The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-10-24
PASSENGER STATION OF A. s N. M. R. E.
 Is COMPLETED
Construction Finished On One of the Finest Passenger Stations In the Southwest. Now Occupied
 By Officials.

On Tuesday, October 21, the splen- did new passenger station of the Ari- zona & New Mexico Railway company was officially opened. This build ing, constructed under contract by the building firm of Mayfeld & Shaw, is easily one of the finest passenger stations in the Southwest, both in ap- pearance and interior arrangement.
 This building, the external dimen- sions of which are 30x12O, is of two stories and built of pressed brick in shades of brown and buff. The up- per floor, all the space of which is now occupied, includes the following rooms: The superintendent's office, the office of his clerical staff, the of fee of the assistant engineer, and of- fees for the train and yard masters. All flooring of these offices is of maple. The furnishings of this floor, as we'll as the ground floor, are in golden oak The walls are in pleas ing shades of brown, and the ceilings are in colors that harmonize. All in terior decoration of the entire building was under the direction of Messrs. Bright and Corbett, decora- tors of Ell Paso.
 The ground floor includes the gen. eral waiting room which is of ample size; private waiting room for women, the office of the ticket agent, a baggage room, offices of the Wells Fargo Expresse company, janitors room, and an office for conductors. All departments on the ground floor. are now occupied and tickets are now sold in the new station The Wetern Union office is now sery ing the public at the new location, and the service of the station will be con summarized upon the iIs1tallation of the seats for the waiting rooms, which will probably be not later than November l.
 The general waiting room in the center of the building, is 2sx33 feet. and in appointments and appearance is up-to-date in every particular.
 The architectural effect of thes sbuild- ing as whole denotes skill on. the part of the designer. On the upper floor, at either end of the building, are brick balustrades which serve the purpose of strengthening the architectural effect. The roof is possibly the finest of any structure in Clifton, being of red Spanish tile. and of such quality that it is practi- cally indestructible. A complete pri- vate sewerage system is one of the features of the building, all depart mentS being connected with the sys- tenn.
 In the front of the station is a con- crete pavement 1Sx154 feet, this be- ing a continuationof a pavement that surrounds the building on all sides.- Later a pavement of the same ma terial will be extended from the sta tion to the north, about 60 feet, along side the railway tracks for the convenience of passengers. Also a pavement will be extended from the passenger station to the freight of flee The overhanging roof on either side of the station will afford shelter from indictment weather.
 For ome time the A. & N. M. man. agement has been furthering general improvement in the railway yards as part of the construction policy of which the new station is a part The surface of the entire acreage of the yards, from the A. c. drug store on the north, to the jutting cliffs on the south, has been elevated more than two and one-half feet. More trackage has been placed, and this with the removal of the old depot, and the building of the handsome structure with which it is replaced, gives to that section of Clifton a metropolitan air, it being likely that the Clifton citizens of former years would not recognize that portion of the town.
 The new depot was erected under the supervision of MT D. K. Mason of the railroad engineering staff.