Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-23
,CARTER DESCRIBES
P. S. TERMINAL PLAN
Continued from First pase.)

ing twenty-five feet frontage on that
thoroughfare near the corner of. Pine
street. Crossing Pine street q 'front.'
age Of 110 feet on the easterly side of
the highway has been secured, and
the terminal property extends along
the northerly line of Boudlnot street
for distance of about 125 feet, mar
rowing down to width of forty-five
feet as 1t reaches Mulberry street.
Thus, in general terms, the terminal
will be included within the area
bounded by Park place, North Canal,
Mulberry and East Park streets.
"A unique, and what | believe will
be a very effective plan, has been
worked out for the handling of cars
and traffic In the terminal building.
The dominant thought has been to
facilitate the movement of cars so as
to give the maximum of efficiency
with minimum of confusion. No
cars will be operated on the surface.
No tracks will enter or leave the prop
erty at the street level in Park place.
The Park place frontage will be oc-
cupied by handsome, substantial
office building of steel, limestone and
terra Gotta. 1t is designed to be eight
stories above the ground, but will be
carried only six stories high at first,
with walls strong enough for the adj
ditional stories when needed. The
building will be utilized entirely for
terminal purposes, and as the home
office of Public Service.
All Cars Under Ground.
80 keep cars off the surface in the
terminals it is planned to bring lines
from the west through a subway into
the building on a sub-surface level,
and lines from the east, north and
sonth by way of Mulberry street on
to the company's property at grade
and have them ascend trestle. cross
ing Pine street overhead and into the
terminal building proper on what may
be called the second floor. The sub
way to the terminal from the west
ward we regard as one of its most
important features. 1t is also one of
the most costly and was decided upon
only after careful study had demon
strated that no other plan co.id be
devised that would afford real relief
and escape the criticism of being a
makeshift proposition, such as would
be the case if an attempt were made
simply to transplant existing con-
gested conditions to some other point
1T is designed to have the west
ward entrance to the terminal ac-
tually begin on Washington street, at
point north Of the Morris canal.
The company will have private
right-of-way extending from Wash
ington street through to Halsey
gfra0t inplf1dfno ha ri ot,,,
flee adjoining the Young Mems Chris
tian Association building, and facing
Cedar street. The plans call for cars
to turn from the north and south off
Washington street into this private
right-of-way and dip into the subway
on per cent. grade. crossing under
meath the surface of Halsey street,
the subway following the line of
Cedar street, crossing Broad street
and continuing beneath the apex of
Military Park and Park place into
the terminal building basement. From
Washington street to Park place the
subway construction is designed for
two tracks. So close to the southern
end of the park do the lines run that
the tracks viii extend for only about
100 feet beneath the parks surface,
and the. width of the proposed SUBJ
way as it reaches the park on the
Broad street side will be not more
than twenty-sevens feet. IT will be
about sixty feet wide on the Park
place side of the park, so as to admit
of switches and special work neces-
sary to provide for five tracks on the
sub-surface or basement of the
terminal
Loop VIII Avoid Confusion.
"Of these five tracks, two will be
for unloading and three for loading,
the cars turning a loop after dis
charging their passengers and being
brought into position for the start of
their outward trips. This loop will
be constructed east of Pine street, its
farthest point being 400 feet from
Park place. 1t will extend under a
small portion of the surface of Bou-
dinot street, this being necessary be-
cause of the size of the curve re-
Quired to turn the cars. Separate
platforms will be provided for each
track. all of which will be long
enough to accommodate several cars
at one time, and independent stair
ways for incoming and outgoing traf-
flc will prevent confusion and mini.
mize crowding. On their outward or
, westward journeys the cars will re.
turn through the subway to the sur
face at Washington street and pro-.