New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
For One Thing, the Mighty Structure TO Span Hud-
Ritcr. So Lon6ed for by JerseyifeS,
May BE Begun

a day handled by this system alone. In
one years time this means more than
800, 600 passengers, which is one-third of
the total amount carried by all steam rail-
roads, subway elevated lines and surface
roads put together. There has also been
phenomenal increase in subway travel. In
1905, its first year of operation, IT handled
an average traffic of 25000O passengers
daily, and in five years this number has
been more than trebled.
To give the readers some idea about the
traffic across the East River bridges, the
following may be of interest: From a trat-
fic count made one day in November, 1910,
it was found that during period or tWeh-
ty-four hours the total traffic in both d.
rections of elevated and surface cars on the
Brooklyn Bridge equalled 3,S99 passengers
The corresponding traffic on the Willams-
burg Bridge in the same period OF time was
227, ,239. That a person may grasp the 1ull
meaning of these figures and appreciate the
enormous traffic that daily takes place
across these bridges, it may be SAID that
on the average weekday OF tWcnty-lour
hours there pours over the Brooklyn and
williamsburg bridges tide or humanity
that is equivalent TO every man. woman
and child in the cities of Minneapolis ana
81. Paul combined, with surplus OF pas
sengers that would be enough to populate
sig or seven smaller cities Of 10000 inhaoi-
tants each.
Judging from the construction of trans
nortation lines, subways, tunnels and
bridges during the decade, we can expect
some big things in the future. Should the
90 tra HO
tween Manhattan and the land near by
continue the same during the next Ten
wears as IT has the last ten, the heart OF
the metropolis will present an interesting
sight. IL was during the last decade that
our great subway system was opened loi
traffic: il also saw the building OF the VIII
iamsburg the greensboro and the Mahha'-
tan bridges across the East River. during
,bis neriod there have been opened, ready
Tor travel. two tunnels under this river
a., I,aet River tunnel, from the Battery,
Ntorbattan. TO Joralemon street, brooklyn,
and the Pennsylvania tunnel from "1d
street. Manhattan, to Long Island CITY,
third. the Steinway, or Belmont tunnel mas
hoon counleted. but not set In operation,
from 42d street. Manhattan, to Long Islanu
Citv. Under the Hudson River three tuh-
nels have opened for trafhc during thls
same period. They are the McAdoo tuDes'
between Jersey City and Cortlandt street.
Manhattan. and between Ho6oken ana
sivtb avenue and 33d street, New YORK.
rho third is the / nnsylvania tunnel, whose
western extension begins near Newark
N crosses the Hackensack meadows
masses through Bergen Hill and under the
North River. connecting in Manhattan with
the same companys tubes that run under
the East River and having their terminal
a. ,,hat &c known as the Sunnyside yard, In
Long Island City.
The following bridges cross the Har-
lam River and connect Manhattan win
the Borough of The Bronx: The Wills
Avenue Bridge. the Third Avenue Bridge,
,be Madison Avenue Bridge, the l4bth
street Bridge, the Macomb's Dam Bridge
,bo New York & Putnam Railroad Bridge,
,ba Washington Bridge, the University
heights Bridge, the Ship Canal Bridge,
,be Second Avenue IL" Bridge the New
yorl, Central Railroad Bridge and High
pridqe Several of these have seen their
completion during the last ten years.
THAT more bridges and more tunnels are
oon,inp and will be additional connecting
Itnks between Manhattan and her environs
&C. regarded as a certainty by city officials
who are competent to judge and study the