Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-15
BROOKLYN I. BRIDGE
TERMINAL NOVEL
IMPROVEMENT
New Municipal Building in
Gotham Will House 5000
Workers; Horse Car Re-
turns to Broadway.

New York, Fob. i5.-Ono of the
FIRST places hunted up by visitors 20
Gotham Is az general rule the Brook
lyn bridge, and without question this
mammoth structure is the greatest
e, csorc of any point % interest in
New York city. In the near future.
Instead OF gazing az the barn-llke
s;iuture reaching clear across Park
place, the stranger will look upon the
most Impressive kind OF a terminal
enc which will cost moro than 1880.
0bO. The plans for this Improvement.
hich is embodied In the proposed
establishment OF civic center, show
how the Municipal building, the new
bridge terminal, city Hall Park, with
the old courthouse and the postonice
removed VIII look.
The new municipal building Will
mouse 5000 workers Under Il win be
q four-trnck subway station. with ia
CilitIes for ten-car trains and plat
iorms So arranged that passengers
getting OF trains will not come In
contact with those getting on. Tho
unding WIN have thlrty-iwo clcva-
tors capable 81 sending up a car
every three seconds and with total
capacity az u.s. 00O persons and hour.
10 The right az the Municipal build
hF and connected with IL by passways
ever and under the street win be the
roposed new Manhattan terminal OF
the Brooklyn bridge. the general plans
for which are now made puolic The
details OF the inner workings 81 this
terminal provide for the handling with
ease the immense crowd which uses
the Brooklyn bridge daily The new
iridgo station viii have two tracks
connecting the bridge with the Mu-
niclpsl bGiiding. These viii pass all
most directly over the station. Above
these and on the ground level will
come the two roads. one on cash side,
each passing through an arehod por-
tai ON tho same level persons ieav-
ing the sidewalk viii enter the build.
ing. pass the entire length and 20 the
bridge on wide and spacious passways
without crossing railway tracks De
rCctly over this ground floor passway
aud on the mezzuuine floor the trolley
cars that cross the bridge win unload
their passengers. Eight loop tracks
are tu Zoe provided 10. the trolley cars
each track having separate stalrways
so arranged that incoming and outgO-
ing passengers are not brought into
contact Above an this is the main
tain shed for tho BROOKLYN elevated
railroads consisting Of four tracks
with platforms provided for the sep.
arato loading and unloading OF pas
rongera.
a feature of the new terminal VII
be found on the main train floor
whore moving Btairways viii discharge
al taken from tho ground or mez2e'
nine floor The moving stairway vii
be capable Of taking 1000 persons q
minute and delivering them 90 tbs
train floor level new, Wide foo
Lridge VIII take the place OF the pres
Ont uusightly structure over Parl
Row, structure that Il was neces'
sary to build ln order that throusl
gorvlco could be operated by ~
trains over the bridge.
Tho facade OF tho connection be
tween tho bridge and the Municipa
building viii harmonic with the TIVE
luIlding Il ioins. The new termina
viii cost S2.5G0. 900 and will bc Ia
most impressive part of q transpor
tntlon center not equaled In any cit!
in the world.
Because Jack" has a bad way o.
spending his hard-earncd pile Will
ashore In New York, the Seamen'
Church Institute Is having constructed
at Coentlos slip twelye-story hote
az q cost Of $4,000 when com
plctcd early this spring Il Is hope
t.at Jack" win spend more ~ hi
leisure time lounging Ia the lobble
Of this hotel than on the Bowery o
Ia tondorlOln resorts. THE hotel
rot 90 bee charitable institution. prin
Cipally necausc Jack" a. not the kin
Co look for charity Many Of an
rooms VIII cost ms high as go cents
night which o. golng some for ma
who can hlisstuly curl up and suoi
on plank; but the majority of room
in the sailor ga Regis viii cost
cents They viii contain white en-
ameied be6, two chairs table and
ecker. The wallis ere uied and ga
De- washed down with hose, maxim
cuick, absolutely sanitary cleanin
ln me conccrt han sc auditorium
the mnnaEcm nlt VIII teach FIRST "a
tu the iniurei' ard deliver lecture
Iut greatest OF all and more impor