Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-20
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR NEW STATION
At BRATTLEBOR0
All Officials Interested Have
Given Their o. X. and Job
Should be Finished
October 1.

Rrattleboro May 1S-At last a plan fol
the new railroad station for Brattlehoi(
has been approved by every official, rail-
road, STAT and town, who In anyWa'
has tn" right to approve or dtsapproV
of arrangements. construction, material
or design. An order has been issued from
the office Of the Vermont public servic
commission requiring the completion O
the new station by October ], but il j.
understood that this time may be extend
cd without penalty if in the opinion o
the commission actual Efforts have bee
made to complete the work By that tim
and it is not then completed.
Tho detailed plans in possession Of tn
public service commission call for a sta
tion of mountain stone, green slate ROOT
tile floors IN waiting rooms and lavatorie
and marble trim in the public rooms
fronting for lsS feet on Vernon stree
and 81 feet on Bridge street with
/ covered corridor from the station prope
over the railroad tracks and with stall
ways leading to both northbound an
southbound tracks
The chief difference between thes
, accepted plans and those which have bee
described I'm recent issues of newspaper
| lies in the shifting of the baggage an
| express rooms from along the coriid,
! over the tracks to a front on NcrnO
street Nov that the construction of a
| overpass has been passed over for I'll
present the location of tho baggage an
express rooms over tin" railroad trad
would leave them inaccessible for wagon
The proposed building has an elcvatid
of one story, the length of Vernon stirred
two stories on the upper part of Brid|
street and three stories at the low poll
of the street and on the track or ca|
side of the building.
MAIN WAITING ROOM AMPLE.
The main entrance over which is
chain hung porte cOchere fronts the 81
Of the old Bratteboro house and is
reCtly into the main waiting room. II
is over 90 feet in width, east to wei
and more than twice as long, provi}
with ample long seats. From the so
end of this room is the women's smal
waiting room and lavatory, and
mems smoking room and lavatory is !
tered from the general waiting roI
through doors near the southern end
the east wall Of the general room.
mems lavatories are off the smok .
room.
Directly east across the general wait
room are five marble steps leading to
ticket hall On the left Of this hal
the ticket office, ample in size
we'll lighted by windows at the nc
and east and with windows opening !
bo bo
side of this hall is the place for
news-stand and just east Of that
window of the baggage clerk
From this hall to the east extends
/ covered corridor out over the tracks
h stairway, leading down to both
n southbsund and the northbound ira
t and beyond the tracks is another ST
9 way leading to the ground by mean
.. which the tracks may be crossed Will
= crossing at the grad, crossing.
g South Of the women's waiting room
90 the baggage and express rooms
ample doors for the handling of bag
and express matter from wagons. Y
is chute in these rooms by which
gage may he slid down to the platte
and a large elevator for the purpos
elevatng to the street floor inco
T baggage and express matter At the
treme southeast corner of the hui
:, is the express office with an enti
. from the south.
II MUST REMOVE LEDGE.
$ Immediately below the ticket offc
= the mezzanne floor is the telegrap
D. lice with bay window giving the ope