Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-09
LOCAL NEWS

pRScRIPTIoN OF TIE BALTIMORE Ann 49,
MAC DEPOT, CORNER OF era AND n srREsrs'
The iron beams on which the first door OF ,he
new depot building for the Baltimore ami Poto-
mac railroad, 1T the corner OF 9th ana n streets.
viii be laid on this week, being put in place by
the contrsc,ors, Messrs- :. II. Il j. r. Adams.
OF Baltimore, and In q Few days the work OF
erecting the walls will be commenced. This
building VIII be a hrst-class structure ana vii
pe putt IN me most substantial manner. The
site BEING on made ground-the original bed on
the Ttber-it Was f9und necessary 10 resort 10
pfling, and Messrs. y. Powell a Son az ph,ls
delPhia, took charge OF this branch OF the worn.
and for the purpose OF making a sure FONDA
ton they drove q total OF 9oI piles. ayeragins
each 20 feet, making total length OF miles
The head Of each pile was driven 6 feet below
coping, aud 10 q depth Of two feet below he
heads OF the piles concrete Wa put In. firmly
binding them, and making founds-
n nD =, as hrm as could possibly be made.
utct, has built the foundation OF the best quali-
ty OF blue stone. This foundation is 10 feet deem
\ ieet ABOVE The gronndl, the main walls being
- ieet mick at the bottom and from 1 = 10
ieet AZ The top; the total quartitv OF stone work
being one thousand pcrches. 10 this noipt The
COS fos, .as been about So 600 The butiding-of
Two storiSs and French rOoi-will he foustrt ,r.s1
OF brick and stone, and viii have a fr0pt OF IA
rect on y street and - feet On 9TH ami on The
ooIneI tneIe Will DC tower OF very handsome
design, corresponding with the general charar~
ter OF the structure; the total height from Tie
pavement being IA feet. In the main story
there VIII be ladies room. - by IS feet; a gem
eral waiting room. ~ by g. feet. a gentiemsn's
(smoking) room, 81 by -, restaurant ana dining
rooms, IS by IS feet, with Kitchen haggass
room, "a feet square, ami rooms for the depot
master and train dispatcher, all furnished
with convenient water closets sc. The foo.s
in these rooms will be tiled. A spacious sta,r-
way OF easy rise leads % the second story. IN
which viii be the offices OF the company IL
rooms and Offices. The third story 1mans.ri
roof Will contain other rooms for the nse az fhe
company. The base of the building will he a
course OF granite, and the steps OF the entrance
VIII be OF the same material. The Il aud 9th
street walls VIII be faced with the best quality
pressed brick, relieved by courses OF stone AMI
encaustic tile and iron. Galvanized IRON will
be also used in the ooIuice mOdiiliOns as also
in facing the dormer windows I'm the third for
mansard) story. The roofs of the 20 yer ana
spires and the steep portions Of the roof
WI, be slated in colors blue, red and green, and
with iron clock faces in the tower and the panel
work on the same, as also similar trimmings on
the other towers, will give a finish 20 the sffuc-
ture. On the roof peaks, In which there will be
six yentilators, handsome frieze will be rum
From the baggage room an elevator will De con-
structed for lifting 90 the second story, and in
this room there will be a gallery. In the restau-
rant there will he marble topped counter the
entire wild h Al feet. The waiting room, as also
the gallery in the general waiting room will be
wainscoated. All the rooms, halls, &c, are ~
be well plastered, the ceilings finished with a
white coat, and the walls 10 be tinted, and all
IN the first and second stories 70 have stuccO
cornices. In the waiting rooms there will be
permanent washstands The entire building
viii be heated by steam radiating pipes. In the
general waiting room there will be five refec-
tors OF eight lights each, in the gentlemen's
room two refectOrs and brackets, and in the
ladies room two refiectOrs
The building will be erected on the plans OF
MI. Joseph Nj. Wilson, engineer and architect
OF the Pennsylvania railroad company, and ID
will be done under the personal supervision OF
Col. Joseph Wood, the resident engineer of the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad. The contract
with the Messrs. Adams calls for about 100 900,
and does not include several portions Of the
work. IL may be safely sad that the depOt
building proper will cost over SlJ) ,O0O aud when
the whole grounds are fitted up the value of the
Improvement will not be much below half a
million. II is expected 4 at the lower story will
be ready for occupancy by the first OF January
next, and the whole building by the first OF
June next.