Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-02
GIANT TERMINAL FINISHED.


land in state Center township, $4,000.
GIANT TERMINAL FINISHED.
Pennsylvania Raiiroad's Vast Tunnel
6ystem Opened.
New York, Aug. 2.-The Pennsylva-
MIA Companys s100,0o0.oo0 terminal
and tunnel project-the climax OF the
stupendous In railroad engineering and
construction to date-was officially
declared practically completed.
Two private cars, bearing President
McCrea, the directors and other off,
cials of the Pennsylvania system. left
Philadelphia at 1870 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, and two hours later shot
from the tube that runs under the
Hudson river into the station that oc-
cupies twenty-eigh acres of ground in
the heart OF the metropolis.
A reception followed In the station
at which the directors presented to the
Pennsylvania road bronze statute Of
| the late President A. j. Cassatt. whose
efforts had 50 much to do with the
| inception OF the great terminal system.
The presentation was made by C. De
Witt Cuyler. and the speech OF accept
ance was made by President McCrea.
The terminal station. which in a few
weeks Will be thrown open to the pub
! lie, is the largest in the world. The
tunnel that leads to it, and which ulti-
mately will give unbrokn rail connec-
| ton from all points in the south and
west to New England. is an engineering
wonder of steel tubes and concrete
walls. 1t costs about $25 900 a mile to
construct the ordinary steam railroad
|
terminal and tunnel has been in excess
Of S9,6OO,O 900
| With the opening of the tunnels thru
to Long island the boroughs of Brook
| lyn and Queens. with a population of
100000, viii have direct connection
! by mail for the first time with the
south and west. Eventually, by the
construction of the New York connect
| Ing line, which, at the cost of $4,000
600 additional. will bridge the East
River at Hell Gate. linking the Penn
Sylvania system with the New York
New Haven and Hartford system, 1t
Will be possible to travel all rail from
the New Jersey shore to the mainland
northeast of Manhattan Island
! The Pennsylvania tunnel proper
starts thru the side of Bergen HILL be-
hind Jersey City and, diving under the
bed of the Hudson, comes to the sur
face again at Tenth avenue and Thirty
third street, Manhattan
! The tunnel division is electrically op-
Grated and the third rail carrying the
| current is the heaviest ever rolled
| $50 pounds to the yard. The cars are
built of steel; the tunnel itself Is Of
concrete. The trains run in slot as
1t were, between solid concrete benches.
and in event of collision or derail-
ment the cars would not burn. and the
train could neither ram the walls Of the
tunnel, nor even upset, because of the
benches at either side.
| From the new terminal to Long Is
land the new tunnel tracks become four
carried in two sets of twin tubes
emerging in the new Sunnyside yards
the largest in the world, which with an
area of 1913 acres contain seventy-three
miles Of track and have a capacity for
| 1850 cars.
| Told in cold figures and measure
ments. the story Of the terminal and
tunnel is as follows:
| Area (Tenth avenue to normal tun-
mel section, east Of Seventh avenue). %
acres.
Length Of tracl1ase. 10 miles.
| Number Of standing tracks at sta
ton, 81.
Length Of platform adjacent to pas
senger trains. 21,500 feet.
Number Of passenger platforms, IL.
Highest point of tracks-below sea
level ON. H. W. 8 feet
Total excavation required. 100000
cubic yards.
Number of baggage and express
lifts, 25.
Length Of baggage express tracking
and pipe subways. $500 feet.
Weight Of street bridging STEEL 3d.
500 tons.
Weight of station building steel,
$1,000 tons.
Weight Of steel in service building,
2,437 tons.
Length Of retaining walls, 1900 feet.
Number Of lineal feet of streets and
avenues carried on bridging 400, or
an area Of about eight acres
Dimensions of passenger station
building:
Seven hundred and eighty-four feet
long, 430 feet wide, average height
above street 50 feet. maximum height
above street. 1873 feet.
Dimensions of main waiting room:
Two hundred and seventy-seven feet
long, 103 feet wide, $50 feet high
Dimensions OF COnCourSe: Three
hundred and forty feet long. 210 feet
wide.
Concrete required for retaining walls,
foundations. street bridging and sub
structure, 100000 cubic yards.
Loading per square feet on avenue
bridging. IL tons.
Maximum loading per square foot on
bridging east of Seventh avenue
tons.
Number Of columns supporting sta
ton building, $50.
Greatest weight on ono column. 1858
tons.
Number Of buildings removed on
terminal area-about 500.
Dimensions Of service power plant on
Thirty-flrst street. 100 feet by 100 feet.
Boiler capacity of service power
plant (ultimate) 5000 h. p.
Number of electric lights, IN terms OF
16 c. D. lamps, and inclosed arc lamps,
in passenger station building. arc. 532.
incandescent, 21,961; about 10000.
Maximum capacity OF all tunnels in
trains per hour. IA.