. The street railway review . ft., and was about 24;*;ft. the other building proper is three stories high, 242 ft. deep, andhas a front of 180 ft. It is built of brown mottled brick. with white stone trimming and steep-pitched red tile tower,which contains passenger elevators,is 140 ,and is capped with a steep red tile roof. The fiat roof ofthe portion used for car storage is on the level of Prospectstreet in the rear, and was designed with an idea of its pos-sible future use as a summer roof garden. In the center isa covered passageway leading from the Metropolitan ra
. The street railway review . ft., and was about 24;*;ft. the other building proper is three stories high, 242 ft. deep, andhas a front of 180 ft. It is built of brown mottled brick. with white stone trimming and steep-pitched red tile tower,which contains passenger elevators,is 140 ,and is capped with a steep red tile roof. The fiat roof ofthe portion used for car storage is on the level of Prospectstreet in the rear, and was designed with an idea of its pos-sible future use as a summer roof garden. In the center isa covered passageway leading from the Metropolitan rail-way on Prospect street to the elevators in the tower. Thatportion of the building facing on M street is devoted to ter-minal offices of the various railways, and waiting and toiletrooms for passengers making transfers. These rooms arehandsomely finished in red oak wainscoting, delicately-tintedwalls, panelled ceilings of stucco with rich corners and dec-orations, granata floors, ornate black iron grills and stair hnhp tnxi. l}9 ^ ISO -^ ISO >i UNION STATION OF THE CAPITAL TRACTION COMPANY, WASHINGTON, D. C. 442 ^1iM%\)k^4i\SV^cw railings. The entire lower floor is occupied by the terminalarrangements of the Capital Traction Company. Directly in the rear of the waiting rooms, on all threefloors, are long corridors, 25 ft. wide, with si)ace for twocar tracks and necessary switches for the use of foreign carswhich may enter the building. These will be brought in onsteel trestles, those from the lower level onto the secondfloor, and those from the higher level onto the third floor,the lay of the land in the vicinity being such as to make thispossible. As most of the suburban lines during the hoursof slack traffic run their, cars at comparatively long intervals,it is believed that the Union Station will prove a great con-venience. In the rear of the waiting rooms and track spacealready mentioned are located the car storage portions. Thisspace is the full width of the building
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