New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

innate friends OF William C. McAdoo president OF
the Hudson & Manhattan Railway Company. hold
firmly the opinion that the day OF opening will be
the Fourth OF July. and thus residents OF this city
and other places In the metropolitan will also
have occasion to celebrate that day the brilliant
engineering which has resulted in the obteration Of
the water barriers between New Jersey and down
town districts of Manhattan Island. and which have
for many years somewhat affected the upbuild-
ing of the various charming and aluring resden-
tal and business centres in the New Jersey field
With the running OF the first train over the
Cortlandt street tunnel system the enlargement
of the original plan OF uniting the New Jersey and
Manhattan shores by a system OF tunnel tubes. as
planned by Mr.. McAdoo and his associates In the
great tunnel corporations OF which he Is not only
the president but the directing head, will have
been completed. When Mr.. McAdOo became inter
ested In the under river railroad routes to unite
the New Jersey and Manhattan shores the tunnel
work. which was begun away back in the 70s on
the old Morton street tubes. only provided for
twin tube scheme, for outbound trains from
Manhattan and for inbound trains The Nor
ton street tunnel route designed to connect
the railroad district of Hoboken with the lower
part OF the old Greenwich business and residential
zone on Manhattan Island. AS far Manhattan
Island concerned. it tapped district of little
Importance in comparison to the realty strength
of the various other business. residential and
amusement centres of old New York. 1t afforded.
however. the Lackawanna Railroad splendid en-
trance at the southery end of Manhattan Island,
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boken.
EARLY VIEWS ABOUT THE TUNNELS
mo realty expert who prides himself thor
ough knowledge Of conditions affecting trading on
Manhattan Island and In suburban fells in North
ern New Jersey held the opinion that the easterly
terminal the original Morton street route would
permanently be located at the southerly end of
Manhattan Island. for just north of this proposed
easterly terminal site one of the great retail
drygoods shopping districts of the greater city.
Within a short distance. also the Fifth ave
nue. retail shopping district which in recent years
has been transformed from a small business centre
into one of the most vigorous and strongest dis
tricts OF It's kind, not only in this country, but
throughout tho world. Moreover. within few
minutes ride by surface car or elevated line was
the principal transient hotel OF the greater
city and intersecting and also encircling, and
virtually forming part of that hotel district was
the larges. amusement centre of the greater city.
After getting the franchise of the original Nor
ton street tunnel route. Mr.. McAdoo Immediately
added to the value of his tunnel holdings by
planning a spur up Sixth avenue TO 33d street and
Broadway for the old Morton street route. and an
other spur to extend from poirt at 9th street
and Sixth to Fourth avenue and Astor
Place The 9Th street spur planned to fur
nish an adequate tunnel service between many New
Jersey districts and Manhattan Island zones. and
especiallv to make shopping in the lower Broadway
retau drygoods stores attractive to the
large number of buyers who are included among
the patrons OF the stores in that section
AN OLD TERMINAL PROJECT.
Mr.. McAdeo originally planned to utilize the
greater part of the westerly block front in Sixth
avenue between SD and SD streets as a site for
tunnel terminal station, which. regards size,
cost and pleasing architectural lines. would be. IT
was said, the record type of building 1t was