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Show BizAUTIfUL NEW SALT LAKE AND OREGON S51QRT LINE UNION PASSENGER STATION New Salt Lake and Oregon Short Line Union Passenger Station, As It Will Appear When Completed. By I lie tune of the opening of the 1'orly-third national encampment of Iho Grand Army of thc Republic, which is to be held in flu's city August 7 to J-l, inclusive, it is hoped to have the beautiful beau-tiful new union passenger station of Iho Salt Lake "Route and the Oregon Short Line, at the foot of South Temple street, com pic tod for service. Of course, this docs not mean that, all of the various va-rious departments will bo finished by that time, but simply that thc waiting room will bo completed to handle passenger pas-senger service. Tho structure is GOO feet long and is of reinforced concrete construction. The building is in three parts, tho central cen-tral portion, which is free of all inside columns, and the two wings which are each divided longitudinally into five ba's. The central portion contains the big waiting room. On the first floor of tho wings will bo located tho lavatories lava-tories and other public conveniences. The second floor will be devoted to the offices of the operating dopa.rt.ment, Ihe general superintendence of tho two lines, assistant superintendents, trainmasters, train-masters, roadmasters, vnrdnmsters. dispatchers dis-patchers and so on. In the basement will be located Ihe store quarters of tho Wolls-Fargo and Pacific Express companies. .The finish i? dignified and harmonious. harmo-nious. The first slorv on (he east side is of light grav sandstone, while the rest of tho Avails aro of red pressed brick, manufactured in this city. Cornices Cor-nices of galvanized iron are used with good elToct around Ihe eaves, and iron railings of ornamental design decorate the lops of the towers and the hip ot the roof of the central portion. On the east. side, centrally located, a largo clock, with a face six feet two inches in diameter and numerals one foot high, form an nttractive center. Beneath Be-neath the clock the year of construction, construc-tion, 100S, appears and below this, in a secondary cornice, tho words, "Union Station." In this same cornice and the north and south towers, respectively aro the initials of the two roads which' Iho station will accommodate, "O. S L." and "S. P., L. A. & S. I lhc building is as noarlv fireproof as modern building construction knows, ihe top of the roof is covered wilh tin, while thc roof of the wings is covered cov-ered with asbestos shingles. Between the sheathing and tho' shingles a thin layer of tar paper. is placed. Between the station and tho tracks, the concourse will bo covered with umbrella um-brella sheds. These will also be of firoproof construction. Tho lihlinrr system is exceptionally good. "Each arch is illuminated with oightoen incandescent in-candescent electric lamps and a row of closely-spaced lights runs all around the wall There aro 20S lighls dis-Inbuted dis-Inbuted throughout the building. The beautiful tinting and wall decorations are shown up in all their brilliancy in tho mellow light, and the lame mural paintings, of which there are" two at each end. are displayed to exceptional advantage. The plans for thc station were made iL ' n at'ors..n. ?lef engineer of the Southern Pacilic. railroad, under tho direction of John D. Isaacs, consultinrr engineer oi t.i0 Harriman system. |