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Show RAILWAY MAIL TERMINAL TO i BE BUILT NEAR UNION DEPOT Ogden i? to have a new railway mall service terminal building. Th plans for th building of the new p'rtiehiro hare been presented h. the Ogden Union Railway and Depot .company to the railway mail service ollielals and approved and the new building is to be ready for occupancy :hy December 1. The railway mail porvlce has signed a lease for the occupancy of the new building which will be erected by the railroad company, covering a period of j ten years which Insures the location of the terminal at thi point for that period of time. OFFICIALS HERE. S. A. cisler, auperlnfendent of the railway mail service with headquarters headquar-ters in St, Paul, Minn., accompan i d by A. W. Walts, aflsiptant division superintendent su-perintendent with headquarters at San FVanclcn, Cal.. conferred with W, H. Taylor, chief clerk of the railway rail-way mail service. In Ogden lids morning morn-ing relative to the new structure, j After going over the plans Superin tendent Cisler said that the new J structure would be modern in every Irespect with excellen' lighting facilities facili-ties and would be one of the best rail way mail service terminals in the western c ounlry. NORTH OF DEPOT It is to be built at the north end ot the buildings now occupied by th" iWesicrn Union Telegraph company, 1 1 lie Pullman company, train crewa jand emergency crews, vhtch building? (aro Just north of the union station ' proper. It is to be one sLory in height, will ,cover an area of 2400 square feet, will be 60 feet in length and 40 feet in I width. J Along the east, north and west s'd. ? jwill be frosted glass extending trf.tu jthe roof half way down Iho sides of the building which will afford excel lent lightinlng fat lines. The Inside Is to be electrically lighted ihrouphont and arranged in such a manner ihrc the work of the olerka can be handled with tho greatest expediency and in 'the least time. DRIVE ENTRANCE t At the southeast corner of the i building there will be an entrance .through which merchants of Ogieil jmay drive In delivering parcel p is packages to tho terminal. The west side of the building will be close to the railroad track and tht i new structure will do away with 'lo-(extra 'lo-(extra handling of the mail that !a nnw 1 necessary due to the terminal being located across the street from the un-1 un-1 ion station The contract that has been accepted by the railway mail service provide-! provide-! ' ha In the event the present union siat ion is torn down for a !irg building the railway mail serica wrll be given suitable quarters in the new 'union station |