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In order to appreciate fully the necessity and value of a means of crossing the Hudson River from the New Jersey side to New York City, which sha11 be safe, quick, economical and uninterrupted, it is necessary to bear in mind the following facts and considerations: 1st. The greatness of the traffic flowing to New York from al1 the country west and south of it, and the prospective increase of this traffic. 2d. With but one exception, the railroads leading to New York from the West and South terminate on the west bank of the Hudson. 3d. The present means of crossing by ferry is, in comparison with unobstructed passage of railroad trains under or over the river, inconvenient, slow, expensive, and at times uncertain.
In order to appreciate fully the necessity and value of a means of crossing the Hudson River from the New Jersey side to New York City, which sha11 be safe, quick, economical and uninterrupted, it is necessary to bear in mind the following facts and considerations: 1st. The greatness of the traffic flowing to New York from al1 the country west and south of it, and the prospective increase of this traffic. 2d. With but one exception, the railroads leading to New York from the West and South terminate on the west bank of the Hudson. 3d. The present means of crossing by ferry is, in comparison with unobstructed passage of railroad trains under or over the river, inconvenient, slow, expensive, and at times uncertain.
The Hudson River Tunnel
Smith, William Sooy (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 11 ; 314-323
2021-01-01
101882-01-01 pages
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