National Republican., 1878-07-18


whole TO Cost 100000.
The work Of demol ishng what Is known as
"the old tobacco warehouse" and adjacent
buildings, recently purchased by tho Washing
ton and Georgetown Railroad Company, Is rap
idly approaching completion, and il q few days
these old land marks will have been razcd to
the ground 10 make way for the new aud ole-
CANT city passenger railway structures TO be
erected by the company. Yesterday the work
of digging the foundations for the buildings
fronting on Bridge street, to bo used as Offices
OF the company, was commenced. The follow.
ing is concise description Of what tho new
buildings will be when completed:
THE OFFICE BUILDING.
The office building will front ninety feet
OIL Bridge street. with depth OF forty feet. II
will bo two stories high, prcssbrick 'front.'
with Stone trimmings aud tile projections, and
the walls will be eighteen inches thick, the
whole to be covered with a Gothic roof. On
| the first floor will be located the receivers
supcriTtenhcnt's, and starters offices, con-
ductors' and drivers rooms, lamp, harness.
stable boss aud medicine rooms. On tho Sec
0nl floor will 10 the presidents room. direct.
ors' trelsurcr's, punch clerks, and file rooms
| with the necessary closets and bathroom. 4
frc.prUOf vault, by > feet inside measurement,
| has been arranged Tor the receiver and treas.
urcr The stairway. which will lcal from the
| ground floor to the second story. will be three
| ani.a.half feet wide, with walnut rail, balluS-
! tcrS, anl novels All the rooms in this build
ing will he handsomely waimscoted with hari
Georgia pine, trmmcd with walnut caps anl
| bases. Each room will be provided with
marble wash stands and hot aud cold water.
lu the front Gf the building there are to bo
| two towers Of pres brick Of height OF fifty
feet from the base. In the top of one Of these
towers will he an immcn &c clock, while In the
top of the other there will b. tho mono.
| gram Of the company. II is tie understanding
| that thnsr towers will be kept Illuminated ut
| night until the last car Is turnJd in; N d o
Doubt the effect, from the numerous jos that
| Is intended to be p'actd therein, will be Ye:y
line. In the basement or cellars viii he rooms
for the heating apparatus and riol.
TIIECNR uDUsE
In the rear of the Office building the car
house will be located. nnd will be 81 by 30 feet
with hard brick walls eighteen inches thick.
aud broken every fourteen feet with twenty
| six-inch pillasters. Tdr height of these wall,
| tu the caves of the root will be twonty feet
| Tho building will be covered with an iron
| truss roof 81 feet span, aud shcathcl With hvo-
| quarter flooring, nailed to yellow pine pcrlins,
and covered with the best quality OF Backing
ham slate. This roof will have II veIiilltor IL
by 100 feet, with sides filed with pivOtcd SASH
On the east and west sides OF tho car house
| THE STABLES
will be located. The stable on tho east sido,
| or what Is to bo known as the East stable, will
be S5hy g5 feet. two stories high, of solid brick,
walls II inches thick. The West stable will
be l.I5 by l57 with the same height and same
thickness of walls. The first foCr Of these
stables arc to be ittel up with all the moicrn
convenience. The apartments will DO thor.
oughly drained by ample sewerage and we'll
ventilated, and will have II capacity for sta
bling $50 huIsCs. The second story will be
used for storage for straw, &c. The roofs will
be double pitched and covered with Bucking.
ham slate. In tho yards adjacent to the sta
bles will be the shocinS shops, harness, and
repairing rooms.
THE WORKSHOPS.
The work shops aud hay mound will be
| erected oil the south side OF the canal, imme.
dmtcly opposite the stables, aud on the g:onmd
known as the old wood wharf This building
will be o. by 3oi three stories high and OF
hard brick, wall Is inches thick, aud
covered with heavy truss roof. rhO motive
power In this building will b. n turbine wheel
aud steam engine of thirty y-hvC'h)rse power
; to tako the place Of the wheel in case OF acci,
dent, or when the water is drawn oil Tho
Georgetown Level OF tho canal. In this
building there will also be grist mill, with
own feed, hay-cuttor, palmer, mort.s!nr-an
chine, drill-prcNs automatic iecd-mixor, elova
tor and transporter, grain elevator, and grain
bins with n capacity for 1900 bushels of corn
hair. picker, cushion bcatcr, power grinding
stone, aud au elevator for carrying cars to the
, workshops.
. This building will also have a storage ca
pacity Of 900 tons of loose hay. The work
shop will be connected with tho stables by ar
iron suspension bridge across tho canal, hitceI
feet wide, on which will be double railroad
tracks for the purpose of running broken car
to tho workshops, and transporting foed from
, the grist mill to the stables.
1t Is estimated by tho company that tho
COST OF THESE STRUCTURES
will not bc less than SlOOOOO, exclusive Of the
ground, and it may probably reach double that
amount. 1t Is not expected that the work vii
7 be completed within year, but the probabili
Q ties are that the buildings will DO under coyel
| by tho LIST of December.
The plans OF the buildings were drawn by
Mr.. James b. Brady, rising young architoc
Il OF outh Washington, under the direction o
q Mr.. Henry Hurt president of the company
= and are models Of artistic skill. The c0nStruC
ton of the buildings will be under the super
vision Of Mr.. Samuel F. Hawk, who Ia th,
general superintendent of buildings for til,
company but the whole work will be undc
: the immediate supervision Of President Hurt
, who has been charged by the board OF direct
ors with this duty. 1t is tho intention of tn
: management to have the buildings constructed
. by days work, and TO employ mono but Dis
: trict mechanics.
The brick work on tho north side Of til
canal will be done by Mr.. W. b. DobsOn; al
the stone work by Messrs. Richard Morga
a and Daniel Mullen the carpenters work Is :
/ bo done by the days work. Tho iron rooi
0 will be furnished by tho Keystone Dridg
J Company. When tho buildings are finished
! though they will not form the most oxtonsiv
, establishment of the kind, yet in tho opinio
. of persons having large experience in stree
0 railroad affairs, the new depot will bc one
: the most complete, best constructed, and bes
: arranged in the United States. Mr.. Hurt til
: president Ct the company, has shown marke
ability in the designs, and ii his plans are ca,
u riod out u large sum of money will bo save
to the company In the construction of til
{ buildings.