The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
ALL RAIL TRAVEL
FROM THE SOUTH TO THE CITY
OF NEW YORK A REALITY.
"United States Fast Mall" of the
Southern Railway, First Train to
Enter the Magnificent New Station

Southern Railway, First Train to
Enter the Magnificent New Station
Rail transportation from the
Southeast direct to the heart Of New
York city became \ fact Sunday
morning, when the Southern Rail.
days Omitted States Fast Mail"
handling sleepers from New Orleans
and Birmingham via Atlanta, rolled
into the magnificent New York PAS
senger station of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, through the tunnels under
the Hudson River. which were open
ed for traffic at midnight.
Travel from New York direct to
the South began when the South
! bound Omitted States Fast Mail LETT
ten minutes after midnight, being
the first through train to leave the
station. During the day the other
five trains Of the Southern to and
from the South. the New York. At
lanta and Orleans Limited" the
Birmingham Special" operated be-
tween Birmingham and New York
via Atlanta, the Southern's South
eastern Limited" between Jackson
Vile and New York and Aiken and
Augusta; the memphis Special" be,
tween Memphis and New York via
Chattanooga. Bristol and Lynch,
burg; the New York, Chattanooga
and New Orleans Limited" made
their first arrivals at and departus Is
from the station.
This mammoth passenger station,
! which covers twenty-eight acres and
is the largest building in the world,
ever put up at n time, was put in
to operation under the handling Of a
force so we'll trained that everything
was working as smoothly when the
first train came In as if the terminal
had been in use for months. The
location of the station, at the space
enclosed by 7th and Sth avenues
and 31st and 33nd streets, enables
passengers to alight from trains only
a few blocks from their hotel and,
by it's use, the ferry trip from Jer-
sey city, which has been a part OF
travel to, and from New York since
the trains were run from the eSouth,
goes into history.
Passengers, who wish to 60 direct
to the downtown financial district,
can leave trains at Harrison, New
Jersey, and take cars through the
Hudson Tubes, which will put them
With the use Of the new station OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad OF only
electric lighted sleeping cars on the
Southern between .he Southeast and
New York. These %sleepers, which
supply every convenience which
modern ingenuity can supply, now
take passengers from their homees,
In all important points throughout
the Southeast, to this great station,
in the heart Of the hotel, theatrical
and shopping district Of New York,
with the corresponding service in
the opposite direction.
The magnitude Of the great i'm
provement which the opening Of this
new station and the tunnel system
puts into use, and the extreme care
which is being exercised for the pro-
lection Of passengers, is the fact that
a private fire department Of thirty
men has been organized and placed
in charge CT a fire protecting plant,
installed at great expense after the
most careful study, despite the fact
that the station building and the
material used in the tunnels are
what would generally be considered
absolutely freproof.
On the day of the opening, besides
the number run in and out, thous-
ands Of interested s%ightseers, enjoy
ed their first opportunity to inspect
the ARCHITECTURAL beauties as well as
the ample and excellent facilities OF
this great passenger terminal.