El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-23
The Santa FEES New Depot.

The railroad papers have been pub
fishing half tones ard excellent cuts OF
the Santa Fe's elegant new passenger
station at Galveston, the headquarters
of the system of Texas. The building
is q four story structure, in modern re-
Nuisance, with a corner tower of two
additional stories. fronting 100 feet on
Bath avenue and 124 feet on Strand.
1t is of Texas red pressed brick with
sandstone trimmir gs for the first story,
and terra Gotta trimmings above. The
height of the tower corEer is 112 feet
from the side walk. There il a tower
| entrance from the street with main,
ornamental entrances from the main
shoroughfsre. There is large terra
Gotta portico supported by iron columns
on Bath avenue through which there is
ent trance to the station waiting rooms.
Three large brick arches open into the
estibule, and over each is a hand
somely worked out grill. The vesti-
bule is spacious affair in
| natural finish, quarter sawn oak
with plate glass doors and art glass
waiting room is 52x1OO feet, extending
| from the main entrance to the station
platform. The walls are handsomely
finished, and the hOors, including the
vestibule is til d with marble The
windows are of art glass work. A
laree copper covered dome covers the
central part of the waiting room, the
ceiling is of decorated metal, and there
are over 300 frosted incandescent lamps
to furnish light at night. There are
perforated seats accOmm cd atiug 100
people, e marble drinking fountain is
convenient, and the side rooms, ticket
| ffices, dining rooms, baggage rooms,
kitchens, paDtries and minor apart
,nents are fitted up in manner to
conform we'll with the main salon.
The platform is 24x10O feet, covered
and provided with skylights and arc
Tampa, ard the flooring is asphalt. The
upper floors of the great structure are
handsomely equipped and decorated.
The general offices and over 200
clerks are amply provided for, and
elevators take them up and down
stairs with dispatch. The entire office
part is divided up wi b a view to con-
venience and the exped iting of work.
1t is equipped with q telephone system
Of its own including long d stance tele-
ohones. There Is also a steel train
he'd with cOrrue ated iron roof SOx40
it,, designed so as to admit of addition
without Interfering with the ger eral
symmetry. The construction of the
depot and train sheds are appare ntly
copied closely after the great Union
tation in st. Louis, and the Calves
ton sta ion does not differ mate, tally
except in the matter of size. The
great property is comp etc in every de-
tail, and is not merely a matter of
pride to Galveston, but to the entire
state. Some day, the Santa Fe will
build a fne station in El Paso for this
city is fast becoming one of the sys-
TENS mo important termin ais. The
general officials of the system 10 T, IS
4e General Manager L. j. Polk, Cen
eral Superin tendent G. F. R-ssegu;e,
General Passenger Agent w. Kee-
nan, and General F. ght Agent PHI
Good win.
The twenty miles of track tapping
over from New Mexico into the state,
and termination in Ell Paso, belong to
General Supt. Nudge whose jurisdic-
ton takes in the remainder of the
Santa Fe system except the li7es west
of Albuquerque. The Santa Fe is ably
represented in Ell Paso whe strong
force Of active and pushing young men
manage to hold their own with COM
peting lines in very good shape, and
are we'll de CRYING of the confidence of
their general officers.