The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-14
Unique Buildings Being Erected
at Albuquerque.
Santa Fe to Own It's Own Opera
House.
TO COST ABOUT $4,000
and Interior to BE
of Spanish Design.
Will Be a Mecca For Western
Tourists.


the Santa Fe has built in connection
with it's stations, hotels for the accom-
mediation of it's immense tourist traftlc-
The largest project of this kind which
the road has ever undertaken is the
new building or collection of buildings,
now in process of construction at
Albuquerque, N. M. The following
buildings are to be erected by the
Santa Fe:
Station.
Hotel.
Opera house.
General offices.
Freight depot.
Two large warehouses p
All these buildings will be more or
less connected, in the fashion Of the
Spanish-American architecture which is
characteristic of New Mexico
The cost of the hotel and station alone
will be about $4,000. The additional
cost of the other portions of the build
ings will increase the total cost of the
improvements to nearly $15O,O0O
The Santa Fe is the first road, so Tar
as known, to build its own opera house
The old opera house at Albuquerque,
which was on the L. NJ. Crawford cir
cult, was destroyed by fire about year
ago, and since that time Mr. CraW1oro
has been putting his shows in a tenn
porary opera house known as ColumDo
hall. The plans for the proposed new
opera house will provide for one OF
the handsomest theaters in the west
1t will not be large, but Will be unique
in many particulars 1t is thought that
1t will be ready by the beginning OF the
next season.
The site employed by the railroad
for the improvements in Albuquerque
embraces an area of about 500 by zOuU
feet. which will be arranged in the
form Of a small park with lawns,
drives, walks, etc. laid out over the
entire area
The new passenger station and hotel
are the most important of the pro-
posed buildings. and will cost exclusive
of furnishings and electric lighting
$4,000. The hotel is 331 feet long by
192 feet in width, and is connected by
an arcade 200 feet in length to the pas
senger depot, which is so by $50 feet
The railroad front of the station and
hotel will face west, the greatest length
of the buildings running north and
south. In addition to the rectangular,
middle portion of the hotel, an IL will
be built at either end, the one to the
north including a club room, barber
shop, bath rooms, reading rooms,
ladies' and gentlemen's parlorS, clerks
and managers Offices The south L.
will include a lunch room, kitchens,
pantrieS, barber shop and employees
dining room, while the central portion
will be used for the main dining room,
20 by 40 feet An open court around
the hotel, together with the peristyle
and fountain, will add materially to the
attractiVenesS of the structure. On the
second and third floors of the building
there will be 100 large, well furnished
rooms. supplied with all of the con-
veniences to be found in the large east
ern hotels. On these floors also are 20
bath rooms, which can be joined to the
private rooms if desired. All of the in
terror finish will be in quarter sawed
oak, stained black and designed in old
Spanish style.
The passenger station is built to the
north of the hotel and is connected with
the latter by an arcade 200 feet in
length The station is surrounded by q
16-foot covered veranda, and aside
from two waitings rooms, 80 by 40 feet,
includes a ticket office, United States
mail room, baggage and agents rooms,