The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-16
THE NEWS OF HOBOKEN.
DESCRIPTION OF THE HANDSOME
NEW ID. L. d. W. STATION.
1t Is Handsome and Luxurious, and the
People Are Pleased with It-A Sailor
Charges That He was Robbed by
LandsharIxs.

People Are Pleased with It-A Sailor
Charges That He was Robbed by
Landsharks.
Although it has been open to the public
for two or three days, the handsome new
depot of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad was only completed on
Saturday. 1t is an ornament to the city,
one of the best equipped railroad termini
on the Jersey shore, and above all, mat
ter of great rejoicing to the regular pat
rons of the road, who were used to the old
cattle shed and who fought for the new
building. 1t is said that the alterations at
the terminus will cost in all about 5000, 600,
as besides the new building several new
tracks are being laid and another platform
is being built.
The depot cost s25, 900 for material only,
not including the cost of filling in about
five acres of river front on which the
structure is placed. The frame is yellow
pine and spruce and the trimmings white
pine and oak The sides next the new
tracks and the roof are of galvanized iron
in order to protect them from the sparks
The entire structure has a frontage of
40 feet and a depth of 120 feet. 1t is
built in two stories and has q dormer
roof. It's beauty is much enhanced by a
round tower on a square lookout which
faces the ferry entrance. The outside is
painted in nondescript and servicable
mixture of yellow and light brown, with
trimmings of much darker shade. The
fittings are most luxurious and COM
modious. The main waiting room, lead
ing to the platform for outgoing trains, is
120 feet wide and slightly more than
seventy feet in depth. 1t is rectangular,
with passage-way built out for an en-
trance to the ferryboats.
The ventilation is good, as the room is
48 feet high. 1t is lighted from the sides
and through stained glass windows near
the caves. The roof is carried on light
arches supported by handsome pillars
The interior is finished in natural white
pine and the wainscotting is antique oak.
The benches, of which there is no scarcity,
are of cherry and oak, and make very
fine appearance. Dark marble fountains
have been fixed in each side of the room
from which passengers can draw ice
water.
The room is lighted by gas and electric
lights. From the ceiling are suspended
chandeliers, and the walls are also fur
nished with brackets. The wicket gates
leading to the trains are situated in one
corner and close by is the restaurant.
On the opposite side is a handsome and
commodious smoking room. The ladies,
too, have separate apartment, which is
situated in another corner of the vast
room. A large news stand has also been
fitted up in the centre.
Leading from this room is q smaller
one, As feet by 100 feet, which takes up
the eastern end of the building. 1t is the
waiting place for arriving passengers.
The trains now all stop on the new
tracks at the eastern side of the structure
on arrival. This room is furnished pre-
cisely the same as the larger one in white
pine and oak, and is lighted by electricity.
Between the two rooms and in direct
communication with them is the ticket
office. There is also an information
bureau, a telegraph office, lavatories,
luggage rooms and an Office. During
the winter the entire building will be
heated by steam.
The offices will still continue in the
old building, away from the depot, and
the entire upper story, which might have
been used for offices, has been made into
conductors rooms, and apartments have
been set aside for the railroad branch of
the Young Mems Christian Association.
They are all finished the same as the
rooms on the ground floor and are pro-
vided with books and literature. Baths
also have been furnished for the use of
the employees. There is large dining
room.
Near by is an Office for the use of the
Pullman car conductors and the Union
News Company. A covered platform has
been arranged on the dock for the landing
of immigrants, who will use the last men
toned room for waiting until their train
starts.
There are nine tracks at the station.
The trains enter on the south side and go
out on the north. The rails will be COW
cred with an immense shed ninety feet
wide and 500 feet long, with iron trusses,
in one span, to support the roof.