The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-13
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Plans of Lackawaana's Fine
Terminal at Hoboken, N. ].
HIGH CLOCK TOWER A FEATURE.

ciIities, G,i Emergency Hospital and
- to Ira iaE..en Not to F1irt-Penn-
vnria's Scheme to Revise Its
zion Methods
Wo.,: fas been begun on new ter
mia,,l -. the Lackawanna, Railroad
co.. .)any j., Hoboken, n. j. 1t is ex-
pectcl thas the building will be com
pleted and in opera lion within two
years, says the New York Herald. The
Improvement comprises Il vast ferry
and railroad structure. there being six
slips TO acc0lnIlolate the boats plying
to Barclay. Christopher and Twenty
third streets in New York, while six
teen tracks will facilitate rapid train
movement.
The building will be absolutely fire
proof Its construction will be Of steel
and concrete throughout, the walls on
the exterior being covered with copper
finished ia verdigris. Numerous new
features are planned. Tie main wait
!, ing room VIII be 4 hundred feet square
and fift5.-four feet high, with enormous
WINDOWS Oh all sides. From this Will
open the women's rooms, smoking
rooms, lunch room, parcel and inforlna
ton rooms ard numerous other depen-
Gcnc.cs. Tie restaurant viii be on the
second floor, with view uo lad down
the, river and of sufficient size to ac-
co!2modate 200 persons. A wide bal
cony projects from thet restaurant for
dining out Of doors in sumner.
a wide concourse viii give access to
the second deck Of the boats, and this
concour3e alone viii hold 10000 per-
sons. Passengers from boats to trains
VIII not be compelled to pass through
the main waiting room. but may pro
ceel through a forty foot concourse to
q broad flight Of steps leading to the
tracks.
! On the ground floor of the ferry
house will be found 6 large waiting
room f0- the Hoboken ferry passen-
gers and on the second floor numerous
division offices of the company. COM
pletely equipped emergency hospital,
tesi9r Of the building will be 600 feet
long Oh the river side. the tower rising
TO height OF 223 feet This will be
electrically Illuminated at night, and
its lighted clock faces will be one of
the noticeable sights of the harbor.
flirting is prohibited by the Chicago
So
tally the new code put out for the
guidance OF the Alton employees, says
a Chicago dispatch:
Don't be TOO attentive to women pas
sengers.
Don't overstep the bounds Of politeness
Don't endeavor 20 ingratiate yourself by
conversation.
DON'T make yourself too conspicuous in
your desire to accommodate
Don't think you are LADY killer"
Don't f1irt.
I'VE have warned our trainmen
against making nuisances of them
selves by too much attention to women
passengers" said George J. Charleton,
general passenger agent. "We have in
structed them to answer all questions
In a gentlemanfy manner, but never to
be forward or annoying to any woman
on their trains. We received a com
plant from a young woman against
the flagman on one of our trains. He
had forced his attentions upon her.
We discharged the f1agman and have
warned all other employees"
r
There is to be revision Of methods
in the pension department of the Penn
sylvania railroad which will benefit the
pensioners to the extent of reducing
the age Of optional retirement from
:sixty-hve to sixty, says the Chicago
Tribune. The experiment has been
made Oh The Pittsburg division and has
proved satisfactory, and now it will be
extended oyer the entire system. The
plan was submitted by the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers and has
been approved by the railroad officials
and the employees Of the various divi-
sions.
y Each employee will give one days |
wages each year, and funds thus will /
be provided by which the optional age |
limit Of retirement can be reduced. At
present the rule is that an employee
who has served fen years and has
reached the age of sixty-five may be
retired at the discretion OF the superin- |
tendent Retirement is compulsory at
rhe age of seventy, and the pension re-
ceived amounts to 20 per cent Of the
salary, based on the average Of the last
ten years work. The additional income
will amount to 1915, 00O,' and the num-
Der Of eligible pensioners will be in
creased by q thousand at least.
y A general order issued by General
Manager Gruber OF. the Burlington rail-
road to all roadmasters specifies that
there must be general house cleaning
on the road, and the instructions are
that the tracks and roadway must be
beautifed during the spring and ap-
preaching summer, says special dis
patch from Hannibal Mo-, to the St.