| Show PRESSES BUTTON TO START STAAT TRAIN Roosevelt in Washington Official Officially ly Open Tunnel Under Hudson McADOO HIGHLY PRAISED President Ilc In Personal Letter Leter to Genius Who hl hmo Planned Tubo System Com Coma Compliments Him for tor Achievement Now ew York Feb 23 A tunnel and nd subway system connecting with Now No ow York City ly by tubes tubs under tho ho Hudson river was formally ly opened today when President Roosevelt press pressed pressed ed a II button In Washington thus start startIng startIng startIng Ing an In official train from New York to Tho The train carried time the governors of ot Now Ne York and nn Now Jer Jersey Jersey sey soy and officials of ot tho the three cities cUes In Interested to tho the now IO station of tho Delaware Western estern railroad In where exercise were held hold In celebration or of the begin beginning beginning ning of tho the operation of tho tIme new aye system tem eni There Thero Thel a 11 letter leter from front President Roosevelt was read rea antI and all speeches were delivered by the tha two governors mind and several city officials LETTER LEE President letter which was directed to William Wilam G president of tho the Hudson Manhattan Railroad company was as 3 follows My I Dear Doat Peri Mr Ir McAdoo Now that a 11 beginning Is to bo be made madu In opening for operation tho ho Hudson tunnel system I 1 write to express my m regret ret that tha I 1 can cannot cannot not bo tie present In iii II person and my high appreciation of what you ou have havo The tunneling of time Hudson river is Indeed a I notable achievement ono one 10 of those achievements of ot which oil ell Americans are arc as they should be Justly JUStl proud Tho Thin tunnel Itself and tho the great rent buildings constructed In con eon connection therewith represent a 1 work ot extraordinary magnitude represent ox ax difficulties successfully overcome while difficulty and magni magnitude tide tude aro are even surpassed the tho tudO by useful usefulness ness of tho tue achievement Tho The system Is practically below tidal tida water and this makes make It much tho thin greatest tunnel In tho the world It I Is Isn IsI Isa n a I bigger hugger undertaking than any an Alpine tunnel which has yet been boen constructed anti and time the successful uce stuL completion represents represents tho time moving ot of Now New Jersey bodily three miles mies nearer to Now New York In point of limo and Immensely Increases tho tOme case of o access from ono tuto to tho time other All AU tho time engineers and an business men r n who have ave taken part In bringing this great grat achievement to a successful con conclusion conclusIon elusion ought to tobo bo be most heartily hearty coo con congratulated cn It I ix Is the tho kind of or busi hUKI business business ness nels achievement which Is In Iii II tho the high highest oat est degree creditable to ho hio American people and amid for which American iwo poo plo pie should feel and amid an publicly acknowledge edge o ge their hearty gratitude Signed THEODORE ROOSEVELT This evening there will wi be b moro amoco mOI corn core cre monies In II celebration of ot time the tunnel opening at a 11 dinner at nt cafe In this city when them thero wI will bo ho moro more mor speechmaking Service to time tho public will wi begin at midnight when the tho train will trill wI leave leavo lelo time tho station at ut Tenth street and amid 1111 Sixth avenue this city for tor Ho |
