The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
plan BIG
HARRISON
TERMINAL
Subways from Newark to
Long Island to Be
Ready Next May.
PENNSYLVANIA LINES
PRESIDENT HERE TODAY
IMcCrea on Tour OF Inspection Of
Territory Embraced In
Tunnel System.
ELECTRICAL PROPULSION
FOR ALL OF THE CARS
One Thousand Trains to Enter
Manhattan Terminal Every
Day.
ELECTRICAL PROPULSION
FOR ALL OF THE CARS
One Thousand Trains to Enter
Manhattan Terminal Every
Day.

President James McCrea and = nunn-
Der of officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad arrived In Newark this after
noon to begin an inspection of the
Pennsylyanias new route through thu
new tunnels or subways from New
York to Newark.
1--WE expect TO have our compiete
tunnel and subway system in opsras~
tion by May 1, 1909" said President
McCrea to THE EVENING STAR I
THE system win be electrified through /
out and it is expected that the totnl
cost will not exceed the ss0,000.000 sse
side for the work. The total expenses
so far have been $6e. H.4t4.
Big Terminal ia Harrfson.
There will be q monster central rait<4
road passenger train station in HarxJ<l
son." said President McCrea. "ThA
ground for this central station win b.
broken shortly It was stalSed on yes's
terday and this morning and within =
short time our men Will be at wcrif-
upon It,"
President Mccfeas visit to the pro-
( posed site OF the new stations wherb
| the PENNSYLVANIA will change from
electricity to steam and upon which ii
Is estimated that several millions OF
dollars will be spent, was the work OF
less than ten minutes. He alighted
from a private car walked over the
ground for several hundred yards, gave
brief instructions to the members OF
the party and then clambered aboard
his car again.
1.-THE site for the big power house
which will furnish electricity for the
electric trains win be on the east bank
OF the Passaic river, south of the ter
minal station site" said President Nc
Crea.
The members OF the party were Vice
Presidents Pugh and Rea, General
superintendent Sheppard, Principal AS
sistant Engineer Parker. Superintend-
ent Crickmore Chief Engineer A. C.
Shand and Contracting Engineer w. G.
Bowles.
Sooner than the people of Newark
realize. II will be possible to go from
this city by tunnel to Long Island
City
1000 Trains Daily.
The completion of the system wf1i
mean declare Pennsylvania railroad
officials that 1000 trains day win en-
/ ter the Manhattan terminal.
+ The most difficult portion of the
gigantic undertaking was the boring
i through Bergen Hill, back of Hobo
/ ken. On April il the light of day first
/ shone through the tunnel when the
workers under the ground met in the
+ middle
The completed Bergen Hill tunnel In
+ $500 feet long. running from the Wees
/ hawlen shaft 10 the portal on the we&t
side OF the hill. The floor of the tuna
mel and the Weehawken end IL about Is
/ feet below the surface and about eGj
feet below mean high water. At thal
summit of Bergen Hill In the town oe
+ West Hoboken the tunnel floor is abou4
290 feet below the summit.
1000 Feet Through.
/ The driving of the bores was one ofS
i the slowest and most tedious pieces of
1 work in the entire Improvement. all
/ though ii didn't present anything like
the difficulties that were encountered
! when the contractor for the Manhattau
/ section ran into the bed of an ola
stream which used to flow north ana
south where the Waldorf now stands.
That. however. was long before cows
were pastured on Manhattan.
] ABOUT 4,VVv lett Oh luS Bergen f1its
/ tunnel had to he bored through the
/ Palisade traprock, which was so hard
! that it was impossible to drill through
more than a foot OF it In an hour even
with the most powerful steam drills.
| About 100000 cubic yards of rock have
been taken out of the Bergen tunnels
and this has consumed about three
years More than 6S0,0o0 pounds OF
dynamite. or three pounds to the cubic
/ yard. We're used.
Largest iB " orid.
Figures which the Pennsylvanla rail-
road has prepared show that IN the
New York Improvement work they
have 6.S miles Of river tunnels and the
same number of miles OF land tunnels
The stretch under the North and East
rivers makes the longest subaqueous
tunnel In the world.
After his inspection of the Pennsyi-
yania station here Mr. McCrea and his
party went TO Harrison The work
done along the meadows also was In
spected.
Enjoy the beautiful moon this week b. tsktnH