New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
TO BE OPENED today.
THE NEW BRIDGE TERMINAL IN BROOK
LYN READY FOR USE.
AT O'CLOCK. 1T IS SAID. ALL WILL BE READY.
AND THE DANGERS AND pIscoMFoRrs
OF THE OLD STATION WILL

BE AVOIDED.
Brooklyn Bridge patrons will have methng new
to talk about to-day il duty pleasure takes them
across the big structure. TlH million-dollar
terminal on the Brooklyn side will be formally
opened to the public at ! o'clock this afternoon.
Last spring the Bridge officials calculated that by
August /, and certainly later than September /.
the terminal would be ready for use. but In this
matter they found as they have found before. that
1t is one thing to plan and another to execute. The
elevated roads were painfully slow In making con-
nectlons with the terminal. and their dilatori-
ness delayed everything. The elevated roads nave
been working hard for the last week. and last night
they were confident OF having things in fair shape
for to-day's traffic after / o'clock The Brooklyn
Elevated connects with the new terminal on the
Washngton-st side, in the rear OF the terminal
and directly High-st stairways lead down to
both Bridge platforms The Kings County enters
by way OF FultOp-st, and a railroad platform, d.
recty above and in the middle of the two Bridge
platforms. conducts their passengers to the Bridge
The cars, for the present will under the same
headway formerly. ninety seconds between trains.
The old terminal structure below Sands-st will be
torn down and carted away soon as force Of
men. who will begin work to-day. can do the work
continuation of the new terminal will be built In
It's place about 40 feet long. in addition to he rev
3O0-foot structure up.
The will rejoice over the improvement
In particular. and the wide step cry of the gate
the Platform Will, 1t Is expected. soon be a
thing of the past All this Will be done away with
by the removal of the curve in the track, which
has caused more than one clubman returning home
late at night to sit down suddenly as the cars
circ,ed in The bridge officials have been threatened
with scores Of damage suits account OF this old
curve, which always ready to lower the dig
nifty of incgutious travellers.
When asked yesterday about the finishing OF the
New-York terminal, Chief Engineer Martin said:
THE New-York terminal will not be completed Tor
use until some time next spring. The contractors
are working away az fast possible and no one
is more anxious to have 1t in use than the Bridge
Trustees. When both terminals are competed we
will be abe 10 carry just douo.e the number or
people or 5000 persons an hour. Eventually we
expect to run our just twice often as we
are now doing. or in other words one every forty
five seconds This will not. of course, be done at
once. but we'il commence by running them one
third oftener every sixty seconds
The Brooklyn terminal was begun something
like two years ago. and to have cost about
1000. The Bridge Trustees have; from time TO
time sanctioned extras and sensible changes, and
the cost viii approximate s0oo,0co by the time the
last bolt Is fastened and the last rivet hammered
There are two Platforms. but instead OF one be-
ing each side, like those in the old terminal. the
new platforms in the middle with a separate
track bounding both making four tracks In all
Only the two inside tracks will be used for the