. Book of the Royal blue . apparatus of themost ap|)roved pattern, the temperature ofthe rooms being kept uniform by means ofautomatic regulators. Emerging from the waiting-room to theplatform leading to the boat the casualobserver will notice nothing unusual in itsconstruction, but to civil engineers thispart of the building is apt to prove themost interesting of all. Seemingly anintegral part of the edifice, it is as amatter of fact a unit in itself. It is builtin sections and under theiron strips that cross theroadway at intervals arepowerful springs whichconvert the whole land-ing stage in
. Book of the Royal blue . apparatus of themost ap|)roved pattern, the temperature ofthe rooms being kept uniform by means ofautomatic regulators. Emerging from the waiting-room to theplatform leading to the boat the casualobserver will notice nothing unusual in itsconstruction, but to civil engineers thispart of the building is apt to prove themost interesting of all. Seemingly anintegral part of the edifice, it is as amatter of fact a unit in itself. It is builtin sections and under theiron strips that cross theroadway at intervals arepowerful springs whichconvert the whole land-ing stage into a hugebum|)erthat receives theimpact of the boat, re-ducing the jar to a mini-mum. The section of thelanding stage nearest theboat—known technicallyas the bridge — is notconstructed on the usualpontoon principle, Ijut israised and lowered me-chanically without refer-ence to the tide. Heavymetal weights on eitherside counterbalance theweight of the bridge,which is close upon one THE NEW GATEWAY TO THE METROPOLIS. 15. UPSTAIRS WAITING-ROOM. hundred tons, so that very little power isrequired to operate it. A pull on a wirerope sets the machinery in motion and thebridge is raised or lowered in a moment tothe deck level of the incoming boat, withthe same ease and accuracy that an elevatorbo\- stops his car at the floor where onewishes to alight. Leaving the boat passengers pass out tothe right of the waiting-room along asmooth, asphalted walk. Alongside thiswalk is the roadway for teams, floored withcreosoted wood block, forming a durableand almost noise-proofpavement. At the endof the roadway near-est the street are twobaggage-rooms, one forthe outgoing, the otherfor incoming express office is alsolocated in this end ofthe building, while atthe other extremity ofthe ferry house, close tothe landing stage andunder the same roof, isthe cab stand. Hereelectric cabs and coupesare alwajs in service, operatedby the New York Trans-portation Company, con- ve
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