. The railway library . irely separate from thatrouted through. Electric storage battery trucks are used for movingthe baggage. The station will occupy a handsome setting when the city com-pletes its work on the adjacent grounds and streets. The stationfronts on a plaza of eight acres, which will open into a boulevard,with an 80 feet driveway and 20 feet sidewalk. This boulevardwill lead directly into Penn Valley Park, so that where touristsformerly had a most uninviting view of the big bluffs in the citysback yard, they will now emerge from the station into attractivesurroundings midway betwe
. The railway library . irely separate from thatrouted through. Electric storage battery trucks are used for movingthe baggage. The station will occupy a handsome setting when the city com-pletes its work on the adjacent grounds and streets. The stationfronts on a plaza of eight acres, which will open into a boulevard,with an 80 feet driveway and 20 feet sidewalk. This boulevardwill lead directly into Penn Valley Park, so that where touristsformerly had a most uninviting view of the big bluffs in the citysback yard, they will now emerge from the station into attractivesurroundings midway between the business center and the hand-some residence district of the South Side of the city. Kansas City Passenger Station 315 The style of architecture employed by Jarvis Hunt, the Chi-cago architect, is modern French, and the exterior is finished inBedford stone with a granite base. Viewed across the wide Plazathe effect is very imposing. To make room for this plaza over600,000 yards of earth and stone were hauled MAIN FLOOR PLAN OF DEPOT The interior style of the station is Louis XVI. The grand lobbyhas walls of yellow Kasota stone, with architraves and 7 footbases of brown Tennessee marble. The ceiling is in harmony withthe walls, with sunbursts in bronze surrounded by red and bluedetail. The floor is pink Kasota and gray Tennessee with a blackborder. The general waiting room is finished in buff terra cotta, withceiling and floor schemes in keeping with the grand lobby. 316 The Railway Library The smoking and lunch rooms are finished in Vermont marble,Pavanazzo walls and verde antique base. The womens quartersare in Pavanazzo. The restaurant is finished in Skyros pink marble,and all have decorated ceilings, many of the panels being handpainted. The booths are finished in silver wood and walnut. Thewhole effect gives the visitor an impression of beautifully blendeddetail. The station proper was built at a cost of $6,000,000, but theextensive terminal improvements involv
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