Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-18
UNIQUE BUILDINGS.
Such are the Big Railway Hotel and
Depot at This City.

Depot at This City.
In various points in the southwest
the Santa Fe has built in connection
with its stations, hotels for the accom-
mediation of it's immense tourist traf-
fic, says the Topeka State Journal
recently.
The largest project of this kind
which the road has ever undertaken is
the new building, or collection of build
ings, now in progress of construction
at Albuquerque, N. M. The following
buildings are to be erected by the San
ia Fe:
Station, hotel, opera house, general
Offices, freight depot and two large
warehouses.
All these buildings will be more or
less connected, in the fashion of the
Spanish-American chitecture which
is characteristic of New Mexico.
The cost of the hotel and station
alone will be about $4,000. The ad-
ditional cost of the other portions of
the buildings will increase the total
cost of the improvements to nearly
s150,O00.
The Santa Fe is the first road, so far
as known, to build it's own opera
house. The old opera house at Albu-
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ford circuit, was destroyed by fire
about a yea ago, and since that time
Mr.. Crawford has been putting his
shows in a temporary opera house
known as Colombo hall. The plans for
he proposed new opera house will
provide for one of the handsomCst
theaterS in the west. 1t will not be
large, but unique in many particulars.
1t is thought that it 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 900 by 1000
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 eXclus-
i've of furnishings and electric lighting
$4,000. The hotel is S31 feet long by
1872 feet in width, and is connected by
an arcade 200 feet in length to the pas
senger depot, which is 60 by $50 feet.
The railroad front of the station and
hotel will face west, the greatest
length of the building running north
and south. In addition to the rectan-
gular, 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' Inc gentlemen's parlors,
clerks and managers office. The
south 81" will include a lunch room,
kitchens, pantries, barber shop and
employees dining room, while the cen
trail poit ton 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 the c~onveniences to be found
in the large eastern hotels. On these
floors also are 20 bath rooms, which
can be Joined to the private rooms il
desired. All of the interior 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
a 16- foot covered veranda. and aside
from two waiting rooms, 80 by 40 feet,
includes a ticket Office, United States
mail room, baggage and agents rooms,
telegraph office and other Dom for
the officials of the company. The
floors of the arcade and verandas will
be OF paving brick, and the total length