The daily sentinel., 1910-08-18
SALT LAKE DEPOT A CREDIT TO
DESIGNER Of LOCAL STRUCTURE
Henry J. Schlacks, Who Drew Plans for Grand
Junction Depot Designed Palatial Structure
for Mormon Capital

This city may think 1t has a fine
depot. and there is no question that
for the size of the city, our union de-
pot is credit and compliment to our
transportation importance.
But for the time being we must
stand aside and let the Mormon cap
ital have little terminal glory as a
consequence of the completion of the
! Western Pacific railroad
The Denver and Rio Grande rail
road is very proud of its new Salt
Lake City depot To hear the Off
cials talk that new terminus station
for the greatest scenic line in the
world is a hummer The description
of the new station as given out by
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Wadleigh is as follows:
The new $15O.0O0 Union station at
Salt Lake City. built by the Salt Lake
City Union Depot and Railroad com
pany for the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad and the new Western Pa
cific railway, which has been in
course of construction for nearly two
years. is now, about completed, and
commencing August 3 trains of the
Denver and Rio Grande and Western
Pacific will arrive and depart from
the new station.
This splendid structure. designed
! by Mr. Henry j. Schlacks, will rank
architecturally and from a working
standpoint with any of the large
union station constructed throughout
| the United States in recent years, Mr..
| Schlacks also designed the Union de-
pot at Gyand Junction.
The depot site is a piece of prop
| erty t452 feet long and 33A feet
wide, only four blocks from the eX-
act commercial center of the rapidly
| growing city of Salt Lake. The inn
pressive station building is Az feet
| long by 9S feet wide. 1t centers on
| Third South street. one of the main
business thoroughfares and has an
approach or foreground on the town
side and large. roomy. covered plat
| forms paralleling the tracks on the
railroad side.
The center portion of the building
contains a waiting room A feet long
| by SO feet wide. with a clear height
of 3 s feet from floor to ceiling This
large room is lighted by three i'm
mense arched windows on each side
| leach 2SX20) through green opal
escent glass. The interior of the
waiting room is treated on an adap-
| tion OF a classic style of architecture
similar to the exterior the color
scheme being brownish red and grey
for the walls with deep brown for
the ceiling. All of this. combined
with the green light through the win
dows. gives the room dignified
| quietness.
In the wings of the building at
each end of the waiting room are pro-
| vided all the accessories necessary to
| L.,
end are tn baggage. express and par
eel rooms, while in the other end are
provided everything necessary for the
comfort of travellers, including mems
smoking room. womeu's retiring
room, restaurant, etc, etc. In the
center of the large waiting room are
the ticket offices, news stand, tele-
graph and telephone offices and other
conveniences for the travelling pub
lie
In the second story of the main
structure are the railroad companies
offices.
The heating and lighting plants
have been located in separate build
ing at the south end of the property.
some 500 feet from the main build
ing. The best of material of the
various kinds has been employed in
the structure. For the exterior there
is a marble base of white Colorado
Yule marble five feet high all around
the building. The balance of the
exterior is in terra Gotta and red New
Jersey rain-washed brick The roofs
are of red tile. The building is alb
solutely fireproof and is treated on
the interior with tile floors through
out and with marble wainscoating,
all harmonizing with the general