The San Francisco call., 1910-11-21
RAILWAY TRAVEL
WILL BE HEAVY
FOR NEXT YEAR
Passenger Traffic Manager of
the "Peunsy" Lines Says
Conditions Improve
Samuel Moody Tells of Enter
prise in Building Finest
Station in World

9aiouei Moody. passenger trafiic man
aser Of the Pennsylvania lines At Pitts
burg. arrived here Yesterday on a bust
ness trip. accompsnted by c. L. kim
ball assistant general pa assenEer agent
~ The same lines At Chicago. Mrs.
Moody and Mrs. hinbalI acconnanv tbe
rallroadnen on the trip.
Moody said yesterday AT the 81. Fran
ClS That he looked for a big year in
passenger trafi
BUSINESS conditions are already i'm
PIVNlnS. and we may confidently look
Ior"ard 10 return to prosperous
times Moody said Good times nat
uraliy VIII help the railroad business.
ana the travel, particularly west, will
ne neaVy for the next year.
we started on our inspection trip
rom Chicago and. after visiting St
Ps2ll. came west to Montana. Washing
Ton, oregon and this state We will re
main IN San Francisco until Thanks
giving evening and then proceed south
travelling through Arizona"
FINEST IN WORLD
Moody said that the new Pennsyl-
Na'nla station in New York would be
opened next Sunday at midnight.
The new station" he said. is the
nnest building IN the world. Tt is i'm
possible TO describe II, its departments
are 50 varied, its capacity so immense.
u is the biggest building ever con
structed under single, continuous con-
Tract, Other buildings may be larger.
but they were made so by annexes and
additions TO the original
The building faces on Eighth ave
nue., opposite the United States post-
Office, and in Seventh avenue; also in
Fhirty-flrst and Thirty-third streets.
and BY special plaza in Thirty-fourth
street It has entrances and exits on
al sides. It IS only two blocks from
P1fth avenue and only block 10 New
Kork's busiest spot in Broadway. The
majority Of the large hotels, the the
aters. clubs, restaurants and retail
stores are within a radius OF q mile
rom the station and are reached easily
by regular lines Of travel
ENTERPRISE Is GIGANTIC
The constrUctionaI cost of the sta
ton Is estimated at about S1.eO0,ooO,
although the investment, lands, tun-
nels, etc, amount to over $500, ,oOO, 900.
The Idea Of constructing this central
depot was conceived by the late A. J
Cassatt. president Of the road ]. Pier
pont Morgan said that probably no
other man would have dared even 10
think Of such an enterprise
1t has a capacity of 1000 trains
q day and the Long Island railroad
has capacity Of ZOO trains day
additional One Of the distinctive fea-
lures OF the new depot is the man
ner in which the passengers win be
handled The outgoing passengers
viii not come in contact with the in
coming passengers There viii be no
conflict no confusion The man com
ing into town won't know who is GO
ing out.
The same system Is employed IN
the. handling Of baggage. Baggage
ron separate trains is kept separate
lN in rooms reserved especially for
that train. There viii be no throw
ing together OF all sorts Of baggage
in one great room. The baggage
tagged on the train by transfer com
panies viii be placed IN another com
partment It viii not become mixed
with other baggage.
FAR AHEAD OF TIMES
1T is the only depot ever built that
has made a special feature of the
ticket Office. Usually this part Of the
Railroad system is isolated in one corn
-r OF great building. much to the
inconvenience OF the travelling pub
lic. In the Pennsylvania depot, one
whole side is devoted TO ticket office
space, every department or locality be-
ing kept separate
The tunnels under the Hudson river
were eight years in construction. They
are just as light and clean as a hotel /
lobby. and the air is just as good We
use electric cars IN the tunnels, so
Jlere is no smoke. in my judgment
the depot is 100 years ahead Of the
times. and I don't think that New
York viii ever catch up with it.
THE depot viii be opened in a quiet, /
businesslize way. There will be no
hurrah or speechmaking. The trains /
that come in after midnight will be-
run into it, that's all"