The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-19

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 with the ornate dome is equalled by the
 solidity of the interior, the beams, trusscs, | channels and columns all being of steel l and the main walls of reinforced con
 crete. making the building as fireproof as | possible. The main entrance Is midway
 of the building Beauregard street and l leads into the general waiting room. This room is 50 feet square and has a floor of
 ceramic tiling and marble wainscoting | four feet six inches high. The upper part ] of the walls and ceiling panelled in
 oak, and there Is a clear view to the l dome of the building from the floor. a | smaller dome being within the larger one,
 glazed with leaded glass, which gives a
 bright light to all parts beneath This large light shaft is railed on the upper | floors.
 On the west side of the general waiting | room. the ladies' waiting room and the | principal lunch room are located, with | suitable toilet rooms in the former. East
 of the large waiting room the whole ground space is given up to colored pas | sengers with waiting and toilet rooms for | each sex, and a large lunch room. Each | room of the station has separate entrances
 and exits to the main waiting room, to | the streets on three sides and of the depot and to midway forty feet wide, which 1 divides the main building and the station | platforms. White marble is used in the wanscoting. Counters and all fittings of | the principal lunch room and the colored | lunch room is similarly fitted with gray marble. Marble of this latter color is used extensively in all the smaller wait ing rooms. and in all toilet rooms, as borders and panels. The corridors and smaller rooms have floors of terraza tiling with ornamental borders. All floors have a broder of white marble twelve inches wide. The ticket offices are in the rear of the general waiting room and nave ir1o to bpn oil nar
 The Midway. The midway extends from Royal street | to St. Joseph street and has wide en- frances at each end. Along with the spaces between it and the platforms, | which adds another forty feet, it is cov- cred with a glass and steel roof, sup | ported by ornamental columns similar to | those in the front of the building. On the north side of the west end of the midway the telegraph, transfer and sta ton masters offices are located, conven- l tent alike for officials and the travel | ing public. On the ground floor of the, St. Joseph street wing of the building, the mail, baggage and express companies offices are conveniently located with open- ings to the station and to the street l North of this series offices there is a large room which will be occupied by train conductors with toilet, desks and other necessaries.
 There are six tracks in the station and l three central and three side platforms, i the central platforms being seventeen | feet in width. The single span train | shed of steel and glass extends from the | east side of the station on Royal street | to the St. Joseph street side and is 800 feet long, giving covering for locomo- | tive and nine coaches This is said to be one of the longest single train sheds 1 in the south. An ornamental iron rail- | xxfifh ata-J hal from the platforms. al of the offices on the ground floor | have hardwood floors and the walls and | ceilings are of enamel plaster on metal | lathing and furring. The wood finish of | the baggage. mail and express rooms is | of yellow pine. The doors and frames | on the ground floor are of oak, with pol | ished plate glass. Highly ornamental l electric light fixtures are used in the | public parts of the station, which will l be brilliantly lighted at night All toilet | rooms and lavatories will be ventilated | by forced draft and electric fans.
 Accommodate Crowds.
 The design of the new passenger sta | ton allows for the free movement of | large crowds of people and vehicles and l baggage as well as transfer and mail | wagons will have two streets to approach | anu leave the grounds.
 Two high power electric elevators, one | Tor passengers and the other for freight, give quick communication to the second | floor have been installed.
 A thorough telephone system has been installed throughout the deport. The | telegraph and telephone conduits are what | are familiarity known wall conduts," telephone being installed in every prac- tical room in the building, giving inter- communication in the building and con nectlon with the city exchanges
 Trains before entering the depot will | turn around on ''Y'' located some dis tance out from the depot and will back into the shed. Trains coming or going will be backed into the shed as q matter of convenience and discard the usual smoke and confusion as well danger ex- perienced in many large cities throughout the country.
 be operated by the Mobile and Ohio and Southern railway. A track has been pro- vided which will allow the Louisville and Nashville to enter the depot and run its trains through with little or no in convenience. should they decide to accept | the invitation of the Gulf Terminal com pany and share the new quarters.
 General Offices.
 The general offices of the Mobile and l Ohio Railroad company are located in the second and third floors of the new passen- ger station.
 The offices are most conveniently fitted up and handsome furniture plays a most | important part in the decorations.
 On the second floor is a private office to be occupied by Dr. Rhett Good, chief surgeon of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad | company, well as the Southern rail- way. A very convenient operating room has been erected in the depot which will allow for the quick handling of all cases requiring same.
 The handsome new structure gives to | Mobile something that has been needed l badly for some years and is now in keep 1 ing with the march of progress now en- joyed by the Gulf City. It will add to the list of handsome buildings of this city. one which will prove of the greatest | benefit to the city, especially the northern r,or.io, of tho citv. Q nd tvill av ar etaad as 1