Evening journal., 1910-04-14

surface and containing the grand wait
us rom wherein are located the tick
et oilees' baggage checking windows
teiephones and telegraph Offices ana
o'ler auJuncts, arranged so convenient
" that no retracing OF steps is neces-
sary- on the west, adjoining the gem
elal waiting room, are two subsidiary
waiting rooms. each 5s by 100 feet. one
Tor men and one for women. Each Of
these opens into retiring rooms.
The main baggage room. with a5o
feet frontage. is on the same level
Ihis large frontage Is for the transfer
wagons. It is directly beneath the ar
cade and the restaurant spaces on tho
leVel above. Baggage Is taken I'm and
oI"usht out through special subway.
motor trucks and elevators deliver
trunks to the tracks below. on This
level motor cabs win be stationed
The concourse, connecting b,, n MID
thoroughf6re with the main waiting
room, is a covered assembling place
zoo feet wide and extending the entire
"luth OF tho station and out under the
adjoining streets. The concourse iq
'he Vesttbule to the tracks on the third
ana lowest level Stairs descend TO
each OF the train platforms. There are
also direct approaches to the concourso
from the two side streets. Between
the main concourse and the tracks Is
the exit concourse, to be used for
egress purposes only. This Is eighteen
feet above the track level. with stair
ways and elevator conveniences. stair.
cases and gradual inclines lead direct
~ to the side streets.
into the north side OF the station
extending along Thirty-third street
VIII run trains from all points on Long
Island by way OF tho East river tun-
nels. This traffic can be handled inde-
pendently Of the general through fraf- !
he and the local traffic from the west
ern approach The train platforms are
about thirty-six feet below street level. |
Terminal Area Twenty eight Acres.
To give some idea as to the magni-
tude Of the station and its adjoining
area OF track approaches Il may be
stated that twenty-eight acres OF land
are included in the scheme. the station
walls themselves inclosing eight acres
The first stone OF the masonry work
On the building was laid June 15 1908
he task being completed July 81. 1909
Ihe exterior walls, nearly half A mile
altogether, required 100000 cubic feet
n pink granite Inside the concourse
10000 cubic feet OF stone were used
rhis total OF $4,000 cubic feet OF gram
te required l,l40 freight cars TO trans
port Il from Milford, Mass. where n
Vas quarried. In the construction Of
he building were used $4,000 tons of
steel Fifteen million bricks were set
n place. The Roman Doric stvle OF
irchitecture was employed. The sta
lon covers the entire area bounded nv
seventh and Eighth avenues and Thir-
.y-first and Thirty-third streets. The
building is OF the dimensions OF a
great exposition palace, being 7s4 bv
loO ieet. The structure Is described as
really monumental bridge over the
racks with entrances on four sides"
colonnades on Each Side.
The Seventh avenue facade comnos-
ID principally OF a Roman Dorie colon
laoe. was conceived especially to az
'ress In the largest possible fashion a
monumental gateway. It has been COM
Jared TO the Brandenburg gate in Rer-
IN, through which passes so much OF {
he traffic OF the German capitai y
hough the New York gateway is much {
arger The main body Of the building I
caches seventy-six feet above street r
'veL There are colonnades along the Q
ighth avenue and the Thirty-irst ana
hirty-third street facades similar 70