Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-24
New York Central to Build
Station Covering Nineteen
City Blocks
WILL BE GREATEST EVER BUILT
Station in New York City Will Cover
Large Area of Ground and Will Elk.
coed Anything in tho World in tho
Way of Railway Depots-PIans Sub
mitted.

New York, Dec. 24.-Plans for the
finest and largest railroad station IN
the world, to take the place OF the
present Grand Central station, were
submitted to committee OF the Guy
board of estimate yesterday by Ira
A. Place, general counsel for the new
York Central railroad, and George II.
Daniels, general passenger agent OF the
same company. An area of more than
nineteen blocks will be taken UP by the
new terminal, which will extend from
Forty-second to Fifty seventh streets
and from Madison to Lexington ave.
nues. The station proper, with the
postoffice and express buildings, will
cover the blocks between Vanderbilt
and Lexington avenues, from Forty
third to Firty fifth streets, inclusive,
and the block on Forty second street,
between Depew place and Vanderbilt
avenue.
The main entrance to the great sta
ton will be on Forty second street.
Wide, generous approaches will be
afforded by the buildings being placed
we'll back from the street, forty feet
being allowed on Forty-second street.
and seventy-five feet on Vanderbilt
avenue. The buildings will have
frontage Of $50 feet on Vanderbilt ave-
nue.. 625 feet on Forty-tifth street, A60
feet on Lexington avenue, go feet on
Depew place and 800 feet on Forty
second street.
The architectural composition
is three massive arches, each thirty
three feet wide and sixty feet high.
Beyond these is an immense ticket
lobby, 90x30O feet Passing thru this
lobby, the concourse will be reached.
This will be the largest of the kind
ever built, according to the plans. 1t
will be 100 feet by 40 feet and 100
feet high 1t is approached by four
grand staircases, each twenty feet
wide. The trains are reached from the
trainroom. which opens off the con-
course. Retiring and baggage rooms,
cafe, telephone and telegraph offices
and all other necessary business apart
ments also open directly off the con-
course. Special provision is made for
the suburban traffic, which is kept
apart from the express service.
Forty-three tracks will provide facil-
tiles for the great number of trains
which will use the new terminal. The
express concourse which will be slight
ly depressed below the street level will
have twenty-five passenger train
tracks. two baggage tracks, two mail
tracks and eight express tracks. These
together with the nine on the suburban
concourse, will make up the total OF
forty-three.
Altho arriving and departing passen-
gers pass thru the concourse they are
separated to prevent confusion. The
platforms average from fifteen to
eighteen feet in width. The suburban
train room has a feature for quickly
emptying the trains and averting
crowding by having platforms on either
side of the train. These platforms are
even wider than the express platforms
ranging from seventeen to twenty-nine
feet in width. On the concourse ends
Of all express platforms no baggage
will be handled.
In addition to the public streets there
will be connections by ample private
roadways and walks to Madison ave-
nue. on the west and Lexington ave-
nue. on the east, thus giving the trav-
cling public facilities for entering the
station not only from Forty-second
street on the south, Vanderbilt avenue
and Depew place, but from Madison
avenue on the west and Lexington ave-
nue. on the east.
Altho it is expected that the pro-
posed station will meet all demands
for some years, provision for the future
has been made. The plans were so
drawn that the capacity Of the station
may be doubled at any time without
interfering with it's architectural feat
ures or general outline.