New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
LIKE THE QUAI D'0RSAY
BUT THE p. r. r. STA TON
WILL BE FAR LARGER.
PLANS FOR THE HOTEL WHICH WILL
BE PART OF THE GREAT TERMI-
NAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA.

More details of the tentative plans for the
main terminal station to be used by the Penn
sylvania and Long Island railroads the plot
bounded by Thirtv-first and Thirty-third sts
and Seventh and Eighth aves. were made pub
lie yesterday. in the building of the station
the DUAL d'Orsay station of the Orleans Rail-
way, in Paris, is to be taken a model This
is considered by many persons to be one of the
mcst attractive buildings of its kind in the
world. 1t is part of the Orleans extension
railroad which through tunnels under the
Seine. The terminal station of the tunnel Sys-
tenn Of the Pennsylvania anu Long Island rail-
roads, however, will be twice large as the
QCai d'Orsay station will be equipped with later
devices for handling passengers, trains and
baggage, and will, if the desire of its builders
is realized, surpass in many ways its archi-
tecturaI beauty.
One of the features of the Quai d'Orsay station
is a hotel built especially for the accommodation
of the passengers of the Orleans extension rail-
road. This hotel saves the passengers, who stay
there while in Paris. many annoyances, par
tcularly if they do not speak French. Such
hotels not unusual in Europe. Many hotels
of this kind will be found the Continental
railroad systems. In London, also, there are
such hotels. ana the Hotel Viger, in Montreal.
which was built by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road, belongs to this class.
When ii guest arrives at the proposed hotel he
will give his trunk check to one of the porters
in the hotel office and the porter will see that
the trunks are removed quickly possible
from the train to the guests room. Then the
guest will find at the hotel single double or
suites of large, spacious rooms. containing al!
the modern improvements. He Will not be dis
turbed by any noises from the arrival and the
departure of trains the hotel will be so con-
StruCted : disturbances of this
kind.
There will be an informatio bureau the
floor just above the tracks, where questions re-
latinG to the departure and arrival of trains,
the transportation of baggage, etc, Will be an
Swered. The guest Will have only to walk q
few feet from the main office of the hotel to
learn such facts, and he will probably not even
have to go to the information bureau, as the
clerks will likely be able to give him the desired
information.
THE Quai d'Orsay station said President
Baldwin of the Long Island Railroad Company,
will give you a good idea of what going
minal station will be twice as large The Quai
d'OrSay station, outside and inside has many
decorative features" Mr.. Baldwin then showed
a pamphlet containing a description of the Quai
d'Orsay station
1t has six platforms. About nineteen feet
below the street level the tracks. The plans
for the station to be built here call for a dis
tance Of about thirty-six feet from the street
level to the tracks. There will be space OF
about nineteen feet between the track level and
the first floor above it, where the waiting, ticket.
reading and many other rooms will be
In the Quai d'Orsay station the platforms are
independent of one another, and are provided
with a system OF separate signals. The plat
forms connect with stairs leading to the ground-
floor On this floor are waiting and baggage
rooms Baggage is shifted from room TO room
or from room platform by means of endless
bands which laid over series OF wheels
running from one end of the station TO the
other The moving wheels keep the bands in
motion.