New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
Has Nearly a. Mile of
Concrete Platforms
AT TIE WEST END OF THE
STATION PLATFORMS.

Of tho biz new thorouGhfarcs will ho
| Foley and Mature avenues
No trains will have 10 he shuntcd back
ward to get on the proper tracks; the
movement Of trains Will he over forward.
| Vt the old station some electric cast
! bound trains after reaching that point.
have to bc backed 80 they can be
switched 10 tracks which will bring them
to their destination.
The five platforms Of tho now station
arc each nl feet long. Nm idea Of their
! longth may Doe had from the fact that n
! the southerly end Of one OF tho platforms
were at 25,h street add Madison avenue
the northcrlv end wou'd hc about = hun
bred feet south of 31st street. Thus each
platform is about four and half blocks
long. their total length being nearly
mile.
Tho aVerace width of tho platforms ~
twenty-five feet, All Of them are made
~ concrete sp.lcs. which form of con
s'ruction is considered to he rather novel
The cost Of maintenance ~ the new
station platforms is practically nothing
! compared To that OF the composite type
/ 81 wood. store and steel Moreover. they
are so laid that there will ne no jar Of
/ approaching or passing trains
/ Eight trains-four eastward and four
westvard-may be dispatched at the same
moment with no confusion among per
| sons seeking trains at Jamaica.
| Tho train viaduct is reached from the
! station proper bv steps leading ia g mez-
canine floor on the mczzaninc floor are
short fights Of stairs each hight opening
ON 10 a different platform. At the base Of
the stairs VIII be signs indicating the
/ stations at which the trains will stop.
Every feasible plan has been adopted
which will help persons to board quickly
and safely the trains thcy want
/ The station building is six stories. is OF
steel and concrete construction and is alb
solutely hreproof only the floors being
wood Five floors viii be used for offices
, The building was put up from plans by
Kenneth NJ Murchison, the estimated cost
, being $4,000.
, Steel canopies extend over the entire
! length of the platforms.
| In the work Of raising the tracks over
/ 2.5100N cubic Yards Of dirt will be re-
/ quired for filling purposes. Coincden,ally
| with this work the tracks of the Wading
/ River branch, at SyosSet. are being
/ Strengthened.
The Jamaica Improvements also include
the remodelling Of the Morris Park wards.
/ So far the yards have been enlarged,
/ more tracks have been placed there. and
bigger coalng station. As well as build
/ inss for trainmen. car cleaners and other
railroad workers.
| At Rockawav Road an undergrade
crossing Will be built Another similar
crossing viii be at Beaver street.
| In order TO provide for commuters and
other persons who now find the present
old station most conveniently located and
who would have far way to walk To
the new station from their homes or
places Of business a Union Hall street
station s being built. At that station
not only electric local trains but through
electri' trains to and from Hampstead
W ~ arrive and depart That station viii
serve the easterly sections Of Jamaica.
Al Maure avenue what j. SAID 10 he the
largest concrete retaining beam has been
/ built II is 20 feet long
Credit is due for the planning and
carrying out Of this great railroad enter
! prise to Ralph Peters. president of the
! Long Island Railroad. J.. V. Morris. chief
/ engineer Of tn" jamaica improvement.
and J. Il. Savage. chief engineer OF the
/ Long Island Railroad.