New-York tribune., 1907-02-08
CITY'.S BIGGEST BUILDING.
Statistics of Church Street Terminal
of Hudson Tunnel.

Charles NJ. Jacobs. chief engineer of the Hud-
son Company's tunnels, has submitted to W. G.
Oakman, president. a report of the work done
in 1906
The summary shows that during the year
311,350 cubic yards of material were excavated
There were 1854 tons of steel and iron used
and 52,100 cubic yards Of concrete.
The approximate number Of men employed on
January l. 1906. the report says. was 1850, and
January l last. 5000
The statistics of the Church street terminal
station show that it will be the largest and
heaviest building in Manhattan The report
continues:
The Church street teIrnina! station of the
Hudson q Manhattan Railroad Will not only be
the largest but il Will be the heaviest building
IN Manhattan The structural steel necessary to
hold up the structure will alone weigh over
24OO0 tons. and the whole building, when COM
pIeted, VIII have theoretical living and dead
load Of 100000 tons. Sixteen million three hun
dred thousand bricks will be necessary TO build
the structure above the curb line, enough If
placed end to end, to reach over 1000 miles, or
from New York TO Salt Lake City.
There VIII be LOO, 900 cubic feet Of concrete
used IN the construction of the foor arches. In
l-e WhoIe building there viii be over $4,000 900
''hGs OF concrete. The amount of concrete in
5Ioor arcnes alone will be enough to pave
.luWay from curb to curb, foot thick
ron! the Battery TO 42d street The exterior Of
the structure will require over 45OO tons of
architectural terra Gotta for the adornrnent
Ihere will be 5000 doors III the building and
5VVU windows The area Of glass in these win
COWS VIII be 10000 square feet, enough, If It
were laid fiat upon the ground, to cover three
square city blocks
There will be $4,000 square yards Of plaster
lg enough to cover the outside Of the first story
OF torty blocks Of Broadway buildings. Plumb
ING pipe $500 feet, or over sixteen miles; lneal
Ieet Of steam pipe, 1913, 900 feet or nearly TWEEN
ty-nlne miles; Hneal feet Of conduit 100000 feet
or nearly ninety-five miles. There will he over
lIo miles OF wiring, than enough 10
MAINTAIN a special telegraph line between New
YORK and Philadelphia. The lighting of the
building will require 10000 incandescent lamps
attached to 1900 fixtures
There viii be thrty-nine elevators, the Iineal
1901 run OF which VIII be altogether over two
miles so Ihat, if they all made a complete round
Trip al the same time the total distance travelled
would be over four miles. These elevators are
capable Of travelling at the rate Of five hundred
ieet a minute. These thirty-nine elevators the
largest number ever installed in an Office build
ing, viii be operated electrically Twenty-tyyo
VIII be express cars, rising without n stop to the
eleventh floor; the remaining seventeen will be
local cars, stopping at every floor up to the elev-
enth. These thirty-nine elevators are expected
TO handle over thirty thousand persons a dav
More people Will pass through the Church
street Terminal Building probably than any
other building in the world It is estimated that
at least one thousand persons minute will PASS
through the corridors and the station beneath all
day long, or at least 500 900 persons in the course
OF day.