. Book of the Royal blue . ou bet Ill have a light! THE NEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON, D. C, TO BETHE MOST MAGNIFICENT IN THE WORLD. FROM ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS JOURNAL, BALTLMORE. WHEN Boss Alexander R. Shepherd,some thirty years ago, won theexecration of the people of Wash-ington by his apparent reckless extrava-gance and disregard for the then popularlyexpressed sentiment, he earned the grati-tude of an appreciative posterity, whichhas recognized in his work the preparatorymeasures for the Greater found it a medley of imposing buildings,squatters cabins and mud streets. He
. Book of the Royal blue . ou bet Ill have a light! THE NEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON, D. C, TO BETHE MOST MAGNIFICENT IN THE WORLD. FROM ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS JOURNAL, BALTLMORE. WHEN Boss Alexander R. Shepherd,some thirty years ago, won theexecration of the people of Wash-ington by his apparent reckless extrava-gance and disregard for the then popularlyexpressed sentiment, he earned the grati-tude of an appreciative posterity, whichhas recognized in his work the preparatorymeasures for the Greater found it a medley of imposing buildings,squatters cabins and mud streets. He What the future Washington will bemay surpass the conception of the mostvisionary idealist, but influences are atwork and improvements contemplatedwhich in the course of the next few yearswill do much in the way of among these projects is thebuilding of the mammoth and magnificentunion railroad station, to be erected onMassachusetts Avenue, north of the Capi-tol, and sufficiently removed to detract.
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