Show A CITY OF BRIDGES NEW YOUKj TO HAVE FOUR ACROSS EAT illVER The Greatest Bridge of the World Across the Hudson Will Have an Imposing Effect By Itsposition New York is certain Id become a city of many and mighty bridges The Brooklyn bridge has boon one of the citys glories since Us completion and has been reckoned one of the wonders of the world But oilier bridges far surpassing it arc now projected The completion of a series of great bridges across the East North and Harlem divers will do more than > provide a great convenience They will give the city an appearance of sightliness and finish which will greatly great-ly heighten Us 1 impression of magnificence magnifi-cence and power As bridge architoc tire In Us present form Is distinctively an American product It is worth while to consider at some length the character charac-ter of these new structures and their probable effect upon the pity Bridge construction in Now York will go on at a rapid rate for the next decade To unite the two great cities which now constitute the greater city no less than four new bridges to span the East river are planned or actually In pracess of construction On the western side of the city the greatest bridge of the world Is projected to cross the Hudson and contracts for Us crcctlpn have been let Add to these the existing Brooklyn bridge und the half dozen great spans that now cross the Harlem and New York seems to be In a fair way POOH to realize Its destiny in this particular direction Of these Various enterprises the one furthest afoot at present is the new East river bridge It is to connect Brooklyn and Manhattan at a point about a mile above the present bridge Its piers are now above the water and as those familiar with bridge building arc aware this means that In point of time It Is more than half completed com-pleted According to the plans of the constructors It Is to bo ready for use by the end of the year 1901 The East river bridge Is the model of the other three bridges which will be built about the city One of these Is to cross the river midway between the two bridges mentioned a second is to be located about a mile above the East river bridge and the third IH to connect Manhattan With Long Islrrml City This will not be a suspension bridge but a cantilever with one pier resting on the lower end of Blackwclls Island 1 1A A WONDERFUL BR1DGJE Although the new East river bridge Is to surpass the Brooklyn brldgo as an engineering marvel It is not likely to hold first place for long Jt will be eclipsed almost as soon as It ll1n Ishcd by a great railway bridge across the Hudson between New York and New Jersey Jt Is promised that this will be the most wonderful span of Its kind In the world It will be nearly twice as large as any suspension bridge now In existence its steel towers will rise to the height of 587 feet above hlsyh water more than 2O feet above the Statue of Liberty and half again as high as the tallest skyscraper sky-scraper In the city Its main span will stretch 3251 feet between piera twice as far as those of tho Brooklyn and East river bridges The bridge complete will be more than two miles long The purpose of the New York and New Jersey bridge is to afford entrance en-trance to the city for the various railroads rail-roads now having their terminals on the Jersey shore When fully completed com-pleted It will Include an Immense union terminal station In the vicinity of Seventh avenue and Fiftyfirst street In New York The construction construc-tion of this bridge like that of the ast rlucr bridge Is In the commission hand5 ContrLet o th work have tot a par let L nr moters 7 ° f the lroicct ann the llr ° bridge wilt bc i cay that the years it will COfflIlCjfld in cos vcn 2OQ the land and tpproaohes wi a anti thin termlnaiVlll Site involve th fIr of fully CXPcndij iQooooo But it Colossus Will among iIldlg b thi The efft of all tiic their bridges lofty spans will be steel Very Cflitymas anti BlCnyIc vljh In graceu lug and they wm do and PICas city a distinctly mulch to give thr acter The usefulSS attractive char usCfulness bridge has been hampered of the Proohlv pcarancc d Ua impaired approaches hv no i proaches inadequate The new al bridges suffer from thIs defect for H1 not proaches arc to begin thc 2P four blocks Or flv away and hv their treatment the arUti be greathy lmprovedEarl stmrrounding district wiii In Ainsieeg w itayq |