Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-12-10

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give an adequate conception OF the ex-
tent snd beauty OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's terminal Ia New
York city, which Will be practically
ready Dec. l, 1909 II will require tin
and personal Inspection to bring our
the magnitude of the marvellous work
and the perfect system connected
Herewith.
The first stone in the masonry was
lard Jnne Is, 1908, and the last was
put down July 10 of the present year.
he walls of the station are nearly
haif mile in extert and iuelose eight
acres OF g'ound. The entire territory
I bounded ON the north by Thirty
INST street aud on the west by Ninth
avenue.
IL is the most eapacious railroad sta
ten in the world Its com pletion trans
forms hitherto unuoiieed and In
same respects squalid section Of the
metropolis into puIsating center Of
trade and commerce. BY reason Of the
ramifying system of the Pennsylvania
company the terminal becomes the ar
terry of travel from the great west and
from New England connecting with
the travel a.d traffic Of the south. Ii
also includes a great postoffice build
ing. 1t brings toa realization the
dream of the late A. J. Cassatt who i'm
the last years Of the last century stood
on the west shore Of The Hudson river
and said to his engineers 1--WE must
cross It,
The exterior of the walls Of the ter
minal represents 100000 cubic feet of
granite. Sixty thousand cubic feet Of
granite are represented inside the con-
course. The structure has u 900 tons
Of steel. The walls contain 5000 900
bricks, weighing $4,000 tous. 1t 10 es-
timated that ifthese bricks were placed
end to end they would reach from the
site Of the terminal to Galveston, Tex,
with enough left over for another line
from New York city to Philadel pliia
and nearly score Of miles to spare.
Expansive stairways descend from
the concourse to each of the plot
which, with the tracks, form the third
level, forty feet below the level Of the
street. Over the concouse is the great
roof Of the train shed.
In clearing the way for this strnc-
ture and its adjoining buildings the
Pennsylvania company purchased
four blocks Of conn actly built houses.
Involving the tearing down Of 500 tene-
ments. The eatIre area OF the termi-
nal includes twenty-eight acres. The
total terminal trackage is sixteen miles
IL extent. There are eleven passen-
ger platforms, a total of four miles,
and twenty-five elevators. The artI-
fetal light OF the building will CONSIST
Of 10000 electric bulbs and eectrolIers.
The daily service of this enormous
structure viii consist of 400 PecnsyI-
vania trains and 600 Long Island
trains. The capacity Of the terminal
Will be about 100000 passe ayers day.
The maximum capacity Of all the tun-
nels is IA trains an hour. The num-
Der OF columns supporting the whole
building is $50, the greatest weight on
any one column being 1858 tons. The
entire structure is IA feet long and
433 feet, with an average height above
the street Of 80 feet and a maximum
height Of 153 feet. The central waiting
room Is 227 feet loEg and 103 feet wide.
The entire system when completed
will represent an outlay Of 100000.
just what the terminal building alone
will cost is not stated.
The vast work Of tunneling the two
rivers and of preparing the yards for
storage purposes in New Jersey and
on Long Island is another story
Washington Herald.