Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-31


which is now beginning to rls,
nom tho 1900, 600 yard All at thl
intersection Of Massachusetts AMI
Delaware avenues in Washington
is the fact that it is Q monumen
in enduring granite to the Chicago
worlds fair aud its architect
Daniel H. BurEham. The White
City lie vanished like a beautifn
dream, but its chief designer,
grown greater with years, has pro
duced in this building a structure
which snrpasses the most beauti-
full OF the ephemeral creations Of
the vanished city.
The new terminal Is less than
the Capital in one dimension only,
that Of height, but, viewed from
the northeast, it is the dome alone
that surpasses it in height. In
the dimensions Of length and
breadth it exceeds the Capitol, the
stations length being 200 feet s l 2
inches, and its breadth being 343
feet 8 inches, as against the Capt.
tolls 27O feet 10 inches.
The cost OF the entire improve
ments will be about $14, 600, OC0,
including track Encouragement,
the building OF the new plaza and
the establishment OF the new
streets.
The Washington station will
have no large span train shed, as
it has been found that great sheds
have not justified their enormous
cost. They are always dark, dirty
and leaky, and in winter afford
small protection from the cold.
In this particular case an enor-
nous train shed so near the Capt.
tol was regarded as tending to
dwarf the dome Of what must re-
main the most notable building in
Washington. Instead OF the train
shed there will be umbrella sheds,
covering each platform and wide
enough to overlap the trains and
furnish protection from the wea-
ther.
The exterior is to be of white
granite from Bethel, Vt. This
material has an interesting story
connected with ii. It had pre-
viously been used in but few
buildings, although it lies in linn
itless quantities in a hill back OF
Bethel. The owner of the quarry
or property on which the quarry
has been made was crank OF the
deepest dye, who, because his
only son was killed in railroad
: crossing accident near the town,
swOre q solemn oath that as long
as he lived the material should
never be used except for tomb
stones; and SO it remained until
his death, when tie property pass:
ed into the hands Of those who I'M
dertOOk the work of introducing
it asa building material.
II required some considerable
bOldness ON the part ofthe architect
as well as good brand Of conf.
dence, to choose an untried mater
ial tor so great and important a
building as the station, but the
whiteness OF the granite fitted in
with the color Of the architects
dream, and now that the dazzling,
creamy white blocks are beginning
to show and give promise for the
finished work, it simply scores
another success for the men who
dare and do.
1t is expected to have the build
ing inclosed next summer; and
unless some unexpected setbacks
are encountered it will be finished
by the first of the year 1907.
This is a land Of magic, OF
dreams and dreamers, and George
Washington was the greatest
dreamer Of them all. It is only
in moments of insight that we are
able to grasp the colossal charac-
ter OF bis dreams. Who car c3n-
ceive Of anything more wildly tan
taBtic than the idea If eatahIiahino