The Portland daily press., 1889-03-27
BEAUTIFUL OFFICES.
Tho Headquarters for the Maine Gen.
trai Officers Almost Completed.
The New Building will be Occupied
Next Month.

Sometime next month the officers OF the
Maine Central expect to move into their eie-
CANT new building the apartments oil whlch
are now fast being finished by large force
of skilled carpenters, painters and plumbers
The building containing the general ofhces
stands few hundred feet to the southeast
Of the new Union depot. The new building
will be lighted with gas and electricity,
heated by steam, electric bells connect all
the rooms which are spendidly lighted DUR
ing the day time through large sky lights
and we'll arranged windows. The building
fronts ST. John street. On entering one
passes through vestibule which opens into
a broad hall that extends almost the whole
length of the building. The stairs leading
to the second story and to the basement are
in the rear right hand corner of the hall. In
the rear of the hall is a large toilet room.
The building Is finished throughout in white
wood and the floors are of birch and maple.
The front Office on the first floor on the
south side of the building will be occupied
by the freight auditor and clerks and Pay
master Shaw. 1t has large closet, a fire
place in the main office and in Mr. Shaw's
private Office, and the walls aud woodwork
are beautifully tinted Next to Mr.. Shaw's
Cffice is Treasurer J. A. Linscott's Office. 1t
has handsome fire place and toilet closet
The clerks OF the auditing and treasury de-
partment will occupy the spacious room be-
yond Mr.. Linscott's. Connected with this
room is FIRE proof vault some 20 feet square.
1t also has fire place. Auditor George w.
York will occupy the Office in the rear SOUTH
west corner of the first floor. His office will
be very pleasat one, we'll lighted, having a
fire place and toilet room.
On the north side of the hall the clerks OF
the general freight agent will occupy the
front office. Opening from this will be
General Freight Agent Eaton's private Office
which is beautiful apartment with toilet
room. closets and fire place conveniently ar
ranged. General Ticket Agent Boothby
will occupy the office in the rear of Mr..
Eaton's. and it too is fine one. Mr.. Booth
by's clerks will have very spacious office
next to his and the last on the north side of
the first floor Connected with it is a large
fine proof vault. In the basement under
this office is another very large and elegant
office that win also he used by the clerks of
the general ticket agent 1t has connected
with 1t vault some 20 feet square. All of
these offices have closets and toilet rooms
connected with them; fire places and
beautiful tinted walls. In tile basement is a
large steam boiler that furnishes heat for the
entire building The basement is very
large and fine one. The hall on the second
floor is about 90x15 feet and it is lighted by
two immense sky lights. Opening from the
west end is spacious toilet room. Presi-
dent Sewall will occupy the Office in the
front south side of the second floor. Next to
his is the directors room, then comes the
blue print room, next to it is the draughting
room, the lghtest and one of the pleasantest
offices in the building, and the rear southeast
corner Office will be occupied by Chief En-
gineer Allen. Mr. Sewalrs Office will be a
very handsome and convenient one. 1t is
connected with all the other offices by cleo
trio BELLS and has as do all the other offices on
this floor, a coy fire place and toilet room
The front office on the north side of the hall
will be occupied by General Manager Tucker.
His clerks will occupy Offices next to his.
Then comes the Train Dispatcher Halls
office and the rear Office on this side of the
ball will be used as the telegraph office.
There is very large fire proof vault on this
hoor directly over the vault on The first floor
Mr.. fuckers office will be similar to Mr..
Sewall's office. When this new building is
occupied the old one ON Commercial street
will be vacated.