Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-27
A NEW OFFICE.
Plans for the Santa Fe
Freight Building.
MANY NOTES OF THE RAIL.
A Peculiar Predicament for q
Railroad COmpany-Elegant
Pullm an Coaches.

The plans and specifications for the
Santa Fe's new freight office give
promise Of very pretty and certain
ly most complete building which
will be an orament to the locality in
which it is situated. A large force Of
men commenced Wednesday morn
ing the work of building the founda-
tons, which will be composed of brick,
and already they are nearly complete.
The building will be 70 feet and in
ches long and AZ feet wide, two stories
high with high sloping roof. From
the ground to the caves the distance is
26 feet, while the ridge of the
roof is about twelve feet higher, max
ing the entire structure thirty-eight
feet high. The southern end of the
office will be built of brick, and the
northern half of wood. The object in
doing this is to have the end next the
warehouse protected in case of an
other fire. The elevation fronting the
track will have six windows below
and door and six windows above,
the windows being three feet wide
and nine long. The door facing the
track opens into a small hall, which
gives admission to the operators room
on the right and the trainmen's and
battery rooms on the left. The oper-
ator's room is to be large one, and
will be provided with a counter, over
which business will be trans
acted. The trainmen's room is also
fitted out in like manner. Passing
the rooms mentioned above, a small
door opens into the toilet rooms,
which are of the most improved pat
tern. This hall runs clear across the
building, allowing any one to 90 up
the stairs which are located at the
west side of the house. In the south
east corner of the Office, large fire.
proof vault 10x12 is to be constructed.
For convenience this vault will run
from the ground floor to the ceiling of
the second story, and it will be used
for the storage of all the company's
records, books, bills of lading. &c.
The vault is situated in room thirty
, five feet nine inches wide by forty
two feet loog. AS yet arrangements
as to how this room will be utilized
have been made, though it will prob
ably be divided into small offices and
used by the employees of the company.
From the city side of the Office door
opens into hall, from which door
leads into the car clerks office. Just
inside this door flight of stairs leads
up to the second story. In the south
east corner Of this floor the assistant
superintendent's Office is situated. 1t
is 13 feet inches wide, and will be
handsomely finished with the most
improved equipments. West OF, and
opening into this office, is the room
of the superintendent's chief clerk,
10:4x13S in size. Next to this
room, but with no connecting
door is the janitor's closet, which is
13 feet square. This room opens on
the hall and is situated directly at the
steps. Across the hall from the Su-
perintendent's office is large room,
1S feet inches long by II feet wide,
which is to be given to Mr.. Ed.
Chambers, the freight agent, as his
private office. Mr., Chambers room
has door opening to the large freight
office, 45.5x42 feet in size. This Office
will be fitted out with new desks and
stools and will be used by the clerical
force of the freight department. A
shed projects entirely around the build
ing Just below the windows of the se;-
ond story, while large platform runs
around the house on the ground floor.
The roof is ornamented with a dor
mer window at the northern end, and
also has three chimneys, one in the
middle and one on each end. The
south end of the building touches the
platform Of thecompany's warehouse,
though there is no door at that end.
For protection this wall is built solid !,
and runs from the ground to the top
of the warehouse. The material is
all on the ground and in two months
time the clerks and officials hope to
be snugly fixed in their new quarters.