The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-19

dred feet. The main waiting room will
show a 100-foot high ceiling-a barrel
vault-and viii be a single apartment,
100 feet in width and $50 in length.
The main dining ROOM according to
the plans. is 65Xl00 feet with a hight
of 80 feet, while the barrel-Vaulted hall
given over to ticket facilities-the tick
ct lobby-is 65 feet high, 50 feet wide
and 100 feet long. These are but three
of the spacious halls, and somewhat
prepare one to realize the proportions
of the passenger conCourse, an inno-
walton in appointments as in dlmen-
sons. Seven hundred and sixty feet
long by a hundred and thirty feet wide
and fifty feet high, it is to be no bleak
and uninviting place of train approach.
Twenty thousand people could move
about without overcrowding, ten thou
sand have a yard square each on which
to be at ease. while five thousand would
hardly be characterized as a crowd.
1t is in the spaciousness and the lux
TRY Of American railway stations that
foreigners find such contrasts to what
they see at home. Americans them
selves will find some new things in
these lines when this Washington sta
ton is ready for public use. In no
respect, perhaps. will it be more graft
flying than in the realization of the
architectural triumph Mr. Hurnham
has achieved in what he has aptly de-
noted the Gateway to the Nation 3
Capital" In conceiving the ROmanes-
Que, typified in triumphal arches, as
in consequence with structural per-
nancy, rather than the more or less
ephemeral fancies, of the day, he has
laid down his fundamental plan.
A structure of $50 feet frontage with
a depth of $50 feet and height of 100
feet presents an imposing mass OF
granite It's arcade will consist of
three magnificent arches each thirty
feet in width and fifty feet in height
opening into a Vestibule with triple
domes sixty feet high and thlrty-hNe
feet in diameter
Mai. Panghorn, who has been maxi
ing a special study of the work says:
"Germany's foremost station, and at
this time in most respects the greatest
abroad! that at Frankfort, Will be
relegated to second rank when the new
Hamburg station reaches completion
But neither the Hamburg nor the
Frankfort, nor the new station of the
Orleans Railway in Paris, the great
station at Dresden, not to name others
claiming prominence, can be regarded
as in the same class with the latest
American creation. Perhaps Ham
burg, FRANKFORT, Paris and Dresden
stations will compare with the Wash
ington in the actual movement of
trains the details strictly pertaining
to operation. No station anywhere
excel those of London in these respects.
In and out of the Liverpool Street Sta
tion-that of the Great Eastern Rail-
way-there are almost double the num-
Der of trains daily of any other in
the world-upwards of LOO. Nobody
gets hurt, and it's whirl every morn
ing and afternoon is one of the re-
markable sights of London. But the
station is as barn-like and ramshack-
ly as are most others in London. Dust
and dirt would seem to BE- at a prem
ium; advertising signs, posters, and
cards thrust themselves into your
face at every turn"
A large model of the Washington
station will be one of the exhibits al
| the st. Louis Fair.