Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-26
UNION DEPOT OPENED
Great Convenience to West End Pa
irons Of Street Railways.
BUILT BYCAPIIAL TRACTION COMPANY
Cost of Structure Was in the
Neighborhood of 100000.
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

| After nearly two ve.rs ~ h.rd .ra t.,
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oesst' wolh 'he new union Depot. at tne
| corner OF S6th and M streets. will be Ve-
| cupied by the street cars for the first time
this evening. The construction of the
b,,ilding mo-. .ra.. ,,.oh,,,,.1 go "a
| ~ w 90 a'u
| ieii an outlay OF something IKE
| *S0.oOO. The cost of construction has been
borne by the Capital Traction Company
| There will he no formal ce,ebra finn of tn,
| onan,n. =, ~. ,.-,..,.- 1,,.,- N,
| - 80 e M e
| there WAS OILY one car IN the building,
but the cars could not be run in from
| the street owing to a disconnectfon in the
| tracks. A large force of workman was
| at ,vor, +h,s ,,orr,,.r ,,,.L,, a. ,,,,,..
~ nv Ae AoAs INC So'ihee-
| tioh' ana as soon as the necessary Sec
| ton Is laid the cars will run through the
building, doing away with the street
| switching which so haa1v blocLed trof7,
| ~ 49, - S
d. .nat point Inc cars OF the company
| wrich remain over at this end of the line
| at the close OF the days run Will be housed
| IN the new building this evening, and not
| IN the OLD one on Nd street near SD street.
A description OF the general outside ap-
| pearance OF the new depot mas been pub
| ilshed IN Inc Star, with cut OF the build
| ing. The interior decorations as COM
pleted are very pretty There Is every
| convenience for the patrons OF the road.
A large car elevator Is located near the CEN
| Ter OF the building, which Will be used In
| Placing cars on any moor OF the building.
passenger elevator will also be con-
| structed IN the front OF the building, but
| this has not as yet been put in place.
| Inc front part OF the first floor Is used
Tor the cashiers ONCE and adjoining Is an
| office, for the employees. with lockers all
around. The main entrance leads to the
general reception room, which is artisticai-
| ly fitted up. large double iron stairway
| leads to the upper floors, with slate steps
and ornamental sides. The ceilings are
paneled, and the weight Is supported by
| four large columns, with ornate caps, the
aoW s,. poau2m ecasea m niseu oan oo, &c
| In oak The rear Of the building is used as
| car space, and tracks occupy the entire
area. An iron railing separates the tracks
from tne front part OF tne ouilaing: ana IN
ratI,nf tha cnrttn',o,,s 1r. Gu vhich ~
| set apart for the cars that are running
| regularly, doing away with the necessity
| of switching.
The second floor is fitted up. as good as
| the first Is. There are number of small
rooms in the front portion, which will be
used by the railroad company. On the west
side of this story is an immense wooden
| door, which is wide enough to permit the
| passage of steam car. This opening is
left in the event the Falls Church road
| shall cross the river and use the place as
! headquarters. Car track space fills the re-
| mainder of the floor The third floor is
| almost identical with the second floor, even
| to the large west door, which was left for
| the ingress and egress of the Great Falls
| cars The top floor is one smooth concrete
| space, with a low one-story building divid-
| ing 1t in half, enabling passengers to come
into the building from Prospect avenue.
| on either side of the entrance there is
| coed space, which will make excellent
| promenades on warm summer evenings.
The cellar of the depot contains the heat
| ing apparatus and boilers, while the Oil
| room is located on the side on the first
floor. The heat was turned on IN the puiia:
| same time test the apparatus.
.f.:Hs''s Lawn E.tc Postuoued.
| ,r, r.,.a ,,bich u.s 70 have heen
| .,,,,.,,,tthis- .f,erroon under the ausp,ces
| 20 ths g. Nerve Child for the CbiI6ren,s
| uosri+aI 81 ao,1' n street bas been most
| ,a,,ad LEU c.t,rd.,, evening IN .ccoun+
| p" N =.
OF the suooeh oea.h VI one hh'eieseu III
the project. The fete will be held at the
| same place from until 10 o'clock In the
| evening, ard elaborate preparations have
been made for the event Among other
| ATTRACTIONS will be special magic lantern
exhibit, dime museum ana a comedy IN
w WIN nv Misses 0fash' "ia'es anu "sl' 'na'
| The various committees in charge of the
1ete are as 1oiows: Entertalnment com
| tatits and Gordon. ice cream committee
Mrs. Downs L. Wilson, Mrs George T. Dun
lop, Mrs. NJ. ]. Adler Misses Barrow, Ad=
| NNA." -'Ao~e -
| Wnnon ouu w tin, I'VE uIt,Iia D,anns
Misses Bradley. Kate Dougal. Esther Cor.
don, Morgan and Elizabeth Tyler; candy
committee-Mrs F. +. Leetch, Mrs. G. l..
! Nfcoison. Misses Cropiey Dodge, Janney,
Huntington, Snyder and Wnitcomb lemon
| ade committee-Mrs. Rich, Misses McCahfll,
| Mary Key Dodge, Fails and Marbury; sur
| prise table comm1ttee-Mrs. A. w. Fergu-
| Son, misses Easle Green ana Carrie Snyder.
Serious Charge
| Edward Harris. q .vo,-np co,orad r,.,
was arrested lest evening by Policemen
Brown and Harrison on a charge of as
| sault with intent to kill. Yhe negro was
employed by Warren Riggs to help unload
q canal boat, and when through with the
labor refused to take the money offered
nm. rev WORDS 1oucwed; and the negro,
slash at the smn,ower A The Anu hIadn lhaue t
through the clothing and cut a small cash
| several inches long in the stomach of tha
| victim. The police were attracted hv the
| noise. and after cha sing the MORO for sew
| eraI soIares caught him
|
Cycle clubs Run.
The annual strawberry run of the Affair