. Book of the Royal blue . THE INTERIOR OF THE SEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON. completion of the street car tracksdiately in front of the station makes itaccessible to all parts of the city ona 5-cent fare by either of the twolines operating in the city. When the architects of UnionStation submitted their plans theyhad in mind a terminal which wouldbe in keeping with the future of thenations capital city. As the stationwas to be the nations vestibule orgateway, it should of necessity bebuilt in harmony with the characterof the other Government buildingsin \\ashington, bearing in mind thata mo

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. Book of the Royal blue . THE INTERIOR OF THE SEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON. completion of the street car tracksdiately in front of the station makes itaccessible to all parts of the city ona 5-cent fare by either of the twolines operating in the city. When the architects of UnionStation submitted their plans theyhad in mind a terminal which wouldbe in keeping with the future of thenations capital city. As the stationwas to be the nations vestibule orgateway, it should of necessity bebuilt in harmony with the characterof the other Government buildingsin \\ashington, bearing in mind thata more beautiful Washington was theaim of the future. With this endin view the architectural motives weredrawn from the triimiphal arches ofRome. The entire ground area of theWashington Terminal Compan\property is estimated at about onehundred and sixty acres. This terri-tory embraces the main station build-ing, three signal towers, power-house, express building, locomotiveand repair shop, coach yards andthe sixty miles of track which con- \erge into the thirty-three separatetra

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