Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-02
ON A MASONRY VIADUCr,
How the Reading Railroad is to Reach
New Terminus in Philadelphia.

How the Readiag Railroad is to Reach Its
New Terminus in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is to have in the new terminal
depot of the Reading railroad at 18th and Mar
ket streets structure which will be an orna-
ment to that city. The road will reach this
depot by an elevated roadway or masonry via
duct An enormous amount OF money has been
expended by the road TO acquire its terminal
facilities and to enable it to use them. The
work has been pushed with great vigor. As
soon as the legal obstacles had been surmounted
architects and engineers organized their forces
contracts were awarded and the contractors be-
gan the work of demolition. Almost like magic
row after row of ancient buildings were pazed
to the ground. Excavations were pushed day
and night aud soon great piles of stone and
brick began to mark the course of what will,
when completed. says the Philadelphia Times
be the finest short stretch Of elevated road in
the world.
The material used for this work is Of gray
Conshohocken stone along the entire line Of the
route. except at 18th and Callowhill streets, at
the point where the roads diverge, there is to
be huge bridge. the bases. walls and piers Of
which are to be built Of solid brownstone. All
of the masonry for walls, piers alS a-shes is
completed to the divergiug point C: Il h and
Callowhill, and is not only solid and substan-
tlal, Dut ornamentdl. Inc arches 70 tne pottom
of the keystone are q tri6e over twenty feet in
height while the roadbed itself is twenty-seven
feet above the street level, giving ample height
for vehicular traffic underneath
The depot building will be most imposing
structure. The main building will have
frontage on Market street Of 266 feet 10 inches,
extending north on 18th street q distance OF
about l07 feet. Up to the second floor the
fronts Of the building will be of pink New
England granite and above that to the top of
the structure, which will be about l90 feet
high, the material used will be brick and terra
Gotta, made very ornamental in design. On
the Market street front . prominent feature
will be the portico at the second floor level
The roof over the train shed 10 to be an
arched one in single span Of about 26e feet
1t is Of iron construction, with ample skylights
and ventilation. This span il about ten feet
longer than the roof Of the Pennsylvania rail-
rosd station at Jersey City, and 10 the largest
roof span Of the kind in this country.
This train shed extends to Arch street, dis
tapce OF about 5l2 feet, and under it the space
from Arch to Filbert street is occupied by the
new market, which affords ample accommods-
ton for the former tenants of the Farmers'
Market and the Twelfth Street Market their
removal from the old quarters having been
rendered necessary by the construction of the
Reading terminal station on their former site.
Nothing. it ID said, IL lost, however, and every
thing gained to the stall keepers BY this move,
~ in their new quarters they have space and
business never thought Of in the old.
Underneath the market there IL . capacious
CELLAR. which win be fitted up with the most
improved cold storage arrangements, the plant
to be Of the most approved kind The cold
storage rooms are designed 10 furnish the
necessary facilities for the market itsslf, and
win also probably b largely ussd By sehss par