Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-25
FIRST To ENTER
UNION STATION
Train No. 504 of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
INSPECTION MADE TODAY
o. e
Beginnings Give Promise of Finest
Depot in the World.
HANDSOME CONCOURSE READY
Trains Will Discharge Passengers
There From Elevated Tracks
Sunday and Thereafter.

Train No. 5O4 of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad will be the first to enter tho
new union station at $50 o'clock Sunday
morning. Ten minutes later the same
train will pull out, making the first exit
of train of passengers from the splendid
structure.
The foregoing explanation was made to-
day by Mr.. Mandel Sener, press agent OF
the Baltimore and Ohio who came over
from Baltimore this morning to show
| party of newspaper men and others over
| the ramifcations of the station. Photo,
| graphs of No 504 entering and leaving
the station Sunday morning will be taken.
as the incident will mark the dedication
| of the great building to passenger traffic
| for all time.
THE entry and departure of the train
| will, in fact, be sort of christening Of
the station one of the railroad men said
today.
The newspaper men, numbering more
than dozen. assembled at the new union
station shortly after noon and met dele
cation of railroad men, including Messre.
George w. Martin. superintendent of the
| terminal company; Mandel Sener, press
agent of the Baltimore and Ohio; F. c.
| 0. H. Hobbs. superintendent both OF
the Baltimore and Ohio company.
A visit was first made to the concourse,
| which is nearly completed and will be
| early church bells are ringing next Sun,
day morning. The workmanship in evi.
dence there and the general style OF
architecture and massive finish evidenced
the oft-repeated declaration that the new
| union station will be the finest and best
| structure of the kind on the globe. Mr..
Martin gave the dimensions Of the pic
turesque concourse as 76O feet in length
circular sky-lighted roof 40 feet high.
Twenty-Seven Entrances.
| There are twenty-seseu entrances from
the tracks. each having a gate through
which the passengers Will enter or de-
part from the trains. There are twenty
tracks on-the hi9ir levei and eleven on
the low level and 1t was explained that
all the Baltimore and Ohio trains will
come In over the elevated tracks, or on
nigh level.
The concourse will be temporarily
lighted at night by electric lamps placed
above the skylight roof, but permanent
electric lights will soon be installed. They
will be suspended from the ceiling, and
will flood the concourse and trainsheds
with a veritable daylight Of electricity.
A temporary baggage room is being ar.
ranged at the east end Of the nearly com.
pleted concourse, and q temporary In.
formation bureau was being installed to-
day. Eventually large information
bureau Will be placed in the center Of the
station for the use of the patrons Of the
railroads. The train fence will run north
and south the length Of the concourse.
Rush work is being done in all parts OF
the station, and Mr.. Martin approximated
that SO per cent of tho construction and
finishing work has been completed. There
will be twenty-seven entrance gates to the
trains of the several ralroads that will
use the station. Those who inspected the
structure today expressed qualification at
the magnificent grandeur Of the building,
which some of them declared will be g.
distinct addition to the beauty of the
capital.
Other Work in Progress.
While the attention of the travelling pub
lie is attracted by the removal of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad station and
the opening of the new terminal station.
work on the lines of railroads entering
the city from the south Is being rapidly.
pushed. Many changes have been made
in the vicinity of the north end of the
old Long bridge and along the line OF
Maryland avenue to 7th street.
The new freight yard of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company near the foot OF
14th street is about completed, and big
Gantry electric crane has been installed
for use in unloading heavy freight. The
crane, it is stated, will be able TO handle
the freight of a score or more cars in q
day, moving only such material as stone.
iron, machinery and heavy material that
cannot be easily handled without the aid
of machinery.
Work is also being pushed on the build.
ing to be used as a station by the South
ern Railway Company. This station Is
to be erected for the benefit of local
traffic many of the commuters being en-
ployed in the departments. Below the
freight depot coal dump is being pro-
vided.
All the work about the east end of the
union station is being done under rush
orders, the Baltimore and Ohio and termi-
nal company officials being anxious to
have things in good shape as possible
by the time the first train is ready to
make the initial trip from the new station
next Sunday morning. The terminal COM
pany is looking after the work of cover
ing the roadway about the big building
with stone. the. work of improving Massa-
chusettS avenue in front of the building
being done under the supervision of the
District engineer department.
Matchmaking Approaches.
The roads and approaches to the station
are being macadamized. 1t is the inten-
ton of the District and officials of the
terminal company not to put down any
permanent pavement until there is no dam
ger of the street settling.
The big express building, which is just
north of the II street subway, has been
completed and the United States Ex-
press Company is in possession of the
south end of the structure. The Adams
and Southern express companies 1t is
stated, will probably not go there to do
business until the Pennsylvania and
Southern roads begin operations at the
new depot. Business has been conducted
at the new freight station, New York
and Florida avenues. for several months
There is still great amount of work to
be done in and about the union station
and along the lines of the roads before
everything will be in working order
o. w. Hobbs. superintendent of tho
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
and ]. w. Kelly, trainmaster, will be hero
Saturday night in order to be on the
ground while the moving of the COM
pany's effects is in progress. Jesse T.
Carr. assistant trainmaster, who has been
in the employ of the company in this
city for nearly thirty wears will also taxa