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Show I :' TKE GRAND CENTRAL TEiAtNAL, ST3IOM Of TYORK CiTY ' wbd. . " ; ZQR THE NEW SDIK CENTRAL AND 'HUDSON RPEEt RAILROAD CO 'udT1W. IAMVIB PLANS for tho new terminal In M Now York City Involve -the use of W an area of moro than nlnotcon city blocks between Forty-second and Flfty-Revonth street, Madteon and Lexington Lex-ington avenues. The station proper, together with the postofflce and express buildings, will cover cov-er tho blocks between Vandcrbllt and T-oxIngton avenues from Forty-llfth to Forty-third streets Inclusive, and the-block the-block fronting on Forty-second street bo-i bo-i tween Vandcrbllt avenue and Depow place, i Tho buildings will bo set back from For ty-second ntrcot a distance of about forty feet, and back from Vanderbllt avenuo a. distance- of about seventy feet, so as to afford a generous approach to the station and give tho effect of HO feel open spaco on tho Forty-second stroot frontago and' tnr,t nnnn unnon nn Mm Vnnrlprhlll J1VO- II nuo frontage. Tho frontago of these buildings will bo l (SO feet on Vandcrbllt avenue, feet on H Forty-llfth street. -100 feet ,on Lexington If avenue, 275 feet on Forty-fourth street, II CGO feet on Depow place and 300 feet on D Forty-second street. H In addition to the public streets,,, there M will be connections by amplo private road ways and walks to Madison avenue on tho west and Lexington avenuo on tho cast, thus giving tho traveling public facilities for entering tho station not only from Forty-second street on tho south. Vandcr- bill avenuo and Depow place, but from Madison avenuo on tho west and Lcxlng-i Lcxlng-i ton avenue on the east. Tho suburban trains will be on a lower ! level than tho express trains, thus sepa rating the commuter from the express passenger and affording better facilities for both. The suburban concourse will provide for nine tracks. Tho express concourse con-course will be slightly depressed below tho . street level and will provide for twonty- I two passenger train tracks, two baggage tracks, two mall tracks and eight express tracks, making forty-threo tracks In all, , with platforms so connected by subway and clovntors that baggage, mail and cx-' cx-' press muy bo quickly transferred without I,' crossing tho tracks. i Main Entrance to Station. The main cntranco to tho station Is on Forty-second Atrcet. Its architectural 1 composition Is three massive arches, each arch being thlrty-thrco feet wide and six-l' six-l' ty high. Beyond theso arches one enters an enormous ticket lobby, nlnoty feet by I three hundred feet. Tbls ticket lobby Is i, n tho level with tho street. On the right of this lobby, and practically a part thcrc-! thcrc-! of. Is the outgoing buggage-room. After purchasing one's ticket and checking one's baggage, ono proceeds to the express train by entering a gallery overlooking the ( grand ebneourso and 'thence to this cqn- , course, which Is on tho level of tho ex- i press tracks. This concourse Is ap proached by four grand staircases each I twenty-five foot In width This concourse i Is the largest in the world, being one hun- ; dred and sixty feet b; four hundred nnd i seventy feet, nnd ono hundred and fitly J feet high, with wide entrances at each II and extending to "Madison and Loxlngton I avenues. Adjoining this concourse nro the usual waiting-rooms, retiring-rooms, cafes, telephono and telegraph facilities, i etc- Tho waiting-rooms contain twice tho area of tho waiting-rooms In the Grand Central station as it Is nt present. Through this .concourse pass-Iho departing depart-ing and arriving passengers, but tho nr-rlvlng nr-rlvlng passangera aro absolutely separated from the departing passengers, thus avoiding tho usual confusion In a railroad ' . station caused by tho meeting of Incom-J Incom-J Ing and outgoing passengers. From tho concourse ono goes to tho trains In tho tralnroom. The platforms arc of amplo width averaging from fifteen to eighteen feet wide, whereas tho narrowest plot- si form of tho present station Is but eight feet wide and tho widest Is but twolvo j feet wide. This liberal width of platforms i affords amplo facilities for quickly leav ing tho train and avoids tho usual crowding. crowd-ing. Tho suburban tralnroom has n. splon-, splon-, did feature for quickly cmptylrig the trains and avoiding crowding, by having platforms on cither side of tho train. Theso platforms aro even wider than tho 1 . express platforms, ranging from scven- ' ' teen to twonty-nlno foot In width. Tho ! concourso end of nil express platforms Iu nnvo mo auuiuonni auvantnge of being W free from tho handling of baggage, a Ample Staircases. (l The exit from tho station Is along Van- derbllt avenuo, approached by amplo staircases. To the north and along Vnn- derbllt avenuo Is the Incoming baggage. M conveniently placed for arriving pasaon- ,B pern. The company's cab stand is on tho JD lovel of tho concourno and tho express 1 i tracks. In thr provision for this cab j stand tho railroad company ha3 been more thaii . sonorous, allowing moro apaco than : would be contained in Fifth avenue bo- ! tween Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth ! streets If the avenuo wero twlco ns wido as It la at this point. Tho cab stand may ! bo renched with eual facility by tho su- j Durban and tho express passengers ; Besides tho main entrances nnd oxlts ! boforo described thoro aro nddltlonal en- : trances and exits for tho suburban pas- . Hongers, so that tho commuter need not j ntcr tho main part of tho station, but I can. & directly from tho Btrect to tho m train or from tho train to tho stroot by 8.y dccll"c- avoMlniT nil staircases, lhor Is provided at tho express lovel a connection with tho subway. There Is also a splendid cntranco and exit to tho station by way of an Incllno from Modi-con Modi-con avenue, enabling the cab or foot passengers pas-sengers to approach or leave tho station , at the went end of tho grand concourse ; At tho subway level there Is provided n subordinate concourse with ample, wnltlnir and retiring rooms. At this level there Is provided n loop for quickly dispatching tho suburban trains nnd provision ha! ; iB.k b.ZQn mn'.,e ror ,n I'ss!blo connection with tho rapid transit system. There ha-! been a further provision for plpo gnl-; gnl-; lories in Forty-second street. Vandcrbllt ! avenuo and Depcw Place, with means of ; easy access thereto without disturbing tho j public highways, j Baggage "om. th. nf,5aBoroom adjoins Dopcw Place. Forty-flfih Btrect ond Vandcrbllt avenue, t 1 with 1300 fcot of street frontage and 47,000 square feet of floor space, sufficient to care for baggngo In rush seasons without the delay In delivery now experienced at all stations. It has been tho Intention In preparing theso plans to sacrifice everything to tho convenience of the traveling public and to the proper administration of a terminal railway station. Tho architects CWarren & "Wetmore associated as-sociated with Reed & Stem) havo admirably ad-mirably accomplished tho following results: re-sults: They havo provided tho best possible facilities for getling to and getting away from tho station. Tho cab stand Is situated In the most convenient place for nrrlvlng passcngcrG. Tho outgoing baggngo Is convenient to the ticket offices, and the Incoming baggage bag-gage Is convenient to tho exists. Thoy have separated the Inconilng nnd tho outgoing passengers, lhU3 avoiding tho usual confusion They havo provided ample waiting-rooms and a grand concourso sufficiently large to accommodate tho largest posslblo excursion ex-cursion or holiday crowd. Tho suburban passengers are separated from tho express passengers, but with the entrances and the exits so arranged that thcro Is perfect facility for getting from one to tho other. Space for Crowd. Amplo space Is provided for the Incoming Incom-ing crowd, nnd there Is a walling vestl-bulo vestl-bulo for those desiring to meet arriving passengers. Tho express concourse and waiting-rooms waiting-rooms nro so situated that suburban pas-songers pas-songers can use them if desirable, and theso accommodations are so placed that from the standpoint of facility In handling han-dling tho passengers either Her of tracks may bo uoed Interchangeably. There Is ample spaco for the handling of Incoming and outgoing baggago. Tho approaches and departures from the station arc on tho company's own property. prop-erty. To tho north of tho concourse and carrying car-rying tho cornlco lino of this monumental part of tho building, nround the entire building, are placed tho company's offices, containing nbout 250.CO0 square feet In area, excluslvo of corridors, elevators, etc.. with entrances at the two corners of tho building at Forty-fifth street and Park avenue, and with amplo elevator facilities fa-cilities leading to tho concourse ltsolf. These offices arc built around a magnificent magnifi-cent court, thus providing beautiful light for each office and providing for splendid natural light In tho higher part of tho train-room. Provision Is mndo for doubling the capacity ca-pacity of tho station without In any way Interfering with tho architectural features or general plan of the station. The fncado presents nn offect which appeals to ono 'at once as presenting a magnificent station sta-tion and one which will bo an ornament to the city, and ono of which citizens may well be proud. |