Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-16
Union DEPOT PLANS.
..,eur ARCHITECTS supMrr THEIR
DESIGNS.
lVGUD WILL BIZ MADE NEXT WEEK.
rraus VIII Passed on blythe o"''
q che Chesapeake and ON" """
pfchmond, PctcrsburT M"
rt,a-RaiIrond Notes.

,...N. architects submitted designs yes
,.,. FOR the Union Depot to be erected
81, corner OF Fifteenth and MAIN
... nv the Chesapeake and Ohio and
,,,.,mond. Petersburg and Carolina rail-
ways A.
.... week. Immediately thereafter 1t is
,.,,r,e8 that the contract for the cree
,..r ~ the structure will be awarded
.-.o rlans were left at the Office OF Mr..
~ "a Scarborough, engineer Of bridges
ana signals Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
The architects came from New YORK
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Cincinnati. ana
CHARLESTON. W. Va. The plans WIN
,,u,arded TO the Hot Springs to,""y,
and there passed upon by the on'O'S Us,
H., Chesapeake and Ohio and the N'0"
r1nd Petersburg and Carolina.
Tho cost Of the structure cannot oe az
,.ratclv estimated until the plans "IS
sloptcd. IL has always been unoerslo
ffat fl will cost from 100000 10 $i'V'V'''
Mr.. John SHELTON Williams, pies.utm6
Of the Seaboard AIRLINE system 80
yesterday that the published Iepol tss -
,,s eject thar his system and the 49,,
more and Ohio had pracucaly -, 10
f~sfic arrangements from w "SI,-s ,,.o,,ld
New York were not correct lin, 10
not state whether negou"'iiO"' IT, tbe
mis- end were pending' OF d ~
prospects We're o,+ 3, the Dispatch,
an a month or more ago stated
S.eboord would use the tracks
- pfcbmond. Fredericksburg ana 70
-, from this city 10 Quanuco ana
s---, tbaf point to New York the tracks
20 f,a PENNSYLVANIA. OF course, such an
,.,rorrrrnent could be terminated. Whe-
.bor there is immediate Likelihood OF such
s hing occurring is not known. 1t was
,~ferst0od. until tho announcement that
tre Pennsylvania was to be the me VI
,ra Seaboard from Quantico 10 Nc"
York that the Baltimore and ONO was
~, bs the line. II the Pennsylvania tracks
rs used from Quantico TO New Aorh
.t.~. vvould he no necessity Of the Sea-
,,.-5 building anything north of Rlch-
,-.r7 whereas. If the Baltimore and ONO
(. "a, be its Washington connection, the
.-..Fs Of the Pennsylvania will have 10
s., used from Quanuco 10 Washington
~. line between those points will have
rle built.
Tho DISPATCH from time 70 time has
ar.f+ upon the probability Of tho sea
hoard building on from Richmond 10
washington after the completion OF the
richmond. Petersburg and Carolina
,-ttrb Is 10 be the Seaboard's northern
"--.or President williams said in New
v.-E This week that If satisfactory trat-
,. a-rqngements with the Richmond
rrefsr. ksburg and Potomac from Rich
,,a-f -o Ouantico could not be made the
csa1rerl would build. Options on mucn
rronartr between Richmond and QuanucC
is,. ll.n obtained. and several corps
~ .-cI1carg have been at work making
er-vers az various points. 1t Is safe &c
saw Tie Seaboard will not build soon Il
ANYTHING like satisfactory traffic arrange
rrrfs can be made with the Rlchmohu
TraIericksburg and Potomac.
Tho commissioners appointed in the
condemnation proceedings instituted 10y
ta Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina
Railroad Company met yesterday morn
no and continued the tour Of inspection
ta--,u on Thursday. Later in the day inc
commissioners sat IN the Hastings CouI'
and heard evidence Further tesuIhohs
Min h. submitted to-day. and a repor
is svpected tonight.
Thu new offices OF the seaboard AIT
rf-o M No. 1902 east Main street. arr
r-vy nearly completed. and are very hanu
ONE. In front are the offices OF th'
gichmond Traction Company ana IN
Virginia Electrical Railway ana DeVedop
ment Company. I'm the rear IS the olI,1
20 proeident Williams and his assistant
colonel r. NJ. r. Talcott. This office an
tre once of John L. Williams e Sons. a
yo. 1909 east Main street. are connecte
fr0m the rear.