. Book of the Royal blue . PASSENGER STATION AT WHEELING. W. VA. r, womens uaitinij-rooms, separated by thecorridor, the womens room frontin;: on theplaza, and the mens room on the trackside. Each of these rooms, as well as thecorridors, first floor, is floored and finishedto correspond to the finish of the generalwaiting-room. The ticket and telegraph oflices and newsstand and information bureau are located oneither side of general waiting-room, justbefore passing through the doors leading tothe tracks. Ample toilet accommodations and finished with a dull wa.\ finish. Alloffice walls are tint
. Book of the Royal blue . PASSENGER STATION AT WHEELING. W. VA. r, womens uaitinij-rooms, separated by thecorridor, the womens room frontin;: on theplaza, and the mens room on the trackside. Each of these rooms, as well as thecorridors, first floor, is floored and finishedto correspond to the finish of the generalwaiting-room. The ticket and telegraph oflices and newsstand and information bureau are located oneither side of general waiting-room, justbefore passing through the doors leading tothe tracks. Ample toilet accommodations and finished with a dull wa.\ finish. Alloffice walls are tinted light buff, with ceilingsabout two shades lighter. A complete systemof intercommunicating electric bells and tele-phones is installed, connecting all offices. In order to further add to the attractivenessof the station grass plots are laid out on thenorth and south fronts and shrubs andflowers will be planted as soon as conditionspermit. The elevated steel viaduct, before men-tioned, is, to be exact, 935 feet long by 8b. are provided for the public and all toilets are wainscoted with white marbleand have floors of terra/./.o. Above the first floor is located the officesfor the various railroad officials, etc., eachoffice floor being provided with file roomsand vaults for the storage of records. Theattic will be fitted up for a large dormitoryfor trainmen. All office floors throughout are laid withedge grain yellow pine, and all standingfinish is of iiuarter-sawn white oak. Oakthroughout is stained a dark Hemish brown feet wide, and carries tour rock-hallastcdtracks and two concrete platforms with steelumbrella sheds. The entire viaduct has areinforced concrete floor, waterproofed, anddrained so that the overhead traffic will notin any way inconvenience the public on thestreets below. The two umbrella sheds, each about ()tiOfeet long, are of the butterfly type, su|iportedon heavy fluted cast-iron Ionic columns, thecolumn bases being bolted to the steel framingof t
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