New-York tribune., 1910-09-18
zTB4QTEN BOULET4RD
Plans for Huge Tunnel TO Staten
IsLrnE Teu Under Wag.


- NAM years % --1-ors that Staten Island
,-75 ana Ea- be connected with Manhattan
~ 5-- -azsaEa-yly. and they have selected
-,--,rs kinds ef construction and routes FOL
t,ie sr--r-..-e. whatever It was TO be. \ tunne
,-n5e- he bay has OF course. been thought Of
hu+ the idea " rel- miles Of bur-owing through
md and beneath New York Harbor waters has
en +a- staggered the b~avesc Of engineers
The racu~-aur stories and rum0rs about this
NaV v1~k-S-a-ar Island connection have prob
sbl~ had foundation n 4 charter granted II
1856 by The government 10 . company which
---5a- he name .- The Naw Jersey. staten Isl
and Junction Ea.---4d Company. proposed To lag
2 -.snnes from Brooklyn across the Na-r0ws te
Staten Island. And now. after rwenty-four years
Of szaerner-5u=. his same ron-Pa2y pTocla-Els
Itself almost ready % begin work
s.epneu n E1-a a cew York lawyer, who
-r-rassurs The Junction company, described the
ether day t1r The Tribune The details Of The
1-opasea rrr-a- and the vital changes II traffic
Ela1 ne expects L ID make
We ara -air- - ~ The tunnel" said Nj
T5ovz across The C-z--orys from what IS Off
csa-]r known as Bay Ridge. BROOKLYN, to Staple
ton. Staten Island. L WIZ cost only S1oo91.ro
which IS less than 1-e-gaa--zC q the amount
Sent On the new tunnels under the Hudson
This saving IS EEa 90 the tact that the tun-
ne v5u be d steel and concrete tube resting
II 7ak piles driven ---e The bed Of the NaT7ows-
Suca vsg-z IS .1aa-I- and quickly done. since
I Is al -le-a.- ordinary contractors work and
Neither require slza-y skilled labor, outside of
TIE engineering. Er- Involves the usual dlI1i-
c-lGss AID less u .lf= III obstruction a level
passage across the bottom 1f the Narrows VIII
f-st De 5-ed=ez. and along this ne heavy oak
piles VIII be- driven 81 this means we VIII
have Is solid foundation Tor the tunnel to
cgsr uron as though nature had provided Us
Tita bedrock
che -l5e v.- ra constructed Z steel, aTched
1a5 ceneurz5 and guaranteed 10 be damp proof,
j VII then De sunk II the foundation and air
pumped ilr1 T.
The approaches m either end VIII be by q
broad -1adva- rst down ut slight grade, but
t1e-e wiI be practically no grade II the tunnel
itself IS -aa-e IS Ia All The other tunnels so
- constructed about Eew York
-D1e ef the most interesting features Of our
tune is thar II z-- nor be limited 70 accom-
ro12rlng merely pair Of tracks for train
passage Il is % be q broad roadway as wei
-7r foot paszan=a-z. automobiles and all kinds
q vehicles T s..- be 10000 feet long by 100
-eat vide, large submarine boulevard, well
lighted and ventilated L VIII be a passage
way -9- Tie freight u the nine great trunk lines
t5--aila-llg IN Sew jersey. Tor We shah cen
SIlc- q connecting roadway over Staten Island
u -Ae arthur XII Bridge. over which We shall
-~'6 -g-J -- passage Cd Jersey. This route
80 shorten rra distance 80 Eev England and
-~--N2a Oh -.rr.-- ratio from the South BY
=sa,eea mile AID r- O. away with the eZ-
.7-s-'e -s--.r--. system o- freight transport
VI @---H IT. ~. -.E dependent There Is every
--.-'-9n thar Ills =av-ng VIII reduce the cost
u many foods and products for New Yorkers,
: --ese things ..- ge transported into Brook
- and d-s--5.--al r-5-1 there without water
I-aS1grtal.s-
-2s city has r.r-s.-- been spending money
- -pl9#n s-aH..s which tend to carry its
F---ii9r -rrs remote districts lying outside
-lg limits mus ler-5slng Itself Of the reFe-
- l-fa hgT-as NJ --Erare-s. This new road
5 A-- develop South Brooklyn and Staten
I'D as Residence districts and VIII help to
.4Zpagers within The CIT boundaries.
oo-1=1 Island should De The chief residential
1--l -or The CITY, Il IS high. breeze swept and
-''o's1ly healthy. but il h4s unfortunately
'7eI Inaccessible.
ne new Junction tunnel VIII bind the
s---'er CITY together