New-York tribune., 1903-06-21

| ito1 grounds The trains from the north will
| enter it on elevated structures from the osher
end The station is to front on one of the mag
nifcent avenues of the city The municipality
is to create beautiful park at its front. ana
every streetcar line is to have convenient access
to the entrances. The architectural design OF
the station is to conform that of the national
Capitol itself in dignity and elegance. Its front
is to cover nearly eight hundred feet, and feat
ure of the many magnificent entrances Is 10 De
an executive gateway. leading into a suite OF
sun1ptuous apartments reserved for the use OF
the President foreign dignitaries and great oc-
casions of state. The trainsheds are to stretcn
back for blocks. and the trackage 1acllltleS
rvitbin the station are to be equal to. II not
greater than those of any railroad station In
the world.
The cost of the station proper IS to oe over
81 OOO 900 while the expense which the rail-
roads and the District and general governments
will have to bear between them for the tunnel
ling and elevation of tracks will approximate
81 900 900 more.
The tunnel under the Capitol plaza Is the
UNIQUE feature of the plan. and since its
adoption Congress has authorized the erection
of a 81 900 600 office building for the House OF
Representatives along the line of this tunnel
and a branch is to be into the office build
ing so that members of Congress may. If they
choose. step from their seats in the nall or the
House, descend to an underground passage lead
ing to their office building. and there take
special train for any point in the United States
without going into the open.
The new station is to be the north or SEN
ate. side of the Capitol. 1t is the design of Mr..
Burnham, of Chicago the architect for the
Pennsylvania Railroad and also the leading
spirit of the parking commission. The station
proper is TO have the appearance of a one story
building. 1t rises, however, to height OF
over ninety feet and its front is to be embel-
lished with huge arched entrances and classic
features of pleasing design. Its frontage is to
be exactly 1GO feet and IN order that the wide
transhed may not necessarily loom up above the
dignihed front three arches are to be construct
ed as a shield to this she'd
The tracks from the tunnel will enter the sta
ton beneath the front entrance. and will be
reached by elevators and stairs from within.
The tracks from the north will enter the station
elevated structures. The two sets of tracks
-twenty-four in all-will be brought to the same
level just at the north end of the station, so that
through trains from either way may pass
through the station without the necessity of
switching backing.
The station is to be equipped with ali
veniences that cultivated and fastidious trav-
eing public could desire. The main waiting
room is to be the largest and most handsomely
decorated room of its character in the world
Surrounding this room, within the station, will
De a NertdDle nJIle fflIF OF SNOpS, Stores OdtHS.
newsstands. lunch counters. cafes and restau-
rants. On the upper floors of the station are to
be offices and rooms for trainmen and railroad
officials all equipped with every modern appli-
for comfort and elegance.
When the improvement is completed every
grade crossing in the city will have been elm
mated and the running time of trains tacili-
tated that considerable saving in time will be
made possible between Washington and New
York And when the great terminal staticn of
the Pennsylvania road in the city of New-York
is completed. together with the proposed tun-
nels under the river. A four-hour train service
will be esta ablshed between the national capital
and the metropolis dream which has long
been cherished by the officials of the Penusyl-
vania Railroad. with a predicted result that
New-York and Washington will then for the
first time become real neighbors, with facilities
for exchanging afternoon calls.