Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-26
HANDSOME {. NJ. {
ST PAUL STATION
Was Opened to The Public on
December "a.

december "a.
1t was a Happy Christmas for
the employees of the c. Nj. & St. p.
Railway Company in this city. for nm.
less something entirely unforeseen
occurs, the new passenger station
was formally occupied and opened
Tuesday, December oath, Christmas
Eve.
While the work is practically COM
pleted, there are the usual number
of little odd jobs that have to be at
tended to, but the visitor will not
notice these small matters. Worlmen
are busy putting the finishing touches
to this modern passenger static1.
The entire length of the building
including the pavilion, is lis feet. The
building is a one story structure
constructed of vitrified brick and has
a tile roof. Almost everyone in the
city is familiar with the outside APP
pearance of this building. The inter
ior is divided into four Iarge rooms.
The general waiting room is at the
southerly end of the building and is
conveniently large. This room is fur
nished with the regular station seats
and is heated with five radiators and
lighted by windows ON three sides
in the day time and at night. with
nine electric lights placed i'm the
| ceiling. The ticket office and en-
| trance hall take up the middle of the
| building. The smoking room is the
| next room north of the ticket office
| and entrance hall Toilet rooms are
| located just off the general waiting
room and off of the smoking room
on the easterly side of the building.
ALI the wood work is weathered oak
finish and all the radiators and e.
lectric fixtures are in a color that
harmonizes with the woodwork. There
is a wainscoating about four feet
high and above this is the pIastered
walls. These walls viii remain as
they are until the plaster has thor
ougly dried after which they viii be
tinted TO harmonic with the rest of
| the rooms.
At the extreme nOrtherly end Of
the station is the baggage room. TINS
room has an entrance from the east
and one ON the track side. These op
| enings are ON a level with the station
or track platform. The heating plant
coal bunkers, etc, are located in the
| baggage room. All tn eelcetric light
ing system is controlled from the
tialteJ obIice sTbe floors ihrouabout
the building are of tile. The main
entrance to the station is ON the east
erly side The enrance is through
a vestibule into the hall that separ-
ates the general waiting room from
the smoking room.
There will be plenty Of light out
side the building. There are six
lights under the caves ON the side
north of the ticket office and seven
lights under the caves on the side
south of the ticket office. There is
light over the MAIN entrance, one
over the baggage room entrance and
one over the walk that leads around
from the main entrance to the pa
ViliOn. Besides these lights ON the
station there will be platform lights
The cement platform extends from
the street line of Grand avenue nortf
to where the new water tank Will be
located, north of the station. The
employees of the road are proud Of
the new passenger station and well
they may be, for it is certainly a
handsome structure, modern in every
way and a credit to the city ian which
it is located (and that's saying q
good dead. F. S. EIdredge, the a.
gent for the c. NJ. & St p. Railway
Company in this city is to be congTa-
ulated on having this fine station
built so soon after. he came here.
The grounds around and about the
station Will be improved and parked
as soon as possible.
The building is heated with a
hot water system and this was in
stalled by the Nash Hardware Co.
The plumbing was put in by William
Rogers.
The C. NJ. & St. P. Railway was
the first railroad to enter Grand
Rapids. It came through here in
1871 and the old station that has been
used is the original station that was
put up the following year, but which
has been improved and enlarged from
time to time. The citizens Of Grand
Rapids ought to show their aDprcia-
ton by visiting and inspecting this
new passenger station. It certainly
lis a handsome Christmas present to
the city and adds one more modern
building to the many that have been
constructed recently.
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