New-York tribune., 1900-07-08

The difficulties under which It goes forward are
considered.
One OF the first things TO strike visitor ap-
preaching the station from the south to-day is
the fact that its main front entrance IS boarded
up This might give the impression that the
road had gone out of business or that the
Sheriff had taken possession, But one glimpse
of the steady stream Of people pouring around
the vanderbtIt-ave. corner OF the building, bags
a15 vaIises IN hand, would dispel that Illusion.
By following the crowd. the visitor would see
that al entrances 10 the station for outgoing
passengers are now situated or the west side
q the structure The first one he would come
70, The one nearest F0rty-second-st-, leads 10
the temporary waiting room Of the New-YOrk,
New-Haven and Hartford line. Several en-
frances toward the north end Of the station on
the same side lead 70 the waiting room OF the
main lire q the Grand Central and between
rhe Two and smallest Of all. is temporarily stu
ated The waiting room for passengers who wish
70 take trains on the Harlem branch Of the
Central
ROUNDABOUT ROAD TO TRAINS.
Passengers wishing 10 take any train Of the
Nex-To-k Central line OF Harlem branch pass
from these waiting rooms into the vast train
shed through doors directly opposite those by
which they entered the waiting rooms. As the
tween them run north and south the passen-
gers fnd. unless they want 70 take the train
which lies al the extreme west side Of the train
shed -na- they must cross one or more tracks TO
reach the train they desire II one track is 70 be
crossed they generally hnd z short. portable
bridge placed for them from platform 70 platform
above the tracks. but II several tracks intervene
between them and the train they intend to board
they must walk 10 the south end Of the train shed
70 z platform which crosses all the tracks. and
from that main platform walk north again along
one OF the iutertratn platforms until the car
sought is gained Ropes which can be quickly
adjusted by the guards form barriers along the
path OF the passenger making this rather plz-
zIcg detou- 50 that he can hardly go anywhere
else than 70 the proper train, but the awkward
ness and inconvenience Of this long ramble in
search oI a car cannot be denied and while II
Is the best arrangement which can be made
under the circumstances. yet the company as
vel as The public viii be heartily glad when the
tine comes al which it can be abandoned in
tavor OF the much more convenient plan which
VII be explained further on IN this article
Passengers who 20 10 the Grand Central Sta
ton 1or The purpose Of taking q train OF the
Nevy-Yorz Haven and Hartford Line do
not ct present have 20 trace such a devious
path as that already described. but they too,
have their difficulties. They enter their waiting
TooU on the Vanderbilt-ave. side OF the sta
ton, and at once find themselves in remark
ably close quarters BY advancing straight
ahead through q gloomy mole in the wall they
enter z larger but rather cavelikc apartment.
where the tickets are sold and benches invite
20 such repose as one may gather In such z
busting spot This apartment IS really the
interior Of & large low shed. which has been
Constructed within the station at the south ead
q al the tracks. Passengers enter shed
from the west end, but leave 1t through several
doors IN the north side. which open directly upon
that main platform which the NeFV-fo cen
tral passengers must gain by a more devious
path, and which gives direct access 10 all the
intertraIu platforms from which the desired
cars may be conveniently reached
At the eastern end of this platform the bag
gage OF outgoing passengers on the New-forK
Hew-Haven and Hartford is handled, and al
the north end Of the New York CentraIs waiting
room the outgoing baggage Of that roads pas
sengers IS received checked and dispatched
That department OF the great station which for
years has been devoted 70 incoming trains. in
coming pagsengers and incoming baggage has
been 1.-THE altered up 70 date by the progress
OF the improvements now under way IhIs,
roughly is the state OF things al the 1rAiio
Central Station today, at least as far as the
passenger sees them Now for the improve
nents. which VIII bsnish these cr0npeo aho n ~
Convenient quarters and replace them by me me
best that architectural and engineering skill
can devise.
SCHEME OF IMPROVEMENT
When the re4nodelling and enlargement OF th~
Grand Central citation was determined on, more
Gzz 4 gear. sxo President Galloway and his