The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-30

train concourse by the grand staircase
directly facing the Madison Street en-,
trance, or by elevators and stairs to
the east Or west side Of the lobby.
Direct access to the waiting room may
be had by five stairways and five ele
vators. The main waiting room is the
chief architectural feature Of the
building. The high barrel vault root
finished with tile and terra Gotta, fluted
with arches emblematic of the railway
service. harmonizes perfectly with the
light pink Tennessee marble pilasters
and the delicate green Of the Greek
CippOltno marble columns. In this
great room the illumination Is re.
Elected; incandescent lights Of $4,000
candle power are used, yet none OF
the lamps are visible. At the east or
Canal Street section of the waiting
room is the news and cigar stand and
another parcel check room. OF the
foyer are the barber shop. smoking
room and the public and pay toilet
rooms for men which are handsomely
finished in the most modern and SAM
tary style.
For the convenience Of Incoming
travellers second information bureau
is located in the main waiting room at
the head OF the grand stairway. At
! THE western ED Is a beautifully fu.;s
nished ladies' waiting room, toilet
room and telephone booths with sepa-
rate elevator service from the lobby
and to the women's suite on the third
floor. Here too is the main dining
room whore appointments and service
are equalled by very few hotels.
Reached by elevators and by stair
| ways from both lobby and waiting
room are two suites Of rooms on the
third floor which are in advance of
anything heretofore offered for the con-
venience of the travelling public The
women's suite is in charge of matron
and comprises a retiring room with
soft rugs, subdued decorations, several
writing desks and plenty of comfort
able easy sofas and chairs and lava
tory. Adjoining is tea room where
furnishings and service are dainty
enough to satisfy the most exacting
taste. On the other side of the retir-
ing room are lavatory, toilet and bath
rooms with maid service and rooms in
charge of a trained nurse.
| The mems suite comprises 1oung-
| ing room, barber shop and several
commodious dressing rooms with bath,
where the suburban dweiiel or traveller
from distance may remove the stains
of travel and change to evening clothes
and proceed to his social appointments,
The main waiting room and the
grand staircase open directly on the
train concourse, which is sixty feet
wide and extends across the entire
width of the building, with stairways
leading directly to Clinton Street and
to the carriage entrance on the Canal
Street side. Instead of the usual iron
grating between the concourse and the
train shed, there is wire glass parti
ton from floor to roof through which
open sixteen doors to the sixteen
tracks of the train shed, which alone
covers six acres. The train shed is
covered with a concrete roof Of new
tyre so constructed that the locomo
tive tunnels discharge through slots
directly into the open air, keeping thu
air of the train shed entirely free fron
snolse and gas.
y The baggage is handled to and fror.
J the baggage rooms, which are On I.
} street level, with electric truc:.s e.