. Electric railway journal . rally and providing necessary facilitiesfor passengers. Attention has been given to making thebuilding fireproof, thus reducing station-building main-tenance and insurance rates. Future requirements havebeen carefully considered, so that there will be no im-mediate necessity for enlarging the building to take careof increased traffic. The details of construction are shownby the accompanying drawings. be under the entire building, will be used for the heatingplant and storage purposes. The architectural design of the building is enhanced bythe careful selection of b
. Electric railway journal . rally and providing necessary facilitiesfor passengers. Attention has been given to making thebuilding fireproof, thus reducing station-building main-tenance and insurance rates. Future requirements havebeen carefully considered, so that there will be no im-mediate necessity for enlarging the building to take careof increased traffic. The details of construction are shownby the accompanying drawings. be under the entire building, will be used for the heatingplant and storage purposes. The architectural design of the building is enhanced bythe careful selection of building materials. The face bricksare mottled dark buff of the homespun or tapestry show a rough, wire-cut face and are laid in blue-graymortar. The stone moldings, sills, lintels and copings areof rubbed-finish, buff Bedford limestone, and the capsover the brick columns are of the same material, but havea tooled finish. The gabled roof is covered with greenglazed tile shingles, with plain ridge-roll and Ground Floor Plan of Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Station at Wheaton, 111. The new Wheaton station is a handsome building of themodified Elizabethan type and is particularly well located,as it is on corner property and the ground floor is about5 ft. above the street level. A concrete terrace inclosed ina cast-concrete balustrade of artistic design surrounds thestation on three sides. Wide concrete steps of easy ascentlead from Railroad Street to the main entrance. On thetrack side a concrete platform extends from the north wallto within 2 ft. of the nearest track rail. The building is31 ft. 6 in. x 96 ft. in plan, and its longest side is parallel All the metal work, window and door frames will bepainted a dark olive green and the sashes and doors willbe painted cream white. The entire building will befinished inside with plain oak, stained medium dark English,and the walls and ceiling, which are a rough-cast plaster,will be tinted a light brown. The floors in t
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