New-York tribune., 1908-11-15
LACKAW ANNA'S NEW
SCRANTON STATION
STRUCTURE FIVE STORIES
IN HEIGHT.
Architecture French Renaissance
Surrounded on Three Sides By a
Continuous Marquee.

The Lackawanna has Just completed its pas
senger station at Scranton, Penn II IS ready
Tor occupancy and consumed fourteen months
IN the building This structure is Of the hand
soonest OF its kind in the country The material
for the exterior Is Indiana limestone. with SIX en-
gagged columns for the central feature The station
building itself is go feet long and 50 feet wide. II
is FIVE stories in height built Of frep-oof brick
steel construction. with foOrs and parti-
tons The style OF the architecture IS French Re
nassance. The station is surrounded three sides
oy continuous marquee 70 afford shelter the
entrances and sidewalk This marquee Is twenty
feet in width The central and predominating
feature of the FACADE is large clock whose
dial measures some eight feet in diameter. There
are six massive columns the main entrance.
and the plaques above OF heavy vein italian
statuary marble
The main entrance. leading to the main waiting
room. is furnished IN Formosa, soft. pinkish yell
low italian marble The waiting Itself ia
gorgeous in its lavish profusion OF imported mar
bIes
Probably the most striking decorative feature OF
this room Is the thirty-sx faienee panels In colors
after the painting Of Clark G. VOrhees, the land
scape artist These panels reproduced in
color direct from and represent actual scenes
along the line OF the Lackawanna Railroad They
are framed in white Italian statuary marble
The base Of this room is finished TO the height os
a foot more IN Alps green. a beautiful Swiss
marble The twenty-eight stately piasters about
the OF light Sienna. Italian marble OF
artistic shade OF bur yellow. The panels
between OF b-eche vioIette. Italian marble.
In color It Is combintion Of purple and white.
striking feature Of this latter marble is its
markings. II requires little effort OF the magma
ton to discover fancied resemblance 20 various
objects IN nature. The architect states that when
the building II the process OF construction the
WOrkInen were constantly calling his attention TO
these reserrbiances. There IS something weird and
uucanny in their extraordinary fidelity TO nature
one can discover numerous faces OF men and
women, bear dog. and the Hkenesses Of two
men facing each other The workEen insisted upon
calling these portraits The Two General Con-
tractors" There is also a striking resemblance
to Gibson girl. possibly nature intended II "a
a portrait OF Phoebe Snow.
Above the CoraIce. surnOurting the walls. IS an
ornamental railing Of bronze. n the centre OF
which is & large bronze clock The room Is lighted
in the daytime by a ceiling OF loaded glass and az
night by lights concealed behind corrtce surround
lng It. This ceiIirg light IS what is termed a
barrel vault" and Is highly ornamental Az in
genIOUs scheme has been devised for lighting the
faience panels at night The architrave projects
slightly and renders invisible the source Oc tho
ample food Of light from behind
IN the waiting ventilation Is effected by
openings framed IN copper RIBS, which span the
vault about every fifteen feet Throughout the re-
mainder OF ths station the principal rooms ars
ventilated by ! mechanical forced draft system
Insuring an abundant supply OF fresh air at all
! tines
The station is equipped with train sheds OF the
same type as thst employed In the conpany's Ho-
boken terminal Furnishing a maximum Of hglc
and an entire absence OF smoke. they are pro
nounced by experts as the last word in the way or
modern train sheds Kenneth MUrchisOn, OF New
York the architect OF the station; Edward Lang
lev OF Scranton the resident architect, and Lincoln
Bush chief engineer Of the LaCkawa11a, the de-
signer OF foundations and train sheds