Connecticut western news., 1908-02-27

of congratulation were made by Gov ernor Hughes, Governor Fort, Patrick McGowan, president of the New York board of aldermen, and President Me AdoO of the tunnel company.
 Roosevelt FeIicitates Promoters.
 A letter from President Roosevelt was read. The letter felicitated the promoters of the gigantic enterprise and dwelt upon the beneficial effects which the new tunnel will have upon commerce, the friendly relations of the two cities, the solution of their transit problems, the relief of their congested populations and upon the commercial development of the vast continent stretching away west of the Hudson.
 The public opening was in time to catch the theater crowds bound for home in the sister state, but there were thousands of other passengers bent on having an early ride under novel con ditions. The early trains were operat- ed without a hitch. From Nineteenth street and Sixth avenue, the present Manhattan terminal, to Hoboken was made in about ten minutes, the under the water section being covered in three minutes. Stops were made at the stations along the Manhattan side, but most every one took the five cents worth of ride from start to terminal.
 Executives at Tunnel Banquet.
 While the first nighters were repay ing the Hudson Tunnel company its 1o;f ;o1 kha 00n 0nn Sar ment, the promoters of the enterprise were dining the executives of New York and New Jersey at Sherry's and drinking toasts to the everlasting sue cess of the interstate all under the riv- CT route -....e
 The engineers and officers of the con- structing and financial companies were present as well as the heads of the diff ferent departments and officers of the various New Jersey towns affected by the connecting link. Members of the state and national governments were also present. The toastmaster was , Walter G. Oakman, president of the Hudson companies which did the ac- tual construction work. The governors of the two states were depended upon for the principal speeches.
 In a few weeks more the Twenty sthird and Twenty-eighth street stations in Manhattan will be opened, and by the end of the year it is expected that all branches of the system will be completed
 The time to Jersey from the Man haitian points touched by the tunnel will be cut in half.
 Trains of eight cars built of steel and equipped with side doors, will be operated until further notice from Nineteenth street to the Hoboken ter minal under three minute headway during the busiest hours.
 The distance in the tube from Nine teenth street to Hoboken is 2.S5 miles. Trains with passengers will make the run in twelve minutes
 How Enterprise Was Financed.
 The opening of the twin tubes marks the first great step in the provision for New York and New Jersey for a $100,- 000,000 Hudson river tunnel system, whose completion will be, the greatest engineering feat of the twentieth cen tury. E
 To finance this gigantic system of underground and underwater transit designed to carry hundreds of thou sands who daily travel between New York and New Jersey, the McAdoo tun- nel companies issued $100,0O0,000 of mortgage bonds, of which approximate ly $70,0O0,0OO has been expended.
 The tubes just opened are three miles long and have daily capacity of 5OO,- 900 passengers. The tunnel lies from fifty to a hundred feet below the sur. face of the Hudson.