Review of reviews and world's work . , and handling traffic under the river. THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE. CONNECTING MANHATTAN AND]BROOKLYN BOROUGHS. in an uptown and downtown series ofof tubes, will be completed in about twoyears by the opening of the uptown connec-tion with the Grand Central Station. Thefranchise permitting this connection wasvoted by the Public Service Commission andapproved by the Board of Estimate early inJune. During the first few days of the pres-ent month the public is promised the open-ing of the downtown McAdoo tubes, whichwill also closely connect the stations of thePennsy
Review of reviews and world's work . , and handling traffic under the river. THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE. CONNECTING MANHATTAN AND]BROOKLYN BOROUGHS. in an uptown and downtown series ofof tubes, will be completed in about twoyears by the opening of the uptown connec-tion with the Grand Central Station. Thefranchise permitting this connection wasvoted by the Public Service Commission andapproved by the Board of Estimate early inJune. During the first few days of the pres-ent month the public is promised the open-ing of the downtown McAdoo tubes, whichwill also closely connect the stations of thePennsylvania, Erie, and Lackawanna rail-roads on the New Jersey shore with the up-town and downtown business districts inNew York. Late in May Governor Hughessigned a bill permitting the building of sub-ways in New York by private capital on in-determinate franchises. A number of com-prehensive offers to construct such under-ground lines were made bygroups of private capitalistsduring the month of New York PublicService Commission, whichis now two years old, hasbeen in
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