The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07


Asked for Authority.
The proposed North river bridge
spanning the Hudson from the cente
of New York city to Weehawken n
j., will be, with it's connections ant
/ terminals, 1.-The most stupendous en-
! gineering work yet undertaken, sur
| passing in that respect and also il
| final cost the Panama canal" accord
ing to Representative Ernest Acker
| man of New Jersey.
The plans call for single span Of
| 5000 feet, without a single pier in the
river hung on four immense cables
| suspended from terminal towers 6Ss
| feet high.
The bridge will contain 100000 tons
| Of STEEL which is twice as much as
| In all the five well-known East river
| bridges combined, and which far ex
| ceeds the tonnage of steel in all the
existing bridges spanning the Ohio,
Missouri and Mississippi rivers COM
bined.
Would Beat Them All.
The Hudson river bridge would
contain more than ten times the ton
mage of the stupendOus Quebec bridge
In Canada which is the longest span
in North America and which took IT
years to build.
1t would contain thirty times as
much steel as there is in the great
Brooklyn bridge, hailed for many
years as the greatest work of man,
and would require ten times the ton
mage of steel in the Scotch bridge
over the Firth of Forth, the largest
steel bridge in the world.
These and other breath-taking facts
concerning the proposed construction,
the authority for which is included in
a bill now pending before congress,
are contained in Mr.. Ackerman's re-
marks printed in the Congressional
Record as a. part of the record of de-
bate on the bill In the house of repre-
sentatives.
In return for the immense cost, the
great amount of labor and engineer
Ing involved, and the Is years estimat-
ed as the minimum time required to
build the gigantic bridge, Congress
man Alderman presented many adj
vantages to be derived.
Automobiles and motortrucks would
be able to cross from New York to
New Jersey in few minutes instead
of being held up for hours as is now
the case.
A saving in the cost of delivery and
a certainty of supplies, fuel, food and
other necessities to the metropolis
would result.
Reduction in shipping costs to and
from the port of New York, and con-
sequent benefit to the nations COM
merce, would follow.
Through rail connections from the
north and south, east and west would
be possible, as railroad tracks would
one level of the structure,
.hus giving greater speed and con-
venlence Of travel with elimination Of
some unnecessary costs.
Important in War Time.
Besides allowing for greater bust
less expansion and home building in
New Jersey and along the Hudson,
he bridge would offer in time Of war
N important element OF safety and |
Efficiency.
The history OF the efforts to con-
truct the bridge goes as far back as |
$780, when an act Incorporating a
ompany to build the bridge was APP
roved
The bridge is not to cost the fed
raj government a cent. 1t is to be
rected by the same engineers who
uilt the He'll Gate Arch bridge, with
nances raised by the states of New
ork and New Jersey. The only fed
raj participation Is In authorizing it's
rection over tide water, which is I'M
er government control
Litigation, injunction and other fac
RS have prevented actual construc-
on since 1890 Work was started
/ the New Jersey foundations in 1893,
1t persons living in the vicin-
Y stopped work with an injunction,
mplaining OF the noises of drills and
asting. The money panic of that
ar also had a hand in stopping the (
)rk, and before railroad finances
d settled down ten years had
ipsed. Later the World war caused !
other delay, but now, 1t was said, :
erything is ready to go ahead
In the meantime, the plans for the 8
idge have been greatly changed. Y
alfic has increased by leaps and t
unds. The present plans call for r
dge four times greater than the b
ginal. A new location also had to g
found because the center of the x
Y had moved farther north and in
.ad of being located at Twenty :,
rd street, as first planned, the New 9
rk terminal will be at about Fifty 9
venth street "
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