The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-07


 the living dead" and introduced Architect Mayre, who planned and looked after the architectural work of the terminal T can only express my gratitude for your appreciation of my efforts which I have shown in making your station as beauti- full as possible" He insisted that the credit was due more to the railroads which had furnished the means and he declared that not once during all the panic had the railroads instructed him to economize anywhere that beauty and safety would count
 The architect was presented with a mag nif1cent bouquet of roses just before he left the platform. Mir Parker then ad- journed the meeting, and the rest of the afternoon was spent In viewing the beauties of the great S2.0 1000 terminal. A detailed description of the new sta tion is as follows:
 Exterior.
 The building, 7S0 feet, or two city blocks, in length, extends across one ave nue (Fifth avenue) which Is carried under the building, sheds and tracks (sheds and tracks lying parallel to and behind the building), by means of a subway 56 feet in width and with a clear head room of IT feet. Total length of subway, $50 feet, with 300-foot approach o nthe east and 400 foot approach on the west. Retaining
  constructed of reinforced concrete.
 Building Material.
 Low base course of granite surmounted by walls of buff model brick with rich terar cotta trimmings.
 Dome.
 The dome, 65 feet in diameter located immediately over the center of the general waiting room, finished in Spanish tile and capped with a skylight 2S feet in diameter and bronze finial, rises to height of 120 feet.
 Towers.
 The towers at ends of general waiting room and immediately over concourses leading to colored waiting rom and lunch and dining rooms rising to height of 130 feet are also roofed in Spanish tile, sur mounted by bronze finial similar to dome.
 The Wings.
 The colored waiting room to the south and the lunch and dining rooms to the north of the general waiting room have high pitched roofs, also finished with Spanish tile, while the baggage wing to the extreme south and the express wing, to the extreme north are both of low Q4-foot, fiat roof design.
 Entrance.
 
 wire glass with metal frames and sup ported from the building by heavy brack- cts and chains, the latter hanging from lion heads in the building wall some 30 feet above, extends over the sidewalk. affording protection against the weather to parties approaching the station from hacks, carriages, etc. All metal work finished with old copper.
 General Waiting Room. Clear space in the general waiting room, excluding arcade, smoking room, barber shop ladies retiring room, ssoda fountain and miscellaneous booths. is 60 by 120 feet, giving an area of 7200 square feet. Floor and wainscoting to a height of 12 feet of Tennessee marble.
 From the crowns of arched ceilings (ris- ing to a height of 67 feet). over ends and sides of general waiting room, dome 63 feet in diameter surmounted by a skylght of art glass and ornamental iron, rises to clear height of 100 feet above the floor Arched and dome ceilings of the con struction finished in ornamental glazed tile.
 The small amount of woodwork appear ing in the building is quarter-sawed oak.
 Midway and Train Shed. A reinforced concrete arched roof span ming the 40 feet between the rear build ing wall and the train shed, covers the midway proper or promenade between the station building and the train shed, total length of which is 271 feet. A fiat roof constructed of reinforced concrete spans the 32-foot truckway between the baggage and express wings of the train shed.
 The train shed, also constructed of re- inforced concrete, is 730 feet long, cov- ering two platforms and four tracks and 63O feet long covering three platforms and six tracks, total width 2l0 feet covering in all five 19-foot 6-inch platforms and 10 tracks, eight in pairs and two single. The sheds over the platforms are low ! in elevation clearing the tops of coaches