New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
NEW FREIGHT STATION
Long Island Railroad to Haze Up
fo-Ddte Brooklyn Terminal.

100000. tba ,ooe+ i,nportant and useful of the
MANY recent improvements now IN use of III piOo
ess of construction the F1atbush avenue teIrhii
of the Long Island Railroad in Brooklyn Is tne
bie new station for the exclusive handllng ol al
a,,oce rraieht The building is in the rear or the
new messenger station, between Hanson Fldce anu
Atlantic avenue and is 900 feet long by |VV iee'
wide II is of freproOf construction throusho"@
Directly underneath the ground floor are the ter
minal platforms of the passenger tracNs' -, -
h,ob a eide entrance leads into the 1nterborough
subway and stairways lead up into the waiting
room The ground floor is raised lour leet dpo'0
the ground level and faces courtyard Oh eltnei
eide for the accommodation of trucks, those dls-
-. o,ee fo,,bt anproaching from Atlantic avenue
and those receiving freight eiIelliS 'o 'PP
courtyard from Hanson Place
On this floor, abutting against the eastern wan VI
the Messenger station the offices OF the cshie'
foreman and delivery clerk, as Wen as lIie 'eie
rbona switchboard aud large freproof rootI' ~
- On foot for the preservation of the freight rec
ords From these offices stairways lead 10 tle
floor above where the offices of the freight aseh.
with his staff of clerks and assistants are locaeu
Tho main division of the ground floor is vast
concrete platform, facing on either slde the t"o
rourtvards one of which is shown IN the picture
1Iara are the latest and most improved devices lot
the rapid Weighing, checking and TRANSFERRING Vi
pac.Sages and across the wide platform from lour
thousand to five thousand tons, or, in other worus.
rrorn fifteen hundred to two thousand carloads OF
oa,+ ne this amount is eastbound and comprises
general supplies of all kinds for the residents Oh
Iong Island while the remainder consists princi-
pallv of food products being shipped from the ISL
and TO the metropolis or further west
This receiving and delivery floor Is connected
Nth tho second floor where the car tracks are
situated by six elevators and one cylndrlcal con-
yever of steel construction for the hahullls VI
the freight On the second floor are three lohs
patforms of concrete, one running along each side
;Io tIa I'd Insects IL. Is
aa,ked on either side by three tracks those on
the north side being occupied by incoming cars
which, as soon they have been ernptled' are
shifted over to the southern tracks to De reloaded
Later on an improved conveyer for the handling
of all kinds of package freight will be installed to
connect the two floors. This conveyer will be in
continuous motion. and will be capable OF trans
ferring a carload of freight from one floor to the
other in a very few minutes. The six tracks on
this floor have capacity of ten cars each. or
SIXTY cars for the entire floor. A large number of
electric light globes protected by heavy wire
screens and hung on long cords. Illuminate the
place These lamps can be carried into the cars
aud hung on convenient hooks at any point in
side thus making it possible to keep up the work
on the cloudiest days and In the early morning
and late afternoons of winter days.
From the car floor the tracks run out on
trestlework to the eastward which extends across
Atlantic avenue. and thence east over the de-
pressed freight yards until 1t meets their level
roar Clerp,ont avenue and enters the subway at
the extreme eastward end of the yard at VAN
derhilt avenue These depressed yards extend from
the package depot to Vanderbilt avenue. a dis
tance of about one-half mile. and on these tracks
is handled all the freight which is shipped by the
"a rload as distinguished from the package freight
which Is handled exclusively in the freight depot.
Near the western end of these depressed yards two
fra rle branch off from the subway tracks and run
north underneath a long line of wholesale pack
ing and provision houses located In Fort Greene
place This row of buildings is known as Fort
crsAne Market and more than three hundred car
loads of fresh meat are delivered every month to
+ba Arms doing business there. The meat is
shifted from the refrigerator cars directly on to
elevators which carry it up to the ground floor of
tho market buildings. where 1t Is stored immedi-
ately in the ice boxes
The freight station has been occupied and in use
since Julv 1s although It will be nearly month
before the work has entirely adjusted itself 10 the
now ouarters The depressed freight yards are
nov, beinp used only at the upper or eastern end.
WHARF they are entered by an inclined roadway
running down at 81 . per cent grade from Cler-
mont avenue The entire yard will be In use be-
fire the end of the year. and a marked increase
:, .he vol,ime of fraight has already been noted
.Irca the acquiring these improved facilities for
handling II.