New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

lobby, a vast chamber. 30 feet wide ana 800
feet long. IL viii run east and west From, there
ne WIZ Turn AerthRerd into the Grand Concourse
4oVAs1V feet, snd 80 feet high. Automatic signs
over The various exits leading TO the EXPRESS and
his train --' ---u
The incoming passengers will enter the station
on tWo levels below the floor OF the ticket lobby
Ano the outgoing throngs Passengers from ex-
press trains VIII 'disembark" on the first level
while commuters Will set foot on the stiI lover
one Both viii connect by underground passage
ways with the subway station at 42d street and
Although the entire completion of the station is
expected 10 take four more years Nevertheless
the public VIII enjoy many OF its benefits before
that time. According TO the railroads pressnt
plans TIE trsI regular eec ric trains will be in
operation by November ~ The first experimental
train propelled by electricity has been run into the
stauon One hundred and eighty-six multiple unit
s'es no esss hays sirsaay been purchased
oalols tof tae particular purpose OF affording the
travelling public more room viii be the widenine
OF szd street and Vanderbilt avenue At its own
expense The New York Central will add 90 feet m
the Former st. and 70 feet to the latter thorough
fare. This VIII also give a more irnposing ~
speoape 10 the building Another innovation of
benent 70 the public viii be the bridges on level
with the curb, from Madison to Lexington ave
nues The depression OF the railroad tracks has
street and other cross streets north OF il wbIh
have been closed for many years
1t Is planned 70 beautify the spaces between the
streets with parklike spaces. There will be three
isves-on the surface a park beneath tSat The
express tracks. and thirty-nve feet lower the sub
urban tracks. These VIII unite with the MINER
tracks before the tunnel $ reached.
The architectural beauty Of the station will be
further enhanced by the great branch Post Once
Building, which viii be built IN the same classic
style close by. IL will occupy whole block AS
result OF this enlargement OF the city's postal
system the delivery OF many mails viii be has
tened one or two hours.
me laade4nacy Of the present station 10 meet the
ever expanding needs Of the city is frequently
seen IN the baggage and express rooms. FIRE.
quenuy they become so oongested that nassau
gers cannot get their uuaAs for days. On an aver
age 5.Vn pieces OF baggage come and go each
oay The ne| Grand Central will have SO much
more capacity for the handling OF baggage and
express packages that 'hree times the nresan,
volume OF trunks and boxes can then be- taken
care or with comparative ease. These will he
taken 10 the 4bth street side OF the new terminal
building @ the fifty tracks on the surface OF Nh.
train yard thirty win enter the train shea sn6
carry thither passengers, while twenty will end
al 18th street, and connect directly with the neu
post Once, the depots OF the express companie,
and the baggage rooms
Ihe Older railroad stations OF New York wsrs
apsnooneo, as one by one. they were sWsmped nv
tse ssei-lncre easing tide of commerce. ORIGINALLY
ne Rev YORK Central & Hudson River Railroad
ias New York d Harlem and the New Uaysr