The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-28
THRONCS AT NEW. STATION
100000 SIGHTSEERS, SAF rHE
PENNSYLvANIA OFFICIALS.

Day-rhe mig N Waiting neem Centre
of Intrre>t-An Exodus % Home
seekers Lands I'm Long Island city.
According to the railroads. estimates
10000 persons visited the new Pennsyl-
vania Station yesterday. No one would
seriously dispute far larger estimate.
for the crowds flowed In and oub OF the
great terminal all day long. The travel
lers who used the station were not in
cluded in the estimate.
A station which had been opened for
TRAFFIC only at midnight before would
have to be called new. and it looked new.
But Rs far as the service went it might
have been In Use for generation. From
the time when the first train. Perth
Amhoy local. pulled out at 1910? yester-
day morning up to iOA o'clock yesterday
afternoon every departing train left at
its appointed moment. Then there was
a single break. when q New York and
Philadelphia express which should have
got away az 4Ol did not leave until seven
minutes later.
After that the strict observance OF
schedule was resumed and last night
there was no reason 20 believe that Il
would he broken again before tho first
twenty-four hours had been completed.
Incoming trains however. were "a a
rule few minutes late. largely due TO
the fact that the opening Of the terminal
caused big rush 81 traffic. AZ that
no trains were stopped in the tunnels
and no trouble was experienced with IN"
electrical equipment II will take day
or two for the baggage agent tn get taxicab
and wagon drivers acquainted with tn"
new station good many Of them yes
terday didn't know where 70 deliver
either passengers or trunks in spite OF
ing signs over various entrances.
The first POINTS ~ interest 10 yestar-
days Visitors. after they had finished
marvelling AZ the exterior Of the structure.
were the hig tablets AT the seventh ave
nue. main entrance These contain III"
names OF tn" directors and OF persons
connected with the work IT building the
new station crowd stood before them
all day patiently reading the names.
The hiG light main waiting room,
with a ceiling 80 feet from the floor.
was another centre for the crowd "A
a matter ~ fact the room does not look
large AZ all and when one s@es som"
dolls up in the gallery nj the ends and
potes that they walk about like human
beings one marvels At their tinlness
jules Guerina mural paintings on the
~
relapse Of the aviation neck
From the waiting room the crowd moved
on to the conCours. and work cd UP against
the iron fence to look down and se-' the
trains move in and out IL all the peopl"
hank ed around the entrances to trains
in that Concours. had happened 10 decide
TO go somewhere the traffic on that part
~ the Pennsylvania system would have
hrok en- all records Late in the after
noon the lights were turned on and the
sightseers had a new spectacle h~for"
them There are n a5l incandescents
and So arc lights for the station
good part Of the railroads. general
officials from the main office in Philadel-
phia came over 10 zee II everyt hing moved
on all right II did. and they returned
home early in the afternoon ON" Of 'he
innov at ions Of the day WAS shuttle
service, bet we.n the Pannsy lvania At at ion
and the Flat bush avenue station in
Brooklyn. connecting with Pennsy wanna
trains in both direct ions. This new
service attracted a great deal OF local
travel from New York 20 BROOKLYN.
Over IN Long Island CITY Yesterday
saw the railroads. Sunnyside yard put
into full commission Hundreds OF
coaches were hauled under the rivers
from Jersey and were stacked up alon <
The net work 81 empty tracks. and with
them cam. a small army 81 port"rs car
cleaners rnachinis,s and TN. rest Lines
~ dining cars were run alongside the new
provision .torehousss and their lard"rE
were replenished All around there was
a great amount ~ scruhbing and cleaning
and getting in shap.
There are viaduCts carrying the various
streets over the yard These ver" lined
most Of tbs. day with sight s.~rs. who re-
manned in IN" evening To s-e the yard
lighted by big arcs.
Real estate men in Long Island city
figure I aat fully sOp families are novin z
from Jersey to Long Island City with the
railroad wards For DAYS past new
demand has sprung w for the smaller
houses in the neighborhood 81 the new
Yards and IL was said Yesterday that
pract ically every available hous" ha d
been taken with the house hunt ers still
on the quest A good many Of these
have gone into boarding houses unit ii
they can find permanent quarters The
result Of the invasion IL thar rents on
crrr ain classes Of houses have gone up.