The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-04-08 00:00:00

THE NEW GREAT WESTERN GOODS'
sHED.

Of late years much talk has been us ide of proposed
itopf,,grellieute to be effects ii the borough by the
Uorpormi Jo, but a very grea.. sod at once apparent
lurks...ennui has beets efir,ed In the neighbsurhood
bl ILiog-street, floe Great Westeru ltnilw.y Compaq
having pulled down the old awl disrepatable
Lure whioli did derriCe sea goods abed for themselves
and the company 111:110/3 no. ruuniog powers over
porti in of their line—the Loudon and S ,utte.
Western—wad erected at • out of about £7.000 • vary
handsome and commodious banding, which, at any
rate, from its exterual eppewano. is much More
elegaot than the wooden abed adjoining, which dose
duty lota passenger retro, and which ill. eal nestly
hoped will lion follow its old coef, eir —the goods'
station. A description of the new goods' slstlni
will, perhaps, prove interesting to our readers. It
has been built on the sitar of the old solid, and is 214
feet long, by 744 feet wide, and is built princtpally of
red bricks, wain blue brick Whites, al btu, brick
arches, stone sills and template., ad is rooted
with slake. Upon each side of the building is
are three bays, or cart docks, each being Nit wide,
fitted with sliding doors, entails each being • verandah,
acting ad • shelter for the borer woilvt, the waggons
are being laden, and iicc rtred. Tile whole length of
the building, and on each side to the with of 12 feet,
hae been paved with granato pitchers. In the interior
are two platform., ono on each aide of the
building, and each 24 feet in width. Thiee powerful
cranes have been placed on with platform, and also •
lock up" for valuelde geode. Toe building is
lighted with 42 window., and • large eitylight in the
ri,of, the gable ends being also bll.d iu witu
glee.. 157 sight it is illuminated with 12 of
Legg 's powerful and brilliant Isnice, giving a
cotnuined ligist equal to that of 1,200 candies. The
Great Western lisiiway Company use the left-hand
platform, and the S tuth Wtiterti the light•ban I one,
and at Liao two end of each platform are c onuiodums
offices exact y alike, comprising—clerk's office. Mt. by
10ft. Gin, carting agent'. °thee, 133.. by 101 t, and
goods' agent.' office, IMi. by 10it., all communicating
by eliding window., or doors. They are adueirahly
fitted up, with handsome desks haying psii.ibed
mahogany tops. Both seta t•f office* are approached
Irvin the °Weide by a flight of stone steps with light
Iron railings, and • email but convenient lobby. 'lie
building has been thoroughly well drained cud veuti-
lilted and Lin rupccts a first-clue go ids' station.
Mr. S. Robinson, of Peuneywell-rowl, Bristol, its lute
contractor. Mr. Richard Phitips, U Wit., Clerk of
the Works, and Mr. Collier, FJI ethe:l. The ironwork
of the building was supplied by Hill and Smith, of
Brier-hill, and Messrs. Moulins, of Thamer-streot,
London, the timber by Moo-ca. Bt., of Weymouth,
granite pitcLere from Claybill Q laxly, Shopt.on
Mallet. and Uuerneey, Liticlui from Iltidg water, cud
els° from Mr l'edirett, of Werehaus, awl We goa
lamps from ileum Luff. of Linden.