. Railway age . ft. by 16 ft. Of the smaller sized stations of the orig-inal design that at Mullens, W. Va., Is typical. It is a frame building and the speciflca v,i,iiili-u columns. The ticket office at one end has a width overthe partition walls of 11 ft. and extends the whole width of tbebuilding. Tbe total length of the ticket office and wailing roomsection of the building is 34 ft., of which the waiting room occupies23 ft. beyond this Is an open driveway 11 ft. wide and then afreight room occupleH the remaining 23 ft. of the plan. The floorsof these freight rooms are either on the ground
. Railway age . ft. by 16 ft. Of the smaller sized stations of the orig-inal design that at Mullens, W. Va., Is typical. It is a frame building and the speciflca v,i,iiili-u columns. The ticket office at one end has a width overthe partition walls of 11 ft. and extends the whole width of tbebuilding. Tbe total length of the ticket office and wailing roomsection of the building is 34 ft., of which the waiting room occupies23 ft. beyond this Is an open driveway 11 ft. wide and then afreight room occupleH the remaining 23 ft. of the plan. The floorsof these freight rooms are either on the ground or raised 2 ft. II the level of the waiting room door. The intention is to us«tbe rustic station with an elevated freight floor in the tobaccocountry of Virginia, while that with a low floor will be used inWest Virginia. The interior flnish of these stations is essentiallythe same as that of the design already described. Externally theyhave a rubble chimney for tjotb the ticket office and wailing Station at Mullens, W. Va. Virginian Railway. tions permit that tbe rough framing shall be of either white, Norway which gives them the characteristic feature of the other buildings or southern pine, spruce, Pennsylvania white hemlock or fir, pro- of the country, and It is the intention to plant climbing vines about Tided only that it Is sound and tree from defects. The interior the one at the end of the building. This will be an innovation and finish is In natural wood, kiln dried and varnished on the exposed add to the attractiveness of the structure. surfaces. The flooring of the offices and waiting rooms is of quarter The floor plan of the 60 ft. by 22-ft. station for small towns In sawn Carolina pine or maple of In. face and t» in. thick and Virginia is the same as that of the larger 80-fL by 22-ft. sUiion. matched for the whole length. The baggage and freight house floor-ing of ail stations is of 2-ln. southern pine 6 in. wide, quartereawn and smooth. The
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