The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-03
GREAT RAILWAY SCHEME
Superb Station Planned by the
New York Central.
TIE TERMINAL FOR MANY LINES

proposition Launched 20 Tear Down
Grand Central Depot at New York
aud Construct vast New Baiiding
thirty stories High--HoteI Of Great
size and n Convention Hail Two Of
1t. chief Features.
At a meeting held in the offices of
the New York Central the other morn
ING 4 proposition which is expected al
most 10 match that Of the Pennsyl
vanla railroad was practically ehnched,
says Holland, the New York CORE
spondent Of the Philadelphia Press.
ii the plans are carried out there
viii stand some two years hence
upon the present site of the Grand
Central station and upon several ad-
iacent lots the greatest Of structures
vet built in New York city. It will
have larger floor area than the
Broad Exchange office building, now
the largest structure under one roof
/ in New York and probably in the
United States. Furthermore this new
building is to be not only broad OF
base. but Of nearer approach 10 the
sky than anything yet built in New
i York excepting the piers Of the sus-
pension bridges and the chimneys Of
the power houses that are now capable
Of converting coal into electric energy
equivalent to 10000 horse power fol-
IL is contemplated to carry this new
building so high that the number o.
stories win be twenty eight or il min
arets and superstructure above The
main roof be included BY as much al
thirty stories. The colors Of the Syndi
cate building, Of the Tract societ1
building and the new Wall street Ex
: change building which Mr.. Morse ha
. erected must be lowered when thi
3 new station is completed, and II tn
hotel which will represent the mil
: lions gained by some Of those who sol'
t their holdings in steel properties t
' the United States Steel trust, which
2 TO stand directly opposite the Gram
! Central station, does not alter its plan
, the proud flag which its owners eS
pect to raise from its lofty tower wi
! be Inundated by successful riyalr
I across the street.
z This new structure is TO be devote
! directly and Indirectly solely to the i
i terests of the railways from New EN-
d land and from the north and YVES
whose terminals are in Manhattan
! For that reason it was thought exp
1 dent that the architects be called upe
) to include in their plans specification
70 for what will be probably the large
d. hotel In New York Il was said, q
ry by some who were in a position
~ know, that among the plans confer
" plated by the Pennsylvania was q
erection Of a very large hotel over thf
n subsurface station near the Huds'
~ river If that were a part Of the ofi
y inal plans il was abandoned, althoui
N the impression is general in New 70
20 that ultimately it will be thong
"a worth while to surmount the subst
III lace aldAtpA ~ q bAAAsAes aHAt%t-e :
he hotel as well as for Office purpos'
% The New York Central managemel
by however has no doubt about the pro
or the incidental advantages which t
'n- combination Of an enormous hotel wi
ed the Office and station features Of t
X structure would make possible III
* are certain, however. that is must !
4, = be a little hotel It must advertise
Ia self by reason Of its enormity It MI
,er be peculiarly adapted to the conv'
in fence Of travellers and transients,
he it is intended to make it especially
re- tractive so that, while its luxurious +
iat lures will differ from those charact
II, u istic Of the fashionable hotels on Fi
- ~ avenue, nevertheless they viii be
VA their own way as expensive in ia
an- first cost and as expensive to mainta
In addition to the hotel, to lal
hall suitable for political conyentiS
or other gatherings where the dele
tons are to be large, this greatest
buildings will be SO thoroughly ecu
nj ped with office facilities as to meet q