Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-28
Gel EBRATE OPENING OF
MONTCLAIR TERMINAL
speech-Making, Band Concerts Formal Luncheon and Auto
Parade Features of EventBeautifu New HalfMlon Dol
lar Laokawanna Depot Thrown Open for Public Inspection

The new half-million dollar terminal
of the Lackawanna railroad in Mont
clair was formally opened this after
noon. Speech making, a band concert
and formal luncheon were features
of the celebration in which the citi-
zens took part.
Starr ]. Murphy made the address
of welcome to the invited guests. who
arrived from New York at liz
o'clock President Truesdale, of the
Lackawanna, made a short ADDRESS
on behalf of the railroad company.
Ellis P. Earle presided at these exer-
cises, which were preceded and FOL
lowed by band concert.
Following these exercises the in
yited guests and members of the sew
eral committees proceeded by auto
mobiles to the Hotel Montclair. going
I'D Bloomfield avenue. More than a
hundred automobiles decorated with
flags took part In the parade.
At the hotel Mayor Ernest c. Hinck
presided over the luncheon, for which
an assessment of IS was made. The
speakers at the hotel exercises were
the Rev. DR.. Hugh Black, of the
Union Theological Seminary; George
B. Mallon, formerly city editor of the
New York Sun, and Edmund B. Os-
borne chairman of the State Com
mittee of the Progressive party. all
residents of Montclair.
Parade After Luncheon.
After the luncheon the automobile
parade proceeded by the road east of
the Montclair Golf Club along Eagle
Rock Park, to Eagle Rock road, lead
ing into Lloyd road; thence north to
Bloomfield avenue, to Upper Noun
tain avenue, to Mt. Hebron road, east
on Mt Hebron road to Park street, to
Claremont avenue, to North Mountain
avenue, to Llewellyn road, to Orange
road, to South Fullerton avenue, to
Union street, to Gates avenue, to the
station.
Business houses were decorated
with flags and many were closed for
the afternoon to give the employees a
chance to witness the exercises.
The Montclair terminal. which has
cost 100000 and which is claimed to
| be the handsomest suburban terminal
| In the United States, Is of Grecian
Doric architecture The building. with
a foreground of well-kept lawns and
| shrubbery, is most attractive. The
| face of the structure Is of tapestry
brick with marble concrete trim. The
roof is of Brookville green tile, while
the lower roof of the building is Of
promenade tile. The interior of the
waiting room is faced in buff colore6
iron-spot brick. The base courses are
of Faience tile, which is also used fol
the seat bases.
| There is a diaper pattern worked
into the brick that is Dutch cross
barred by the use of dark headers
| The finish is of quartered oak an6
the ceiling of broken panel, the fields
being of sand-fioat finished plaster
colored with mortar stain. The
drinking fountain is of grape vine
style of Faience tile, above which Is
sanitary individual drinking cups
The floors are of marble terrazzc
with Mosaic border around the walls
and seats.
Depot Built on Broad, Graceful Lines
| Inc walls Oh ING duNlilaTy Wdilliit
rooms are wainscoted In oak, sever
feet high, with plaster above. ant
terrazzo floors. The ventilation In thu
main waiting room is accomplished
by registers placed in the walls ant
concealed by trusses and along thu
ridge of the ceiling, connected b,
openings through the cornice.
The lights are in keeping with tn
general design OF the building, Their