Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-12-30 | Page 103 | Rio Grande Western Soon to Expend Half a Million Dollars for New Depot

m Rio Grande Western Soon to Expend Half Half a Million Milion Dollars for New Depot Frequent and earnest earnest conferences held by representatives of the Gould Clark and Harriman Interests failed to bring brn about a greatly greaty desired result a union depot erected for the use uso of Salt Lakes four big railroads the Oregon Short hort Line Salt Sal Lake route Rio Grande and Western Vestern Pacific No agreement could be reached which was satisfactory tory tor to all al and finally the attempt to agree upon one plan was dropped and amI arrangements were commenced for the erection of two depots dep t both to be as modern as any in the tho west w st The site sito SI of the Gould station staton centers on Third South street The Tho depot will wi be 55 feet fEet long running south and north The remain remainder der ler of the sie site ite will wi be laid with wih passenger passenger ger gel tracks and mad madd attractive with wih lawns and gardens The Tue south half of the building will wi be arranged for the thc accommodation of the traveling public while the business offices and depart departments departments ments will wi have space in the north hair haI of the building The building will wi be two stories stoIe high The first floor foor is divided into fifteen compartments These are main bag hag baggage baggage gage gago room baggage room baggage or orfice 0 flee fice fcc and parcel room ticket Pull pua Pullman Pullman man office mens waiting and smoking room barber shop Cm ns resting room rom lavatory restaurant tea room lunch counter kitchen klehm pantries and store room room immigrants room roam wash washroom washroom washroom room conductors rOom 1601 general generl room for employee news stal telegraph and an anteI telephone teI offices emergency emer ency hospital depot d pot masters master office janitors rooms for supplies and cabbies The he building wih with incidental improve improvements improvements ments will cost half hale a million dollars Work will wi commence upon the structure structure structure ture early wi in the spring Former Forer resi residents residents residents dents of the neighborhood te now owned by the Rio Grande company were noti noH notified fled fied to vacate months ago and since then fed many old homes hon s have been razed for the to the ground to make rum room rom most complete terminals and an depot buildings on the Gould Goul system Tracks of the Rio Grande Western Vf and West Vest Western ern em n Pacific will wi be brought to tao tOe depot depotsie site sie from the west The Utah Light Railway Rala r company will wi operate another loop Joop service back and forth between uptown and ald the Gould depot Tracks down dawn awn Second and Fourth South S streets street will wl be connected by a line lne running di dl directly recty in front of the depot yards on Fourth West Vest This will wi make a a con coil continuous service possible po