Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-30
VAST STATION FOR
PENNSYLVANIA R. R.
Will Open Huge Terminal Depot
In the Heart Of New
York City.
PLANS ARE NOW COMPLETED,
To be Located Between seventh and
Eighth Avenues and Thirty-Iirst
And Thirty.Third Streets.

The opening Of vast railroad station
I'm the heart of New York city the
second only of It's kind in the great
metropolis. is an event OF unusual in
terest. What il viii cost the Pennsyl-
yania company To secure such a site,
and 10 tunnel under the Hudson river
10 reach its station must be sum that
only Pennsylvania system could
afford.
The plans of the great New York
station are now complete and the COM
pany has given out the particulars Of
the great structure.
The geography Of the station is In
teresting. 1t Is bounded on the east
by Seventh and the west by Eight
Avenue; on the south by Thirty-frst
and the north by Thirty-thIrd street.
Thirty second street having been closed
and included In the station site. In the
the centre Of the hotel theatre and
shopping district the advantage Of its
location is Obvious. The frontage on
the evenues is 1870 feet and on the
streets $50 feet. the sides OF the struc-
ture forming perfect parallelogram.
AS the tracks are 40 feet below the sur
face Of the streets the station Is divid-
ed into three levels. From the street
level upward the walls of the struc-
ture rise To the height Of 60 feet, ex-
copt IN the centre. where the roof Of
the general waiting room reaches a
height of 1870 feet and the corner of
Eighth avenue and Thirty-thrd street
where there Is an elevation of four
stories for office purposes. The archi-
tectural design Of the entire exterior
IL Dorlc cOlonnade, 80 feet high. sur
n latHH ~ L.. tgf Ia.
general elevation to so feet m UNI
usual extent OF the building In area and
Its general type are suggestive Of the
great baths of ancient Rome In fact,
the baths OF Caracalla, still magnifi-
cent I'm their ruins were the inspiration
of this architectural plan.
The main entrance Is fixed In the CEN
ter of the structure on Seventh avenue.
opposite the intercepted end Of Thirty
second street This is for foot passen-
gers only. and from the street en-
trance to the stairway TO the main wait
Ing room there extends an arcade 225
feet long and Is feet wide hanked by
shops, which will be occupied by mer-
chants, whose wares will appeal es-
pecially to the requirements of traV-
elers. on either side OF the Seventh
avenue entrance there are also a series
OF stores At the further end of the
arcade the restaurant. lunch rooms
and the cafe are established, with
proper kitchens and service connec-
tons. Beyond is the general waiting
room and the Concourse, all easy OF
access by convenient stairways,
The general waiting room. the larg-
est OF Its kind IN the world, 800 feet
| long. 10 feet wide and $50 feet high.
IL the central section of the plan.
Within fits spacious walls viii be locat-
ed the ticket offices, parcel rooms. tele-
| graph and telephone offices and bag
| gage checking windows. all so disposed
as to situation that passenger may
| proceed from one TO the other seri
atm. with minimum amount of ex-
ertion and without retracing his steps.
The third level. which Is at depth
| below the surface OF the street cor
| responding to the height of a four
story building Is the travel level.
! When the two tracks emerge from the
tubes under the Hudson and reach
the entrance to the station yards at
| Tenth avenue they begin to multiply.
and at Ninth avenue, and extending in
| To- the station, the total number has
| grown to 2l. There is also a reduc-
| ton In the number OF tracks leading
| out OF the station to the east, 10 a to-
/
| ing under Thirty-second and two under
Thirty-third street. and thence under
the East river To the Long Island City
yards The track surface Of the sta
ton may be compared to two unfold
ed fans Joined together at the open
ends. the handle of one extending un-
der the Hudson and that OF the other
under the East river. Within the sta.
ton area, covering 20 acres NJ ground
space, there are is miles of tracks
This trackage area will afford ample
facilities for easy movement of manl
hundred trains per day by the prompt
and efficient means of electric pow.
or. Through trains from the western
side Of the Hudson after discharglnl
passengers, Will proceed at once [,
Long Island city, where the trah
yards and terminals will be located
thus leaving the station tracks clear OF
any idle equipment, and likewise tn,
westbOund through trains made up a
the Long Island City terminal vii
pass through the station, stopping onl,
TO take up their quota Of passengers
The suburban service Of the Long Is
land railroad will be operated on IN,
shuttle" plainly which the trains ar,
kept In continuous motion I'm and ou
of the station.
Inc exposure OF the building on al
four of its sides to main arteries OF
street traffic gives the plan hexibllity
which Is rarely obtainable in a build
ing of such enormous proportions stu
ated In the heart OF a great city, and
also insures the making OF easy con
nections by underground subways with
the future extensions of the city,
Rapid Transit system under Seventh
| and Eighth avenues and the eros,
streets,