Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-18
r. S. c. TERMINAL
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Park Place Structure Will Be
One of Handsomest in
City.
sEDDEN CO. GETS
CONTRACT FOR WORK
81
Newark Concern Will Erect
Building at Cost of More
Than 100000.

Nine acres of floor space are pro-
vided for in the plans for the Park
'--n1ace trolley terminal of the Public
Service Corporation, made public to-
isday With limestone fronting on
X, three sides of the main building. the
4 lstructure will be one OF the hand
4 soonest in the city.
X The contract for building the ter
ttf1inal was awarded yesterday after
i,noon to the Hedden Construction
Accompany. The building will cost
I,,about $1,000 600. On the south side OF
athe main building, in Park place, is
directors Theatre, and on the north
aside the American Insurance build
.,,,fng The walls of the Public Service
.,sterminal facing these buildings will
be of plain brick as high as the roofs
ref the adjoining structures. Above
these roofs the Public Service plan of
!, limestone fronting will be carried out.
"a Including the subway, the con-
course. which will be at the ground
l,level and the elevated train floor, the
lsnew building will provide nearly nine
;acres of floor space for Public Ser
Nice activities. Above the elevated
train floor the structure will rise six
the corporation and its affiliated rail
way, gas and electric companies.
The subway will provide ingress
and egress from the west. and gas
and electric showrooms will adjoin
'--rife concourse proper on the main
floor Cars from the east and south
will enter and leave the building by
means of an incline and overhead
trestle from Mulberry street looping
at the Park place end OF the building.
Third Floor Plans.
The third floor will be given over TO
the Essex division and local CONNER
cial offices and accounting depart
+ n1ent Here will be located the new
business agents, heads of commercial
departments, solicitors and bookkeep-
ers.
The treasurer's department will be
! located in the Park place front of the
. fourth floor. This includes offices for
the general auditors of the gas and
electric companies. The auditors &C
counting department will be quar-
tered on this floor also At the East
Park side will be an assembly hall.
50x56 feet. and the superintendent of
the building and his departments will
have the North. Canal street side of
the fourth door On the fifth floor will
he the general manager of the gas
company and his staff with a
edfaughting room at one end of the
building and general stenographic
department at the other each being
about 42x47 feet. The publicity agent
will also be duartered on the Park
place frontage and the rest of the en-
tire floor will be given over to the
general auditor of the railway com
spany and his staff
= Railway offices will occupy the front
.of the. sixth floor. where the general
manager assistant general manager,
general superintendent, engineer,
maintenance of way. and other heads
of departments viii hold forth On
the East Park street side will be the
North Canal street wing the local
claim department. One floor higher
mp. the seventh. will be used by the
general legal department. the law H.
brary and the real estate department
on the Park place front, with the gen
eral claim department, the welfare
department and the technical library
In the East Park street wing, and the
general manager and the executive
and operating stats of the electric
company in the North Canal street
wing.
At the northwest corner of the
sefghth floor will be the presidents Of
nee, with the directors room in the
rear Adjoining the former will be
the offices of the presidents secre-
fary, the vice-presidents, the general
agent, the franchise bureau the secre-
tary and the assistant secretary in
the order named. On this floor also
will be the legal department of the
claim department, Committee and
conference rooms and accommoda-
tons for the executives clerks will
be provided on this floor. Here also
are to be the dining rooms when oc-
easion calls for it's use. The neces-
sary serving rooms will be provided,
and a departure from the present
building will be found in two COM
Portable fitted lounging rooms, one for
men and the other for women en-
ployes. These will be 21xs0 feet and
located in the North Canal street
wing.
Model Kitchen.
~ Raised above one portion of the
roof, as it were will be a modal cleo
trIcaily and gas equipped kitchen,
where the food served the employees
will be prepared. Adjoining the kitch-
en- will be a steriIizing and ice ma
chine room, a butchers room, chefs
room. cooks lockers and other ac-
commodations. These rooms will
have cork tile floors and enamel
brick walls.
Every department will be provided
with ample vault space and there
will be several batteries of elevators.
The whole structure will be as near
fireproof as 1t can be made.
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