Review of reviews and world's work . electricity, is thebeginning, not the completion, of a the near future the Erie expects to electrifyits commuters lines. It plans, also, to constructtwo tunnels of its own. capable of accommo-dating standard equipment, under the HudsonRiver to the Hudson Terminal in lower Man-hattan. THE HUDSON TUBES A very important step in connecting the ter-minals of the trunk railroads on the Xcw Jer-sey side of the Hudson was made early in1008, when traffic was inaugurated throughthe Hudson Tubes by the Hudson cS: Man-hattan Railroad Company. The uptown tun-
Review of reviews and world's work . electricity, is thebeginning, not the completion, of a the near future the Erie expects to electrifyits commuters lines. It plans, also, to constructtwo tunnels of its own. capable of accommo-dating standard equipment, under the HudsonRiver to the Hudson Terminal in lower Man-hattan. THE HUDSON TUBES A very important step in connecting the ter-minals of the trunk railroads on the Xcw Jer-sey side of the Hudson was made early in1008, when traffic was inaugurated throughthe Hudson Tubes by the Hudson cS: Man-hattan Railroad Company. The uptown tun-nels of this system were opened in February ofthat year, and a few months later the lowertubes were ready for service. This linked to-gether the Pennsylvania, Erie, and Lacka-wanna railroad stations on the New Jerseyside and the Hudson Terminal Building atCortlandt Street, downtown, and Twenty-thifd Street and Sixth Avenue on the upperend. An extended description of this systemand its history was given in this REVIEW forApril, 1111 \iu imkwu hi mi 1 kii m \i w vkk After nearly two years of operation, thisenterprise, not yet completed, is one of themost successful and smoothly running railroadlines wholly within or entering the greater is a monument to the daring, patience, andconstructive skill of a number of men, chiefamong whom is Mr. William (i. McAdoo,president of the Hudson \ -ManhattanRailroad. ()n November 1 of the present vear theHudson & Manhattan system will be openedas far as Thirty-third Street and the next two years it will be extendedto the Grand Central Station at Forty-secondStreet. On or before August 1, 1911, we arepromised, the lines will be extended furtherwestward for two stations in Jersey City, con-ned ing with the present main-line tracks ofthe Pennsylvania Railroad at Bergen arrangement with the Pennsylvania, whichwill then have electrified its lines to Newark,continuous electric passenger service will bepossible f
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