History of the Engineering, Construction and Equipment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's New York Terminal and Approaches...Isaac H. Blanchard Company, 1912 - 131 pages |
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Page 77 - Moreover, the conditions of modern American life, in which undertakings of great magnitude and scale are carried through, involving interests in all parts of the world, are more nearly akin to the life of the Roman Empire than that of any other known civilization. It seemed, therefore, fitting and appropriate in every way that the type of architecture adopted should be a development from Roman models, and while the building is of necessity, on account of the requirements of its uses, different from...
Page 24 - ... Sant was married in Le Claire, Iowa, December 7, 1868, to Miss Ruth Hall. He was married by his brother, Rev. EA Van Sant. His wife was of Scotch-Irish descent. Her people on the father's side came from the north of Ireland. Her mother's name was Ross, and she was descended from Major John Ross, who was an officer in the war of the Revolution and also in the War of 1812. Mrs. Van Sant's grandfather was Henry Ross, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Van Sant is a woman of strong character,...
Page 77 - Not only did the architects desire to give an adequate railway expression to the exterior, but they recognized the equal importance of giving the building the appearance of a monumental gateway and entrance to one of the great metropolitan cities of the world.
Page 10 - You are requested to procure all additional information that may be needed, sparing neither time nor any necessary expense in doing so, for I am sure it is not necessary for me to say that, in view of the magnitude and great cost of the proposed construction, and of the novel engineering questions involved, your studies should be thorough and exhaustive, and should be based upon absolute knowledge of the conditions.
Page 19 - As the years roll around, the greater will be the tribute to the genius of Mr. Cassatt — and it is a source of greatest pleasure to those who had the privilege of knowing him, to feel that there has been erected to his memory, in so fitting a place, a statue that will so truly express to those who follow, the manner of man he was. As a fitting conclusion to these ceremonies, I now declare this station officially opened.
Page 77 - At the north and south ends of the Seventh Avenue front are porticos leading to inclined descending driveways, forming entrances for carriages, which pass between the columns in the same way as in the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, through which a great part of the traffic enters that city. "The official foot entrance to the station is in the center of the Seventh Avenue front, opposite West 32d Street. This leads directly to the general waiting-room, in the center of the building, through an arcade,...
Page 31 - JB AUSTIN, JR., Engineer, Maintenance of Way, Long Island Railroad, Jamaica, NY *RD COOMBS, Consulting Engineer, Fitzpatrick and Coombs, New York, NY *AO CUNNINGHAM, Chief Engineer, Wabash Railroad, St. Louis, Mo. WW DRINKER, Assistant Engineer, Erie Railroad Company, New York, NY GEO. GIBBS, Chief Engineer, Electric Traction and Station Construction, Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad Company, New York, NY *GA HARWOOD, Chief Engineer, Electric Zone Improvements, New York Central and Hudson...
Page 11 - The comptroller, the corporation counsel, the city clerk and the board of rapid transit railroad commissioners of the city of New York, to be preserved by them among the archives of their departments or office.
Page 77 - ... not possible to adopt any of the types of station buildings familiar in modern architecture. The exposed train-shed, with its large semicircular ends of glass, has become, during the last century, a form recognized by the layman as...
Page 24 - He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain.