The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-14

put. 1t is great Roman atrium with
barrel vault roof and pilasters and
walls of dull finished Tennessee
marble OF faint blush rose. The col
umns standing alone are of Greek Clip
polino marble in pastel green. The
metal work framing the glass be-
tween the pilasters is of greenish
bronze. AS a reminder of the great
business that has made twenty-mil-
lion dollar station possible, the decora-
tons in the ribbed terra Gotta vault
overhead are done in drive wheels,
engine bells, wrenches, headlights and
hammers. The wonder of the ceiling
is that it is self-supporting in all it's
length and breadth; it is absolutely
independent of pillar or support and
is the only one of its kind in the
United States.
The room is lighted with clusters
of incandescents on richly decorated
bronze standards and in chandeliers,
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and rows of half-hidden lights just be-
low the ceiling. Daylight comes in
through two semi-elliptical windows
at either end of the arched ceiling and
ten semi-circular lunettes piercing the
dome on each side.
Opening from the main waiting
room is the dining room with service
equal to the best metropolitan cafes.
There also are women's rooms finished
in Italian marble and equipped with
writing desks and materials, shoe
shining, manicuring and hairdressing
facilities, and a maid in waiting. On
the east side of the main waiting
room are the news stand and parcel
windows, barber shop, smoking room
and various travel comforts for men.
On the floor above are more secluded
rest, lounging and emergency rooms,
a matron, trained nurse and every
facility for caring for the sick. There
is even little brass bed for the lost
baby the conductor may bring in off
the train. There are bath rooms, Law
atories and everywhere in the build
ing the sanitary bubble drinking cups.
On the floor with the rest rooms, a
part of the general scheme of restful-
ness, is tea room with tiled frieze
of landscapes and soft coloring in
shades of brown and green. The tiled
floor is of green.
In front of the tea room and rest
room is a balcony with wide stone
balustrade from which is an exquisite
view of the vaulted spaces, softened
lights and delicately blended rose and
green coloring of the Roman atrium
where passengers wait.
This balcony also leads to rest and
lounging rooms for men and the baths
and barber shop. The traveller desir-
ing to be refreshed from long over
land journey or tedious day in the
as though he were in his own home,
while his wife is being made as beau
tiful as though she had just emerged
from her own dainty boudoir.
With it all, the conveniences and
Injuries with which to invite ones
soul and any lurking inclination of
laziness, there is no danger of missing
ones train for there are clocks at
every turn, all regulated by one master
clock
While every detail has been supplied
for those who travel in luxury, Meth
err has the emigrant, seeking new
home in a New World, been over
looked. In specially arranged quar-
tiers, laundry tubs, drying racks, tub
and shower baths have been provided.
The emigrant rooms have concrete
floors and tiled walls that may be kept
clean and sanitary without difficulty.
There are also lavatories and lunch
room.
The entire building has a system of
ventilation in which the air is washed
and cooled and changed every twenty
minutes.
It is not only the tourist, the trav-
eler of many days and miles and the
emigrant who find comfort, cOnven-
fence and peace within the walls of
the new Northwestern terminal, but
the suburbanite as we'll finds here an
undreamed of paradise. Ii he is to
join his wife in the evening for box
party or other formal function, he can
check his dress clothes when he comes
in in the morning, return to the sta
ton, and, before his wifes train is
due, have a bath, a shave and mani
cure, then dine with her and take
motor car, all under the roof of the
terminal On his way home he may
pick up his suit case with his bust
ness clothes. 1t is more convenient
than his club.
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