The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-09-30
THE NEW
UNION
STATION
Washington is to Have
a Magnificent De-
pot Building
Fourteen Million Dollars will
be Put up for The Ac-
commOdatiOn of
Guests

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Two words apply with peculiar
force to the new Union Station, for
which proposals were opened in Phil
adelphia today. The first is "im.
mense," the second magnificent"
The width of the front will exceed
that of the Capitol; twenty-nine
tracks will lead into the station, and
a tunnel more than a mile long will
admit trains under Washington; the
base stones of the two immense
statues to be placed in front are now
being brought to Washington by spec.
tally constructed trucks. The entire
cost of the new station is estimated
at ..14,0O0.O0O.
Materials for the construction will
be almost entirely of marble and gran.
ite, and the Roman style of archltec.
ture will be followed superb state
entrance will be provided for the
president and distinguished guests Of
the city. The interior of the building
Is to be lighted by semi.cylindrical
dome of colored glass, 100 feet high.
The Union Station will be the cen.
tral point for the Baltimore and ohio,
Atlantic Coast Line, Southern. Sea
board Air Line. Chesapeake and Ohio,
and Pennsylvania systems. Twenty.
three tracks are to be on a level with
the station and three will go through
the tunnel. The tunnel will run from
First street east, pass between the
capital and library OF congress, and
come out at c and First streets south.
east.
Many Institutions included.
A striking feature in the construc.
tion of the building will be :aat the
floor of its basement is to be nineteen
feet and that OF the waiting room
thirty-five feet above the level Of the
ground.
Three arched doorways OF granite,
60 feet high and A feet wide, will oc.
cupy the central portion OF the front
and open into vestibule 2S9 feet
broad. Beyond the vestibule is TO be
the main waiting room, 210 feet wide
| by $50 feet long. Floors and wallis
are 20 be lined in white marble. The
apartment will be lighted by a 100.
foot dome OF glass and decorated
with marble statues OF heroic size.
frescoes and giant palms.
The plans call for a driveway. cir.
cling about parking. which will per.
NIT the traveller TO alight at the door
OF the ticket Office and baggage room
and pass directly into the waiting
room. Special waiting rooms for the
respective use Of men and women will
be installed, and a quick lunch"
counter and handsome dining room
will be provided. The state entrance
is 10 occupy the whole of the east end
OF the building This will constitute
suite of rooms, including reception
and retiring rooms. for the dis.
shaft Of the dome extends. will be
smaller rooms for the use Of his at
tendants. Leading from these rooms
TO the train is 10 be a long passage
brilliantly lighted. A driveway slmi-
lar to that on the left side will lead
10 the state entrance.
Back OF the first floor Of the main
building is 20 be the "concourse." a
covered space 76O feet wide and 1856
feet deep. which will form a shelter
for passengers as they form In line
on their way TO trains. All baggage
viii be handled in a speciality pro
yided apartment directly under the
concourse. Express wagons and
drays will drive down an incline and
unload in the baggage room.
Provision has been made for a bar
Der shop, a swimming pool 20 by 81
feet, built OF marble, Turkish ana
shower baths and a mortuary chamber
with Accommodations for five bodies.
A Notable Construction.
a sub-basement has also been plan
ned for the handling Of Southern bag.
gage, In this basement there Is TO be
an emigrants' waiting room 4OxeO feet
baggage store rooms, and rooms
designated as unassigned space" Six
elevators 15x6 feet viii pass from the
sub-basement to the inaln waiting
room.
The second floor. through which the
shaft Of the doom extends, win be
rallied on by massive marble balus-