The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-15
THE NEW STATION.
Baltimore & Ohio Officials Exhibit
Plans to the Public.
THE WORK TO BEGIN VERY SOON


And will he Under Way IN Few Weeks.
Beautiful Main Building that viii be
an Ornament 10 the city, 100000 to
BIO Expended on Ii-wO#ld Not Bald IN
Front ofs stoslsyard, bat No stoel'yAra
Is PrObabIs-A Description Ofths Plans
and a Talk with Manager Greene.
Within thirty days the contract for the
construction OF the new Baltimore &
Ohio station will be let through competl-
tive bidding, and as soon as the material
can be gotten on the ground the work
will begin, The plans, which were In
spected by an Intelllgencer reporter yes
terday, call for a structure with all the
modern eonyenienees, TO cost In the
neIghborhood of 100000, The building
which, as heretofore announced will
front on Main street. just north OF the
creek, WIN be beautiful piece of archi-
lecture and at once an ornament to the
city and credit to the Baltimore q
Ohio road. II VIII be the largest, hand-
soonest and best equipped railroad STA
ton in West Virginia.
Yesterday morning General Manager
Greene, General Superintendent Fitzger-
aid, Chief Engineer Manning, and super
intendents Sheets and Gibson arrived In
the city on their special cars and were
here for several hours on official busl-
ness. General Manager Greene and En-
glneer Manning had with them the plans
for the.new station and submitted them
for the inspection of representative citi-
zens and newspaper men, all OF whom
expressed themselves as delighted with
the architectural beauty OF the proposed
buildings and the scope OF the improve
ments that the Baltimore & Ohio Is about
to make in the city.
Tho Plans Described.
The Intelllgeneer has heretofore de-
scribed the location of the new station
and given a general outline OF the work
to be done. Yesterday Engineer Man
ming gave to a group of reporters a more
detailed description OF the plans. The
main depot building will be handsome
two.story structure of brick and stone,
fifty feet front and sixty back, with a
tower on the southeast corner The
main entrances will be on Main street
and the Main street front win be OF orna-
mental design In pressed brick and cut
stone.
The upper story will consist of the
offices Of the various departments OF the
passenger service here and the entire
lower floor devoted TO waiting rooms,
ticket offices, toilets, baggage rooms, &c,
The general waiting room VIII occupy
the entire north side OF the building, ex-
tending from the east 10 the west walls,
and will be 5S feet long by 80 feet . inches
In width. The ladies' waiting room VIII
be in the southeast corner, and the smeH-
ing room, or gentlemen's waiting room,
In the southwest corner, each OF these
two rooms being Is feet inches By y
feet 3 inches In size. Between the two
will be the ticket office. the dimensions
being II feet inches by II feet 0 inches.
There will be ladies' and gentlemens
toilet rooms and all the conveniences
found in first class railway station Of
the day.
The Interior will be finished In wood
and tinted plaster. the walls being
walnscotted to height Of four feet; the
ceilings win be handsomely decorated
and the chairs and benches in the walt
ing rooms will be comfortable and OF
patterns harmonlzing with the elegance
OF the building. The building will be
lighted by electricity and gas. and heat
ed by natural gas.
The Mig Train Shed.
In marked contrast TO the narrow. con-
tracted space within the train-shed Of
the old station will be that OF the new.
The latter will be an extensive structure,
sss feet in length and % feet in width,
and contain, besides three tracks, $50 feet
OF platform. The traln-shed will extend
from the main building across the creek
almost 10 Twentieth street, and will be
constructed of steel. Two through
tracks will be on the south side OF the
shed and the local track on the north
side. This portion OF the station will be
one of the most extensive Items Of the
Improvement, since, In order to make II
safe. strong, and permaent, II Will be
necessary to build heavy retaining walls
and piers OF solid masonry from the arch
of the creek stone bridge TO the piers OF
the Panhandle bridges. Two plate girder
bridges. one 90 feet and the other 60 feet
In length. Will carry the tracks and the
portion OF the track shed which VIII eX-
tend over the creek. Taken altogether,
the station will be an expensive Improve
ment
General Manager Greene stated yester-
day that the station would have been
completed ere this. but for the fact that
the work was handicapped by the delay
in securing some Of the property neces-
sary. 1t was noted by the reporters that
the drawings OF the plans which were
spread upon the table In Mr. Greene's
car. that they bore the date of June, 1895,
showing that they were prepared more
than n year ago, and, In fact, before the
old station was washed away by the
flood.
Wheeling Appreciated.
wheeling has placed the Baltimore &
Ohio company under obligations to her
In the past" explained Mr.. Greene, "and
but for the financial difficulties of the
road the appreciation OF Wheellnga
kindness would have been substantially
demonstrated ere this. We recognize
the clty's great Importance as shipping
point; that Importance cannot be exag-
gerated Last July the kindly feeling OF
the wheeling business men was shown In
practical way. which lid not fail te
Impress us. When we had our trouble
on account OF the floods. which interrupt
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