Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-02
TO THE FRONT. The Opera House Hotel HERE II . IS AT LAST Montgomery's New Depot Now
 aCertainty. IT WILL COST $35O,00O The Louisville and Nashville to Build lt-To Be Used by AIl-0ther Extensive
 Improvements,
IT WILL COST $350,00O
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Montgomery, June 1-(Special)- IA magnificent new depot for Montgomery is now a certainty. It will be the hand somest in the south. It will cost $950,O00, and the work of construction will com mence within ten days. The Louisville and Nashville company will build it, but it will be used by all of the roads as a union station. The contract between the city and the company was made and signed tonight. The plans and specified tions were exhibited to the board of aldermen tonight. They call for a beautiful and extensive passenger depot structure, three stories high and built of brick, stone and iron. The main en- trance will face south on 40-foot street. The lower floor is provided with the sev- eral waiting rooms, ticket office, restau rant, etc., and the company's office will be on the upper floors. The baggage house, an independent building, will be east of and parallel with the passenger depot, and the express office, another separate building will be al the west end The passenger depot building will be 3O9 feet in length.
 The car shed, which will extend from Commence street to Moulton street, will stretch from the passenger depot build ing to within 15 feet of the river bank. The shed will be 600 feet long. A freight depot 50x540 feet will be built from the continuation of Lee street. just back of the Windsor hotel west to Moulton street. Extensive improvements in addi- tion to the buildings are agreed to by the railroad company.
 They contract to expend some $30 900 in building up and strengthening the river bank opposite the passenger depot. They also agree to build and maintain an un- derpass "A feet in width down through cRntar or their tracks to the river landing. This pass will be about 30 feet under the track and will cost the company about $50, 0O0 The street being 85 feet wide, some 30 feet will be left on each side of the underpass for the use of the wholesale houses ad- jacent.
 The railroad company also agrees to es- tablish between the Windsor hotel and the front entrance to the depot street of atleast 35 feet in width The company agrees to commence work within ninety days, but 1t is announced tonight that work will commence within ten days All that the city had to agree to was to allow the railroad company to enclose its property with safety fence and to in sure the company against any damages that might be sought by property owners having lots adjacent to the underpath. All excepting the owner of one small par eel of the land cheerfully waived all claims for damages, it is said. Every al- derman voted in favor of the contract.
 It is only just to state that to Hon. J. M. Faulkner, the head of the Louisville and Nashville law department in this state, is due very large proportion of the thanks of the people of Montgomery for this splendid improvement. While Pro Bono Publico," Citizen and Tax payer" have been writing newspaper cards and quarreling at the company, Capt. Faulkner has been quietly working up the big undertaking, and to him es- pecially and to President Smith and to Mayor Clisby are due all the thanks.