Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11

the runner may communicate with the
engineer or starter.
There are also removable panels in
each car 80 that in case of a ~stoppage
between floors, passengers may be
transferred with safety to another car.
In addition to the great roomy ele-
vators described above, there is a sys-
tenn of esealators, or moving s~tairways,
from the first to the sixth floor, capable
of carrying 1000 persons per hour.
These escalators run smoothly and
without hitch. 1t is a pleasure to ride
on them.
With such a superior traffic equipment
as Bamberger's have installed in their
new store, it will be an easy matter to
handle 200 900 persons a day!
Greater Bamberger's will be a con-
v~enient store so far as elevators and
escalators are concerned.
A FEW FACTS AND FIGURES.
The following paragraphs embrace
many interesting facts and figures, to-
gether with some comparisons:
There are oyer 1892 square feet of
glass in the new store, or enough to
construct a conservatory the size of a
large city block.
The new building displaees over 121,-
900 cubic feet Of earth. This earth, if
spread over the ground an inch thick,
would W. thirty-Ave acres.
1900 tons of steel were used in the
construction Of the building. 1t would
require $50 fat cars to haul this steel,
and the train would be a mile long. Six
great compound engines would be
needed to haul this gigantic load.
$4,000 feet Of wire tire used for
lighting purposes. If stretched out in
a continuous strand, this wire would
reach a distance Of 100 miles, or from
Newark to Philadelphia and thence to
Wilmington, Del.
There are 5000 feet, or 14H miles,
of steam pipes, enough to carry heat
from Newark to Long Island City.
The combined candle power of the
electric lights exceeds 400 900. If di-
vided into 16 candle-power lamps and
placed at intervals of fifty feet, these
lights would light a roadway 236 miles
long.
The engines in the new store are ca
pable of generating 1000 horsepower.
There are 6,626 feet of wall cases in
| the new store, 1898 feet of show cases,
2,073 feet of counters and 745 tables of
| different sizes. These fixtures, ar
ranged in the order that you would find
them in the average department store,
| would form an aisle one mile long.
There are $4,000 square feet of roof
| space for recreation purposes. Enough
to comfortably accommodate 5000
people.
The new building contains over $780,
900 square feet of floor space, or
twelve acres. If concentrated on a
single floor, the Bamberger store would
cover an area equal to twice the size of
Military Park, or three times the size
of either Washington or Lincoln Park.
THE REST ROOM.
The rest room in the new Bamberger
| store is fit for a queen There are few
stores anywhere that boast of such
| sumptuous Longing quarters. There
are easy chairs and writing desks and
| settees galore. Adjoining this coy
| room is one Of the finest lavatorles IN
I the country. There are fifteen wash
basins in this room, together with thir-
| ty-fve toilets. The walls are of pure
white marble. Adjoining the rest room
is a "silence" room, where tired shop
pers may go for rest and meditation.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE.
Adjoining the rest room is a depart
ment known as the Bureau of Public
| Convenience. Here one may consult
timetables, purchase tickets, send mes
sages and solicit all sorts of informa-
ton. The bureau is in charge of a
corps of competent and courteous
clerks. ~~"~'~
COLD STORAGE VAULTS.
On the eighth floor of the new store
will be found two huge, cold dry air
storage vaults, with a combined capac-
ity of 5000 garments. These vaults are
Of the most advanced type and an even
temperature of eighteen degrees will
be maintained throughout the year. The
Bamberger storage vaults arg among
the best in existence.
GRAVITY CONVEYQRS.