New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-01

shown In any part OF the three acre excaya~
| ton
Taking everything into consideration, II 10
difficult to conceive of a location of similar
where all the conditions were So utterly against
a project of this kind, and the fact that II
has been carried 10 a successful conclusion re-
fleets great credit upon modern engineering
skill
one of the principal features Of tins station
is its subway. to be used IN handling suburban
business. Nc other railroad terminal In the
world Is similarly equipped The gradients begin
some distance from the throat" out 10 tho
yard and ultimately Dip under the stub tracks
and form a loop below tn. Midway Thin style
of construction war deemed advisable. from the
fact that owing to the constantly Increasing
traffic on account of the popupus suburbs. Il
that the station would he oyeriased
in the future If the methods ordinarily
employed in the erection of railroad stations
were followed With the addition of m. sub
way. II Is estimated that tn. facilities tor the
handling OF trains more than doubled Its
| capacity IN this dir, ction can hardly b, meas
ured, as II admits of receiving trains and dis
patching them without the labor and time re-
CURED by the ordinary switching movements
The lines that to into H.. station
have "A daily passenger service Of 40 trains
and In the year handle 25.Ng0D people The
fact that the station n more convenient TO the
shopping district thar thos. heretofore used
leads TO the belief that Their. Will b, big in
crease m suburban travel and m. stations
subway was built 10 meet this extra demand
The maximum length of tn. main station 10
80 feet and the maximum width ~ feet CIV
Ing structure unequalled H. NJ, 10y any SINH
lar building In the world The great 81 Louis
Union Station comes next to the South Station
| ir the matter of dimensions and while the
sweep OF it, handsome steei ar,h,s j. somewhat
greater ana the number Of tracks under the
trainshed more numerous a. compared with
the Boston terminal yet N, building m H. en-
tirety IL considerably smaller than he on, that
the Hub boasts OF. H. a., latter mv1w1
pounds OF steel were used aua 5UO carloads u
cut granite from thu stony creek quarnes u
Connecticut. Tn, contracts for enamel He'd brick.
copper sheaihine and wirel glass were he
largest ever placed ~ this countr,
A particularly striking f.atur. Of the outside
walls ~ a mammoth grant, eagle ih' climax
of the main moth TIN, representation OF the
bird of freedom Ups tne scales 90 ten tons Just
beneath tn. globe upon which %, IS per'h,d and
surrounded 10y wreath of carved granite IS
the Illuminated clock dial. with "a diameter OF
twelve feet
A GREAT WAITING-KooI
| The main waiting room. ~ dimensions,
without an equal II ~ 225 feet lone and "a feet
wide with "a heavy paneed ceiling and VANS
cotiny Of whit. enam.iied brick AMI polished
grant. Above IN, wainsCotlng runs hne
incandescent lamps of unique design and from
the ceiling a half hundred bunch lamps noVo
the great room with hghi approaching th"'
of the MONDAY. H. al there are ~ electro
! lights distributed about the waiting room. ine
mosaic floor j. worked out ~ ar appfoprae
| pattern Will, IN. settles az polished oar are
wild, departure from those usually found 10
railroad station
! The main entranc. j. breezy auu heauu'uA
Above are arches Of whit, enamtil,d brick s''
of with lines Of polished marble. -Four MASSIVE
columns of polished granite. with Iiiis'efs
| the same material lend an inprcsslN, sfaha'~
To the whole
In the trainshed front VI the h"adhouss