Evening journal., 1910-04-14


~ pendous construction operation
the Pennsylvania railroad Is OF
- the eve OF opening for passen
ger trafiic its new terminal fnciiitie.
~ and around tho city OF New YorI,
flnishing touches are being applied tc
tne splendid new passenger station in
tne heart OF Manhattan Island. The
Two tunnels leading into the metropolis
rom the New Jersey shore under the
hudson river are completed. The four
tunnels leading IN from Long Island
under the East river are ready and
waiting. The Manhattan cross town
tunnels ending at the river shaft in the
oiock 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
mense railroad yards are ready to re-
ceive the first rush OF business.
No date for tho opehng OF the sta
tion has been formally announced. 1t
is expected. however. that It will be an
fuh operation by nc close Of the SUM
mer.
With tho opening OF this vastly I'M
kpr9ved trafic system that centers in
INC nations metropolis the means of
transportation between the cast and
me west VIII have been revolutionized.
1his revolution was conceived during
the administration OF the iato A. ].
Cassatt, president OF the PennsvIvania
ana mas been carried forward by his |
Successors without hitch.
Achieved at the expenditure Of MANY
millions OF dollars. these improvements
win enable passengers from eaaterr
western and Long Island points TO 20
directly into New York city without
change Of cars or transfer to ferryboat
arriving at a railroad station which is
conceded to hs the handsomest and
most convenient in the world.
When these vast improvements were
conceived ten years ago the Pennsyiva-
MA railroad was employing the same
method OF reaching New York city that
was employed when It first leased the
United Railroads OF New Jersey in 1871
--terriage 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 20 be encountered IN 1875. Then
came the plans 20 overcome tho ferry
transfers and the grades. In q few
months from now freight trains. which
reach the east over a new line. with no
grades greater than twelve feet TO tho
mile. viii be fioated from Greenviue
n J., 70 Bay Ridge, N. Y. and when
tho New York connecting railroad ,
crossing the East river on a four track
bridge. is completed these trains win ,
be run directly from Bay Ridge 10 ,
Port Morris. N. Y, where connections ]
nor New England will be made with the
New York. New Haven and Hartford. e
Electric Engines Used. '
This New York tunnel extension and ]
Its necessary adtuncts comprise the T
costiiest improvements ever made by "A :
railroad company. The tunnel extern =
non begins at Harrison, n. j., a few G
nanored yards east OF Newark. where a
there Is car yard for the big electric
tocomotiVes used to haul all trains
through the tubes. Passenger trains n
rom southern and western points q
ehanse here from steam to electric s
power Passengers destined for the n
oowntown section OF New York tbe "a
great financial and wholesale district
may alight at Harrison and take an n
electric train into the huge new sta ii
ton Of the Hudson and Manhattan 4
railroad at Church and Cortlandt a
streets by way OF the McAdoo tunnsIs o
under the Hudson. g.
After changing engines the through I
trains for New York win leave Harrf- il
son on rails crossing over the old D
fennsylvania tracks on a steel and "
concrete bridge. following a double Il
Track line on a high embanlment 81
across the marshy HaclIensack mead il
ows to Bergen hin, where they win en- a
ter the tunnel tubes and pass under q
the waters Of the Hudson into the sta S
ton In New York, thence below the {.
surface OF Manhattan Island under the b
East river 10 Long Island CITY. &
Inc central feature of the entire i'm A.
proVement Is the passenger station in .
New York, the main entrance being on Il
Seventh avenue between Thirtv-lrst
and Thirty-third streets. The station
Is divided into three levels, the tracks q,
being forty feet below street level The N
main entrance Is for foot passengers ~
only Through an imposing arcade 225 -
feet long by IS feet wide the passen- =,
gers go to the main waiting room. the m
largest in the world. III feet long. 1os N
Feet wide and $50 feet high. The arcade n
Is nanked by shops on both sides. and Ia
II its farther end are a restaurant. a ~
unch room and cafe. Beyond is the le,
'oncourse level. or station proper. be- Ei
ne on the first Level below the street II