The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-15
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~no,ncen vas made yesterday ~
some interesting facts In connection with
tho facilities and plan ~ the HudaDn Com
psny's terminal building. covering two
blocks along Church street aud north II
Cortlandt street. which is being rushed
90 completion. II 10 estimated that when
the building 10 fnished AMI he various
onices on the twenty floors occupied
tn. STRUCTURE will house 10. 600 souls. From
this can he drawn the comparison that
the building will he populated In an equal
number with such cities as Portsmouth,
y. H.; Helena. Mon. or Middletown. Conn.
and will exceed in population M large-t
towns in four Stntes- Arizona. Idaho. New
Mexico and Nevada.
There will bs thirty-nine elevators in
the building. and IL 10 estimated thar about
is2. 0oO. 900 persons will pass through the
building in entering or leaving trains IN
the course Of a year. The new Grand
Central Station is designed 70 handle
100. 600. coo persons a year ana the new
Pennsylvania station at Thirty-third street
will he built TO accommodate 10000 900.
The south Sta ton in Boston only takes
care Of $4,000 o q year and the Broad
street depot In Philadelphia handles 30
600 600.
From his new terminal building one
will be able to 10 TO most any corner of
the country. a. the trains running into il
will connect with all subways and conse-
auently with all the big railroads.. The
the North River and Connecting with the
various city subways will enter and depart
thirty feet below the street level. There
will be i've loading tracks and elk huge
platforms TO avoid erowding., A great
and elaborate plans have been laid 20 elm
mate any possibility % = tieup. Careful
provisions have been made for the poesi-
bility Of fire. All the cars Of the trains
viii be Of steel and tho terminal building
in any one room Of the building il will be
hardly likely ~ spread to another.
The huge steel frame OF the building
weighs moro than 2t.0O0 tons and rcsts on
foundations extending TO bedrock. ~ feet
below the street; A. no point vii this steel
covered with one or more courses OF hollow
terra GOTTA blocks. which form enclosed air
spaces about all parts OF the frame, Ia the
San Francisco fire the exposed steel Francs
of buildings did not burn. but they buckled.
wreoking the structures and causing much
injury and loss. Before bcins placed about
the frame the hollow blocks are heated TO .
temperature Of 2.O0O degrees. The terrific
heat leaves the : IRA GOTTA In o perfect porous
state, capable Of resisting practically any
heat without danger Of d~iaintegration.
II all the terra GOTTA blooks used on ths
building were built into a wall 10 feet high
the mAsa would stretch along for % miles.
Above the curb line there will be used .
total Of 10, 500, 900 bricks and 500 o square
yards Of piastsring. There VIII Be over 10
miles OF plumbing pipe, 20 miles Of steam
pipe and sS miles Of electrical conduit in
the building whom completed. Each floor
OF the building will provide an acre Of ofioe
spaos, 90 that the entire structure will
afford 20 acres for business purposes.