the west shore Of the Hackensack River. between
the main line of the Erie and the Lackawanna
railroads II would run east. to make possible con
necuons with other railroads entering Jersey CITY
and HOboken.
A station on the New Jersey shore. with elevators
ana moving stalrways; giving colnnuhicaton from
the tunnel 10 the trolley lines of Jersey city and
Hoboken, Is also planned Ihe tunnel would then
continue under the Hudson KlVer 10 lith street,
and through 14th street to the East River crossing
under the river TO a point near the Bushwick ave
nue. station of the Long Island Railroad
The Union Terminal Company, under its charter,
had five years in which to got It's franchise. and
four years of It's time have elapsed During
il the company has been busy IN getting the right
OF way for the tunnel, and It, is said. the consent
of nearly all the property holders in l4th street has
been obtained.