Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-07-06

train concourse by the grand staircas,
directly facing the Madison Street en-
trance, or by elevators and stairs tt
the east or west side of the lobby
Direct access to the waiting room may
be had by five stairwayS and five ele
yators. The main waiting room is the
chief architectural feature Of thu
! building. The high barrel vault ROOF
finished with tile and terra Gotta, fiuted
with arches emblematic of the railway
service, harmonizes perfectly with the
light pink Tennessee marble pilasters
and the delicate green of the Greek
Cippolino marble columns. In t.i;
great room the illumination is re-
Gected; incandescent lights Of 5000
candle power are used, yet no::o o.
the lamps are visible. At to ee1t o?
Canal Street section of to waiting
room is the news and cigar stand AID
another parcel check room. or 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 sani-
tary style.
For the convenience Of incoming
travellers second information bureau
Is located In tho main waiting room ss
the head of the grand stairway. At
the western end is q beautifully fur
niahed ladles' waiting room, toilet
room and telephone booths with sena-
rate elevator service from the lobby
end to the women's suite on the third
floor. Here too Is the main dining
room where 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 retiring room with
soft rugs, slbdued decorations, several
writing desks and plenty of comfort
able easy sofas and chairs and lava.
tory. Adjoining Ia 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 anu rooms in
charge Of trained nurse,
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ing room, q barber shop and several
commodious dressing rooms with bath,
where the suburban dweller or traveller
from q 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 oren 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 eoncourse and the
train shed, there is q 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 a new
type SO constructed that the looomo-
tive tunnels discharge through slots
directly into the open air, keeping tho
cir of the train shed entirely free from
smoke and gas.
THE baggage Is handled to and from
the baggage rooms. which are on the
street level. with electric trucks and