New-York tribune., 1919-09-28
Contracts for Test Borings
Under the Hudson Will
Be Let Tuesday and Be
Real Start Of the Project
$l2,000,000 for Tubes
Joint Agreement Fixes Toll
Collections toPermitStates
to Get Expenditures Back

An interstate treaty providing for
hicular tunnel under the Hudson was
signed here yeste rday by the Bridge
and Tunnel commissions OF New York
and New Jersey. Engineering stats
already are al work on plans for the
tube, the two states having appro-
l'rlatcd $l,O00,000 each for preliminary
work. and an oflica statement an
rounced that contracts for test borings
would be let at q meeting of the com
missions at their joint Offices, lis
Broadway, Tuesday,
Chief Engineer Clifford NJ Hollands
hnal report on plans is expected short
iy The tunne! will be driven from a
point at or near Canal Street, Man
haitian. to q point in the vicinity Of
Twelfth Street, Jersey City.
The tunnel will be limited to vehicu
lar and pedestrian traffic. A clause Of
the interstate contract provides for tn
charging OF tolls sufficient according Z
to calculations, to return to the TWO
states within twenty years the cost Of
construction
All Details Are Fixed
The contract signed yesterday is
substantially that prepared under the
supervision of the New York State
Commission and submitted to the New
Jersey Commission last May, This
contract was required by an act of
the Legislature.
1t provides for the joint construc-
tion, operation. repair and maintenance
Of the tunnel, subject to appropriations
/ TO be made from time to time by the
/ legislatures Of the Two states. No
franchise or right can be given to a
| public service corporation TO operate
trolleys or subway lines through the
I tunnel except with the approval Of the
! Governors and legis atures of the twC
states In the event that either state
shall attempt to tax the income arriv-
ing from the operation Of the tunne
or the property acquired in it's con
Struction that tax IS to be paid out
Of the sare of the tolls which may BE-
due or owing to the state evying tn
tax. The title of the tunnel is to b.
n the states jointly.
A default clause in tine contract EN-
powers either state to complete the
'unnel and collect the tolls on botr
iides of the river until it has beer
reimbursed to the full amount Of it
expenditures, including interest. The
nclusion of such clause was deemed
Hocessary. for the reason that neither
state lS oDilgateu beyond the apprO-
priations that may be made from time
20 time by the legislatures and so far
each has provided but 81 900 900. with.
ont & contractural recruitment TO pro
vide further funds.
The contract also provides that either
state may submit it to the Congress
Of the United States for ratification
On the Commissions
The New York State Bridge and Tunne
Commission includes General George
R Dyer, chairman; E W Bloomingdale le
vice chairman; McDougall Hawkes.. A
J. Shamberg. Grover A. Whalcn. Com
missioner of Plants and Structures
and Frank NJ Williams. State Engincel
and Surveyor Morris NJ Fro Itch is
secretary and Paul Windes, 27 Pine
Street, counsel.
The personnel Of the New Jersey In
terstate Bridge and Tunnel Commits
sion comprises Weller Fl. Noyes
chairman, Samuej T. French, vice
chairman; Palmer Campbell. T. Al
beus Adams. Theodore Boettger
Thomas j. S. Barlow, Daniel f Hen
erickson. Richard T. Ceilings and f
Morgan Barra dale, secretary. Counse
to the New Jersey Commission is for
mer Senator Emerson l.. Richards, o
Atlantic City, n J.