The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-21
DOUlSGS FOR HUDSON BRIDGE
TESTS NOH BEING HtDE ~
rae RfIERS hED
site sf the sasae'ass Dsssasl. psa the
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Buunss ~sre b.gln Yesterday VA the
ted at tue North River Nv the fh,' ni \
Construction Iuinpsny 10 d.t-TmIns the
safe II N. proposed bridge bets New
Work aud N-~ Jersey JIs, where the
bridge 10 To be has 10 he dsCid@d They
Isgan ia. boS,hgs oppo..ts West i7sth
street aud about ons made north of
bort lee THIS - uns - the 40 site.
,isct,ied upon by the commissioners too
boT,as invest CATION, the other b.,ng az
iue,h .trs.t Data have already been
obtained al tifty- seventh stree aud the
ChoIc, lies among ths thT-s sites
The factors thai vii enter mt de
ctsi,n are IN. w,slth Ut the river az the
NaT,ous places, tho cost uf pasismnattn
proceedings, suSnSsrng facilities ~
approaches, trafiC facilities beyoHd tho
approaches and the condition Ut the rivsr
bet Rough estimates Of tho cost AT the
Various proposal sites, exclusive ~ APP
preach cund"mnatiuns, are tio0hl,UD
Toe tho l'slh str.e, safe. NIUEl ,nO Tor the
lusth sireet,siI and o. UU, uUn iug a bridge
al fitty seventh stree,
ONsS IA the counties at Bs, Scn PasSaic
aud Hudson they have begun 10 get
worked up over what may happen To real
estate values as the bridge gets ,nder way
II lussh street " chosen all three counties
will les rachel and will share alike in
Oen.hts 10 the l1wh street site - adopt.l
herkea aud pa~zaic viii diN,d most Ut
IN" benefits white " fifty seventh street
- chosen residents Ut those two counties
SIN they viii he frozen cut Bergen
aNuke early last April and It's chossu fr~.-
holders voted tAUD toward defrayink the
eNp~nse~ OF the commission ia maxi ing
the necessary huTIngs Then Huciunn
EksaI
her we'll known citizens got the cummis-
SION ~ Investigate the iupth street site
A. N. present time IA. Interstate
commission " inclined Ia favor the IRISH
street site u - uoInted out that the
land On 10th sides IT the river az that place
presents a sharp drop a. tide water. that
this ~ th~ narrnwcst Part of the river
IN the nelghborhoOd ~ New York cItV.
and that the Iand da uages would he small
on Gather side, The approaches would
he short Tn the New York SIDE they
would reach a terminus over Fort Wash
ingtoh Park In New Jersey the teI-
minus would he IN the proposed limits
Of palisade Park
The rock AT Fort Washington u at tn.
surface and after y had been levell~d no
other foundation work would he ner,lsd
ihere. The northern limit Of anchorage
ground Tor large vessels IL below iTMh
street, So that IN the opinion of the con
-nlt,ng, engineers, Boiler a Hodge the
. Sp,h W "'u '"' hccu W ne more
han en- feet To give abundant room
for the river ,rafic
II u argued that " would ba easy to
make connections with TRANSPORTATION
facilities on both sidce of the river Moth
ing will he decided until after the hor,nax
ARE made. tn" New Jersey commission
would like To have the bridge constructed
A. Tar down the river a. possible
As To tho form NJ the bridg,. " ~ sett led
hat IN the event ~ the i7sth street site
being chosen " will he of "a cantileyer
type. while " fifty-s~venth stree, Is
chosen there will he a suspension hr,dgr
with centre span of about =, Sn Zee,