The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-30

These electric signals will be at distance OF
streets from each other running up the road on the
corner crosstn 8. FAR the Harlem River except
where the grading nterferes and tunnels occur. lae
signals VIII be self-actlne the keys on the rails
wheels. The signals will be red circular lights.
Al the same time the danger signal Is SHOWN
ing ana wiil continue ringing until the tram has
passed thousand feet from the Key This system W Ill
precXde all danger Of trains which are gong the same
wa<n,s N COLLISION in tunnel or In fog The gong
sot 81 ..,, as the train passes q key notifies the
watcLius That the train is passing through the tun
mel. No oHs train will be admitted into the tunnel
until the gong notifies The Waterman that the first
'.wnat. Is the extent OF the three roads under
charge OF the depot masterYn
There about one thousand miles OF railway
on the New York Central, the New York and Har-
lem and the New York and New Haven railways.
the Shore road has also been leased by the New
Haven Company and thar Is the route now 10 B0S-
ton, NEWPORT and New London. Mr.. Cornelius Van
derbit does not control "a great an interest be-
lieve as on The Central or Harlem. We shah pro-
baby run more local trains to Westcnester county
alter the irst OF september on the Harlem road.
The Spuyten Duyvli and Port Morris Railroad.
which Is now IN process OF completion viii be SIX
miles and hall in length ana Will connect the
after the LIST OF September. Passenger trains the
Hudson River road after that date will switch OF
al Spuyten Dayrtl, and coming six miles and half
will then steam down the Harlem road into the
Union depot. Freight trains By the Central and
fore down the river road to THIRTY first street, leav
ing the Harlem road clear for passenger ralnc. Tne
car house VIII be lighted with twelve chandeliers,
having 800 burners, which can all be lighted in.
simultaneously by eectrlclts."
''Will the employees of the three roads be under
r rosas S"0n a''pns as o0Se'saOis On Ansllsn
''Yes; the clerks and porters and other employees
viii number, perhaps as high as five hundred per-
sons All inc p0rers, conductors, braKemen and
station men, as well as me laborers Will wear
UNIFORM ana the clerks VIII have large ana elegant
without leaving the depot. No mortar is used In the
building which IS entirely freproof, constructed OF
are used instead Of mortar. There are two acres OF
gass In the roof alone. The yard tracks outside OF
the depot WIN have corrugated iron sheds, covering
In all, exclusive OF area oil building. SIX seven
acres OF ground. Some OF them will he two stores
hien and the upper stories VIII be used to contain
blankets linen and upholstery goods tor sleeping
ana palace cars. The Harlem road Is only 12s miles
long. ana no sleeping cars are needed on 1t, as the
entire distance to chatham Four Corners is now run
IN i've hours and the last train leaves New York
for that point al five O'Clock In the afternoon. The
construction OF the new depot has been entirely
who has given all his attention 70 1t for the last
Years. The granite used Is from Portland, Me-, and
,ae 1ue stone 4 rom te last hlver quarIles. The
square inch, anu il is calculator that the strain on
the iron Is not more than 5000 pounds 10 the square
inch. The allowance Tor expansion or contraction
by snow, heat or wind is about fifty pounds per
square loot II is calculated that the roof Will
at a certain OF the year three inches TO ac-
commodate tins there is connecting rod running
across the width OF the building, two feet below the
base which lets out the walls or tigntens them up.
Tie cost OF the ground and building cannot glve.n
This finished the interview
Mr.. l. G. Buckhout, under whose direction the
plans OF the building have been drawn out and
who superintended Its construction as the arch,
tect was born IN Westchester county, N. Y, OF
Holand-Dntch stock. He is about forty-eight years
OF age, and was educated at the New YORK UnIyer-
slty and al the Free Academy. studying civil engi-
neering at the former institution. lie has been
connected twenty-one years with the Hudson Ran.
road, OF which he Is now the efficient General Super
1ntendent, ana was TWO years the engineer OF the
Patterson Water Works We can safely say that he
mas bult the biggest railway depot IN The world and
the largest building OF any KIND In the Stale OF New
YORK.