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Show RIO GRANDE STATION TO BEJiE II HAY Architect Sdlilacks and Contractor Contrac-tor Peters Are Here and Give Details of Work. "April I will see tho Denver & Rio Grande station done and May 1 will see the grounds all done, unless we have extra bad luck Jn regard to tho weather." said Architect Henry J. Schlacks of Chicago Chi-cago In tho Knutsford hotel Friday night. He-glanced at Contractor II.- A. Petor3 who nodded "res" In reply. "Wo aimed lo have- tho building Itself done by .March 1, hut huve lost twenty days In January and ton days In Do- ccmncr necauso of this unusually severe winter," Mr. Schlacks continued "But now the roof Is on and much of the plaster plas-ter work Is done, especially In the two wings. Even tho floors nro going down now In tho wings. Being under cover at last wo can go right along Inside, but the cold Is delaying us some out-of-doors. For Instance, we must wait for several warm days before wo can put In tho cement ce-ment work for the butterfly shods." "Butterfly sheds? What aro those?" ho was asked. "Oh. no. The Denver & Rio Grande are not going to give up engines and pull trnlns with butterflies." Mr. Schlacks laughed. "Butterfly sheds are the sheds that are to cover the trains. Wo aro going go-ing (o put in 3000 foot of thenr. When an outdoor tralnshed slopes away from the center llko tho roof of a house and pours the water onto tho roofs of tho cars or In between them, then they aro called umbrella sheds. But when the sheds slope in toward the middle, making mak-ing a sort of trough, they arc called butterfly but-terfly sheds because their shape Is like butterfly wings, I suppose. "Wo aro going to pavo everywhere around the station whore we do not put In grass and flowerbeds. I understand that my brother. Mr. Charles Schlacks of the Western Paclllc, which road has a half Interest In tho station, wants West Third South street paved all the way to tho Rio Grande station and other things done. Of this I know nothing, of course, as I am In no way connected with cither road, being an architect who Is merely looking after tho erection of tho 'station, but I would llko to sec It done. "Tho interior of the station will be tho same general schemo as Is tho outside. out-side. Red marble Inside will take (ho plaeo of the red brick outside. The windows win-dows will bo of greenish opal glass, the floors will be of tile and the woodwork of oak. "There will not be a finer station In the west than the Rio Grande station; and If all goos well tho last workman will leave the grounds on May 1. Wo arc woiklng from 133 to 100 men as the work requires, and are pushing It right along. .Tho material Is all where we can lay our hands right on it, too." |