Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-01
THE NnR arhrrnN.
Description OF thc ". & q. station on
Delaware AYenue.

An advertisement In EVERY EygsINa
announces that bids for constructing the
passenger station Of the Baltimore a
Philadelphia railroad at Delaware uyenne
and dupont street will be received by
Colonel H. I. Douglas, chief engineer.
until Monday, July 9th, and that plans
and organizations can be seen at the office
OF Il. Furness, architect, No. 200 South
Third street, Philadelphia. An EVERY
EVENING reporter was yesterday granted a
hasty glance at the drawings for the new
depot, which, the architect said, were not
yet in shape for the inspection OF builders
desiring to prepare bids.
The building will front on Delaware
avenue, and will be two stories high, the
second story having an elevation of lG
feet above the tracks. " will begin nj
the end Of the stone nbutments support.
ing the bridge that carries the tracks
across Delaware avenue, on the south.
westerly side thereof, and extend easterly
10 DUPONT street, with front Of Sc feet.
The depth OH dupont street will be 81
feet. The first floor will be devoted ia
waiting rooms, ticket office, baggage
rooms, &c, and the second floor to n res.
taurant and rooms for railroad PURPOSES,
the specific uses Of which have not vet
been determined. The second floor will
open into the car sheds, which will extend
over the tracks, south-westerly from Del
aware avenue for distance of 800 feet.
The main entrance will be from the
street grade of Delaware avenue, into a
yestibule % feet square. TO the right
will be the geDtlemen's waiting room,
lS12S feet, and to the left the ladies' wait
ing room of tho Same dimensions Each
Will be provided with fire places, dressing
rooms and toilets, and will be finished
VII taste and elegance. In the rear of
tn ,entlemen's waiting room will be q
wide stairway, leading by two easy flights
to the car sheds above. In the rear of
the ladies' waiting room will he % wide
yestibule leading TO the exit on DUPONT
street. Behind this will be the baggage
room, l6x2i feet, with elevators running
up to the tracks.
On the second floor will be the restau.
rant, located so TINT IL can be entered
from the train sheds, and four rooms for
railroad purposes, above alluded TO.
The building will bo constructed of
brick, with trimmings Of Brandywine
blue stone, and tile roof. The general
appearance of the front and side eleva-
tions bids fair to be handsome and i'm
posing while the arrangements will be
unusually convenient, including gates
along the tricks to regulate the admission
and exit of passengers. The general style
of architecture is described by the arGhi-
tect us "a type frequently seen in Hol-
land" 1t is proposed to have the build
ing completed within GO days from the
awarding of the contract.
The new depot in Chester, Pa, al
Twelfth and Madison streets, which il
now under way, is thus described by the
Chester Ne,DS: Tho building will
be 42Nl02 feet in dimensions, two stories
high with tower and clock, which will
give the building an elevation of about
60 feet. II will be built OF brick and laid
in black morton, with granite trimmings
The roof will be of slate, with end chin
neys and terra Gotta work will entel
largely into the trimmings and cornices
The cellar or basement will be used fol
the furnaces or heating arrangement
and the first floor will contain two
waiting rooms, one each for ladies anC
gentlemen, 23xl9 feet each, separated by
the ticket and telegraph Offices in thu
centre. Over the latter there will be two
other rooms for the use of the operators
and employees Of the depot. The waiting
room walls will he sand-fnished and thu
rooms fitted up with marble stands ant
other substantial accommodations, sucl
as fre-places, SO TINT in case OF accident
to the heating apparatus in cold weather
they may be used platform, ] 90 feet lont
and 10 feet wide will extend in front of thu
building on Twelfth street, from the bag
gage room al one end to the toilet room
ut the other. This platform will b.
covered and similar protection will b.
made ut each end of the depot.
II is said that the plans have been pre-
pared for handsome station Mt Newarl;
and that the smaller stations along tn
road will be very neat and pretty.