New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
UNDERGROUND CITY
NEARLY COMPLETED
HUDSON TUNNELS TERM
NAL STATION.
Great Concourse Under TsriH Build
ings to Contain Almost EUery-
thing Nan or " oman Needs.

while much has been written recently concerning
.,s NcAdoo tunnels Of the Hudson & Manhat'an ~
E.ilroad Company. the general pubic KNOWS N.uo
= .. the great terminal station beneath the
-,ons4er twin buildings which occupy the entI0
t1ocl in Church street, between Cortlanot ana u IL
tor streets This station, when competed on Sul.
! as IS expected, and opened 10 'Ne PGo-, =
rhicb time the entire McAdoo system VIII De III op
+io- from Jersey City and Hoboken TO 25d street
.nd sixth avenue Manhattan, promises 10 Dc oie
~ the most commodious and best equlpPeu pas
s.user terminals in the worIo-
TIL. travelling public has been SO rnuoh nc nc
.sted of late in tie proposed McAuoo -
+or, sd street and Sixth avenue. the present Man
-. ,.--,,;nal Cstiu unccmpleted( Of the SYSTEM
+o tn. Grand Central Station ano IN tle Ies "a,
.gon oF the last for women and chAoIeI Oh N
,be company's trains during the night an" N.Y. -
a., rrsf hour periods that little attention mas Ueen
-, :. ,,,e ,roeress OF the work on the new ter
-, z,bicb is now rapidly nearing compleuon
william G. McAdoo. president o. tne f1uusOH @ o. %
-r-,b.+ta, Railroad Company, took the writer on
. -s-..-sonallv conducted tour Of the WondeFIA
,rbtsrranean station last week ana eApaIileu Ni0
numerous new and wonderful features
49,, -,,rAs from Jersey City opened for
So ,-a45c II IS estimated that more than 127"o
,.-sons will be discharged st the Chufch suee
seminal every morning during the rnsh houIS anu
g., like number VIII use the tubes every nlghl 10
ii@t . - 80 ,,av, Jersey homes. To provide ade-
-. .,.,,,r,oIations for the handling OF this IN
lens. number commuters Vlthln perlou VI leSS
than two hours night and morning mas DeeI eIe
80 on which Nj McAdoo and his engineers nave
,k-ss increasingly for the last year How well
-. vorl, has been done viii ne realized oy tns
- ,,,b,3c as soon as the terminal station Is
thrown open
one flight down from the street level is the great
ronoxourse which embraces more than Two acres
=. x,sce The concourse IS reached by an easy IN
-. .-or, Cortlandt and Fulton streets. In Dey
..-ss+ which runs between the twin buildings
60. are two s.airways leading down TO the con-
c,,,-s. Each OF these stairways is thirty feet IN
width
From the great concourse more than a score OF
.Ao-+ s.airvays lead down TO the railroad plat
- ,hicb are on the tunnel level. These plat
-, a-s ka arranged that incoming passengers
,..xe the trains one side, while the cars are
ellea with outgoing passengers from another plat
<or-a IN the opposite side In this way the incor-
d. and outgoing passengers do net come into con-
80. sp6 the constant crowding, which is such
Objectionable feature In the operation OF the pres
.ut city subway, Is entirely eliminated With the
rear ear OF all trains reserved for women and chill
drea in the rush hours q trip through the tun
nels bids fair TO be unattended by objectionable
features.
r,,,,sd. OF the convenience afforded to New Jer-
say commuters by the tunnel itself. which
,hs eIuoiusfion OF ferryboat delays caused by fog
Il In e., the great concourse itself that the public
viii take the most interest The concourse viii
te q miniature city in itself, ana the tired COM
rs,,ter who has forgotten to make the most i'm
rortant OF hz wifes purchases oeIore starting for
his train need longer turn back and resign
himself TO later train and probably cold dinner
Booths IN which many lines Of business will be
--r-eseuted will line the great concourse "A
clothing firm has contracted for 1000 square feat
,,f space. SO tbs unfortunate commuter who has
been run down oy automobile his way To
me station can get himself made presenta be again
In addition. there viii be sale tea and coffee
hardware, groceries. butter and eggs and cheese
poyltry hats and hsberdashery, candy, stationerv
canes aid umbrellas, flowers cutlery, fruit cigars
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