The sun., 1905-08-20
The LACKAWANNA HUSTLERS.
THEY CHORTLE OVER NEW S3,-
100000 HOBOkEN TERMINAL.
II VIII BE a Year Nearer Because Of the
Big Fire. Which Cleared Away Things
on Site-Crude but PieasinE Art Of
the Temporary wooden Structures.

tne Temporary WOoden structures.
The Seeing Hoboken" tug Montclair
Of the Lackawanna Railroad left Pier IS,
North River, shortly after the noon hour
yesterday with party of thirteen Lacka-
wanna officials and newspaper men on a
trip to the scene of the big fire which wiped
out the railroads. terminal depot and ferry
house in Hoboken thirteen days ago to-
night. The tug steamed up the river to
Twenty-third street, where there is cluster
Of ferryhouses, maintained by the Penn
sylvania, Erie, Lackawanna and Jersey Gen.
tral. On the trip across to the Jersey shore
the crest Of the swell of q ferryboat washed
over the Mont clair's deck aft. and all hands
enjoyed the experience. 1t was the only
incident attributable to TIE numerals 13.
General Passenger Agent 7. W. Lee took
charge OF the party at the immigrant sta
tion landing. This stru ucture, Of copper and
concrete, was completed about a month
ago. 1t WAS designed as q part Of the
5000 goo terminal for which plans were
perfected before the fire made 1t unne cessary
to tear down all the buildings for the work
Of construction. The immigrant station
withstood the flames and probably saved
much property on the south from being
destroyed.
excusable pride to the fact that some folks
had hustled like good fellows removing
the traces of the fire and building q tempo
rary plant with the proper facilities for
the accommodation OF a travelling public.
There was activity everywhere. Eight OF
the original nine tracks in the old train
shed were in operation. Crowds Of early
Saturday afternoon commuters, including
PhBbe Snow swarmed off the Barclay and
Christopher street ferry boats and piled onto
the OUT & oing trains.
The bungaloxlike buildings are painted ID
artistic effect. In this the hand Of First
vice-President E. E. Loomis is seen. Mr..
Loomis took charge Of the work Of putting
things to rights in the absence OF President
Truesdale, and all his subordinatos caught
after the fire 900 men were engaged in the
task Of cleaning up. Red hot iron work
and blazing timbers were hauled from the
ruins and carried away on cars to the
dumping grounds. Order was restored
out OF chaos In few honIs, and the ne LaSka. Lac
day both ways, on trains and ferries, had
to admit that the roads officials were
hustiers.
All the signs in the temporary buildings
arc painted on pieces OF board with the
ends broken OF to give gged rustic effect;
A carpenter who was being instructed
yesterday in the art Of getting the proper
kind Of finish to the boards said, as he
welded the adj: Say, Mr.. Lee,. this Is
the darndest job ever had. have al
ways been taught to make things smooth,
not rough; but suppose it's all right II you
say 90"
Tho new terminal will probably be finished
, IN q year and half. This will be year
earlier than II there had been no fire. Piles
are being driven on the site Of the new
( trainshed and depot for the proposed
} 8, ,o00. 900 plant. The structure will have
frontage Of 600 feet and will be 200 feet
sheds and six ferryslips on the river. A
tower 226 feet high win surmount the main
depot. The entire structure will be fire.
proof. Lincoln Bush. the chief engineer,
has charge of the work of construction,
sss assisted ed, by 81 j.. E. schnell Sc both 5 Of whom