New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

concourse q covered assembling place over
900 feet wide. extending the entire width
of the station and under the adjoining streets
An idea of the width of this concourse
is gained by a comparison with the lobby OF
the Jersey CITY train shed. which is mar
rover by p feet This is the vestbue to
the tracks; stairs descend from it to each of
the train platforms the track level the
concourse and adjacent areas are open 10 the
tracks forming q courtyard $40 Ceet wide by
21O feet broad rooted by lofty train shed
of iron and glass In addition to the entrances
to the concoursc from the waiting room there
are also direct approaches from the streets
Auxiliary to the main coccourse and located
between it and the tracks is a suh-concourse'
60 feet wide. which will be used for exit
purposes only. This exit concOursa IL II
feet above the tracks. but is connected WITH
the track level by two stairWays and one
elevator from each platform, From it ample
staircases and inclines lead directly to the
street.
The northern side Of The station. extending
along 33I street is assigned 10 the Long Island
Railroad Into this part of the station trains
,viU run from all points Long Island by way
If the East River tunnels. Ample entrances ard
exits are provided SO that this traffic can |e
handled Independently.
The third level for the passengers is The
train platform about 80 feet below the sur
face of the street. This level is SO gradually
reached that the descent is scarcely notice. bic.
The stone worl, Of the station inclosing
some eight acres Of ground. was completed on
JuIv 81 1909 To inolose this vast area has
nccessitated the building of exterior walls ag-
eregatfng 245S feet-ncarly half Il mie-in
length. and has required 10000 cubic feet of
pink granite IT, addition. there has been
utilized inside the Concourse G0o0D cubic feet
Of stone \ total Of 550epO cubic feet of
granite has thus been utilized in the Constru"-
ton and OrnamcntatiOn of this building. 1t
took LILO freight cars to transport these h
900 tons of stone from Milford. Mass
In addition to the granite. th- construction
Of this building has called for the Use Of a
OOD tons of steel There have also been set
in place some 15.C300DO bricks. weighing a to-
tai of $4,000 tons. The first stone of the
masonry work on the building was laid June
l.. 1903; the entire masonry thus com
pleted in approximately thirteen months after
the work was begun
After marching Up to the kitchens somewhere
in the ncighborhood of the caves Of this mann
moth structura-if ii may bc said to have any
eaves-and marching down To the lower levels
again after the fashion of the celebrated French
army. as one of the party put it. guests again
boarded the train. which took M it's Journey
toward the Sunnysdo Yard i'll Long Island City.
Ia the course Of a fcv minutes the obServa-
ton platform emerged into Tho daylight ono"
more and the train ran out into the excavation
which. ultimately will be the SUnnysde Yard.
The Sunnysde Yard might almost be de-
scrbed as the heart of the Pennsylvania'S ter
rinal system At New York. Into il and through
it will circulate all the trains of the Pennsyl-
vania and Long Island railroads. The passen
ger trains of the New York and New Haven
system. which will use the bridge to be erected
over Wards Island. will pass through IT. In
this yard. which will be $500 feet. more than
a mile. I'm length and 1850 feet wide. and which
will contain 70 miles Of track, with a capacity Of
1850 cara when the rails are all laid. all trains