The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-10-08
Room f0r Many Buyers.

There is counter space II Inc office
for ..uOuU t~lljy purcnarero dL Vac
same nulntLu, dno, Saou q OCCASION
r,uulre il, mat ndn:Der OF pculnc
Goa u Ue furnished with tIcke Is al tue
same miuuLe. Icuuiilig along lne
Culer Wall Of Tie; office Outside tue
cuun ter il arrow Of l1chly cu>uiOned
seats Tor The decentralization or pas
stngeIS VINO, in Case OF d great Jusn
OF business, CANNOT be furnished with
tickets as fast as 1hey enter. Inc
shade OF the uphO STEERING UI these
seats correspond, WITH the color Of
the mahogany furniture. Ihere Is
sea 1iuS room for at ieI>J thirGy-nVe
Del sous, and should tOiS prove IL
adequate other mdilngahy benches
nave Den turnlSbtd Ia Tie rear OF
Lie ticket clerks Enclosure.
Behind Tie counter are ticket des ks
| and cases. J he general Ticket Case Is
unusually large. IL his space Tor 6oJ
different furm, OF Coupon tickets, n;'
sides space IUr local tickets 70 $50
! different points On Gbe company >
lines. Immediately 10 tne ielG OF
/ of this general ticket Case Is another
known as the sleeping car ticket cd>c.
| 1t contains diagrams Of tue nlueGrea
| through sleeping Cars which leave
daily over the Northwestern lines Tor
! the Pacific coast aud OJher points In
| the north and northwest. At Ghe
farther end of the ticket counters
are enclosed apartments for the ticket
clerks and passenger agents. There
are also telephone rooms, containing
public and private telephones. The
| upper portions Of the partitions OF the
various apartments are of beveled
Clipped glass, the beauty OF which
adds to the general effect.
At the rear of these ticket clerks
and p,>SeDger agents offices and
reIepuOue rooms there is passage
leading TO the city freight office OF
! the company, directly north OF the
| ticket office, which occupies the
building at 21O 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 the rear
Of the pdssageway are addltlOnal
spaces for the passenger agents OF the
road, aud in the rear OF these Is tne
| DrlFdUe tIllCc VI UuC ClUy pdSoOhSOl
aud ticket agent, furnished ano
and finished in the same way as the
other offices. One feature OF these
offices is an entirely new departure
in the way of city ticket offices. LIZ
the rear of the city passenger ane
ticket agents private office large
and commodious room has been re
served for the use of outside patron:
of the Northwestern Road who may
be visiting Chicago. 1t is fitted W
as a reading room and around thu
wall are hung files of the leading news
papers of all the important towns OF
the Northwestern system. Thi
room is also furnished with writing
tables, stationery and all the othel
little conveniences which add to the
comfort and enjoyment of visitors
To this room all patrons OF the roae
whether visitors in Chicago or resi-
dents of the city, will always find
cordial welcome, and there they
will have an opportunity
of consulting greater number Of
outside papers than is to be founc
elsewhere. Adjoining the reading
room are handsomely furnished toilet
rooms which 60 to render the entire
arrangement complete. In fact, in