. Hudson & Manhattan tunnels : uniting New York and New Jersey in picture and story. . uesday, February25, 1908, by President Theodore Roosevelt, Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York,and Governor John Franklin Fort of New Jersey. Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company. The New York and Jersey Tunnel Com-pany was organized and financed merely to complete the old tunnel, so for the construc-tion of additional tunnels and terminals, a new company had to be formed, and thatcompany was the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company, which was organized inMay, 1904, with William G. McAdoo, as president.
. Hudson & Manhattan tunnels : uniting New York and New Jersey in picture and story. . uesday, February25, 1908, by President Theodore Roosevelt, Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York,and Governor John Franklin Fort of New Jersey. Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company. The New York and Jersey Tunnel Com-pany was organized and financed merely to complete the old tunnel, so for the construc-tion of additional tunnels and terminals, a new company had to be formed, and thatcompany was the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company, which was organized inMay, 1904, with William G. McAdoo, as president. Where the Tunnels Lead. These McAdoo tunnels enter Manhattan Island at thefoot of Christopher street, where they connect with a subway constructed and operatedby the Hudson and Manhattan company, extending up Christopher street to Sixthavenue, thence north to Thirty-third street, where connection will be effected with themammoth terminal station now in course of construction for the Pennsylvania andLong Island system. There are way stations on Christopher street at Ninth and Sixth. And from the windows we may view the crossover, or mouth of the two tunnels. avenues, allowing close connection with the west-side elevated systems of the way stations on Sixth avenue are located at. Eighth, Fourteenth, Nineteenth,Twenty-third, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-third streets. But these tunnels alone are not all that this remarkable man has accomplished forthe people of the American metropolis, during his seven years residence in the City ofNew York. Hudson Terminal Buildings. There has been reared, also, two twenty-two storybuildings, known as the Hudson Terminal Buildings which are of fire-proof twin con-struction, and cover nearly two city blocks at Cortlandt, Dey, Fulton and Church are located the terminals of the two great southern twin tubes to Jersey City, andit will be but a short time when these tubes will be opened to the public. This building goes on rec
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