I i mm I Ii i i r k NATIONS ISLAND METROPOLIS LI LITO LINKED I 1 TO MAINLAND BY TUNNELS r 1 rl g f I l r r f il j r t NEFY uc P J Jf f t t STilTON flEt Y 4 v 11 r t J JL i it t h 4 p f L ii 1 1 W Wu I If 4 1 f lIt I Ir I J t r rI u Ii 1 1 n hI I i t i Y YI i r m I lI f T 1 4 L p f t C I t I j 1 t iI iII t t A s sl sf JI IF IFt 1 l lt t Y t v L Li i j J f t r q Ii V It f 1 l 1 d t t j t lOa t ti k t 1 i l i a 3 tr trI r i l vl h t i tI I it l 0 r 4 r ri I i f w f 1 1 j j jf 4 ii I f t j jI i 1 r f I I V II IIA III I a A j tt 1 i f t I I H I r 1 tt 14 e V t h PM Nr w rF A I t J 1 f J JI r r lei t tI fl m I i Ii Y 14 f t jp J r s b r ri i if c j i Ii IiI I v ve I 1 t f k t N I I 1 tn It 4 e I t y 1 n J P Or eV k a rr if d 1 ate t If t I tN I t tr ea DX Oy ROBERTUS LOVE LOVEI v I I IC I 1 II it I 1 HE approaching cn t 1 doun Lf f r rI r r I t t the ilia a la railroads In r s I l v I I j n nw flew w terminal facilities In New NewYork Newt t t l York fork city U Iu I a matter of ot In Interest ill ft r I I tenet terest to every arry ry citizen of ot the ilia United i I j State Already a 1 few tew Ut te t train trains have 1 j I been run through the tunnels tunnel now I i 11 1 quite completed and It Ii Ia I i i 1 t I i 1 s d that a the regular train will be W run runt t t tt n 1 I nine fling by April 1 I wall lIe by midsummer 1 t l Ii r of ot this IMi year lr th Ih the nil terminal system rs j Ib di rl I I tem rem yard and ell all 11 will willlie willi i i 1 I j I lie I h iriel Ind rl of train deity dally I 1 I will be I h II nark hark und and forth through If EI I i this trig nt Ic weave of underground I I 1 river riven under cities riU i beneath the Ih keels keele nf of seagoing In ships Id p i I 4 i beneath the lh Ih foundation of ot kaora r I I i I i building build I n g w 11 i d Do rou you know what this his will vIII w mesa mean H I i f I s j It will mean menn that passenger re can cen Hoard board j I f t i f I j n 1 train at sl San Ren Francisco and ride rile rilei I t j through t r nuh R without change to by byway I r t WRY way WR nf of New Sw York It will mean man that J I J the lit fit U ul on or the oan may t I 1 I 1 1 q t i h board bard a 1 train In either of or those tI cilia i i and rid Into Inlo the throbbing heart of or orI 4 I e j 1 j Manhattan island Ilant the central borough I of or the th new world worlds without j i 1 J 1 I i having to 10 be hi ferried sore the Hud ton son on river a heretofore It will moon moan I that persons ron on living along a R y one of 0 the hundred d and more railroad lines J I 1 I that are In or Ot that articulate I I late alto lIh the tar Ih Pennsylvania system ItI I 3 may m d do 1 t 11 i l I Tunnels Tunnel Succeed SueMe Ferries Ferrte Ferri i I 1 At prini only one on railroad nan has n R j I Ii i t i I pa tv r rotation station on our Manhattan It L I II Lt t I rl i t f i land In is I the Ih eh New Nw York Central I fly Dy a ehl anal agreement une I Ii r 1 other mud mild I th iii hi New w York New Now Haven r d and Hartford as It its and ami ter terminal tera I a I I minal minas put Hut alt all other railroad rall leading lading I co to New Ne York from north south couth and anil I Ii 7 west treat eat have hR their terminal terminals across the I I I ti I w river necessitating more or j lees tedious ferriage Now the Penn Ienn PennI I i with an n articulation of ot lines linen II I d reaching the remotest corners corner nf nt the It i I 1 t d j republic and with nearly nearl miles mil f t railroad 1 belonging to t o Its own eye eyer ys t i r i iv 1 I mg In n S a n nt work of or track tracks Into ili Ih n I r rt of ct t the bas nation U b on the i eye ve e of t nl HUB gag f Improvements improvement which will Kill put Manhattan Island bland and Long Island bland politically pra speaking peaking on the tho mainland of or the continent It b 1 upon Manhattan and the eastern end nd of ot Long Island bland that the principal portion portions of or tho the second greatest city olt In Inthe Inthe inthe the world are built Whoa When the Penn people were thinking out their plans plane for tor these th new terminal Improve Improvements ments mente they thy figured that the metropolitan tan area meaning the section within a nineteen mile radius of or the these city hall hallIn hallIn hallIn In New Na York would havn hav people p by b 1913 and by 1920 Roughly estimated this area now haa shout about considerably more than of or whom reside In the city of ot Greater Crest er New hew York YorkI It If these computations are re correct j jand I I and conditions condition seem Hem to Justify them I New York within ten years year ears will wm be the I most mt populous city on the Globe The i Pennsylvania lute has been ben building not merely for tor the th present but for the fu ru future rulure lure jute with It Its Inevitably vaster valter volume Glume of lit truffle Istria When rhen one on U is I confronted by bythe byl I the Ih statement that thane HIM new terminal terminals i have cost Mt the railroad company oem ny from fron to the ap st 1 r i pro varying v to 10 t n that extent i tone one on I Is III astounded at al the figure figun What Does Doea It coat rost A hundred Milton dollars dollar to toi 1 i build a new nw depot And bore a few rew tun tune nets And It a wild waste of ot I money Tee Yec It costs cost that much when I Ithe I Ube the acquisition of or the nece necessary ary land landis I jl Is counted In and It would be he reckless I extravagance It If the improvements Improvement were i placed anywhere el else 1 e In America save the heart of ot the city of or New Nw York Center of th the World I For Nor whether you like ilk New York or I not gentle gentl reader whether you OU ever sew cow co w the place or never want wan t to coo seo Se It i i whether r you 01 are Rr prejudiced reasonably or unreasonably against Its people Ople and end It its spirit New York this moment Is la tho the greatest city ell In the world orld commercial ly Ir and though Ics lese than London In population It pt tar far surpass se that city r Ily IlyIn t Y YIn In push puh and enterprise N Nw w York has been termed the center of the world It should hould be remembered that Y New NewYork ew York 1 Is a II Mecca not only for rr Euro Europeans Europeans but hut for tor American Americana that thet Its cosmopolitan population comprises comprise people eOple J from every state In the Union and nd that the men who really rally rII run New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and who have raised rei tn the city to premier Importance are aro not the na natives tives but settlers settler from smaller maller American communities This state stat statement tat ment hold hoide good In almost every evel branch of or Industrial and professional life me It la is because bu of or this essential ea and In Insistent greatness of or New Nw York tl that t the Pennsylvania railroad hai hn ha not noth h hesitated In spending lI a hundred mil reil million million lion dollars dollar to overcome cal ob obstacle stacle and run ram its It train trains right Into the vitals vital of or the metropolis Ten years rears ago the late Ite at A J president president dent of or the th Pennsylvania stood tood at t the terminal I nal In Jersey Jery city 11 and looked aero across the Hudson lie If H said Mid to an as associate I find nod this sweeping river of ot our railroad commerce stopped topped short of or It Its Ita natural outlet by b another kind of or a river lee lea 1 than u w mile wide wId a Our In Inevitable Inevitable inevitable evitable objective la le I the largest and andt most t Important city of or the country We stand on our lost last railroad tie with within in view of or It U and cannot roach reach It We Wo must find and a way to cross crOlla Dream Fulfilled Thus Thu was born CU dream now nearly realized eight years year rs after atter actual work was waa begun Mr Cash U Ia deed dead 1 but hi his work ha has been taken laken up by hi his successor James Jam McCrea McCre and nd carried to au A way wa to cross cran was wu the core ere of or the difficulty Engineer Engineers have turned It Into n a tunnel core and the way wa Ii is found Very modern conditions have made mado this pos possible It would be utterly Impracticable In to run train trains drawn by team steam locomotives locomotive through six Ix mile miles of or tunnels tunnel The electric en n R tIne ins ha lies hall solved this flita part of or the ilia problem problem lem Recent Improvements Improvement In machin machinery ery er Y and methods method for rr tunneling made It possible fIlble to bore holes hI 0 ca under the rivers river and the t he city Fitted with big steel teel tubes In sections firmly mortised to together together together gether and Incrusted with a two foot toot Inner layer of or cement these the tunnel tunnels are a as sound and safe we n as any similar space In the outside world i The Tho Pennsylvania has bas two tunnels tunnel i under the Hudson river and four under the East Eat river th the latter carrying It Its trains to the enormous yards yard on Long Island bland The river tunnels tunnel run I under the city clI of or Hoboken on tho the west westshore shore hore before reaching the river Do no neath the entire width of or Manhattan Island at et almost Its Ile It widest part pa th the tho a tunnel tunnels go co so that nobody will see eo a Pennsylvania train In New York except ex except except below the tho magnificent pink granite gran granite granlie ite lie station at Seventh av avenue av enu enne and end street treet This station area ha has sixteen miles I of ot railroad tracks track The building Itself I is 77 feet fat long feet wide 69 feet teet i high IIlah above bo ground In the main though It ha hs bee a central dome over the main 1 walling waiting room roan which Hse ri feet reet above bore ground The Tho tracks track are forty feet teet beneath the street lev I and the principal part art of er the big depot I Is below ground around Th The main waiting room roomI Is I 77 feet fat long feet teet wide and ISO 1101 I feet tet from floor finer to ceiling The station and area occupy four tour city elty block blocks which were covered with build buildIng loge Ing when the land lan l wo was acquired For several years year the biggest hole ever ner blasted In the tho midst of or any city Ity I Iha ha h has been slowly giving place to this granite railroad station which I Is a athing j thing of ot beauty and promises promise to be a aJoy ajo ajay I Joy jay jo until some somo future day da when the I t stupendous metropolis will III have out outgrown outgrown outgrown grown It utterly The Th building Is la con cone constructed j after atter the tho Roman noman Porte Doris style of or architecture It its 1111 seeds facade colonnades colonnade j jand and nd general genral aspect giving It the ap ape appearance pf and cr of ot a gigantic exposition pal IseI palace palace ace Sc Rut nut exposition palaces palace are re built of ot flimsy stuff while this permanent and substantial one I la Is made of or Mil MII Milford t ford rd granite Some Somo of or the Interior taco fac facing ing of ci r the tho waiting room rooms wall walls are ere of or marble taken from the bed bd of or the th Tiber and the catacombs catacomb of or Rome nome a n feet fact that Ihal gives added aesthetic Interest to the structure All Long Lang island liland a Suburb The two extra tunnels running to Long Island bland are for tor the accommodation lion tion of or the local population on the Is Island Island Island land The Long Lon Island bland railroad Is la a aport aport port fort of ot the Pennsylvania system tem Trains Train will run to Montauk Point the tb farthest end of or Long Island bland with spurs spur touching all the principal towns making them suburbs of or the city ctt j Shortly before beCore he be died Mr Ir j estimated the new stations station capacity thus tally Dally Dall passenger capacity 10 I yearly earl passenger capacity eO western train trains operated through the two tunnels tunnel hourly 20 10 to 10 neat east eastern I ern em trains operated through the four I tunnels to Long Island hourly hourI 40 49 to I 60 80 These Th figures figure give Ie some slight light Idea a n as to the magnitude of or the pee pas passenger I nger station Already the New York pork Central and New York New lew Haven and Hartford I road reds haw heo ha electrified irate th tt lr service sen loe t i from a n point mile mil from Grand Orand Central station their terminus I This station is being belne rebuilt upon n I scale sale almost almot It a as aa grand rand a see all the Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania yenta station Recently the writer had a II letter Ilter from froma troma a friend ho lives live In a Ii small mall city and does doe do not fancy tane metropolitan life Title friend wrote New York Is la I a soon good old place any ant It I le III ay eay to get lIet out of Verity Verily Verll New York will IU be easy y both to get out of or and to get gt Into Inlo when these thee Ih I two epoch marking terminal plant plants be bee begin I gin In doing their full rull days dA business the New York Central at the tho old stand I and the Pennsylvania p Ia at the th new nw cite site t I Women Mutt Must Cigars I Collector Loeb Iob ha h has Issued a new nw set t of ot customs custom regulations regulation fur for the fort of ct i New York ark In lIP hh hope nc r e will facilitate tate talc tin th pulsing u of ot 0 f a aon nger baggage on all tin th 11 Ri and d for tor It the reputation lion tion of ot bring being the best t managed port In Inthe the tar th United d R States fate I Hitherto men mn and women have ha been allowed allow to 10 bring In free tre of or duty duly Iut M cigarette or fifty fitly cigars cigar apart allart from their allowance wane per IM r head without having to state specifically for tor whom they the th were In future all 11 passengers passenger will have to tn declare their cigarettes cigarette or eMI cigar to be solely for tor their own ownus use us u both loth men and Rn l women The rhe users must mint also alco bo bl more than eighteen years year ear earold old Passengers are also notified that of offering feting fering to t o bribe a II customs custom cu toms officIal I le III a R criminal offense All person Ie commit committing committing I IUn ting Un such uh act net are Rn liable lIbl to be crimi criminally nally Hall i ro acted Any An Incivility on th the part of ot the Inspector inspectors examining bag baggage ba baggage I gage PRe 1 Is to be reported to the deputy n collector In charge charlie of or the tI steamship plea pier III Women traveling alone Ione are r to receive reele special attention In expedition If It thy they state tte the fact that they are re alone Ione on their declaration n Foreigners Foreigner ami 11 Americans American who have been tHen residing abroad broad and can cn prove the ilia th fact to the on tat the pier will wilt willbe willbe be allowed to bring In all their per Pat personal apparel free trae and In addition their hou Ik hokl effects effect pictures picture and amt statuary without the stipulation that th they y must mut prove one on y ar 1 residence abroad a as ha ties hall ben been n the rule Confederate Half Hlf Dollars If It you OU to have a Confederate half baIt dollar coin concealed about your person dont spend Ind It or low loco It for It Itma may ma l t be e worth several eral thousand dollars dollar Recently a New Ne Yorker wrote to a newspaper that he be po 1 e one of or the Ih these coin coins of oC which only four tour were minted mined and said MId he h valued It at t HP Iii U thought It w was a s the t only one on extant Rut But n R few lew days day ds later Joeeph Joseph Hyde Pratt state mat geologist living at Chapel HI III dill X Y C rot tint Ilu h K I p pUt pUts s fi sc seen one on of the I r I I f dol lit liri Stilt Still another I nu mi I re i ward but hul his hi coin ha he