La Junta tribune., 1914-04-04
SANTA FE OFFICE BUII.DIN0
Off1caals Now Quastered b o. a.
the Must Modern ard Beaatiful
B9ildlngs h Colorado.

B0ildinGs h Colorado.
Santa Fe officials moved into thsir
new quarters ON Santa Fs avenue one
day last week. and are now occupy
ing one Of the handsomest office
buildings in the state OF Colorado.
The building In It's entirety ID con
structed Of concrete. with jolsts,
doors. window frames, desks. filing
cabinets. and furnishings OF all de-
scrtptiOns OF metal. making Il ab-
solutely fireproof. The site. which
is located on the corner Of Santa Fe
avenue and Fourth street, is l25x
l4O feet In dimensions and the build.
ing itself In 6Oxl22 feet. leaving .
space OF eighteen feet In front and
thirty-twO feet Ola either side for
lawn and flowers. the lawn to be Of
sod imported from Kansas which II
to be installed within the next few
weeks. The site Ii enclosed with
concrete retaining wall. which 10 sur
mounted with an ornamental iron
fence for about half the distance
from the rear on the Fourth street
side. The steps leading 70 the vss-
tibule Of the building arc Of mar
BILE. aud the floor and Dashboard OF
the vestibulc itself are OF the same
material. Wide corridors run the
full length OF the building. both on
the first and second floor. with the
various suites Of offices on either
side. All Of the corridors have white
tile floors with marble baseboards.
Chief Engineer Wagner's offices
are located on the north side Of the
building. In front. with the relay
telegraph office Just across the hail
on the south side. and in the rear OF
these two are located the offices Of
the signal supervisor. chemist. claim
adjuster and special agent. The Of
fices Of General Superintendent Bris-
tol are ON the north side OF the Sec
ond floor. with the offices Of No
chanical Superintendent Sexton on
the south side. A large committss
Or sonfsSsnee room b leenAeA = -
second tl0os. b fsost, bstwsen ~
private offices Of IL gsasral sapee-
intendent and mechsnical supsrin-
tendent. The basement Of the build
Ing IL utilized for storage purposes.
the various rooms being equipped
throughout with steel filing cabinets.
All Of the offices are equipped with
furniture Of golden oak OF very ar
tistic design. The building. with It's
furnishings. represents mn invest
ment OF 100000.
The equipment Of the Santa Fe re-
lay telegraph office is one Of the fea-
lures Of the building. being strictly
up To date and modern In every par
ticuiar. The telegraph room has &C.
commodations for forty-cight opera.
tors. although not quite that many
are employed nj the prcsent time.
This office has handled as high ss
5000 messages In twcnty-four hours,
but nj the present time the average
is about 1890 messages every twen-
ty-four hours. All Of furnishings In
this office are Of golden oak.
The dynamo room Of the relay Of.
flee In located In the basement The
installation In the dynamo room con.
sists Of eight motor generator ssts.
aud \ black marine finish switch
board lx:0 feet In dimensions. which
In equipped with up-to.date switches.
rheostats and other instruments.
Each motor generator vet courists Of
one thrcc-phase :20 volt motto. coup
led 10 direct current generators. The
motors run the generators. and they
In turn deliver direct current In var
ious voltascs to the telegraph de-
psrtmcnt upstairs.
The manner In which the power II
supplied is u decided improvement
over the equipment which has hith-
crto been utilized. Ia the old relay
office the power was derived from
1900 gravity cells. equipped with
blue vitroi and zinc In various stages
Of degeneration. and very sxpsn.
sive and troublesome 70 operate. The
power h now supplied BY the Arkaa.
sas Valley Railway. Light and Pow.
er Company. and the connections
and equipmsnt Of the plans ars -
arranged that shou1d any iatssrup-
tion or "julce failure" oeeur o. ~
llns Of ths power company . swileA
ca ~ thrown u o. ~ oantA ~
Dewss lice. whieh fusnisAss ~
llghts n ~ bslldiss. an1 thus sl)0.
laaes aay posslbllity - lnoeefuo>1oa
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