Buildings Take on Third Relationship
By GERALD S. SNYDER
United Prtw International
New York (UP&- Buildings
long have been categorized ac
cording to their relationship
to the railroad tracks-they're
either on the right side or the
wrong.
Now there is a new direc
tion In this relationship
Straight up.
On March 7, when Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller snips the
ribbons opening the $100 mil
lion Pan Am building, built
directly over Grand Central
Station in mid-Manhattan, a
iad in center city construction
may have begun.
Talk of Building
There is already talk of
building a new Madison
Square Garden on top of
Pennsylvania station here and
in several other cities (among
them Chicago, Atlanta, St.
Louis and Cleveland) new sky
scrapers either have been or
may be erected on top of the
local railroad facilities.
Not only will the buildings
make use of precious "left
over" air space, but they will
bring millions of dollars into
the sagging coffers of hard
pinched railroads.
The Pan Am building alone
will provide an annual $1,
100,000 to the New York Cen
tral railroad, the station's
owner, which suffered a $3,
835,000 deficit last year.
Rising 59 stories above the
tracks of the Central and New
Haven railroads, the Pan Am
is the largest commercial of
fice building in the world.
Larger Buildings
It's 2,400,000 square feet of
floor space is surpassed only
by the Pentagon in Washing
ton and the Merchandise Mart
in Chicago.
The eight-sided giant boasts
the highest heliport, the fast
est (18 MPH) elevators-and
the biggest human traffic
problem of any single build
ing. Some 25,000 office workers
and an estimated 250,000 vis
itors and sightseers will daily
come to the vertical metropo
lis. Among the mechanical won
ders: television cameras in the
walls and ceilings to watch
over passengers safety on 18
escalators.
During the two-and-a-half
years it took to build the Pam
Am building, a closed circuit
television hook-up brought
construction closeups to "side
walk superintendents" on the
main concourse of Grand Cen
tral terminal.
So great was the public In
terest that other receivers
were placed along the con
struction fence surrounding
the three-and-a-half acres of
high-price, high-tax real es
tate on 42nd street, four
blocks east of. Times Square.
The crowds saw huge steel
columns dropped through
holes cut into the roofs sepa
rating the levels of track.
They saw the spidery network
of bracing steel take shape
some of it placed within
inches of high-voltage third
rails of the electrified rail
roads. They saw the building iso
lated from the noise and vi
bration of railroad rumble by
a network of triple -decker
"sandwiches" of lead, asbes
tos and sheet metal placed
under the steel columns.
Throughout the project, the
trains ran smoothly-and with
out Interruption.
Five workers lost their lives
as the network of steel super
structure rose hundreds of
feet into the air. But the most
talked-about tragedy was the
death of the builder himself.
On June 26, 1962, when the
building was 75 per cent com
plete, Erwin Service Wolfson
died of cancer.
Just two weeks before, the
dying man took his last look
at the building he conceived.
He saw it from the window of
a big twin-rotor helicopter
that circled the summit of the
structure for a full ten min
utes. According to a friend who
accompanied him on the flight
Wolfson smiled the whole
day long.
McGrew Brothers
Bids High on Timber
Mrfirew Brothers. Medford.
was high bidded this week
for 830.000 board feci of na
tional forest tmiber in the
Bijou Blowdown area, Union
Creek Ranger district, Rogue
River National forest.
Forest Supervisor C. E.
Brown said 11 e high bid to
taled $38,190, compared to
the forest service appraised
price of $21,301, an increase
of 79 per cent.
Next high bidder in the
oral auction for the timber
was G. and R. Logging. Med
ford. Other bidders were Elk
Lumber company, S. and W.
Logging, Arnold Ragsdalc,
Oliver and Wilson, and Fir
Ply. Inc.
Timber in the unit consist
ed of 600.000 board feet of
Douglas-fir bid at $48 per
thousand board feci, 170.000
board feet of pondcrora pine,
western white pine, and sugar
pine bid at $31 per thousand
board feci, and 60,000 board
feet of while fir and oth.T
species bid at $12 per thou
sand board feet.
Medford
Tribune
SECTION D MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1963 PAGES 1 to 8
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Two New Courses
Added to Night
Classes at SOC
Ashland - Two new courses
have been added to the night
classes scheduled for spring
term at Southern Oregon col
lege, Dr. E. C. McGill, assist
ant to the president, has announced.
Beginning March 25 from
7 to 10 p.m. a class Ed 410
(c) Methods and Resource Ma
terials in Arithmetic will meet
Monday evenings with A. L.
Siebenlist of the SOC science
mathematics division as in
structor in room 219 of the
science building.
Designed for teachers of
elementary school mathe
matics, the course will cover
contemporary changes in the
field and will emphasize
SMSG (School Mathematics
Study Group).
Biology Class Set
On April 2, the first class
session for Ed 410 (s) Methods
and Resource Materials in
Biology (G) will be conducted
in science 201 from 7 lo 10
p.m. Tuesdays by Dr. Irene
Hollenbeck, SOC professor of
science. The course will fea
ture materials developed by
the biological science curricu
lum study committee of the
American Institute of Biologi
cal Sciences.
Biology teachers are turn
ing in increasing numbers to
the BSCS courses as a satis
fying way of teaching science
and the college offering is
assigned to acquaint them
with the best use of the neces
sary techniques and materials.
Either class may be taken
for 3 hours of graduate or
undergraduate credit, and en
rollment may be accomplish
ed during the first class meet
ing. Those interested in obtain
ing additional information
may contact ihe course in
structors or the registrar at
Southern Oregon college.
NEW CONSTRUCTION - A new fad in city
construction may have had its beginning
when Governor Rockefeller snips the ribbon
opening the $100-million Pan Am Building
shown here. It was built directly over New
York's Grand Central Station. A new Madi
son Square Garden to be built over Pennsyl
vania station in New York City has already
been discussed and new skyscrapers either
have been or will be erected right on top of
railroad facilities in Chicago, Atlanta and
several other cities. (UPI)
Medford Students Are
Listed on Honor Roll
Portland - Two Medford
students are listed on the
Lewis and Clark college hon
or roll for fall semester.
They are Susan M. Dill,
sophomore business education
major, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Dill; and Anne
Matthews, junior political
science major and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Mat
(hews, 601 Dakota St., Med'
ford.
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Motorists Reminded of
Riverside Ave. Traffic
Medford motorists have
been reminded that the wid
ened section of South River
side ave. between Ninth and
Boyd sts. is still two lanes,
according to City Engineer
Vernon Thorpe.
Medford police have issued
citations since the street was
widened to motorists who
have passed to the left of
vehicles driving to the left
of the centcrline. Thorpe not
ed that this area is for park
ing. Traffic has also been ob
served traveling too fast
through the caution light on
East Main st. at Crater Lake
ave., it was stated. The blink
ing yellow light is a warning
signal, police explained, and
the motorist must proceed
with caution even though a
complete stop is not neces
sary. Inquiries Received
Several inquiries have been
received recently regarding
left turns from two - way
streets onto one-way streets
on a red light.
Such a turn is legal in Ore
gon unless otherwise posted,
police explained, but the mo
torist must be aware that he
must yield to all traffic and
pedestrians after stopping,
when making the left turn.
Right turns also are per
mitted in Oregon on a red
light after slopping, unless
otherwise posted.
Motorists were reminded
that turns must be made with
out "swinging wide." This
means that for a right turn
the vehicle must turn into the
lane closest to the right curb
of the street being entered.
For a left turn from a two
way street into a two-way
street, the vehicle must con
tinue into the lane to the right
of the centerline of the street
being entered. In the case of
entering a one-way street by
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nearest the left curb.
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