Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
NEW RAILROAD DEPOT.
THE HANDSOME AND COMPLETE srRucT.
URE THAT is TO BE ERECTED IN
PHILADELPHIA.

10 THE HANDSOME AND COMPLETE srRucT
4. URE THAT is TO BE ERECTED IN
e PHILADELPHIA
The designs for the exterior Of the new
e passenger station OF the Pennsylvania
. Railroad Company, at the corner OF
. Merrick and Filbert streets, indicate
! that twill be one Of the most imposing
! structures in Philadelphia, and the
: plans for the interior assure passengers
a that nothing will be left undone which
can add to their comfort and convon-
, ience. The company owns the entire
, square, which fronts 306 feet on Mer-
rick street, and runs back 1913 feet to
Fifteenth street. The station will oc-
cupy the corner of Merick and Filbert
streets, with front 1913 feet on MeI.
rick, so that ii will cover nearly two
thirds of the square. II will be of
four stories, with a tower over 100
feet IN height on each corner. The
style Of the architecture is Gothic and
the material entering into the con
struction of the outer walls pressed
brick, ornamental brick and terra
Gotta tho latter furnished by the
Perth Amboy Terra Gotta Company,
and Of a color similar to fire brick. The
use Of terra Gotta will admit Of a great
deal of simple ornamentation in the
columns and the different floors will be
marked by lines of fancy brick
The first floor will be occupied by
the inward and outward baggage
rooms, and the ticket offices, Of which |
there will be two, entirely distinct
from each other-one for local and the
other for through passengers-an ar
rangement that will materially shorten /
the delays Of local passengers, who
are generally in search Of information
both as TO routes and time Eighty |
four feet Of the width of the building
will be given to three passage ways,
two twenty feet wide and one twenty.
four feet. Passengers arriving in car
riages will drive directly into the build.
ing, and alight in front of the stair.
way leading TO the waiting rooms on
the second floor. They will procure
their tickets and the baggage viii be
deposited in the baggage room at the
corner of Fifteenth and Filbert streets,
which will bo arranged so as to be ap-
preached from threesid Two stair
ways, eleven feet wide, will lead to the
second floor, but two elevators will be
running constantly to accommodate
those who find even a single short
flight of stairs too much. The lower
story will be sixteen feet high. Arriv.
ing passengers will leave the station
on the opposite side, descending TO the
street by a single broad fight of stairs
into lobby thirty feet by thirty.two,
from which they will reach Merrick
street through the southern entrance.
The two stairways, divided by the
ticket office, converge at u landing
half way up, and lead to the general
waiting room, through which all pas
sengers will pass on their way to
the trains This is a spacious room
81 feet in width by so in length, with
q lofty ceiling OF glass, the altitude of ,
the room being A. feet. An abrupt !
turn TO the left on entering the
general waiting room will conduct ,
ladies to the ladies' waiting-room,
which, with the dining.room will oc-
cupy the entire front of the second
floor. The ladies room is of the same
length as the general waiting.room, .
but 20 feet in width, with private /,
room opening out of it on the Filbert ,
street corder, 26x1G. A door from the .
ladies' room leads to the dining.room,
which is of the same width and only :
eight feet shorter than the general !,
waiting.room. Entrance to the dining !
room viii be had from the general !,
waiting-room through the restaurant /,
at the further end, opposite the main
entrance. In the restaurant % feet
wide by 81 long, viii be a lunch coun.
ter, with small tables opposite. The
news stand and telegraph office will be !
on either side OF the entrance. The !
height Of the second story is 81 feet
the general waiting-room being two
stories in height. The third and fourth
stories will be mainly devoted to the !
offices necessary for the Conipany's
officials, and they will be reached by
gallery running around the waiting
room. The kitchen will, however, oc.
cupy u large part Of the space towards !
Market street, and private elevator
will connect it with the ground floor. :.
Back Of the restaurant will be n large
barber shop, 1874 feet, and over that y
Will be bathrooms, where passengers
will find all the conveniences of a room
in any hotel, and will thus be spared
the Inconvenience ofgoing to any hotel
for no other purpose than to take a
bath and make a change Of clothes.
Over the restaurant will be private
dining.rooms.
Four entrances with wide doors will
afford the means of communication
with the train shed, the lobby between
the doors and the gates being forty
ieet. An ornamental iron bridge
across Fifteenth street will mark the y
head Of the train house, and tho rear
end Of the trains will come to the east
ern line of the street The train shed
itself will be somewhat like that of
West Philadelphia, with eight tracks, I
but close together under one roof with u
two arches The shed extends one .
square from Fifteenth to Sixteenth
street aud the walls are fifteen feet high. I
The exterior of the shed will be faced
brick, but the interior will be finished
with ornamental brick. 4,
The plans drawn for tho station a
were designed by Wilson Bros. & Co., o
under the direction of Joseph W. vii. 4
son, engineer Of bridges and buildings h
Of tho Pennsylvania Railroad, and tho a
work Of construction is proceeding n
under the supervision of William II. h
Brown, engineer OF maintenance of q
way. The cost will be about a quarter 4
Of million, exclusive Of the ground. q,
II is probable that the lst Of May will
see the work completed
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