The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-31

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The officers of the Boston Terminal
Company are Trustees, Charles p.
Clark, chairman; Samuel Hoar, vice
chairman; Charles L. Lowering, Royal
c. Taft, Francis L. Higginson; clerk,
James w. Perkins; treasurer Charles
f. Council; manager, John G. Sanborn;
resident engineer George B. Francis
The following is a detailed descrip-
ton of the terminal:
Opposite the end of Federal street,
and at the intersection of Summer
street and Atlantic avenue, is the main
entrance and central architectural fea-
ture of the station. The building eX-
tends from the entrance south along
Atlantic avenue 1872 feet, and east on
Summer street 672 feet. The central por-
ton of the building, as seen from Fed
eral street, is a large five-story build
ing, of which the first story is given to
station uses, and the upper four stories
are used as Offices
Of the central, curved portion, 22S feet
in length, two stories form a strong
base in which are three great entrance
arches and the upper three stories are
treated as a colonnade. The columns
are Az feet in diameter and forty two
feet high. Above the colonnade the en-
tablature and parapet broken by the
small projecting pediment, carry the
facade to a height of 105 feet from the
sidewalk. Above all, and at the center,
is that necessity to railroad stations,
the clock, with a dial 10 feet in dia-
meter.
All of the curved portion is built Of
Stony Creek granite. and nearly all the
remaining front is of this stone, but On
each side of the colonnade the granite
is relieved by large dark buff mottled
bricks
From Atlantic avenue there is a sec
ondary entrance to the station, and an
entrance to the subway On the Sum
mer street front the waiting room is
marked by large arched window open
ings, and beyond is the main exit, a
wide thorOughfare at the end of the
waiting room. and reaching Summer
street by a bridge over the inclined
exit from the subway. The subway exit
is under the ground floor exit, and the
inclines lead to the street. At the cor
ner of Summer street and Dorchester
avenue is the carriage cOncOurse.
Opening from the midway at the right
is the parcel room; and alongside the
tralnshed is the outward baggage room,
562 feet long and 26 feet wide. At the
left are lavatories telegraph and tele-
phone offices; a ticket office. with II
sales windows toward the midway and
16 openings on the opposite side into
the waiting room.
The waiting room is convenient to
trains, of ample dimensions. 225 feet
long, s. feet wide. 2S1a feet high, and
out of the line of traffic. At one corner
of the waiting room is the entrance to
the women's room. This room is "a feet
by Al feet, most comfortably furnished
with rocking chairs easy chairs, loung-
es and tables and for the children
cribs and cradles. Adjoining the
women's room are free lavatory and
a pay laVatory.
Beyond and at the corner of the
lunch ROOM is a stair and elevator hall
to the dining room on the second floor
The kitchen and room for private use
Of employees, and a directors dining
room. are also on the second floor Cab
men have room opening into the car
riage way only. The east side of the
inward baggage, 507 feet long and &c
feet wide.
The building above the first story is
used for offices and employees. Con-
ductors and trainmen have rooms in the
Dorchester avenue wing, and the re-
mainder of the second story is occu-
pied by the Boston Terminal Co The
entire third story is occupied by the
Boston & Albany railroad, and the
fourth and fifth stories are occupied by
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad.
The architects of the headhouse are
Messrs Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge