Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
This intermediate plane is the leve

This intermediate plane IS the leFei OF Tic
station proper, upon which are located all
the waiting rooms, baggage rooms, etc.
The carriage courts, placed midway De-
tween Tth and Sth avenues on each street.
lead directly to the general waiting room,
which forms the center of the plan. This
waiting room, in which are located all the
principal ticket offices, parcel rooms, tele-
phones, etc. is 800 feet long. f10 feet wide
and $50 feet high. Besides the carriage en-
frances at the north and south ends of the
general waiting room, foot passengers can
enter directly from 31st and 33d streets by
bridges c~o1sing the carriage courts 70
flights of steps descending to the waiting
room level. From tho main entrance IN tne
center of the 7th avenue front an arcade
Of shops 225 feet long also ieaos 70 lno
waiting room. At the END Oh ms aitauo
and on either side are located the restau-
rants, cafe lunch rooms etc. TO the ives.
of the general waiting room are Two iar 70
subwaiting rooms, each 100 feet long, 90
feet wide and IS feet high, for men anu
women. respectively, with the customary
retiring rooms, lavatories, etc.
Exits and Entrances.
leading directly from the general wait
,ng room tn the west Is the concourse,
covered passageway over 100 feet wide' eA-
tending the entire width of the station and
under the adjoining streets, from wh'ch
stairs descend to the various platforms.
The westerly line of stairs is to be used en-
tIrelv for passengers descending TO trains.
The easterly line Is to be built as escua 80 VI
for arriving passengers ne eAs proaa
the concourse are unusuaiIy anips ,,,,iat ors
flights of steps, f1anked by two esculaoors
in each case ascend to Sth avenue, TO olst
street and to SD street, and continuous
passageway along the west SIDE OF the SD
ton. under 23d street, leads TO the ploposeu
Rapid Transit subways in Tth and otn ave
nues which will be, approximately, at the
general waiting room level. 1t Is also pro-
posed to connect the north END OF the con
course with 34th street by an incllhed pas
sageway.
To the east of the general waiting room
is located the main baggage room, whlen
extends entirely under the restaurants ana
arcade with $50 feet of frontage LOT eX-
press delivery wagons. By means OF auto
mobile trucks all baggage Is delivered to
the various lifts, which descend 10 eaen
platform at the east and west OF the sta.
ton. A baggage passageway thirty rec.
wide extends along the entire south SIDE or
the station under 31st street, connecting
the baggage room with these various Nus.
For the first time in history an attempt
has been made at the st. Louis exposition
to illustrate by such models as l nave just
described. and by other means, the i'm
provements that are going on throughout
the United States In public utilities and
municipal undertakings generally we
have for example, model street, paved IN
sections by half a dozen or more contract
ors, each using distinct processes and ma
terials, so that members Of common coun-
cils boards of public works, city engineers
and other officials having to do with street
improvements may examine them and OBJ
serve the manner in which they endure the
heavy traffic that Is constantly going over
them.
Other Model Exhibitions.
There is a model town hall, suitable for a
city of not more than 5000 or 100000 pop
ulation. Boston, New York, San Francisco,
St. Paul. Minneapolis, Kansas City and
other municipalities have gratified their
pride and have shown their enterprise by
special exhibitions of local public improve
ments. There is much to be seen and
learned here by those who have the re-
sponsibilty of solving problems that arise
in every community, whether large or
small and it would be economy for the
taxpayers of many of our towns and cities
to send their councflmen and other local
officials here for the purpose of studying
the suggestive and practical object lessons
here presented. 1t is gratifying to see how
great an Improvement has been made in
municipal government and how much in
terest is being taken in that subject.
There Is a model playground fitted up
with apparatus for the amusement of chill
dren. and day nursery where babies can
be checked by their owners and cared for
by trained nurses until called for. This Is
a great convenience, and 1t Is pity that 1t
has not been more generally advertised,
for you see hundreds of tired mothers car
rying children about the buildings and
grounds, or Juggling them along by the
hand when. IL they only knew It, they
could place the little ones in the best of
care where they would be fed and amused
and put to sleep by the most modern scien-
tific methods.
And if there be mothers. as I suppose
there are. who do not know how to take
care of babies, they can come here and
learn the business from experts.
The average number of babies left for
care is about thirty day. and about fifty
children a day take advantage of the play
ground. This institution Is supported by
the board of lady managers. and costs them
in the neighborhood of 81 900 month
Social Map of London.
In the educational building in the British
section. is a remarkable social map of
London" prepared by Charles Booth and
showing the distribution of poverty, wealth,
industry and crime. 1t is accompanied by
eighteen volumes of statistics, which it is
intended to illustrate, concerning the life
labors and morals of the people of the
worlds metropolis Four volumes are de-
voted to poverty. five to industry, seven to
religious influences and charities, and two
to crime. The map shows the position of
all places of worship, schools and other ed
ucational institutions, charities and REFORM
atories and saloons in London.
The summary of the statistics divides the
population into classes with the percentage
of each as follows:
Pet. Pct
Criminal. ......... 9 Well of ......... 1871