A Single Span of 3,000 Ft. and Towers 685 Ft. High Washingto, Oct. 18.
The proposed North River Bridge, spanning the Hudson from the centre of New York City to Weehawken, New Jersey, will be, with its connexions and terminals, '"'the most stupendous engineering work yet undertaken, surpassing in that respect and also in final cost the Panama Canal," according to Mr. Ernest Ackermann,. Representative of New Jersey. The plan calls for a single span of 3,000 ft. without, a single pier in the river, hung on four immense cables, suspended irom terminal towers 685 ft. high, or 130 ft. higher than the famed Washington Monument in this city.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.