BRIDGE OR TUNNEL?
END 0E DISPUTE IN NEW YORK \IEW OF GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, July 18. A long argument whether New York should have a bridge or a tunnel linking the Battery and Brooklyn was ended to-day by the Secretary for War, fir. H. H. Woodring, who forbade a proposed £16,000,000 bridge on the ground that it would constitute a hazard and block access to the sea if destroyed in wartime. Mr. Woodring also commented that two existing bridges spanning the East River were potential hazards and should be replaced with tunnels when they wore out. One New York faction was bitterly opposed to the bridge on the ground that it would mar the famous Lower Manhattan skvline and injure the beauty of Parks. The other faction, including the Mayor of New York, Mr. F. La Guardia, contended that a tunnel was too costly.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 7
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