The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-22
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RH pendous construction operations
W. the Pennsylvania railroad is on
- the eve of opening for passen-
ser traffic It's new terminal facilities
an and around the city of New York.
FINISHING touches are being applied to
Nhe splendid new passenger station in
the heart OF Manhattan Island. The
Two tunnels leading into the metropolis
from the New Jersey shore under the
Hudson river are completed. The four
rrnnels leading in from Long Island
under the East river are ready and
waiting. The Manhattan cross town
tunnels ending at the river shaft in tho
block between Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth streets. east OF First avenue.
are finished. With steady progress
these spring days the huge weave of
tracks below the ground surface lead
ing to the great passenger station is
being brought to completion. and at
sunnyside, on Long Island, the i'm
nense railroad yards are ready to re-
ceive the first rush of business.
No date for the opening of the sta
tion has been formally announced. It
- expected, however, that It will be in
full operation by the close Of the sum-
uasr.
with the opening of this vastly i'm
proved traffic system that centers in
the nations metropolis the means of
transportation between the east and
the west will have been revolutionized.
This revolution was conceived during
the administration of the late A. ].
Cassatt, president OF the Pennsylvania.
and has been carried forward by his
successors without hitch.
E Achieved at the expenditure of many
millions of dollars, these improvements
will enable passengers from eastern,
western and Long Island points TO go
directly into New York city without
Change of cars orstransfer to ferryboat.
arriving at a railroad station which is
conceded to be the handsomest and
most convenient in the world.
When these vast improvements were
conceived ten years ago the Pennsylva-
MA railroad was employing the same
method Of resshing New York city that
was employed when It first leased the
United Railroads of New Jersey In 1871
--ferriage across the Hudson river from
Jersey City. Ten years ago the road
was hauling freights to eastern cities
over practically the same grades that
were to be encountered in 1875. Then
came the plans to overcome the ferry
transfers and the. grades. In few
months from. now freight trains, which
reach the east over new line. with no
grades greater than twelve feet to the
mile, will be fioated from Greenville,
N. j., to Bay Ridge, N. Y, and when
rho New York connecting railroad,
crossing the East river on a four track
bridge is completed these trains will
be run directly from Bay Ridge to
Port Morris, N. r. where connections
for New England will be made with the
New York, New Haven and Hartford.
wa Electric Engines Used.
This New York tunnel extension and
Its necessary adjuncts comprise the
,eostliest improvements ever made by a
railroad company The tunnel extern
sion begins at Harrison, NJ j., few
hundred yards east of Newark. where
there Is car yard for The big electric
locomotives used to haul all trains
Through the tubes Passenger trains
from southern and western points
change here from steam to electric
power. Passengers destined for the
downtown section of New York. the
may alisht at Harrison and take an
electric train into the huge new sta
tion OF the Hudson and Manhattan
railroad at Church and Cortlandt
streets by way of the McAdoo tunnels
under the Hudson:
q After changing engines the through
trains for New York will leave Harri-
son on rails crossing over the old
Pennsylvania tracks on steel and
concrete bridge. following a double
track line on high embankment
across the marshy Hackensack mead.
pws to Bergen hin. where they will en-
ter the tunnel tubes and pass under
the waters OF the Hudson into the sta
tion In New York, thence below the
surface Of Manhattan Island under the
East river to Long Island City
yrhe central feature of the entire Inn
movement js the passenger station In
New York, the main entrance being on
Seventh avenue between Thirty-frst
and Thirty-third streets. The stat on
IL divided into three levels, the tracks
being forty feet below street level The
main entrance Is Tor foot passengers
only Through an imposing arcade 225
feet long by IS feet wide the passen-
gers 60 to the main waiting room, the
largest In the world, III feet long, lO3
feet wide and $50 feet high. The arcade
Is nanked by shops on both sides. and
al Its farther end are restaurant, a
lunch room and a cafe. peyond Is the
concourse level. or station proper. be-
Ing on the first level below this street