The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-19

son discovered the river named after him,
dividing the States of New York ami New
Jersey. Three,years ago | was instructed
10 find and build the shortest land route
York and Jersey City. Today we are
celebrating the completion of the land
route that has taken three years of the
most strenuous effort to build. so that the
citizens of both states may join each other
In three minutes. The only competitor /
can foresee in. the years to come may
possibly be transit through air by aero
planes.
Subaqueous tunneling is considered the
most costly and possibly the most dan
gerous work in the art of civil engineer
ing. With reference TO the cost, | am
sure the eminent banking house of Har-
vey Fisk & Sons will bear witness to the
fact that we have drawn from them,
month after month, considerably more
than s1.250. 5G0 for labor and material alone.
With reference to the army of labor en-
ployed on. the work, for some periads of
time 1t numbered $500 men per day, chiefly
drawn from the cities of New Jersey ana
New York. 1t is impossible for me to
speak in too great praise of their abso-
Lutte obedience and LOYALTY to the officers
under whose direction they worked at
times OF peril and extreme danger. The
bravery of these underground workers has
won nothing but admiration from myself
and colleagues.
Brief speeches lauding the work and
outlining the Development of New Jersey
with the completion of the tunnels We're
made also by James w. Wadsworth,
speaker of the New York Assembly,
and Acting Mayor MCGOWAN, of New
York. At the conclusion of the cere-
monies the guests were received in the
aldermanic chamber, after which they
returned to New York. At 2 p. m. a
second train. known as the "Subscrib-
ers' Special limited to those who CAV
$40 or more to the tunnel celebration
fund, was run through the tube to New
York and back to Jersey City.
Jersey City's celebration is to be con-
tinued three days. Tonight the illumin-
alton of West Side Park and the Taft
Court of Honor will be the feature.
Eleven thousand electric lights will be
used in the display. Mr.. McAdoo and
his assistants have promised to make
the circuit of the park in automobiles
some time during the evening. The
illumination Is to continue tomorrow
and Wednesday nights, and there will
be band concerts both nights.
Transverse Tube Ready.
Two weeks from today 1t Is planned
to complete this system of tunnels by
opening the transverse tunnel connect
ing the terminal OF the river tunnel at
the Pennsylvania station with h Erie
and Lackawanna stations. The ex-
tension of the New York uptown pair
of tubes from Twenty-third street to
the Grand Central station is promised
in two or three years.
When these uptown extensions are
finished it is estimated that the total
cost of the system will be $1,000 900.
1t is figured that the traffic of the new
tunnels from the first will be 100, 000,00O
passengers a year. The capacity of the
system of eight-car trains operated at
minute and q half intervals will be
220, 000, 900 per year.
Guests on the first journey lnder the
river were presented with handsome
medals, which bore in bas relief on one
side a figure in colonial attire repre-
senting Jersey City staGdiug at he exit
of the tunnel welcoming incoming pas
sengers. At the bottom of the media
was the Legend: Three Minutes from
Broadway" On the reverse side was
the month and the year and the line,
"Commemorating the Opening of the
Hudson River Tunnel Connecting Jer-
sey City and New York"
When the Pennsylvania's short line,
with it's terminal in Newark, Is com
pleted, residents of this city will bene-
fit directly by being connected with the
entire system of tunnels under the
river. AS it is 10Y Newarkers mas
save over half Of the time in making
the journey across the river by the ust
of the tunnels.