San Juan Record | 1935-03-14 | Page 3 | Sandhogs Drive Giant Tunnel Forward

sandhogs Sand hogs drive giant tunnel foiw forward workers thrust motor traffic tube ahead here Is a scene 30 feet belo below w th bottom of the hudson river and 17 feet out from the weehawken Wee hawken ehora bhora line as engineers and sand hogs working under 13 pounds of air pressure thrust the giant tunnel toward mani man hattan at a rate of 30 inches at a time this tunnel Is meant for inter state motor traffic and will aid in soly ing the metro metropolis polls increasingly sert ous traffic puzzles new york city alone in 1933 had cars more than trucks truck and taxis and buses regis the increasing problem of bandit the vast volume of traffic tra c between th the city and the new jerse jersey side prompted promote construct construction loa of 0 the tunnel sh above