The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-30
FINEST IN KANSAS
New Missouri Pacific Depot
Nearing the Finish.
RECEIVE TRAINS TUESDAY
Convenience, Beauty and
Grace Appoint Il.

The last finishing touches on the splen-
cid new Missouri Pacific depot are being
given by contractors and their forces;
fine last surveys being made by The sew
e-l inspectors, and commencing January
trains will arrive and depart from that
station, and no more viii the Second
street depot be used for that purpose. In
the regime of the Renaissance, this ele-
asnt ediace would be called the highest
.vas Of architecture. Massive, substan-
tia1 commodious and convenient, it yet
Chords an artistic picture to the eye
+-..,ea - the appreciation Of fine effects.
WITH beauty of general contour ez-
-.sr-ive sweep Of arches, stately colon
-s5as majestic columns, brilhancy OF
sirb+fnr both by daylight and ARTIFICIAL
In these make classic poem in stone,
Grand spectacle in the superb ART Oh
fuuiing. in fact permanent attraction
pbirb The citizens Of Wichita are
--,gd. and the officials Of the progressive
missouri Pacific Railway company
happy.
~5a site is west Of and adjoining the
racks Of the company on the corner Oh
wichita street and Douglas avenue. Inc
building is 142 feet long by 66 feet Vide
.ve.usive of projecting porches and
areas 1t is one. two, and three stories
rfr1 in its different portions, with base
7nent and boiler room under the north
end. The entire building is erected with
concrete f0otngs. stone foundation walls,
and brick walls for the superstructure.
The interior construction is of steel, iron
ana wood. with the roof Of a steep pitch,
covered bv slate. The exterior trimmings
ere Of stone terra Gotta and galvanized
ir1n The foundation walls are two feet
5n thickness on concrete base, while the
brick wall is eighteen inches of com
pressed brick. The water table sur
r9unding the base of the entire building
is Of Carthage limestone two feet six
inches high. The first story is eighteen
feet from floor 10 floor. and the second
story eleven feet to ceilings.
one imposing feature of the edifce from
the outer view is the shapely tower on
the southeast corner, which tapers up
ward to a height Of lightweight feet
from the walks including weathervanes-
There are three main entrances. from
the south. or Douglas avenue side; the
east. or track. side; and the carriage
driveway entrance on the west At each
af these entrances is a large incandescent
gro lamp each controlled 10y a separate
witch from the main room below The
stibule at The approaches Of the Doug
lis avenue entrance is artstically ar
nged with mosaic work lozenged til
,-r. with orange enamelled brick in por-
celain effects. The opening between the
main entrance hall and main staircase (
Is neatly finished with a nodded straight
-~ch. supported on nodded and carved
consoles twenty-four feet high. There /
S.. besides these principal exits, another
stairway entrance for conductors to
reach the dispatcher's Offices above, to
report and receive orders.
The main floor first story IS arranged /
Tor the general waiting room, private
waiting rooms for ladies, toilet rooms /
smoking rooms. ticket agents apart
r-ents Immediately off the general wait /
ing room to the north is the baggage /
room into which passengers and patrons /
need never go. since it is conveniently I
arranged by window communicating
With the waiting room so that travellers /
may check baggage and attend to an
business with the baggage master direct /
f.an the main haI by this desk window. I
The ticket offices have three windows. /
which win amply take care Of any rush. |
Col p. r. Bleckley and his assistant, /
SIR j. IT, Hackman, win have these /
apartments. The general waiting room /.
IS 20 feet square and is finished I'm Cali F.
rnia redwood. with the finest Of mod /
ern floors the latter being Of two and I
one-half face white maple smoothed and 1
vanished. and are double. laid on floor I
lining and between the two is heavy felt /
0anor. all of which has the three-fold (.
advantage Of being almost noiseless. /
warmth and stohdity These floors are fin /
ished after an other work about the /
room IS done SO that no paint. plaster (
marks. or ether disfgurinE stains OF
rlemishes viii mar them. All around This /
elegantly appointed room. as well as the 4
whole first story is a system Of wains- /
c-tt.nr three feet ten inches high. pam /
oiled and nodded. formed with one and 4
one-eigbth stiles framed together. and +
provided with heavy nodded Gaping. .
end base with one-fourth round at floor.
I'M around This is of redwood through
ont -Four iron piers handsomely carved /
and convoluted support the upper floor.
from this main waiting room. Large,
airy windows and transoms are on all /
sides and finely working system of
ventilation carries all foul air and inn
purides constantly ont of this room I'D
through eight large pi0es through 4
specially constructed contrivance i'm the
roof IF the third story. the transoms
conveying pure cold air I'm from without
The PRIDE the beauty Che crowninc fn-