Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-25
BURLINGTON DEPOT MODEL
Omaha People May See it Today for the
so First Time
EXACT MINIATURE OF MAIN BUILDING
Driveway which Has Become Famous
Through Alley Litigation Is shown
in All It's DctniIs-Dcscrip-
tion of Plans.

Today the people Of Omaha will have their
| first opportunity to see an exact representa-
! tion Of the Burlingtons new passenger
station which is to be erected at Tenth and
/ Mason streets At o'clock this morning the
curtain in one of the large windows of Kill
patrick Il Co, on Douglas street. will be
raised and the model of the new structure
will be exhibited for public inspection. The
model arrived in this city yesterday afternoon
on the Burlington's Fast MALI train at
3 o'clock The remainder of the afternoon
was spent in transporting the large model
to the exhibition window and In Joining to-
gether it's two sections. The model is OF
white plaster. seven feet long and five feet
wide. 1t is the work of Joseph Dux. cne OF
the leading carvers and modelers of Chicago.
From an inspection of the model one OBJ
tans a splendid idea of just how the Bur
lington's new passenger station will appear
when completed. According to an afndavit
made by General Manager Holdrege the colu.
pletion will be in ample time for the exposi-
ton The plans of the structure, as pub
lished by The Bee on May 9, appear un-
changed in the model. The extreme length
viii be 3l6 feet and the extreme width, eX>
elusive of the train sheds, will be 12S
feet. The greatest length will be east and
and opening onto the Tenth street viaduct
THAT DRIVEWAY AGAIN.
The long -mooted semi-circular driveway is
seen to the south of the main building. 1t
does not touch the Kingman property. but
barely misses 1t. Leaving the porte CoChere
at the west end of the station this thirty
foot driveway sweeps around to the south
and comes around to the west end of the
building gradually slOping down from the
level of the viaduct to that of the tracks.
This is expected to be one of the finest feat
ures of the Improvement and will cost $75-
600. The intention is that carriages ana
other vehicles after leaving their passengers
at the main entrance just off the viaduct may
como down to tn baggage rooms at the west
end of the floor below. South of the ramra
is seen a tall smokCstaCk This is from the
heating and lighting plant Of the station,
which will be entirely located underneath the
driveway.
The west entrance is mcst attractive one,
ianked on either side with a row Of stately
pillars. The ornamentation above IS in the
form of an allcgOpical compass. Surround
ing a handsome check are these figures: an
t,squimo for the north, a Chnaman for the
east, a negro for the south and an Indian for
the west
Within this entrance the passenger finds
himself in a spacious lobby, with the rail
way ticket offices ranged along the south
side and thc sleeping car company ticket Of
fees on the north sside. AT The end OF this
lobby, in thes central portion of the natn
floor, is the main waiting room. Its area
will he one-quIrter- OF an acre, so that there
will likely be.eoas5 for all-comErs 1t will
be handsomely fitted UP and every effort viii
be made to make it mCst attractive. As
elsewhere in the Building the walls will be
cf red brick, ,wainscOted and trimmed with
marble The, floors will be of handsome
mosaic. The rooms viii be heated by steam
and lighted by electricity
West of the main waiting room will be
another wide, lobby extending 20 the west
end. On the south side will "a finely
fitted up dining ROOM. The ladies'. waiting
room, parlor and retiring rooms will also
be at this end of the main floor They will
be carpe;ed, elegantly furnished and be
under the care OF colOred maids. From the
middle of the main waiting room on this
floor the broad iron stairway TO the railroad
tracks will descend. These stairs will be
circular in form and will be of such easy
grade that mounting them will be. no diff
cult task. r... .-. .r.-
GROUND FLOOR CONVPNIENCES.
On the ground floor the baggage rooms
will be located at the extreme west end
There will also be extensive quarters for the
express companies at the east end of the
floor. The offices Of the telegraph and the
telephone companies will be here There
will be toilet rooms barber shop and bath
rooms. A separate room will be devoted to
the accommodation of immigrants. Offices
for the depot attaches will be on this fioor
and there will also be rooms for ice and
other supplies -.- r..
The tracks will be the level Of the
ground hoCr and will be reached by going
out the north doors. Each track will be
covered with a shed so that passengers will
be protected from inclement weather from
tho time they enter the main entrance off
of Tenth street till they are seated in their
respective trains
Above the north entrance will be another
allegorical group. more elaborate than that
CT the west entrance large clock will
occupy the central space Figures repre-
sentns electricity on the one side and steam
on the other will be seen encircling min
iature globe with a solid band. There will
bo ten large figures in all On the west
side they are as follows: Electricity, enter
prise, science, art and literature. On the
east side, steam, commerce, industry, agri-
culture and manufactures.
On he south side of the station. on the
ground floor, there will be facilities for land
ing passengers who need to be driven to the
level of the tracks. There will be stands