The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-26
NEWDEPOT ALL RIGHT
RAILWAY OFFICIALS THINK UNION
STATION ALL III SHOULD BE.
THE FINEST FOR THE MONEY.
THAT VICE PRESIDENT BARR OF
THE sEABoARD EVER SAW.

Meeting of the Directors of the Sa-
vnnnah Union station Company
Held Yesterdny-DetaiIs of Fur
nishing the Building and Putting
i'm Electrical Fixtures Left to
President MacknII-Furniture and
Fixtures VIII BE in Keeping With
the Handsome BuiIding-officiais
visited the station After the Meet
inE-wOrk on Which the Contrac-
tors. Mckenzie a Sons. Are Now
Engaged.
THE Savannah Union Station" said
Vice President and General Manager J.
M Barr of the Seaboard Air Line yes
terday, lis as fine building, and, APP
parently, as we'll suited to the purposes
for which it was designed as any that
l ever saw constructed for the same
money. In fact. | may say that l
never saw a station equal to this at
Savannah that did not cost more
money. 1t seems to me that expend-
itures here have been moss wise, and
cannot see where there has been one
single dollar thrown away"
This statement was made by Mr..
Barr when visiting the station with
other railway officials. 1t was the 1irst
time he had seen the building since it
left its rudimentary stages of construc-
ton, and he was well pleased with the
results Vice Presi1snt and General
Manager F. S. Cannon of the Southern
Railway was also among the visitors
10 the station, and his satisfaction was
no less than that of Mr.. Barr.
A meeting of the directors of the Sa-
vanrah Union Station Company was
held in the morning at the office of
the president, Mr.. w. w. MaclSau. Be-
sides Mr.. Mackall, Mr. Barr and Mr..
Cannon, there were present General
Superintendent w. B. Denham OF tle
Plant System, General Counsel w. l..
Clay of the Plant System, President r..
G. Erwin of the Plant system and Mr..
Frank p. Milburn of Columbia, the
architect who designed the building.
Various matters of business were
gone over by the directors, but Mr..
Mackall said after the meeting that
they were merely details concerning
the construction. One matter taken up
was the furnishing of the building ahd
its equipment with electrical fixtures.
Both furniture and fixtures, Mr.. Mack
all said, will be of a handsome charac-
ter and in thorough keeping with the
attractive building that has been prac-
tically completed. Mr.. Maekau was
given authority to secure the furniture
and the fixtures.
The matter of the use of the station
by the Central of Georgia Railway was
not taken up by the directors. Mr..
Mackall said that it was hoped that
the Central, in time, might see mt to
he. Sea-
board Air Line and the Southern Rail-
way in the use of the terminals.
1t is not known what the action of
the executive board of the Central in
this matter will be- President John
NJ. Egan of the Central has adhered
consistently to the view that ii is to
the interest of his company to retain
it's present passenger terminals, which
he regards as the most convenient in
the city, and this may be the opinion
of the board. In discussing the matter,
Mr.. Egan does not speculate as to
what the ultimate decision of the Cen
trail may be.
Messrs Mckenzie and Sons, the
contractors who are building the sta-
tion and doing additional work for the
Union Station Company, were yester-
day notified that they might continue
work upon the round house, for which
1t had been thought possible, after the
work had started, that it might be de-
eided to choose another location for
the round house more remote from the
station. After consideration, however,
the original plan was re-adOpted. The
turntable has been finished, and work
on the water tank is in progress. The
contractors are also busy with the
transfer shed for the Southern Express
Company. which is located at the west
end of the station, on the Stewart
street side.
Cement walks are to be laid in front
of the building. The grade will be
obtained from the city engineer, and
the cement will be laid up to the curb
ing on West Broad street. The high
fence that stood in front of the build
ing having been removed, it may be
seen that there will be considerable
space between the curbing and the
building. a portion of this space will
be laid off in grass plats.