The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-19
FINEST STATION IN THE WORLD.
10 BE Built at Philadelphia By the
PannSYIvania Enil.onH

To Be Built at Philadelphia BY the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Philadelphia Record gives an in
Jerestlng description Of the plans of the
new station which the Pennsylvania
Railroad proposes to build in that city. It
says:-The new Broad Street Station of
the Pennsylvania Railroad will be, the
officials of the company declare, the
largest and handsomest terminal In the
world. Work on tide superb structure,
which will certainly be one of the noted
buildings of the United States, is now
progressing rapidly, and within a year or
a little more Philadelphians may pride
themselves on the possession of this
splendid station.
The plans of the new building have
been prepared by Furness, Evans q Co.
OF this city, and approved by the officials
OF the company after some minor altera-
tlons. The structure is designed to be a
mammoth 10-story building of modern
GOTHIC architecture, whose exterior will
bA finished to correspond with the pres
ent% station. as it's construction will be of
granite and brick, with the highly orua-
mental trimmings of bas-relisfs and terra
Gotta.
1t will extend TO Market street. ocounv-
ing all of the ground south of the present
station TIVE Market street and the
present station. extending west on Market
street over Fifteenth street, and sixty
feet beyond.
The main entrance for outgoing passen-
gers will be at the corner of Broad and
Market streets and will be semi circular
and imposing in design. Another en-
trance will be on Filbert street. west of
Broad, n a score or more OF great
arched entrances will line the front Of the
building on Broad street.
All OF these entrances will be protectsd
by a gl~ass-covered arcade or awning ex-
tending the entire length and covering
the on the Broad and Market
streets facades. which in inclement
weather will form ample shelter for out
going or incoming passengers,
The plan for the lower floor promises
to afford the greatest possible convenience
to the public. h entrance hall on the
ground floor Will extend from Market
street to the baggage room on Hilbert
street. affordiug coInmodious accommo-
dations for incoming passengers and
avoiding any possibility of a crowd or
rush about the ticket windows, the eIe-
vators or stairways, and is so designed
that the mass of arriving and departing
passengers will be entirely separated.
the Broad street side will be virtually
thrown open with entrances, and the ad-
iustment of the ticket offices and the eX-
ceptfonal facilities for comfort and rapid-
ity when tickets ale to be bought could
not be improved upon. The ticket office
will be in the middle OF the building, sit
uated about where the large exit now is.
the main stairway will be Immediately
back of the range of ticket windows.
The main stairway will consist of two
broad fights, one starting fro Market
street and the other from the Hilbert
street side. These flights will ascend TO
a common landing, and from this there
will be one grand stairway entering in
the ceutre of the second or main floor Of
the station.
On either side of the main fight are
two large elevators running between the
first floor or entrance hall and the second
floor waiting rooms aud train entrances.
These elevators will also communicate
directly with the cabs and carriages of
Fifteenth stee 1T.