The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-25
COSTLY RAILWAY
CONSTRUCTION
Features Of Pennsylvania New
Termina! and TUNE! System.
MANY MILLIONS ALREAOYSPEN1

WAN lWJllIUUC AlI1cAU 81 chi
For 1865 Miles Of Track Near New York
$1o2,oo0,oo0 Has Been Expended and
$5s,ooo,ooo More Will Be spsnt-sta-
ton In Manhattan Worlds LARGEST.
The Pennsylvania railroad opened to |
public inspection for the first time the |
other day 1866 miles Of the most ex- +
pensive construction work, foot for
foot, ever attempted-namely, the tun.
mel and terminal improvement from
Harrison. N. j., to Sunnyside, N. 7.
The average cos of a mile of steam
railroad is about $4,000; the cost per
mile Of the tunnel and terminal i'm
provement has been more than $4,000.
600. The company has thus far ex-
pended $102.0O0,0O0 and will expend
$1GO,OOO,OOO before the improvement
Is completed. Train service is due to
begin late In June or early In July
with an initial card Of 1000 trains
daily.
The boroughs Of Brooklyn aud
Queens, with a population Of 100000.
will then have direct connection by
rail for the first time with the south
and west. Eventually, by the construc-
ton Of the New York connecting line,
which at the cost of $12, DOC. 600 addi-
tional will bridge the East river at
He'll Gate, linking the Pennsylvania
cxyStorvl with, TIM Nou, VorJ, No~, TYn
ven and Hartford system, it will be
possible to travel all rail from any
point in the west and south to any
point In New England.
Trains Run In a Slot.
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 ears are built
Of steel. The tunnel itself is of con-
crete. The trains run in q slot, as it
were, between solid concrete benches,
and in event of a collision or u derail-
ment the cars could not burn, and the
train could neither ran the walls of
the tunnel nor upset because of the
benches at either side.
The new Pennsylvania terminal in
New York city is the largest in the
world and n Of the handsomest ever
constructed. Including the subsurface
yards, it has an area of twenty-eight
acres, a t%rackage of twenty-one miles,
and the passenger platforms alone are
81, 500 feet, or nearly four miles long.
The tracks are forty feet below the
street surface, and the station is divid-
ed into three levels. The Seventh ave.
nue. entrance, for foot passengers only,
leads to the main waiting room through
an arcade 225 feet long by 45 feet
wide, which will be fanked Oh both
sides by shops and booths. At the far.
ther end Of the arcade are the restau-
rant, lunch rooms and cafe, and beyond
are the general waiting room and con-
course.
On the first level below the street is
the station proper. whose general wait
ing room is said to be the largest III
the world. 1t is 277 by 1O3 feet. Ad-
joining this on the west are two sub
sidiary waiting rooms So by 100 feet
for men and women. provided with
seats and opening into retiring rooms.
On the same level with the general
waiting room is the main baggage
room with $50 feet of frontage. Bag
gage is delivered and taken away
through n special subway. From the
baggage room trunks are delivered to
the tracks below by motor trucks and
elevators. Motor cabs are to be sta
toned on this level. The ~concourse.
200 feet wide. extends the entire width
Of the station and under the adjoining
streets.
This is the vestibule to
the tracks. Stairs descend from 1t to
each of the train platforms on the
track level, and from that level this
part Of the station is open to the roof,
forming n courtyard $40 feet by 21O
feet, rooted by iron and glass. In ad-
dition to the entrances to the con-
course from the waiting room there
are also direct approaches from Thir'
ty-6rst and Thirty-third streets.
Auxiliary to the main %concourse
which is for departing passengers only
and located between 1t and the tracks
~ q 0uOSOnNOuA0 cAAly ASSS "ANVs q
sort Of mezzanine platform. which will
be used for exit purposes only. This
exit %concourse Is eighteen feet above
the tracks, but Is connected with the
track level by two stairways and one
elevator from each platform. From l
s~taircases and inclines lead directly tt
the street.
Unique Among Railway Stations.
The northern side Of the station ex
tending along Thirty-third street Is fo1
: the use Of the Long Island railroad
and separate entrances and exits arr
| provided so that the Long Island traf
, fc can be handled independently.
The stonework of the station in
closes eight acres Of ground. A tota
, Of $4,000 cubic feet Of granite hav'
> been utilized in the construction ant
o,n a ,oufokior ~ thu 1nv11diur hoci6n