The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-28
$4,000 c. 6 0.
DEPOT ASSURED
For Maysvllle II City Council Agrees
To Closing Up and Leveling Of
Lower Street-New Building
Plans Call For Model
Passenger Station.

! Thanks to the efforts of Mayor ].
Wesley Lee and the Chamber Of Com
merce. Maysville is now offered a
$4,000 depot on the one condition
that the City Council will grant the
railroad company the right to close
up and level Lower street, which adj
joins the present c. a. o. passenger
station.
Several weeks ago Mayor Lee and
Mr.. Thomas z. Boone, secretary of the
Maysville Chamber OF Commerce, met
at Frankfort with Mr.. Garrett s.
Wall, who is connected with the main
offices of the G. & o. railroad at Rich
mond, Va. At this meeting the three
men discussed the need of new pas
senger depot at Maysville. Mr.. Wall,
who is a former Maysville man, real
lied that Maysville was one of the
best railroad towns along the main
line of the G. & o., and also that here
was a most unsightly and insanitary
depot. He promised he would take
the matter up with President Stevens
and the other officials as soon as pos
sible. The result of his efforts is that
Maysville Is offered a modern, new
depot
Mr.. w. w. Wikoff, local agent for
the G. & o.. told a representative of
The Ledger Thursday afternoon that
the companys engineers had the plans
completed for the new ediice and that
they had been accepted and o. KID by
the head officials. According to Mr..
Wikoff the railroad wants to erect
the new building on the site of the
present depot and-a part of the ground
now taken up by Lower street. To do
this, Lower street, which runs under
the viaduct to the river, would have
to be filed In and made level with the
surrounding ground.
The new building, according to the
plans submitted, will be one OF the
most modern along the G. q O.'s main
line, similar to the beautiful structure
at Roncebert, w. Va. 1t will be one
story in heigth and will be built en-
tirely of brick and stone. Three
waiting rooms will be provided, one
for the white ladies', one for the white
gentlemen. and one for the colored
people.
The freight depot will be moved to a
point just above the present passenger
depot and that building will be torn
down. This will give the company
more room for their yards. enabling
them to do more business with less
congestion.
Engineer Wilson and assistants are
here now looking over the ground and
getting things ready for the work to
start, which shows that the railroad
company means business. Just as soon
as the City Council grants the COM
pany its request the work will start.
It is now up to the City Council to
get Maysville that new depot. For a
number of years Maysville citizens
have looked forward to the time when
some action would be taken in the
matter At one time Lower street
was much used as a way of getting
to the river to load and unload from
steamboats,, but that time has passed
and it is now seldom travelled. There
are plenty of other grades at different
points in the city, and the depot would
be of much more benefit than the
street. The time to act is while the
iron is hot and it is probable that the
matter will be presented to the City
Council for consideration on next
Monday night All the members of
the Council should lay aside all petty
grievances and grant tho railroad what
II asks fort is for the common good
of all.