Question

Answer the following question in 120-150 words:

Describe briefly the scene at the third level of Grand Central as seen (or seemed to be seen) by Charley.

Answer 1

The third level was very different and old-fashioned. There were fewer ticketing windows. The information booth was constructed of wood. The lights were open flame gas lights. There were brass spittoons on the ground. Men wore beards and sideburns. Women wore old-fashioned clothes and high-buttoned shoes. The railway engine was modest, with a funnel-shaped stack. Everything appeared to be at least a century old. He headed towards the newsboy. There, he cast a glimpse toward “The World”. The headline story was on President Cleveland. Charley discovered from the library data that it was printed on June 11, 1894.

Charley wished to visit Galesburg, a peaceful town he remembered fondly from his childhood in 1894. When he tried to buy tickets using modern currency, the clerk suspected fraud and threatened arrest. Frightened, Charley quickly turned back and ran away.