The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-28
ID BROOKLYN BY TUBE BIG TUNNEL NOW OPEN First Trip Made in Quick Time Bearing Many Off,
 cials.

New York. Nov 27-The tunnel be- tween the Battery and Brooklyn com posed of a steel tube forty feet under the bed of the river, which was re- gently completed, was formally opened today, when the Interborough Rapid Transit company sent a three-car train from the Wall street station to Bor- ough hall, in Brooklyn, in fifteen min utes, and made the return trip in eight minutes.
 The train was filled with traction of fcials and municipal officers, Who pro- nounced the tunnell a complete success. The arrival of the train in Brooklyn was the signal for an out5uTst of en- thusiasm the bell in Borough hall ringing for twenty minutes and large crowd cheering loudly as the train came in.
 As the Borough hall bell rang out it's joyous notes the bells of the nearby churches on the Heights took up the theme and tolled until the people in the Borough of Churches, or at least such of them as lived within two miles of the seat of local government were made aware that something unusual was transpiring.
 "This is a great day for Brooklyn" said Borough President Coler All they need to do now is to move the Cfy hall over here, for it's the only place to live
 The train, which was made up of three steel cars, car No. S611 being in front, was operated by Motorman G. Morrison, a veteran subway employe, who ran the first train through the Manhattan subway, Morrison evil dently appreciated the honor conferred upon his, as did Otto Hayes, the train master. At the Wall street station it was boarded by August Belmont, Cor nelius Vanderbilt, Joseph Auerbach, Frank Hcdlay, general manager of the Interborough; George H. Pegrin, Tim othy L. Woodruff, John Pierce presi- dent of the John Pierce company. which made the lowest bid on the Tsko- kan dam construction plan; Borough President George Cromwell of Rich mond; Edwin w. Winter, of the Brook lyn Rapid Transit company; Max Schmidt, William c. McAdoo Ralph Peters, president of the Long Island railrpad; Thomas B. Peters, Controller Metz, N. P. Lewis Commissioner Eus- tis, Edward M Bassett, Roy M Malt bic, Daniel w. McWilliams, treasurer of the Interborough; R. A. c. Smith, W. Barclay Parsons, and many other guests,
 The start was made from wall street at 12:3o and the train left Bowling Green at d2:40, arriving at the Borough l Hall station Brooklyn, at 12:55. The trip was made slowly through the north tube, an opportunity being of- fered for all persons aboard the train to note the constructive features of the work
 Returning later with large party of Manhattarites aboard, the time was reduced, although there was a neces- sary delay of more than minute be- fore the train entered the Brooklyn end of, the north tube.
 II. H. Vreeland, who was aboard, stated that the trains would be running regularly between Manhattan and Bor- ough Hall by January 1, and to Flat bush avenue by April 1, or a little later He stated that the time between Bowling Green and the Borough Hall would neioabout four minutes, some three or four minutes more being re- duired for a trip to City Hall.
 Until the full completion of the tracks there will be run merely a shut tle train between Bowling Green and Borough Hall. Mir. Shonts said that after it was In complete running order the tunnel would accommodate thirty e.ght-car trains an hour.