New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
TO BRIDGE THE HUDSON
RENEW4L OF PROJECT.
Interstate Commissions Ready for
Investigations and Hearings.

= connecting link above water would be for New
Jersey and for this city This reawakening comes
from the revival OF activity of the commission in
tlis state due 10 the passage in New Jersey of an
ect creating d new commission work with the
New York body These interstate bridge COM
missions jointly renew Investigations into
the project for bridging the Hudson River. and
this time. il is expected, will be able 10 arrive at
some conclusion New ideas have come the
New York commission the last meetings, in
laes. and these viii be brought Out in the confer
ences be held
There was a dream at the time when the first
Jersey commission III working order of recon-
rnending a structure 59th street. that there
might be direct communication with the Black
wells Island Bridge, and this dream still fingers
but with appreciabe difference AND since the
days before the tunnels the New York commits
SION has shifted its vision 20 the northwestern END
Of the island q possible terminus of the bridge
IN this state. One Of the members said last week
that 18TH street would be an excellent place for
the New York end. connecting with Riverside
Drive and the Westchester County roads and In
New Jersey joining the fine system OF roads there
with the New York system.
But the commissions must get together and
form a working organization before the lnTestiSa-
1ions be begun Governor Fort VIII appoint
the commission under the act, there will be
q preliminary gathering OF the two bodies and
then the members will rent offices engage clerk
or-t~o and hearings viii he called for
REAL. ESTATE INTERESTS ALERT.
aeal estate interests are the alert IN New Jer-
rev as the building of the great bridge viii mean
q revolution conditions on and hack NJ the PAL
isades. great VIII this change in values De II
Is said. that matter how much the great strucl-
IRE may cost the increase in realty values in tins
city and in New Jersey Will far more than pay Tor
the Improvement De estimate Of the cost Of the
bridge has varied according TO location from sl9-
on efa to So. on e|0.
Nex Yo-k's commission is composed of five
-,srnhers McDougaIl Hawkes.. the chairman; Alex
eader J. Shanberg. secretary. and Emanuel Bloom
ingdale. Colonel George p Dyer and John W Ste
v.nson the commissioner bridges OF this city.
Hawkes. Shamberg and Bloon1ingdale were MEM
hers of the old commission and were appointed by
Governor Higgins. They held over under the new
act and the Mayor under II empowered 70 ap-
roint one member, and Colonel Dyer was chosen.
Mr Stevenson is memDer owing 10 his office
The old commission had appropriation of si."'.
This mas $500 with which 20 do its work. The
New Jersey body has the same amount for It's eH-
penses.
The New York creative act goes further than
ftat OF New Jersey The Hudson River bridge
project Is invest igated, Of course: hut more
work is required. The commission is appointed
fer the purpose Of fully investigating the project
Of the construction OF one more bridges over or
one tunnels tubes under the Hudson
River This tunnel feature of the act is not in
cluoed in the New Jersey act The state commits
sions. whatever they do, must bear in mind that
their Investigations to te with the view Of
considering bridge or tunnel projects state
enterprises. They report 10 their respective
legislatures regarding their conclusions. Including
proposed legislation IN turtherance thereof
NEW YORK COMMISSION REPORT.
The New York commission has made report
to the Legislature. That was d year ago II was
excused from making report to the last LeEis-
lature because the neighboring states commission
had gone out OF business and nothing practical
had been done. The first and onT report put at
The old feeling that the project Of bridging the
Hudson for engineering skill The
report says:
As 10 the practicablity Of one or more bridges
the Hudson from the Borough Of Manhst-
TN u the Hudson County CSew Jersey shore
there appears 10 be doubt whatever far as
the engineering proposition is concerned" The re
port further. 1T would appear that the cost
of . bridge located within the limits bounded by
isfh 72d streets. Manhattan would not be in
any less than 81 0o. coo" and says that
it would perhaps exceed this very considerably
ana might easily run 10 s35,oe0a9." The report
continues:
Tour commission feels. after study Of the ques
.I,an sno holding number OF hearings both in
Jersey side as vel the New York side. and all
tween l4th and 72d streets Manhattan. for the
zen York terminal Of the bridge would best serve
the scope Of The organic act Of youT commission
and that in view OF the large space needed for
terminals If they were TO INCLUDE transcontinental
s5s sml5a me passenger and freight traftsc the
sensers and trolley lines. rather than for the
high posr In m 'Ss erossi5 es nd coanectiB s M
IN fbe s +e "a He~ ~ SeIsey & al 3ae or more points
Where such connecfjone v101ifG be Ineef convent
- providing for such high power trolley line a
union passenger station in Manhattan where tick
-. Soe4o oe SOLD and baggage checked for points
ct ne trunk lines with which this trolley line
t-eea-o connect In regard 10 the piers for such
opinion that they Should be within the pierhead
me so that no interference should be occasioned
- ne nayigability of the river, and that the
yrSghI OF TIE bridge should be regulated by the
ABOVE high water
WARRINGTON HEIGHTS TERMINAL
such was the conclusion a little a year ago
nut as stated, new ideas have germinated one
4 The ls9th street idea. II has the backing Of
economy. One OF the commissioners, in calling
"ttentlon 10 the Washington Heights advantages,
a4o That bridge 10 the Palisades from that point
would not cost more than s119c00c and would be
. perfect connecting link with the fine roads OF
He TWO states He said 1t would also benefit realty
= polh states In New Jersey the towns that
AAFe been springng UP and back of the great
'he wall would increase and multiply beyond the
eam OF the most imaginative real estate vision
s. HE Manhattan end, this Commissioners said,
Nio De connected with the subway system and
iH the section Of Jersey tapped fully fifteen
ioles or more nearer the downtown district OF
Manhattan
The other idea is grandiose II has the city
eu'iuf thought upperinost, with ''hans the
spelse sub-stratum 1t make the terminal
he nrst structure the Hudson at 9Th
- connect with the BiackweIls Island Bridge
- widened parkway. with a feeder into ColuIn-
- Circle and Central Park Plaza This would
parkway through tire middle OF the islaad.
,hsefins Nes Jersey AMI Long Island and max
t neglnning OF the interstate metropolis which
- neeH foresta Sowed By me improvements now
1ns NJ The Pennsylvania Railroad.
bfopcseo bridge viii be a tremendous struct-