New-York tribune., 1921-12-08

and near the junction Of the Erie and
the Lackawanna, continuing south to
Bayonne along the easteriy side OF the
Hackensack River and Newark Bay.
Connecting with the Bay Ridge ter
minal of the cross-hay tunnel Is an
other middle belt line following tho
general route of the New York Con-
Meeting Railroad and that portion of
the Long island connecting the New
Haven with Bay Ridge, furnishing d.
rect through service in standard freight
cars without breaking bulk to Long
island, Bronx and New England points,
A belt lne ID provided on Staten
Island connected with the Stapleton
piers and extending along the route Of
the Baltimore & Ohio across the
Arthur Kill to n connection with the
Jersey middle belt line at the jane
ton of the Baltimore & Ohio and the
Central of New Jersey. 1t is suggested
the proposed tunnel under tho Mar
rows.
Other Important Belts
Other important belt lines and mar
ginal roads projected are:
A marginal road running eastward
from the New York Connecting Rail
road along the north shore of the East
River to Throgg's Neck, and north
ward connection from it along the
west side OF Westchester Greek to the
Westchester yards of the New Haven.
A marginal road extending from q
connection with the Long Island Rail-
road through Bushwick. down the south
side of Newtown Creek to the East
River and southward along the east
side Of the river to Wallabout.
A marginal road from Astoria down
the shore of the river to a connection
with the Long Island leading to Hunt
ers' Point.
A marginal read extending from
Wallabout along the waterfront to Bay
Ridge, covering the territory OF the
Jay Street Terminal, New York Docks
and Bush Terminal.
A marginal road skirting Jamaica
Bay and connecting with the Long
Island south of East New York.
An outer belt line railroad from
Piermont, on the Hudson River, to a
point near Summit, N. j., and then
south along route approximating the
westerly limits of the port district to q
point near New Brunswick. There will
be a branch connecting this with a
connection with the middle belt line
west OF Newark Bay.
Connecting With Railroads
A marginal road from point on this
outer belt line near New Brunswick
down the Raritan River to Perth
Amboy, thence northerly approximately
parallel with the Arthur Kill TO a con-
nection with the middle belt near the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
A Staten Island marginal road along
he easterly side of the Arthur Kill
fram the atimore & Ohio to Totem
vile and from there along the shore to
Stapleton and connection with the
belt line over the Kill.
marginal road from the Central Of
New Jersey west Of the a
Newark through the Kearny and
Hackensack Meadows to p mt mar
Hack ensack. There also will be
branch crossing the Hackensack River
and the Secapcus Meadows to point
to be connected with existing rail-
roads when feasible and with the mid
die belt line.
a BET t inc extending from a connec-
ton with the New York Central at
Spuyten Duyvil along the Harlem
River to a connection with the New
Haven, the New York Connecting Rail-
road and the easterly middle belt line.
A marginal road from Perth Ambov
across the Rarltan, with branch
along the Central Of New Jersey to
At antic High ands and another from
South Amboy to connect with the
Pennsvl' ania Railroad south of New
Brunswick.
Tunnels Favored
Of the problems involving q plan
for Manhattan Mr.. Outerbridge's re-
part said:
The commi7 sion has piven the most
exhaustive study to whether the trans
portation Of freight between New Jer-
sey and Manhattan should be on the
water. above the water, or by tunnel
under the water. This question had to
be considered coincidentally with the
meth cd CT distribut or to be devised
after it reached Manhattan, and it has
been unanimo usly decio e that the con-
nection should be by tunnel.
"The commission has found that the
amount of space that would be required
on Manhattan Island to handle the
number of standard freight cars that
would have to be brought daily to and
taken from the island to accommodate
even the present tonnages would re
quire so much land for tracks, yards.
switching facilities and supporting
warehouse term nails that il is econom-
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