Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-09
FOUR NEW READING
ROOMS BUILDING
ON SANTA FE
Structures at Waynokat Ca
madam, Vaughn and BeIen
Win Be C%ommodioUs and
Well Equipped

Give n man a bath. q book n an
entertainment that appeals to M
mind and hopes by music and hno"I-
edge. and YOU have enlarged. extend
ed and adorned his life and. as ne
becomes more faithful 10 himself. ne
Il more valuable to the company
Tn, above l. the motto OF the san
IA Fe reading rooms. And with this
in mind. the Santa Fe railway com
pany is either building. or Will build
within "a year. seven new reaeihB
rooms for the benefit of the employ
es Of this system which now number
nearly co. 600. Each reading room Will
cost The company in the neighbor-
hood of SEA. 1000. go that n total ex-
penditure. just for broadening the
minds and usefulness OF Santa Re m
ployes. win mount to nearly $50
coo
Four Of these new reading rooms
will be on the part Of the system
known as the Atchlson proper, the
favored towns being Waynoka. Okla.
Canadian. Texas Vaughn, y. NJ. and
Belcn. y. N.
Waynoka, while not "A very well
known town. has assumed prominence
only within the past W. years, or
since the Santa Re made that point
Of the old Panhandle line a freight
division. This has transferred a
number Of new employees to this
point. and made the reading room
"a necessity for the trainmen. This
building has reached a point Of con
structure. soyent,-five per cent. com
pleted
Canadian. like Waynoka. is a
freight division point ana many train
men who i've at other places are fore
I'd to spend much time there. Here
The work IS not as far along as at
Waynoka. but the foundation has
been laid for several days and the
work viii be pushed 10 an carly con-
c%lusion. Charles \. Fellows. has the
contract and is working a good sized
force of men on the job
Two on Cut-off.
The new reading room at Vaughn
is being built by the construction
firm OF Nelson x Mcleod of Chi
cago. which firm has just completed
a large santa r. hotel at that place.
Vaughn is "A new own which lies
west Of Texleo on the new Belen cut
off. and which has hecn made a diyi-
sion point. This work has been nn-
der way FOR several weeks.
The reading room planned for Bel
IN hasn't been started yet but will 10
within a few months, as the plafs
have flready been drawn
ON the coast lines three are plan
ned for completion within q year one
AT Gallup. another at Winslow, ana
another at Barstow. An these are
towns prominent in tho operation of
the Santa Fc and whore train and
shop employees are located.
Thcse reading rooms are to he COM
structed of brick yenecred with CO.
ment and pebble dash. All will be
similar in plan. the location n sur
roundings Of the different ones caus-
ing the only differences, which will
be merely in details. the general
plans being practically the same.
Commodious Buildings.
These reading DON along the
Santa Fc are ideal places Tor the en-
tertainmcnt of the santa f. employees.
Tho general plan which is maintained
in the four new buildings on the At
Gibson proper. provides for a basement
ana two additional stories. The base
mint is commodiously equipped with.
tub and shower baths. and lavatories
The main floors provide office room
for the secretary who is in charge,
as welt as card rooms, billiard rooms.
and reading rooms. an comfortably
furnished. The top floors arr nearly
ail devoted TO sleeping rooms. the
number varying from fifteen TO twen-
IS in the different buildings.
Each will have a wide and spacious
vsranda. The veranda at Vaughn is
partially enclosed. Tho n at Cana
dian win extend clear around the
building, and ia the warm weather
will make "a comfortable and cool
resting place for the wearied train
men. just In from "a long run in the
summer winds and sun
Tile roofing viii cover the four
buildings. ana in architectural struC-
ture each one Will be "a model of COM
pactncss and simplicity.