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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19

but the McAd0o Tubes TO New Jersey by
way OF i2d Street ana Sixth Avenue the
Belmont Tube TO Long Island, other sub
ways planned but not yet constructed, and
the elevated and surface lines already In
existence Il will be an island In the center
Of sea OF traluc but one that can DO
reached quickly by score Of routes. Tray
cling will be reduced 10 a minimum Of ain.
Guilty
Tho incoming traveller may have the choice
Of mOny ways In reaching bis destination
in the city. The existing subway lines will
take him TO any part OF New York-the
West Side through the Riverside Drive dis
trict, through the northern limits Of the
city at Van Cortlandt Park or Bronx Park
or to the Wall Street section and 10 Brook.
lyn No other station In the world can be
reached so easily and quickly aud In 80 many
ways for nye.cent fare.
coNyENtENCEs FOR TRAVELLERS,
In u thousand and one ways the new
Grand Central ls going TO be OF enormous
use to even the casual traveller For In.
stance, there Will be q lot Of little dressing
rooms These will be rented for nominal
sum and a man can go Into one Of them
and change into his dress clothes Slthout
hiring room In hotel. For women the
same facilities are TO be offered. There
will bo dressing rooms for them, too. In
these they can change their travelling gowns
for more elaborate costumes. There ls to
be rest room with medical attendance
This will be centrally placed 40 that a per.
son can be taken or can 70 there conye.
ncntly and by many different ways There
will be no lack OF nurses for those taken
suddenly lll aud II necessary a sufferer can
be carried out 10 an ambulance without
being seen by other people
In the matter Of baggage disposal, II 10
Bafc TO say that no terminal In tho world
will have better arranged facilities not
even the Care dorsay In Paris whore tho
baggage is almost entirely handled by ma.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19
TIE STAINLESS STATION.

The new Grand Central, which will be
finished about two years from now, will be
the greatest city gate on earth. One of Its
unique features Is that 1t will be a station
without stalrways, the only one OF the kind
In the world, In place Of the starways
there will be "ramps''-broOd, gently STOP.
lug ways along which the rivers of human
trsftc will aow quickly and safely.
This was decided upon only after months
of study and the most severely practical
tests. In the planning and building Of n
great railway passenger terminal 1t is not so
much q question Of constructing a place for
trains TO run in and out Of easily as II ls
OF getting the people to and from these
trains with the least possible friction. The
human element" Is the biggest problem Of
al! About 25,ooO00O passengers use the
Grand Central every year. The new station
will be able to handle four times that many
comfortably From the streets or subways
they eau reach the trains on even the lowest
level beneath the surface without using
single stairway.
The ramp dc, was first used by the
Romans In their fortified camps so that
chariots could be driven In and out. Only
OF late years has II been employed at all
In buildings and never before in a great
railway terminal on such an extensive
scale. The Grand Central associated archl-
tects, when they drew their preliminary
plans, used the idea to a limited extent.
The plans of this great work are scrutnized
nnd passed upon by several committees
composed Of men who have made life
study OF getting great crowds from the place
where they are to the place where they wish
to go. They are oil specialists In the
human element" side OF rallroadlng, which
Is the big element when millions Of passen.
gers year have TO be moved They realized
the possibilities Of the ramp Idea at once
and seized upon It. They studied ramps
wherever they could find them. They
watched people by the hour passing up and
down them They ascended and descended
amps themselves over and over again. Then
these Intensely practical men, realizing that
they had hold OF the biggest application Of
the ramp Idea that had ever been attempted,
In handling vast crowds in the greatest rail-
way passenger station in the world, went
to work and had one ramp after another
built and torn down. These experimental
ramps we're made on different grades--dlf.
ferent percentages OF inclination. Some
aloped upward at the rate Of 3 feet In every
hundred others at the rate OF II or IL.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19
OFFICIALS AS RAMP EXPERTS.

OFFICIALS AS RAMP EXPERTS.
Among them are men of every physical
type that Is to be found in the average run
Of railway passengers. Some are tall, some
short. some fat and some lean Some are
young and some are past middle age. Grips,
dress suit cases and all sorts Of hand bag
gage we're provided. These pleces were
packed and weighted to the maximum that
they would be in the hands Of any traveller
trying to compress the most travelling
equlpage into the smallest space. one after
another, over and over again. these men Of
the committees would pick up a grip or dress
suit case and walk from one end Of the ramp
TO the other as though they were hurrylng
from their trains TO catch a street car.
Then they would walk back again as II they
were hurrying to make their train. Then
they would try It with two heavily loaded
suit cases, one In ench hand. After each
experiment they would dictate to the accom-
panylng secretary full report Of just how
their moving rapidly up and down these
slopes impressed and affected them. Other
records were kept as to the length OF the
inclined ways, the time 1t took to traverse
them and the weight carried by each Of
the committee. Then women were called
upon to aid In the experiments The Cen
tral employs a considerable number In var
lous capacities. Typical women were selected
and asked to make the same tests. There
were tall aud short, fat and lean among
them also and they too carried hand bag
gage OF varying weights. They were asked
to give absolutely frank Impressions Of their
utmost care.
It was by these absolutely practical tests
that the best gradient Of these inclined ways
was ascertalned and decided upon. 1t was
found that n rise OF 8 feet in 100 was
hardly noticeable to anyone carrying heavy
hand baggage, and this grade was Fixed upon
as the maximum that should be used. OF
course, the percentage Of the grade is con.
troled somewhat by the physical require
ments of the buildlng-the space available
and so on. Whenever possible the grades
are only 3 or per cent.
TO HANDLE 10000 PASSENGERS AN HOUR
In this way the problem was solved
When the new Grand Central Terminal Is
completed a passenger can get or train
ut the lowest level and reach the street out
side without mounting n single step. The
present Grand Central accommodates 10000
passengers day; the new Grand Central
can take care OF 10000 in an hour which
Is fully twice the carrying capacity OF Pad
dngton Station, London, which Is supposed
to be the largest station In the world In
point of passenger traffic handled. The new
Grand Central could not do this easily and
safely IL It were not for these systems Of
ramps. They are so arranged that the
crowds Of people going to suburban or to
through trains never come In contact with
each other or with those coming from trains
The limo OF the ramps is always n straight
line. The crowd moves oil In one direction,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19

As fast as each one Of these was constructed
these mighty men In the railroad world went
out and tested them for themselves. They
did not get a lot of employees to walk up
and down them and have scientists make
elaborate calculations as to the exact
amount of potential energy expended, but
each by actual experience tried to excel the
other in becoming ramp specialist.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19

= Time Is one Of the most important things
In the world, especially In great railway
passenger terminal which Is the gateway
for millions Of travellers every year. Tho
station has TO be so arranged that the vast
army OF people who use Il day after day can
pass to and from their trains with the
utmost ease and in the least possible time,
This problem has been solved by the New
York Central Lines. Their New Grand Cen.
tral Terminal In New YORK City will be u
station without stalrways
That Is why, when passengers debark in
the new Grand Central station, they will
find that the landing platforms begin to rise
gently before they get up to the head Of
the train they have arrived on. They viii
not see the locomotive that pulled them, nor
will they SEQ the baggage cars, because the
platform viii have risen above the level Of
the cars before they have walked that far
The new Grand Central will be the largest
railway terminal in The world-more than
twice az large in every way than anything
that Is even planned as yet. The dem
ollton Of the old terminal and the
construction OF the new one have been car
rled on without iiiterruptng or delay
ing the movement Of 10000 passengers and
400 trains n day. At no time since the
operations began have the facilities for han
ding passengers been reduced. Even now
the waiting room OF the temporary terminal
on Lexington Avenue Is larger than 1t was
In the old station, and there Is greater con-
course space and a larger number of tracks
IN use than at any time since the station
was opened In 1871.
Instead OF single structure, this new
gateway to New York city will be a group
of magnificent buildings. But all the ma
chlnery Of this vast terminalthe signals,
the tracks and the hundreds Of tralns-wlll
never be seen from the street They win be
no more in evidence than the elevators In a
great Office building are,
This terminal marks a new era in the ver-
scsl building OF railroads, Modern terml-
mails in great cities must be below the street
level hereafter This has been made possible
by the supplantlng Of steam with electricity
1t has been made necessary by the high
price Of New Yorl, city real estate. The cost
OF producing the space for one car exclusive
OF the cost OF the statlon) is about 100000.
The new terminal viii have four levels
where the old had one. The gallery on the
grade Of 42d Street will be the top level.
Uhe next win be the concourse, which is on
the level Of the AZ tracks that will handle
the through trains. This will connect with
the subway lines on the third level will
be the % tracks for the suburban trains,
aud underneath these running east and
west, under 43d and 45th Streets, will be
' subways for handling the inbound and out
bound baggage
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19

10 feet below the grade OF 42d Street. It
connects only with outbound trains Tho
arriving concoutse viii be on the easterly
side Of the building. ON the suburban track
level will be another coucourse. Each will
have independent exits and entrances.
LOOKING FORWARD.
It is probable that several magnificent
hotels will form part Of the group OF monu-
mental buildings that will rise above the
tracks adjacent to the terminal II tho
traveller decides to stop at any OF these or
at some other near by, he viii be able to pass
directly thlther Without going into the street
at all or climbing any steps. HIS baggage
will be whlsked underground and will reach
his room almost as quickly as he will.
It Is impossible 90 say how long this
huge terminal n likely to meet the sltua-
tlon. TIE old Grand Central, which was
thought sufficient for a hundred years, was
outgrown In eis than 40. To-day New
York has a population Of nearly 100000.
Young men Of % day may live to see Il a
city Of 100000 The rest Of the country
Is growing apace, All this means that year
by year more aud more millions OF people
will pass through this gigantic gateway
that we have been building No man can
say when the day will come that they win
begin to crowd and jostle each other In
passing and yet a bigger gateway Will have
to be built
THE rHEATER or GREAT EVENTS.
The Grand Central OF the future will bs
Ike lts predecessor what les name implies,
A great center of the clty's lie, II will 10
tho thcatcr Of historical events The old
structure which Is now no more is rich In
Ms memories. The old Grand Central has
welcomed every President OF the United
States since II was built Hardly a foreign
dIgnltary has visited this county who has
not passed through Its portals. lt has been
the center OF distribution OF every great
celebration that the City Of New York has
known for two acore years
There Is no place in the world where the
human currents meet and cross and mlngle
In such volume as at the Grand Central.
lt Is one OF tile great crossroads OF the
world 1t Is safe to say that II man should
walt there long enough he would be pretty
sure to meet everyone he knew aud to see
every famous parsonage In North America.
II Is like the gateway OF one OF the ancient
wallod cltes--eycryone, from one end Of the
land to the othdr, passes through It soonw
or later
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19
SOME srArIsrIcs.

To those who like figures, the following
statistics win be Of interest Tho total area
Of the Old terminal was % acres; that OF
the new will be 10 acres, or an Increase OF
about $50 per cent. The old terminal had
a capacity Of SOC cars the capacity OF tho
new will be Lac cars,
The station building proper will be coo
fcot on the street level, 800 feet Wide aud
1O5 feet high Below the street level It Will
be 7i5 feet long, $50 feet Wide and l5 feet
deep, $4,000 tons Of steel viii bo used In
the construction OF the new terminal,
Tho main concourso will bo entered from
AGA Street II will be 100 feet wide and
100 feet high. The door level will be about
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19
The FIRST GRAND CENTRAL STATION, WHERE
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN L5N0M GOULD Be
PLACED IN THE EXPRESS CONCOURSE
or TAE NEW TERMINAL

chlncry The whole fourth level OF the sta
ton VIII ba devoted to the baggage subways,
through which the trunks and bags Of pas
sengcrs can be taken to the transfer station
or direct TO the outward.bound trains The
passenger need have no thought Of his In.
cumbranccs once he has got his ticket or
surrendered his check when he buys his
ticket, he passes on TO the next counter,
from which check and tickets are sent by
pneumatic tube to the baggage room and re.
turned after checking by the same means,
This new system has been IN operation in
tho temporary Lexington Avenue terminal
for some time.
The New York Central desgnates many
Of It's trains by specific names as well as by
numbers This, also, ls 20 help the passen.
gers. A train which Is not named, but only
numbered, seldom sticks In the minds Of
travellers. The Twentieth Century Limited,
the New Yorker, the Empire State Express,
and n dozen other famous trains are e1.
amplos Of this. Consequently, II has been
determined to carry out tho policy Of nam
Ing trains to n stll greater extent than is
now In force-all with the purpose Of sim.
pllfylng the travellers task OF getting from
place TO place, In and out OF stations, at as
little trouble as possible TO himself.
The railroads experts have spent years In
studying the various questions mingled to.
gcther In the construction Of this huge gate.
way tor the millions The problem that they
have been solving has been to build ter
mnul 30 that any man who has never been
In New York before, never been outside Of
his little home town In the Middle West,
perhaps, will ind no difficulty, will feel no
sense Of Insecurity or bewIderment, In get.
ting from his incoming train to his ultimate
destination, no matter whore that may be,
All he will have to do viii bo to follow the
crowd and ask question II he Is iu doubt.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19
THE GRAVITY IDEA.

The outwnrd.bound crowds, which are the
most difficult kind to handle In any great
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19

10 feet below the grade OF 42d Street. Il
connects only with outbound trains. Tho
arriving concoufse will be on the easterly
side Of the building, ON the suburban track
level will be another concourse. Each will
have independent exits and entrances.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-04
April Session April AZ
sEATTLE's Ex-cH1EF ARRESTED
Result of Graft Probe Made by Grand
Jury.

Seattle.-Former Chief of Police
Charles w. Wappenstein was arrested
at his home Saturday on warrant.
charging bribery and based on an in
dictment returned by the graft grand
jury The Indictment charges that
Wappenstein received $4,000 from
Gideon Upper and Clarence Gerald,
saloonkeepers and members of the So
called vice syndicate which is alleged,
to have enjoyed exclusive gambling,
white slave and other vice privileges
during the administration of Hiram
c. Gill, the recently recalled mayor,
and former Chief of Police Wappen-
stein, who went out of Office stimuli
taneously with Gill.
Wappenstein was taken to his at
torney's Office and bail of $4,000 fur
nished,. the bond being signed by two
wealthy owners of saloons and hotel
property.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-04
JEWELSARE MISSING
STATEROOM ON AN ATLANTIC
LINER ROBBED OF OVER
$l4O,O0O WORTH.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Drummond Are the
Losers as the Result-Were Kept in
Cabinet Except When Wearing =!
Mystery Unsolwed by Police-Thor-
ough Search Made by Customs. =.

New York, Feb. 27.-ALrs. Maidwin
Drummond, formerly Mrs Marshall
Field, Jr., of Chicago, was robbed of a
fortune in jewels last night aboard a
transatlantic liner. Diamonds, pearls
and other gems to the value of approx
imately $4,000 disappeared from her
stateroom on the steamship Amerika of
the Harburg-American line some time
between $3.50 o'clock last evening and
$3.50 this morning.
The loss was reported Immediately
the liner locked at Hoboken, this aft
ernoon, and the police of Heboken and
New York are working on the case.
Mrs. Drummond hurried to the Hotel
Plaza, declining to discuss her loss
The Hamburg American line disclaims
all responsibility on the ground that
passengers leaving jewels in their
staterooms do so at their own risk
A wireless message sent from the
Amerika as she neared port summon
ed detectives down the bay in a tug.
They learned details of the theft from
Mrs. Drummond and began a combined
search of the ship and of the crew.
But not trace of the jewels was
found. Mrs. Drummond explained that
except that while she slept at night
she had worn the jewels almost con
stantly, but had kept them under her
waist, not displaying them at any time.
Last night, on retiring, she placed
them in a cabinet drawer of the state
room, as she bad done each night dur
ing the voyage. So far as she knows,
none had access to the stateroom, she
added, besides her husband, herself and
her maid. Arising early today to make
her toilet she was startled to find the
drawer empty. The captain of the
vessel was notified and quiet inves-
LEGATION was begun before an aerogram
called police authorities from shore.
Stewards and stewardesses were ques-
toned closely and their clothes and be
longings searched, and when the detec-
tives arrived there were quiet inquiries
among the 13s frst-cabin passen gers
aboard.
As not a clue was developed how
ever, the customs authorities were -ap-
pealed to, and under guise of baggage
inspection every ones luggage was
sifted thoroughly, but so far as could
be learned, not even suspicion was
found
Mrs. Drummond could give no hint
which would aid the authorities, but
she believes the stateroom door was left
unlocked during the night.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-04
Hermit Dynamited himself.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 27.-Amysteri-
Gus explosion, which Thursday last
shook Lents station, a suburb of Port
land, so severely that the residents
generally believed an earthquake had
occurred, was explained today by the
finding of parts of a human body on
Wilson creek, over a mile away. The
body is almost beyond doubt that Of
George Collier, a hermit, who lived in
the vicinity and who has not been seen
since Wednesday. Collier is said tC
have threatened suicide.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-04
Logan Must Hang.

Frederick William Jahns, alias James
f. Logan, who was convicted a year
ago for the killing of his German
housekeeper, Mrs. Agnes J. Jansen, and
afterwards burning the body in a
funeral pyre of pitch pine logs, at mid
night on a lonely deserted mountain
ranch near Bissell, Wash, October 2s,
1909, was sentenced by Judge d. H..
Carey of the Stevens county superior
court to the extreme penalty of the
law. The execution takes place on
April 21 at Walla Walla.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-04
PREMIER BRAND RESIGNS.
French Cabinet Tires of Opposition
From Radical Socialists.


Paris, Feb. 2s.-Premier BRAND and
his associates in the French cabinet re-
signed on Monday.
The premier, for the first time in his
brilliant career as the controlling in
huenee in the government of France,
found himself on shifting sands.
The premier's friends describe him
as sick of it; all worn out physically,
and weary in spirit over the chickering's
and petty distractions.
But beyond the matter of his per-
sonal inelinations there was the unaues-
toned weakening of the premier s
power and of confidence in his ministry.
The socialists have never forgiven
the premier for modifying the extreme
ecclesiastical views which he cham
pioned when he entered public life.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-04
EXPLOSION AT THE DALLEs, ORE.
Dead and Injured Men Were in the
Employ of Contractor on Gov
eminent Work.

The Dales, Ore, March -Four men
are missing and are believed to be dead
and six are suffering from serious in
juries at local hospitals today, following
an explosion of 5000 pounds of dynamite
aboard a scow anchored opposite the
Seuferts cannery, on the Columbia river.
The men were in the employ of Robert
Wakefield of Portland, who has a con
tract with the government to blast rock
from the channel of the Columbia river.
No explanation has been given of the
cause of the accident, which occurred
while another crew were preparing to
blast a rock near the point where the
scow was anchored.
The missing
r. L. SEAGRAVES, The Dalles. leaves
widow, two children, one aged two days.
JOHN SALLO and G. A. HEINO.
drillers
- GATES, steam drill operator.
When the dynamite exploded, the three
men, since missing, were blown into the
river. The seow sunk almost instantly.
Those injured were in the cook house
ashore. Forty-four men were employed
nearby, but all escaped