The Schenectadian, portraying the advantages, attractions and opportunities of the electic city . ng ManhattanIsland with Brooklyn and New Jersey. Thenumerous bridges, and these together with theHudson River tubes, have been responsiblefor the marvelous development that hasmarked the last decade in New Yorks these bridges and New York be-comes an island, only to be reached by ferriesor by steam train. At this time a plan isbeing considered to build a bridge from theupper portion of New York across to NewJersey at a cost of about $30,000,000, whichwill be borne by both states.
The Schenectadian, portraying the advantages, attractions and opportunities of the electic city . ng ManhattanIsland with Brooklyn and New Jersey. Thenumerous bridges, and these together with theHudson River tubes, have been responsiblefor the marvelous development that hasmarked the last decade in New Yorks these bridges and New York be-comes an island, only to be reached by ferriesor by steam train. At this time a plan isbeing considered to build a bridge from theupper portion of New York across to NewJersey at a cost of about $30,000,000, whichwill be borne by both states. These factsgive some slight idea of the commercial andindustrial value which these structures is for this that Schenectady is planningthis great structure. She is looking to thefuture, and the decade will see .Schenec-tady a metropolis of people. Judg-ing the future by the past, if the marvels thatSchenectady has shown during the last twentyyears shall continue for the next two decades,Schenectady will have a jjopulation in 1934of very nearly Joo,000 people. This bridge. Scotia Bridije is planned not for the next twenty years, butfor the 100 years. It will stand at theentrance of the Alohawk Valley, as it willstand at the entrance of the Electric City, abeautiful structure, typifying the progress thathas lifted Schenectady out of the sleep of 200vears into the most marvelous commercial andindustrial development of any city in theentire state. The traveler in Europe notices among thefirst objects of interest the beautiful bridgeswhich have been scattered with a lavish handall over the continent, bridges that have costmillions of dollars, 1)Ut which have more thanrepaid the initial cost by the rapid develop-ment of the great arteries of commerce hither-to unexplored to which they lead. They thusserve a double purpose, serving not only todevelop sections which they connect and bindtogether, but they are the delight of architectsand artists all over the
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