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Show THE XETV JEBSEV BUIOCE. Ttie Location baa been rixad I'pau niih Sliieti Catr. Xew Yokk, Dec. 2. The com-mhsiouers com-mhsiouers of the New York and Jftw Jersey bridge met this morning morn-ing to consider the engineer',) report. re-port. The eogiuecrs have fixed urxm the following location: To crsss at or near Seventy-flistStreet, curving to the south and running near Eleventh Avenue to n point near Thirty-eighth Street, to the pro-ceU pro-ceU Union Station, which would be bounded by Broadway, Eighth Aveuue, Thiny-seveuth and Thirty-uiutli Thirty-uiutli streets. Secretary Swan said that the location loca-tion was a good one and selected with much care, nnd would be a grand thing for New York. The trouble tlie railroads west of the Hudson now bad about transporting transport-ing their freight and passengers would lie done away with, flic bridge w ill form a connecting link betH een tho east, west and southern systems. He predicted that the bridge would be a success. Responsible Re-sponsible builders would construct it in thirty months. |