The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-06-23


ing out a many sided problem in
destructive and constructive en-
cheering as gigantic In these days
OF big achievements as was the
laying Of tho blocks OF the Pyramids
on the sands of Egypt
Proud monuments OF the older New
York, which for years were pointed
out as show places, are being blotted
out that greater wonders in architec-
ture may rise from new made beds
deep dug In the city's rocky back In
time they count three years or more
too little to carry the work through;
In money 1t will be millions-$300,O OO,-
600 for one local improvement!
This change is being wrought be-
tween Forty-second and Fiftieth
streets and Lexington and Madison
avenue. 1t is railroad terminal prob
lem primarily, but nowadays a rail
road station is not simply a place
where one buys tickets and takes the
cars-it is a center. heart of munich
pal pulsations and within its zone
there must be everything suggested
by the center, after the manner of the
side shows around the tapping canvas
on the circus grounds.
The Grand Central station lost its
grandeur and 1t had to come down.
Likewise the entire terminal scheme
became pathetically out of date; also
the :03 accommodation and the S:04
suburban and the sos express were
forever engaged in a who's who con-
troversy on the question OF right of
way. And there were other annoy
one Of jumping from quarter of a
century behind the times to a quarter
OF century in advance Of things as
they are. 1t Is being worked out-at
q cost In excess of the entire cost of
the original railroad which made the
first Grand Central possible.
Just now It Is digging problem. A
channel is being dug In the rock from
Forty-second street north to Fiftieth
street as deep and as wide as the
Panama canal cut, and over its lower
end there wiz arch a terminal build
Ing of such grand proportions as to
make the old structure appear insig-
nificant This will be the keystone OF
the general improvement. On each
side Of this building will rise two
others, each larger than the old sta
ton in its entirety. They will con-
form to the general scheme Of archi-
lecture. These buildings, with the ter
minals looping beneath them. on diff
ferent levels, so that the :03 and the
S:04 may not get In the danger light
of each others red lanterns, are
itemized on the financial sheet at
$1S0.o0O.000. Considerable part of the
work has already been done and paid
for Brains, arms and machines are
carrying forward the work still to be
ing; another begins at set OF sun.
Remarkable as this group of build
ings will be. however, they will form
but small part of the great changes
that are to be made In connection
with them. The Park avenue altera-
tons, considered In connection with
the terminal, will complete an i'm
prOVement more tndu ndll mile long.
This new Park avenue, beneath
which will be perfect maze of rail-
road tracks, forming part of the
great terminal system, will be
broad. beautiful street, brilliantly
lighted by electricity and lined on
either side by massive stone struc-
lures of uniform design in architec-
ture.
One of the new buildings already is
in the course of construction. 1t is
the new amphitheater building, which
will extend from Fortysixth street to
Forty-eighth street and from Lexing.
ton avenue on one side to Park ave
nue. on the other.
This will be one of the most Ire
markable buildings In the Xorla In