The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-03

surface and containing the grand wait
ing room. wherein are located the tick
ct offices, baggage checking windows,
telephones and telegraph offices and
other adjuncts, arranged so convenient
ly that no retracing of steps Is neces-
sary. On the west, adjoining the gem
eral waiting room. are two subsidiary
waiting rooms, each ss by 100 feet, one
for men and one for women. Each of
these opens into retiring rooms.
The main baggage room. with $50
feet frontage. is on the same level.
This large frontage is for the transfer
wagons. 1t is directly beneath the ar
cade and the restaurant spaces on the
level above. Baggage is taken in and
,, brought out through special subway.
Motor trucks and elevators deliver
trunks to the tracks below. On this
level motor cabs will be stationed.
The concourse. connecting by a wide
thoroughfare with the main waiting
room, is a covered assembling place
200 feet wide and extending the entire
width Of the station and out under the
| adjoining streets. The concourse is
the vestibule to the tracks on the third
and lowest level. Stairs descend to
each Of the train platforms. There are
also direct approaches to the concourse
from the two side streets. Between
| the main concourse and the tracks is
| the exit concourse, to be used for
egress purposes only. This is eighteen
| feet above the track level, with STAIR
ways and elevator conveniences. Stair
cases and gradual inclines lead direct
ly to the side streets.
Into tho North cida of the sfofiop
extending along Thirty-third street,
will run trains from all points on Long
Island by way of the East river tun-
nels This traffic can be handled inde-
pendently Of the general through traf-
fic and the local traffic from the west
ern approach. The train platforms are
about thirty-six feet below street level
Terminal Area Twenty eight Acres.
|, To give some idea as to the magni-
tude of the station and its adjoining
) area of track approaches it may be
, stated that twenty-eight acres of lanc
) are included in the scheme. the station
. walls themselves inclosing eight acres
The first stone of the masonry worl
! on the building was laid June Is, 1908
the task being completed July 81. 1909
/, The exterior walls, nearly half "a mile
t altogether, required 100000 cubic fee
s of pink granite. Inside the concours
| $4,000 cubic feet of stone were used
h | This total of $4,000 cubic feet of gran
: tie required LAO freight cars to trans
d port 1t from Milford, Mass, where
d was quarried. In the construction o
q the building were used $4,000 tons @
4 steel Fifteen million bricks We're sc
l. in place. The Roman Doric style c
: architecture was employed. The sta
r ton covers the entire area bounded b
: Seventh and Eighth avenues and Thii
Q ty-first and Thirtythird streets. TIL
"a building is of the dimensions of
great exposition palace, being 7S4 b
400 feet. The structure is described 9
n really monumental bridge over tt
y tracks, with entrances on four sides"
1t colonnades on Each Side.
n The Seventh avenue facade compo
IS ed principally of Roman Doric color
lie made, was conceived especially to e,
IS press In the largest possible fashion
rs monumental gateway. tt has been con
l. pared to the Brandenburg gate in Be
lie lin, through which passes SO much
% the traffic of the German capita
lie though the New York gateway is mnc
Id larger The main body Of the buildir
q reaches seventy-six feet above sire
lie level. There are colonnades along tt
e. Eighth avenue and the Thirty-first ar
ct Thirty-third street facades similar