The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04
OF ALL TERMINALS.
IN CROFT CALLS ". Y. CENTRAL'S
AFTER SEEING THE PLANS.
,,.,or Equally Enthusiastic - Double.
Decked FOrty-seeOnd Street. N'aduct
Across-Three Decks OF Tracks. With
. Twenty.story Building Above and
Xoble I.ntrances-Great Changes.

Noble Intrance6-Great ShanBes'
President W. II. Newman OF the New
York Central Railroad showed yesterday
10 a conference of Mayor Low. Comptroller
Grout, President Fornes Of the Aldermen
and Borough President Cantor with him
sef, yice-President Wilgus and Chief Coun-
.el Ira A. Place of the railroad, sketches
II the plans for the new Grand Central
station. The conferees were pledged to
secrecy, but they were enthusiastic.
From what I have seen to-day Of the
PROVISIONAL plans for the new station and
lie approaches. the New York Central Rail
road will have the finest terminal In the
world, Comptroller Grout said afterward.
Mayor Low was equally impressed by
The plans, for he was heard to say this to
Mr. Wilgus:
Il hesitate to predict how wonderful
will be the changes made in New York
turing the next fifty years. Your conf
prehensive scheme is proof Of the thought
have had for some time that the changes
which are to come about within COM
paratively short time will entirely alter
he complexion Of the city,
Enough was learned about the plans to
show that they are certainly striking. Tho
original proposition for the improvement
Of the terminal provided for the sinking
" the station yard several feet, the laying
4 now tracks under Park avenue on both
,ides of the present track and the enlarge
'nent Of the station by building driveway,
in the form Of half ellipse, from On en-
rance to be constructed on viaduct at
Forty-ifth street, to run under Vanderbilt
place, and then skirting the Forty-second
street side Of the station to return under
Depew place.
This would have made the Forty-ffth
street entrance the principal approach to
The station. Both Mayor Low and Comp
roller Grout suggested that means OF
access should also be provided from the
.outh and the west. The plans displayed
Yesterday showed that the railroad officials
are carrying out this suggestion. While
the details have not yet been thoroughly
worked out, the company proposes to have
an approach to the new station on the south
.de by viaduct above Park avenue
from Forty-frst street to the terminal.
The street grade at Fortyfrst street ia
now about on level with the elevated rail-
road at Forty-second street. The viaduct
will consequently not only give access to
The new station but will make Forty-second
street in the vicinity OF the Grand Central
Station a double-decked street, the upper
Heck on level. with the elevated static n.
one of the advantages OF this scheme will
ne TO relieve the congested traffic conditions
in the street
II is Mayor Lows idea that the new via
duct may be 80 developed as TO permit
the continuation Of Park avenue as direct
'horoughfare by carrying 1t through the
rtation a. as driveway to torty-hfth street,
The ticket offices, baggage rooms and
other railroad bureaus will be on this via
duct elevation. The entire space under
Meath will, therefore. be left free for track
purposes. The company now proposes
tracks-the top, on the present street level.
for through traffic, the second lower, for
local trains, and the third that is the lowest,
for storage yard.
~iton originally submitted by the COM
pany. 1t is desired to do away with the
necessity Of hauling empty cars to the
Mott Haven yards. The incline to these
car Yards will begin at Fifty-sixth street.
The descent to the platforms for local pas
Sengers will start at about Firtieth street
On the west side of the present station
he company owns block of land between
Fortythird and Forty-fourth streets. The
Mayor and the Comptroller have recon-
entrance to the new station from the west.
Mr.. Newman and his colleagues, it is under
stood. intimated yesterday that they in
tended to follow out the suggestion. It is
likely that on this piece OF land, at present
nnoccupied, will be placed an ornamental
projection 30 spacious and SO well equipped
Tor the convenience OF travellers as will
lend to make it the most important ap-
proanh to the remodeled station.
While the design for the station building
mas not yet been finally determined it is
understood that it will be at least twenty
stories high and will he so planned as to
lrovide for hotel in it.
The features of the improvements for the
surface Of Park avenue from Forty fifth
10 Fifty-sixth streets will be the running
Of an ornamental fence on both sides of the
railroad opening, with bronze standard
amps rising at intervals. Over all the
cross streets are to be bridges built almost
at the same grade az the avenue, with
asphalted pavements. bronze ratings and
numerous lamps on each.
I'm designing these bridges" Chief En-
gneer Lewis of the Board Of Estimate
said yesterday, 1the esthetio idea has
been carried out to surprising degree"
The plans submitted yesterday were
referred to Chief Engineer Lewis for re-
port When his report has been COM
pleted the Board Of Estimate will hold
aaries ~ public hen rim % before giving a