MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

Mechanical features embodied in the new station include the most up-to-date equipment. There is supply and exhaust ventilation, refrigerated drinking water, fire hose, pneumatic tubes for expediting and transfer of messages and documents, baggage lifts to deliver baggage to and remove baggage from the elevated train platforms, escalators for facilitating passengers' arrival on the train platforms, and concealed radiators with thermostatic temperature control so that the temperature in the building will always be maintained at or about 70 degrees without the need of manual operation of radiator valves,

The air used for ventilating is taken into the building from a point high above the street and is filtered, washed, heated and humidified after which it is delivered by fans to the various rooms and spaces. Air is removed from the same spaces by exhaust fans which, however, carry off only a portion of the air, the remainder finding its way out of the building through doors, vestibules, etc, thus preventing cold inward draughts when doors are opened.

Even the outside spaces under the railroad structure such as the taxicab drive and bus terminal, are kept clear of smoke and gases by large exhaust fans which draw air from these spaces and guard against accumulation of objectionable odors.

In the battery charging room in the basement where the electric baggage truck batteries are recharged, special lead coated copper pipes connected to a monel metal fan, constantly change the air in the room and maintain its purity.

In the main waiting room, air enters through ornamental slots in the ceiling and is removed through concealed ducts connected to grilles under the bench seats

Steam for the heating is not generated in the station, but is produced in a special boiler house two blocks away and is carried over to the station through three pipe lines, any one of which could be used to supply the station in an emergency should any trouble develop with the other lines Water condensed in the radiators in the station, is pumped back to the boiler house, where it is returned to the boilers

All train platforms are supplied with hose boxes every hundred feet, to facilitate washing down the platforms. Rest room accommodations are provided of the latest design.