The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-03
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B y pendous construction operations
a la the Pennsylvania railroad is on
~ - the eve Of opening for passen-
s6er traff1c its new terminal facilities
I'll and around the city Of New York.
Finishing touches are being applied to
the splendid new passenger station In
the heart of Manhattan Island. The
Two tunnels leading into the metropolis
S4rorn 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
sfunnels ending at the river shaft In the
Mock between Thirty-third and Thirty |
N1burth streets, east Of First avenue, |
IRE finished. With steady progress
fhese 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
$6unnyside, on Long Island, the i'm
mense railroad yards are ready to re-
ceiye the flrst rush of business.
iS& No date for the opening Of the sta
Hon has been formally announced. 1t
- expected however, that 1t will be in
full operation by the close Of the sum-
mer.
With the opening of this vastly i'm
proved traffic system that centers In
the nations metropolis the means OF
TRANSPORTATION between the east and
sthe west will have been revolutionized
This revolution was conceived during
the administration of the late A. j.
'@Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania,
ana has been carried forward by his
eSccessors without hitch.
q Achieved at the expenditure Of many
sssniillons Of dollars, these improvements
Twill enable passengers from eastern,
western and Long Island points to go
directly into New York city without
change OF cars or transfer to ferryboat.
arriving at railroad station which is
conceded to be the handsomest and
most convenient in the world.
When these vast improvements were
conceived ten years ago the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad was employing the same
method of reaching New York city that
was employed when 1t first leased the
4 United Railroads of New Jersey in 1871
--ferriage across the Hudson river from
Jersey City. Ten years ago the road
4 was hauling freights to eastern cities
! over practically the same grades that
were to be encountered in 1875. Then
came the plans to overcome the ferry
transfers and the grades. In few
months from now freight trains. which
reach the east over new line. with no
u grades greater than twelve feet to the
mile. will be fioated from Greenville,
N. j., to Bay Ridge, N. Y, and when
q the New York connecting railroad,
crossing the East river on q four track
bridge, Is completed these trains will
be run directly from Bay Ridge to
Port Norris N. Y, where connections
81 for New England will be made with the
Il New York, New Haven and Hartford.
Electric Engines Used.
This New York tunnel extension and
its necessary adjuncts comprise the
costliest improvements ever made by
4 railroad company. The tunnel extern
& sion begins at Harrison, N. j., few
4 hundred yards east of Newark, wher
there Is car yard for the big electri,
locomotives used to haul all train
through the tubes. Passenger train
from southern and western point
change here from steam to electri
q power. Passengers destined for tn
81 downtown section of New York tn
A GREAT IlIldIlCldi anO WAOiS6dlc ulSLIlCl
N may. alight at Harrison and take al
electric train into the huge new sta
Il ton Of the Hudson and Manhatta
railroad at Church and Cortland
& streets by way of the McAdoo tunnel
n under the Hudson.
III After changing engines the throug
n trains for New York will leave Harri
ri son on rails crossing over the oil
81 Pennsylvania tracks on steel an
NJ concrete bridge, following doubl
s& track line on high en1banlSmer
# across the marshy Hackensack meat
81 ows to Bergen hill, where they will er
II ter the tunnel tubes and pass undo
u the waters Of the Hudson into the sta
81 ton In New York, thence below tt
81 surface of Manhattan Island under II
81 East river to Long Island City.
~ The central feature of the entire in
provement is the passenger station
81 New York, the main entrance being {
Il Seventh avenue between Thirty-fir
and Thirty-third streets. The static
Isl lis divided into three levels. the tract
# being forty feet below street level. I'll
81 main entrance Is for foot passenge
81 only. Through an imposing arcade 2
"a feet long by As feet wide the passel
81 gers go to the main waiting room, Il
l# largest in the world. 277 feet long, |
~ feet wide and $50 feet high, The arca'
81 is fianked by shops on both sides. al
&& at it's farther end are restaurant,
ia lunch room and a cafe. Beyond Is t
3 concourse level, or station proper, b
S& ing on the first level below the sire