The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-01
WILL ENLARGE
UNION DEPOT
Important Meeting Held by
s Officials Today.
PLANS. ARE DISCUSSED
For Increasing Size Of Pres.
ent Station One Half.
Big Four Passenger Train at
Martel Saved From Terrible
Wreck by Engineer Filkins


new depot, according to the decision
Of the officials of the Erie, Big
Four and Hooking Valley railroads
at an important conference held in
the parlors of the union depot hotel
Friday forenoon.
The officials have been brought to
the realization that more room is
needed and consequently the present
depot will be remodeled and its size
increased by nearly one-half. I'VE
have never had enough room here;
our baggage room Is too small, we
practically have no room for han
ding the United States mail. and
when traffic Is heavy, our waiting
room here will not begin to accom-
modate the people, said a high
Erie official in an interview fol-
lowing the meeting
| In order to provide for the above
named depot deficiencies. this is just
what the officials today decided TO
do. Extending out to the southeast
from the corner where the right
door enters the main waiting room
of the depot an extension, sixty feet
in length and about twenty feet in
width will be constructed. The
general waiting room will be d.
rectly connected to the extension
and about .one-third of the addition
will be used for waiting room.
About one half of the addition will
be used solely for union depot
postoffice department, and what
room is left Will be so arranged as
to directly connect and enlarge the
present baggage room. I,
The officials In conference were
A. s. Ingalls,. superintendent Of the
Big Four; r. j. Higgins. general
Big Four agent from Cleveland; j..
G.. Shillingcf, superintendent of
maintainance of way -tof the Big
Four; J.. r.. Kelly. itrainmaster and
II. H.. Squires. travelling agent al
so of the Big Four,I Representing
the Erie was Superintendent G.. A.
Allen and from the4 Hooking Valley
was Superintendent r., s. Quigley.
dn dehnite business transactions,
the officials deterrhned to instruct
the architect os the Hooking Valley
railroad to 2raw up plans paralelling
the ideas of the officias, spoken of.
Furthermore the Officials agreed to
inform the general Officials at once
Of their action today In order to re-
ceive Endorsement as soon as possi-
BILE.
| Another matter lightly discussed
at this meeting was regarding the
lighting system of the depot. The
Lux Light Company, of New York
was recently given permission to in
stall a system of ascetiline lights
on trial, and IL the system was sat-
isfactory. the officials were to ac-
cept 1t. The officials examined the
lights and although several adverse
criticisms were spoken. they decided
to purchase them.
The rlmor that the Pennsylvania
company would join in the union
depot and assist in enlarging and
improving, which was somewhat
loud for a. time seems to have qui-
eted down and as no Pennsylvania
Officials were present at the confer
ence today 1t is pretty we'll assured
tnat that company has entirely ban
ished the idea.
| A third disastrous passenger
wreck came near teing tailed W
against the Big -Four railroad
| Thursday afternoon when fast trail
No. 20 with nearly two hundre,
passengers aboard crashed INTO {
derail at Mariel AZ 3:17 o'clock
The watchful eye OF engineer Fill
4<ins was all that saved the trail
as the use of the emergency brake
slackened the speed OF the trail
from seventy miles TO ten an hou
within distance OF less than fiv
hundred yards.
The train under Condnctor Tay
lor was rushing along at a speed 0
seventy miles an hour. The tran
is never blocked at any small sta
tion and '"clear tlack'' is the mot
to of its terrible speed A cnt 0
cars was switching on i the T.
10. G. at Martel and the lock wa
placed on the FLYER. I" y
Thinking he Ind q clear trac
as usual engineer Filkins did nc
even slacken speed and when til