The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-10-08
PROUD OF NEW OFFICE.
NortIiwe Stern Road Has Beautiful
City Tick t Pariors in Cnicsgo.
PLACE ELEuANrLY FURNISHED.
Patrons of the Company flsy Now GJ
TO Rooms at Clark aGd i'd ms
Streets to Pass lime.

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Chicago has long been noted for BE-
ing Lue greatest railroad CenUer IN
tie world. IL mas Decu cOnspjcuUu
nos only or uaViug the jargeso nun-
DER OF ines ruuulug iuto II or any CITY
il blIe WuIld iBu Tie ereaGesG number
II trains aJrsIug and departing
dalIy, uub !Or having some or hnt
largest. most CummJGtous and eic-
gahJ passenger sGaLIOGS n bhe world
Now IL las taken anOJuer step ~ ai-
luce, and cat boast TODAY Of uaSI-s
LAr most elcgaut and II every way
LlC DesU ciuy Ticket Office n Lne
world. Two or Lnree mon Ills ago tue
chicago * Nortnw-sLeJD ROAD moved
lts Iity llCKcL Gil ;e from 2)S Clark
street 90 1ret anu more comm 5utuuS
quarters LAo doors south on Tue same
UnCr pugulore, ~ Clark street. No'
,uouer udd IG ia htn pa, S 2SSion or It's
new quarters lhau II began process
Of G.iuvabluu, redecUraGing and 1uf-
uishIng them anew. Indt work mas
Oecu proceeutig steadily since, until
now IL nas been carried TO completion.
Tue TUau finds Itself in possession OF
what IS without controversy the most
elet ant and ronipleto ticket office.
ine new offices are on the north
west Conner OF Clark aud Adams
sbrtctS, aud can be catered from
either street, though the general en-
Grau,e is from Clark street. On
ste pping. iuUo the Offices from the
sidewalk the intending passenger
Ii ,Cs himself in beautiful place,
Shlcu caLnuG Tail TO excite his Id.
mirafiun. The walls OF tue apart
nenLS are hung with beautiful Oil
pa iii oiugs and cnGraVlugS or some or
Tue GrdLueSL scenery III the wUrIO,
such rs Tue greab Se5 ser, KuoWn dis
"Old Fauhlrli,' the great kuotenal
canoii, p,ke's Peak ~ viewed Trum
ouradu 5 ,,rlne. Blk Peak and other
Ike s;rGes. Every counter, desk,
ticket Va~t, Guar, taOic, PARTITION,
railing ahd other pie ce ~ furniture
in the whole Ulli e is Of sol'd III liIos.
auy, al! belnE uniform IA rinn aud
sdade Even The wIuuowS are hung
with fold Og mauoqany blinds vf TIE
same SHADE Hs the furniLufe. TIE
counters partitions aud r8iling2 have
Skirtlng one foot ia width Ct varle-
gated marble OF very beautif [, 81,
which serves TO heignteu tue general
| effect materially.
Room f0r Many Buyers.
There is counter space ] II tue office
| for ..uouJ LwtnJy PURCHASERS dI lac
| same nuIntLu, dno, Slou q OCCASION
roulre il, mat ndn:Der OF pcuphc
cuu u ne furnished with ticke Us al the
same minute. Eunniug aloug lne
| QUEER wall Of tile office OUTSIDE Tue
| counter Is d row Of llchly Cushioned
| seats Tor The accommodation OF pas
| sengeIs no, in case of great Jusl
| of business, cannot he furnished with
tickets as fast aS 1ney enter Inc
| shade OF the upho.sLcring Of these
seats correspond, with the color of
| the mahogany furniture. There Is
| seating room for at ieJ>b thirGy-nve
persons, and should tniS prove IL
adequate Ulntr mahogany benches
have ID, en furnished III tile rear OF
! Jhe ticket clerks Enclosure.
/, Behind the counter are ticket des ks
and cases. J he general ticket case Is
unusually large. IL bdS space Tor 6oJ
| different form, OF coupon tickets, na.
| sides space IUr local tickets 10 lou
!. different points On The company
| lines. Immediately 10 the lett OF
of this general ticket Case Is anOLnef
known as the eeplne-;dr ticket case.
II contains diagrams of tue nine6rea
through sleeping cars winch leave
daily over the Northwestern lines loi
the Pacific coast aud Otiler points IN
the north and northwest. At The
farther end Of the ticket counters
are enclosed apartments for the ticket
clerks and passenger agents. Ihere
are also telephone rooms, containing
public and private telephones. The
upper portions of the partitions OF the
various apartments are of beveleo
Clipped glass, the beauty OF which
adds to the general effect.
At the rear of these ticket clerks
and passenger agents Offices anC
telephone rooms there is passage
leading TO the city freight Office OF
the company, directly north or tine
ticket office, which occupies the
building at 210 Clark street. The
freight Office is fitted in the same
style aud with the same degree OF
beauty as the ticket office.
Room for Visitors.
Returning ~ the latter, In tne real
Of the passageway are addltlOna
spaces for Ghe passenger agents OF thu
road. aud ia the rear of these Is the
private office of the city passenge
and ticket agent, furnished ant
and finished in the same way as th'
other offices. One feature OF thes'
offices is an entirely new departure
in the way of city ticket offices. Ii
the rear of the city passenger ant
ticket agents private office. a larg
} and commOdious room has been re
served for the use of outside patron
of the Northwestern Road who ma
be visiting Chicago. 1t is lifted "
as a reading room and around tn
wall are hung files of the leading news
! papers of all the important towns OF
the Northwestern system. Thl
room is also furnished with writing
tables, stationery and all the othe
little conveniences which add to tn
comfort and enjoyment OF visitors
To this room all patrons OF the roa.
whether visitors in Chicago or resi-
dents of the city, will always find
cordial welcome, and there the
, will have an opportunity
of consulting a greater number o
outside papers than Is to be fount
elsewhere. Adjoining the reading
| room are Handsomely furnished tOile