The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-28


View York " special Correspond
snceD = II Henry Hudson, back in the
seventeenth century, had stood on
TIE bank Of the river he named, drop
ping dollar every Minute, night
and day, into the big stream IN today
---over 800 years later, he would not
have deposited AS many iron men
as ii cost to build the world = largest
railroad station. which has just been
completed here In the nations rle-
tropolls.
For the Pennsylvania Station in
Gotham 'slogiral bnsinesscenteralone
cost large sum over 100000, 600.
The massive steel tunnels, running
beneath the bed Of the Hudson River
and into the terminal, cost a sum as
great or greater than the statioliiselt
'rhe gigantic tubes. poiSed through
the muck and rock beneath the
Hudson Rivers bed, after decades OF
deliberation, link the New Jersey
bank Of the Hudson with Manhattan
Islandand preserve the Pennsylvania s
famous short cut between western
c..ies and New York
A nations wealth expedited 50 you,
reader. wifboNt lei.vir the llixprioua
train YOU board instileiM'tst, can step
from yonr Pullman INTO the heart 81
New York
The station, itself the greatest con
strnetion feat ia the worlds building
history, occupies four New York City
square bloc ks. Thestation ssituationi
ideal from the travellers standpoint,
lies between 9TH aud 9Th Avenues aad
slst and SD Streets lin the vortex OF
New York s business whirl-.hecenter
of Gotham S shopping, theater, hotel
and business district.
An army of workmsn, toiling tire
lessly week in and week oti!, month IN
and month out, for several years.
have at last given hefinishing touches
that preceded throwing open the
magnificent edifce 10 the nation 5
travelling pubic.
Digging the site for the station wa
alone one Of the greatest engineerins
feats in history, for the construction
officials were compelled 70 hew out OF
solid rock what practically amountea
10 an ordinary townsite.
Three :aillion cubic yards Of rocA
was bla-tcd ont to depth OF 81 Zee
81 The center OF New York to maks
way for the gigantic terminal.
ews of the marvcioas engineering
fca. reaeiled the ears Of New Yorker
long after its accomplishment; ever
sldents az the Immediate 1eighbor
foo.l being apparently unacquainief
with the fact thai one Of the creates
constructian achievements in tn
sorId's historywas being carried cut
Bearing immense cargoes Of rock
Sesws carried away the residue an
aeoosited il around Government
Isaad off Battery Park.
Two tons Of dynamite were used II
thc operations.
vhe digging out of the solid roc
was necessary 50 that the lowest leNe
az the station would meet ctthe entranc
~ he tunnels as they emerge fror
beneath the HUDSON,
Halt = million persons daily wi
pas Through the station coming int
and teasing New York, for J 450 train
loads Of human freight are 20 be dan
unloaded into The teiinlnai,
The tremendous size Of the static
ras, be realized by people who hav
never szen II by the 3act that 10 pa
scnccr trains can be nnloaded at IN
same time. There arc.Zl tracks with
Tie depot. On each side Of each plat
form, iii possible to draw up sixtraln
al d time ior unloading purposes, thu
absolutely abolishing the usual Cor
gestion ai5out large passenger Sta
tion. Immediately upon opening III