The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

20 appear To 'h~ hrs, time traveller
And o-morrow says the Penn-yl-
vania'- enth,I=iastic J " Lee. Jr Who
chaperoned Mondays excursion. ito
morrow Tor In the construction ~ yast
railroad improv" ments years count a.
but days the New York Connecting Rat
road. crossing the Fast River on ioGT
track bridge will he completed, and there
will be established the first all rail ser
vice betW zen New England and the West
by way 81 New York city =
The Ns~ York tunnel extension IL de
-cribed a. the COstle=t Improvement
ever made 10y "a railroad company Under
the new arrangement the through trains
from the West will change ths'r steam
pow sr to electricity az Harrison The
lines tor New York will cross above the
odd Pennsylvania tracks on concrete
bridge
In the new Pennsylvania station the
trtcks are " feet below the street surface
and tho station - divided into three
l'.v-l- The seventh avenue entrance.
Tor foot passengers only. lead- 10 ~"
main waiting room through an arrade
rs feet long Nv IS feet vide. which VIII
10 hanked On 10th sides bv shops and
ioo'hs 40 the further end Of the arcade
IN" 'h- restaurant. lunchTooms and cafe,
and hnyond are the general waiting room
and concoIr>s
On the first level below the street 10 the
-'ation proper. who's" general waiting
room - sad 10 10 the larges, 10 The world
Il - 277 10y Ioa feet Adjoining this on
the west arr two subsidiary waiting rooms.
- 10y 100 feet for men and woman pro-
vidsd with seats and opening into re-
tInng rooms
On the same level with the general
waiting room ~ the main baggage room
with 40 feet of frontage baGgage -
delivered aud taken away through a
special subway FROM tho baggage room
trunks are delivered 10 the tracks below
10y motor trucks and elevators Motor
cabs ar" 20 10 stationed on this level
The conCourse. 20O feet vide. extends tho
entire width 81 the station and under the
adjoining streets
This cOncourSs 10 the vestibuls TO the
tracks, stairs descend from ~ 20 each u
the train platforms on the track level
and from that level this part 81 the station
. ~ Open To the roof. forming a courfya ri
3to feet 10y ?lO feet. rooted by iron and
glass In addition TO the entrances 10
the concour~e from the waiting room
there ars also direct approaches from
Thirty-first and Thirty-thlrd streets
Auxiliary 10 the main concourse. which
- for departing passengers only and
located be'w~en Il and the tracks - \
/ -utb-roncOuras ~ feet wide-a sort Of
mszz anime platform. which will bs used
for ext purposes only This exit con
oour-a - N te~t above the tracks. but
~ connected with tho track Lowell 10y two
-taIrwavs and one elevator from each
platform From II stairrases and in.
cIines lead directly 10 the street
J The northern side 81 the station extend.
ing along Thirtv-third street 10 for the
use % the Long Island Railroad. and
SEPARATE entrances and exits are pro-
vided that the Long Island traffic
can be handled independently
The GtOnework Of the station enclose~
eight acres q ground total 81 $50 90
cubic feet 81 granite have been utilized
IN the CONSTRUCTION and ornamentatiOn
- the build.ng. besides % 600 tons 81
steel and 1900 40 bricks.
The station was desI Rned To give the
greatest number ~ lines % circulation
LrldGe over the luAcke Nth enirance. %
: TIE stre@ts on The main aNe~ and 90 al
four slde- In this respect rue building
- unique among the railway stations %
the world. ahOrdinR the mR ximum %
entrance and exit facilities The trackags
+ within this station has a length u sixteen
miles The total length Of platforms add
jac~nt e. trains IL p .5OO feet.
over NJ SInnysidc yard on Long Island
/ provision IL made for running all trains
around loop. pulling their into the coach
cleaning yard az one end and sending them
ont from the other end. thus turning the
entire train and avoiding the necessity for
, switching baggage cars and sleeping
! cars 20 Opposite ends os trains and the
turning 20 combination cars separately
An arrangement - tracks on different
levels enables crOssover movements with
ont grade crossings and eliminates inter
ference with the high speed trafhc This
yard - 5.jOO feet long and $50 feet wide
; embracing l59 acres. II contains ~
miles - track with a capacity for 1850