The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
By William c. M,Adoo.

President Hudson and Manhattan Rail-
 road Company.
 March 8, 1904. marks an epoch in the history fthe Hudson riveD tunnel sys- tenn. It was on that day that the pioneer tunnel unde' the Hudson was completed. and. for the first time with in human knowledge men walked from New Jersey to Manhattan Island. This first tunnel was begun more than thirty years ago. and its completion Is an enduring monument to human cour- age, capacity and determination.
 This achievement settled Tor all time the formidable doubts thereto fore existent as to the unconquerable- ness of the Hudson. It blazed the way for the developments now in pro- gress, which mean the early compile fion of six tunnels under the Hudson river, four by the Hudson and Man haitian Railroad- Company and two by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The barrier which the Hudson has so long interposed to land communica- tion will soefg Disappear forever, while all it's benefASAs a great highway for water commefce will be preserved. Tunnels, unlike bridges, offer no im- Rsdi"'n' Is. to navigation but promote
 Completed in 1904. it is reserved to the year 1907, to see the first trains in operation through the tunnels
 Before September. 1907, we expect to operate a seFvce from Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue to the Lacka- wanna station in Hoboken. Within a year thereafter Cor during the year 190s) 1t should be possible:
 First To take an electric train at Thirty third street and Broadway. and go via Sixth avenue and Christopher street, and under the Hudson river to Hoboken; and, from the same start nE point, to the Erie station In Jersey City: and continuing through Jersey City, by subway, to the Pennsylvania tracks to Bergen Hill. and over Penn sylvania tracks to a new station on Broad street in the heart of Newark. A new line in short, from Herald ping district, and the business center of Jersey City, to Newark, making the run in thirty minutes, as against one hour under present conditions.
 Second, To take an electric train at Wanamaker's store, Fourth avenue and Ninth street, and go to the same points. In this connection. person landing at Grand Central Station and wishing to go to any railroad station In New Jersey, has only to step into the present subway, change to the tunnel trains at Astor place, and be swiftly carried to his destination. saw ing at least half the time now re-
 
 Third. To take an electric train at Cortlandt and Church streets, down town, and be carried, without change of cars to Newark to the stations of the Pennsylvania, Erie and Lacka- wanna Railroads, and all the trolley lines in New Jersey. within less than pne-half the time now required These trains will run on short intervals of two or three minutes between ferries
 Brooklyn will also be brought into close connection with all the trunk lines in New Jersey. The traveller has only to take the Joralemon street sub way and go under the East river tc Dey street and Broadway There h' can walk a short block under ground to the big terminal of the Tunnel Com pany. and in a few moments, be car ried to his destination.
 What this emancipation from the an tiuuated ferry means to the millions who annually cross the Hudson is diff ficuIt to realize. For more than 10t years the ferry has been the only modt of river transit. There has been n, Improvement except in the quality O