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

emergency room. a feature known to this sta
ton alone 1t has a complete outht of surgical
Instruments and appliances and. IN case of ac-
cident the patients will receive as careful at
,en,ion here as they would al any OF the nos
ptals Invalid chairs kept in store III a
little room off IN. Midway, ready for immediate
use in case of accident. of the main waiting
room is a special lavatory for ladies' for the
noe of which small fee is charged. 1t has a
comnlete OUTFIT OF articles for the toilet private
retiring rooms etc
The track layout in the yard shows the high
EST attachments in tins phase Of roadway con-
struction TIE metal weighs 100 pounds to the
yard and in all there are fifteen miles OF IT,
while under the trainshed there are four miles
There are eigr, tracks IN the throat for IN"
main fcor and four for the lower floor with
10 trains IN and out per day there VIII he over
five thousand train movements through tins
contracted part of the yard. The s"ltch anu
semarhore mechanism Is worked by compressed
air and under the touch Of the men III the two
towers viii he - double-slI switches 20
switches 9S3 frogs In semaphore signals and
900 signal lamUs II the old methods of throw
inc switches by levers had been installed 1t
vould bav, required over four hundred levers
10 DO the work that u now accomplished In a
building hardly twenty feet square. The total
capacitv Of the mal and express yard is ll6
ears and She capacity Of other yari TRACKS DO
ears making Il teal Of 20 If to this number
are added the express spur tracks the aesfe
gate runs w 10 Gl3 cars
THE BAGGAGE SUBWAY SYSTEM.
An ,,,er.e,irc festur. of the station If the
system Of baggage subways These are SO ar
ranged that II Will dispense almost entirely WIN
trucking on the platforms source OF great
annoyance to passengers. and at tunes ieaoht
10 painful accidents The person al effects OF
passengers are received IN the baggage-rooms
from the trucks loaded upon platforms Which
sink into the subways and are then carried
along beneath the platform to where the ralh
Is IN waiting where the load u placed upon
M and deposited at the door of the baggage
car In addition 10 these there are numerous
pipe subways by which II u possible to reach
every electrical conductor. water pipe or quot
employed ~ connection with the mammoth
structure
Standing over on the eastery limit of the yard
Is d two-story brick building 1863 feet long ana
90 feet wide whose relationship t. the man
structure H. of the most vital importance. Here
Is generated the current that supplies the "ooD
incandescent lamps and the ~ arc lamps ana
also the energy that works the elevators. here
also are the ain oompressOrs for the pneumatic
switches and "a battery of eight mammoth boilers
for heating the water that warns the station
and the 20 Offices H. one end of this building
Is an ice plant with a daily capacity OF - tons.
while at the other end is "a Pintsch gas plant.
Nearly opposite Oh the westerly limit OF the
yard building Is now beng constructed for
mail business This structure viii he 10 feet
long and 10 feet ~ width. and for the particular
purposes for which il has been erected stands
a'one II the matter of large dimensions
feature Of u - building that is worthy OF
hotoe Is the arrangement Of the wired glass In
'he monitors Of the transhed roof Every pane
y soy on edge and platforms are arranged
mat each square may be reached for the pur-
''s' o' cleaning without the erection of staging.
may also be interesting to know that the
"'" COS, OF the station buildings and the land
up'N" winch they stand VIII aggregate IA 100000.
"s means daily interest charge Of about
''''V This OF course - outside the cost Of
p'''"''han'e II is estimated that the expense
we terminal company for every passenger
'""' enters and leaves the station Will be 10
cents
s ling construction eleven men lost their
anu double that number received serious
'S' But the work has Desn done well and