Passaic City record., 1892-12-17

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teenth Street side, where it will be easy
of access by outgoing passengers. and
when completed it will occupy about half
of the length of the building, making it
about twice the present space devoted to
this service.
THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE NEW STATION.
Entering the main floor from the grand
staircase there will be presented on cx-
tensive scale modern mammoth inter-
ior, equipped with general waiting rooms
of every description.
The passengers reception or waiting
room will be extended out to where the
line of iron fence is to-day, and the lob
by will be so feet wide instead of 80 feet,
as it is at present. The grand stairway
will open directly in the centre of main
waiting room 81 feet wide by 1856 feet in
length. Arranged on this floor will be
the dining room, 2o feet wide by III feet
in length. This will extend along the
Broad Street front, while adjoining it
will be restaurant go feet wide by 81
feet in length. Independent of the main
waiting-room there will be women's
waiting room So feet by 81 feet. and
very large room for men. There will
be also Pullman and telegraph offices,
barber-shops. retiring g-rooms, and news
stands. In its interior arrangement.
designs, and ornamentation It will en-
body everything of utility, combined
with accessories to please the eye.
THE OFFICE BUILDING.
The main entrance to the office build
ing will be on the Market Street facade,
midway between Fifteenth and Broad
Streets.
Leading from this dignifed entrance
will be the stair-cases and three elevators
for the exclusive use of the business pub
lie and the officers
There will be another entrance to the
Office building proper at the corner of
Fifteenth and Filbert, for the use of the
army of clerks and employees.
Definite plans for the interior divisions
of the upper floors have not as yet been
outlined, but it is estimated there will be
about two hundred various offices so as
to accommodate all the officials and
clerks who are now in the general offices
at Fourth and Walnut Streets. In COM
pleting the plans an ample margin has
been left in Office room for the enormous
yearly increase of officials and employees.
To this end the new part of the building
will be ten stories high, or eight stories
above the man waiting-room on the
second floor.
THE KITCHENS.
This important institution will be on
the floor over the station dining-rooms
and luncheon tables, and will be replete
with every modern convenience.
The accommodations and parapher-
MALTA for the French chefs and their
x.,<,,s11
ern housewives ewes gaze in wonder and
admiration. Allthe heats and odors are
to be carried off by system of ventila-
ton.
An entrance and elevator at Fifteenth
and Filbert have been designed for SER
wants, and all necessary supplies for the
dining g-rooms and kitchens will find their
entrance and exit there.
EVEN LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
The designs of this immense building,
as a whole. is also susceptible, should
the requirements of the road demand an
increased space, being extended over the
present station to a ten-story structure
corresponding with the new station as it
will appear when erected thus doubling
the capacity of the work now in contem-
plation and still preserving harmoni-
Gus architectural effect.
THE MAMMOTH TRAIN-sHED.
This great iron and glass portal to
| Philadelphia will be the largest railroad
train-shed in the world, not excepting
| anything of like construction in this
country, or the Midland. the st. Pancras,
or the London, Chatham and Dover in
| London. 1t will cover an area .o7 feet
! long, 3o7 feet wide, and I4o feet in height
| from the platform to the ridge of the
| central ventilator. The main arches
| will have clear span of aga feet at track
level. and clear height at the centre oi
IolH feet above the top of the rail. The
entire structure. with its 6 100000 pounds
of iron, will present the appearance of {
! gigantic sun -parlor, for its extensive roo
j IS to be largely composed of hea Y trans
lucent glass in iron frames. The glas
i ia the roof alone will cover an area Of ?,
acres. Although the mammoth archie
span an extreme width which measure
3o7 feet without any intervening obstruo
tions or supports. leaving the space clea
! for I6 tracks and the necessary platforms
the whole construction will be a mode
J Of strength. notwithstanding the unsug
gestiye ightness of the iron trusses an
purlins.
The exteriors OF the train hall, both o
II Market and Filbert Streets have been dt
; signed to accord perfectly with the styl
| OF architecture used in the station built
ing, thus obviating the usual abrupt il
E congruity SO often seen between static