| Show FINE NE NEW W GOULD G 0 ULD DEPOT DEPO T OPENS TODAY TOD A V I Elegant and Roomy Y Building Bui With Conveniences Conveniences Conveniences Con Con- to Facilitate Facilitate tate Handling of o Traffic and Man Many Features Promising Promising Promis Promis- ing Comfort The new Rio nio Grande and Western Pacific Pa chic union depot of one the finest passenger pas pas- sm cr stations in the United States was vas thrown open to the traveling r public in Salt Lake City CHy at t 50 a o'clock clock this mornin morning Cit Cities es with five c or or moro mora times the thc population 1 of Salt Lake City it have noth noth- in ing with it in beauty or convenience con can to the public Twenty minutes after the station was open to the public Thomas lIu Hughes hes bettel better bet bet- tel ter cr known as Tommie who for tor years has tins announced the tho departure of trains from rom the ramshackle station gave o a tho the call for the first train to pull pun out of the tho new station It was bound for Marys- Marys ah antI and intermediate points Ten minutes minutes min nin- utes ute later another tram train pulled out for Bin ham the tho old reliable m mining n hA carn 0 i f Utah Ulah At 0 o'clock dock a full train left with passenger passenger- t r from various points of the thc west and the northwest bound hound to a hundred cities of oC the tho east cast Again in ten minutes another tra train n left Toft for another great reat mining camp camy in m Utah a Utah a tamp camp which a sin single le mine mine has paid dividends of a month montt for months it tt a time Park time Park Cit City There was not riot a sin single lo hitch on the n night business had been closed at a. a station that has lone done service service for over t z score of years and ancI every man w was s in hi hir hr place and ready for business this moru inoru- ing at a now new station Some fond OD memories were aroused a as the m mon n left tho the old station Some Seine of oC them thorn waited to see eo o No 1 3 pull in in from Crom rein the east eaI last ni night ht The little old frame had stood for years as the depot of a ra railroad system in in the metropolis of the intermountain co There wore were memories but few re- re If there is man in iii the new I station tation today who cannot bo be found at Iii his desk please don don't dont t blame him Ho lie has probably wandered some Bome ten or twelve c feel feet away and mav ma need a guide to get et ba back k to it He lie has so much more marc room this morning mornin than he tinS has been accustomed to that he lie might ht get lost r Officials Official of the Denver Den Rio Rib Grande and ancI the Western Vesten Pacific are proud of 4 tho epo i n It is 13 m It Tt has goot o t architectural outlines is absolutely nail and is built to stand tand for aee ages Building a Depot 31 announcement that the Gould system would build a new passenger station in Salt Lake City was mado made early in IDOS 1908 Tho The cost was estimated at jOO but ut this will be bo about short At tho the time the announcement an an announcement was made the plans had hadnot hadnot not been drawn About six months later ground round was broken In the fall of IOOS 1908 man ninny many men were employed on the excavation work They met difficulties the site was low and received ed the thc seepage from a lar large e area But the tho excavation grew steadily deeper Pumps were put to work and May May- 10 1 lOOP Oll the tho excavation Was completed d and a solid olid concrete foundation with reinforced pillar pillars andre and re reinforced walls had been heen laid II Rush Rush the work was order of th thi till head of the tho system II Rush Hush the time work it t camo came down dawn the line of officials Unlimited Un Un- limited capital was wag available Railroad Rail road facilities for the tho quick handling of materials were in easy reach Or Or- ders dora vero wired to Pennsylvania sI for fit steel eel to Ten Tennessee essee and Colorado for or marble to Tew T cw Jersey for bricks to Illinois for terra cotta to Utah points for plate plato glass and sta stained lC glass win win- lows As tho the orders were filled tilled the freight had 1111 the tho right debt of way and so 60 4 i y I j a I B I F irr I Upper picture picture New New Western Pacific and Rio Eio Grande Grando union depoti Salt Lake Liko City Just opened to the public Lower picture picture Old Old Rio Grande passenger depot and baggage room that gave way to Salt Lakes Lake's modem modern progress the building ng stands stand today declared by railroad men to ho bo a model passenger station tation Before gi giving ging ng a brief description of this new station it may rot not bo amiss to tell a little history Along Alone in tho the early earh ei eighties ht cs tho the Rio Grando Western sought entrance into Salt Lake Lako City At th that t time timo points in Utah county had communication with this city and O Ogden den over tho the Utah Central which is now operated b by the Salt Lake Lako route and the Oregon Oreon short Line The late ate John Sharp was pres president and anel general manager of tho the Utah Central Cen Cen- trait j his brother James lames Sharp was an and the tho late lato George Swan was auditor Offices the second see sec end ond floor of tho the National bank building I In th the winter of 1883 and 1884 soy soy- cral eral meetings were ero held heM there thero A new ne-mv road as was being built from the east cast i and and- it would the the- the parallel Utah Central Central Cen Cen- for nearly one hundred miles What should be done to block tho the now new road The The frog fro crossin crossing about two miles th this l side ille of Provo offered an in opportunity ty Leaving Leavine one of these meetings s John Sharp said mid to a friend II They They want vant to prevent th the entrance of a new new railroad into this c city t It is but a little HUle bit of a II three foot wide track It cant can't hurt burt us and if it can cando cando I do for fol the cit 1 Let Lot Lotif any my good city say it if como come in 10 I Tho The of John Sharp prevailed The Rio Hio Grande Western was a narrow e road and it was not until several years later that it was made mado a standard stand ard gauge au o road First Passenger Station I Its first tirl passenger station of the road was on the tho southwest corner of Fifth I West and Second South streets where ho time freight depot is now In lu the new passenger station wan wat built huilt tho the ono one that was vacated last night It was a great reat station But the rail rail- twenty one years ago road oad and ancI the cit city have o out outgrown rown it t- t did so in fact years ears ago Yet if jC walls could talk this old oM station could tell some railroad history worth the while I Ito to hear It has seen over men women and children leave eave or enter en- en ter cr trains Millionaires in special trains rains hobos on tho the brake beams or orho ortho time tho ho blind baggage have passed through w g i 1 I 9 t f-t 1 of i i i c 4 1 I 41 r i 1 1 4 11 1 1 I e ti I l 4 i U UI h JI 3 I- I p 4 I Y y ii L- L t L T. T 0 Showing butterfly sheds at new now Western Pacific and Rio Grando union depot the the gayest Jarest excursion parties and tho the mangled hordes of victims of accidents on railroad or in mine mino faro farewells wells and bridal parties But the past 1 like liko ke theold tho the old is gone and toda today Salt Lako City is s proud of its newest passenger passenger pas pas- l en er station Facing down cowit on ona o of the finest paved streets In the west tho the new building at attracts attracts at- at tracts attention Tho The main center wIndow window window win wIn- dow has nearly forty feet cot square of at opalescent opalescent opalescent opa opa- glass la s. s Above this is a tower and largo large wings open out to either end Tho The building and grounds occupy hit all atthe of at the land between Rio Grande avenue and Fourth West rest from tram Second South for a of a mile mIla to Fourth South North Sketch of 01 the Rio Grandes Grande's Advent to This City and andl Depots itRas Had Which Have Kept Pace With City's Advance and south of oC the tho new station a parking system Is being arranged which will In Include Include In- In clude elude Ta lawns la ns flowers and trees Tho The street to tho the e east cast st Is already paved and there Is 18 a double track of or street car lines with a R. six mInute service In either di direction direction dl- dl assuring the traveling public ampie amplo amplo am- am plo pie service West of ot tho the station are aro seven Boven railroad tracks so that thoro there need bo ho no nu dela delay In tho the arrival or departure of oC trains The station Itself contains every mo modern mod ern rn convenience The Tho building is feet long iong ninety five feet teel wide at nt tho the center center cen cen- ter and feet wide on tho the two long wings The first the five feet of at tho the outside out out- sl side e walls walis of oC tho the building aro are of or white marble The first story Is terra erra cotta and md the upper stories of or terra cotta and andrain andrain rain wl wash h brick imported from New Now Jersey The Thc cornice is of at copper eight feet wide This copper work alone alono cost coat over Magnificent Waiting Room Koom It i is not Ot until you OU enter the main waitIng waitIng waiting wait- wait Ing room that you begin In to realize tho the great proportions of or the tho new station This room is feet teet long 62 feet teet wide ana ano tho the ceiling Is S 58 feet high The Tho floor is of ot tile the wainscoting of or Tennessee marble the the- furniture of at white whito oak At Atthe Atthe Atthe the east enst side I ii 18 the tho ticket one of ot the largest and finest in the tho country On tho the west sido are aro the news nev's stand tho the telegraph office and tho the telephone booths At each end of ot tho the salting malting room Is a marble fountain At the northwest of oC the main waiting room Is Erie m mens men's ns n's smoking room and barber shop tho the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter being finished In white whito marble To the tho northeast the womans woman's waiting room with every every convenience for or the traveler Passing through a wide w corridor you enter the cafe and dining lining room behind which are the kitchen storeroom re refrigerators re- re and all nIl modern conveniences for tho the of ot food At the extreme cx- cx north end of ot tho the building offices of the tho Pullman company and tho the United States mail mall service South of ot the tho main waiting room Is tho the baggage bagga e room ono one of the largest In tho the west occupying the south Kouth end of oC the tho lower floor Here too is tho the checking room Around the tho main waiting room twentysix twenty- twenty six feet from tram tho the floor is a balcony from which the p passenger or waiting friend may have an nn excellent view of oC every por person on entering or leaving the building Seats Scats aro arc provided for those who may wish to rest North and south of ot this balcony are twenty eight rooms on cach n. n and largo v well 11 lighted The Tho north end of the tho second story willbe will willbe willbe be occupied by the Denver Rio Grando offices an and tho the south by the Western Pacific Description of Grounds West of tho the Dew new station and protecting tho the approach of oC the first of the seven ceven tracks is the butterfly shed tho the first of Its kind In Utah The butterfly track shed Is rom the tho umbrella umbrella um urn I brella In that tho the matter latter lots the rain rainwater rainwater water drip from tram each sIde while tb the former drains it to the center whence It ItIs Itis itis is carried oft off through pipes There are aro 1000 feet of butter butterfly sheds at the new I station under which there thoro Is two twenty-two powerful gas arc lamps I Around and along this station are aro I square feet of cement platform I end and walks Four hundred and thirty feet foet south of the tho new station elation is tho the heating plant I connected with the main by a abIg abig abig I big concrete tunnel through which a aman aman aman man can walk upright ht This building I is I I of ot red brick and white marble tho the smoke smokestack smokestack smokestack stack is feet teet high This plant is equipped with two big boilers and emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency lighting plant with power and pumps for air steam and water ater Every ninety feet along the tho 1000 feet teet of platform platform plat plat- form arc are laterals through which water and steam are conducted toward thet tho the t tracks racks North and south of ot tho thorn new station are many acres of ot plowed land This fall It wilt will bo be seeded with grass In the spring flowers and ornamental trees and shrubbery shrubbery shrub shrub- bery beo will be planted and In five years ItIs it itis itis is hoped tho the grounds will wille b e among the handsomest of oC any railroad station in the United States |
