Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-14
PLANS PRACTICALLY ACCEPTED
s'A GOES OVER DEPOT TIER WITH Mr. 7veR-RAu
oAo REQUIRES DOUBLE ON FOURTH TELEGRAPH
O I'e7' POLES TO REMA RAILROAD TO FURNISH
S'oNE FOR STREET TO PUT 1T DOWN.

Ii tie people Of Pine Bluff want :,
ne" unlcn station, the property own
efs along Fourth avenue will not only
nave to submit to the Iron Mountain
ocople tracking that street, but they
VIII also have to be ccntented with
permitting the telegraph and electric
lght poles to remain there. This was
made manifest at the special session
ol the city council to consider the
railroad eempany's proposition, held
at the city hall Thursday afternoon
Superintendent W. T. Tyler of the
lfen Mountain was present and pre-
sented the railroads side of the uues-
ton in detail and the matter was dis
cussed at great length by the cCun-
| cilmen and a number OF private citi
| zens present.
AS previously announced, the coun-
| Gil met in special session at o'clock
| to consider the new depot matter.
Superintendent Tyler arrived in the
City Thursday morning, and brought
with him the blue prints and the
plans and specifications for the new
union station proposed for the city by
the Iron Mountain. Mr.. Tyler ex
planned tc the council that the new
plans Of the company called for un-
ion station. to be erected on the site
of the present building, between State
and Alabama streets. and the plans
call for structure 35x240 feet. t7'S-
ing in the entire width Of the blf ok
on which the present STATEN is locat-
ed This is located on what is known
as South Common. owned by the CITY
aud .aased by the Ircn Mountain roll
way To the rear will be lccated the
eating house to be erected probably
by the Van Nov News company. In
front of il. and between it and the
station proper. will be driveway and
Ticket office white and eoicrsd welt.
Ling rooms ''peopie's' rooms. toilets
for men and wemen. wcmen 5 retiring
rooms. smoking room, baggage roo".
express room, and large passage,
leading to the eating room in the rear.
II is to be one stcry in height. The
specifications state that all founda-
tions are to be of concrete up to GER
|tain height shown on the drawings.
/ the top of the water table to be faced
With stock brick and Bedford sand
Estone, stone to be used for water table,
belt course. window and door sills and
|lintels. the roof to be covered with
slate, with galvanized iron ridge. gut,
tiers and down spouts: baggage and
express rooms and toilets and vest-
|bnles tc have concrete floors, and the
whole to be heated with steam. the
water, table all around the outside
|Wafls are to- be 6x10 sawed face with
|1x2 cut wash, and to be pointed with
Portland cement mortar. with raised
|ioint All cut stcne is to be Bedford
sandstone.
The exterior walls. where exposed
Ito view. are to be faced with NO
hest ST Louis brick of the Hydraulic
Brick company's make. The interior
|walls are to be of ordinary hard red
rick. dark red mortar to be used
|for the exterior walls. laid with "
Iioints not more than 3-16 of an lnch
kbick the face brick tc be selected
hnd guaged.
In addition to this the company pro-
hoses to build a freight depot facing
k,onrth avenue between Texas and
Eeorgia streets, to be 4Ox2l2 feet IN
dimensions, two stories high, with Of
ices upstairs for the railway ON
l,aHS ,,,,,o
! rne company proposes to double
rack their road up Fourth avenue.
rbe passenger station is to be USED as
union station fer the Iron Mountain
! lhe Cotton Belt and the Pine Bun
1nd Western railways. all CT whlch
loads agree to enter into contfac'
Il use the same for period OF t"en-
Ily-five years.
4 Mr.. Tyler explained that practical
L. the only point on which the lr'n
'Eountain company and the city DIS
4 greed now was the matter OF macao-
d mizing Fourth avenue. The city
,on+ed the company to bear all the
Expense of this work whereas "a; 1ne
|ompany proposed to furnish the ma
erial for the same. laid down in Pine
Rluff, if the city would have the work
one. s.,u, Mr.
Mr.. Tyler read telegram from MI,
tbo Cotton Relt in when