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Worces

te r

Bo

ard

of

Trade,

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EMBER

,

1908

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Present

Be

ginnin

gs

and

Futur

e

Plans.

'r

HEmosti

mportant

build

ing

op

eration

inWorecstorin 1909, andone of themost importa

nt

in the hist

ory

of the city, willbe

the

con

struc

tionof the new Union Passeng

er

Station

in Washington

Squa

re

r.Plansfor this structureworedrawn backin 1905,and were

mad

e

pub

lic

at

a meetingofthe

direc

torsof theBoardof Trade,

Jan

.12, 1906, and the t

hr

ee

year

s

tha

t the rai

lroads

weregiven

th

ento complctethewo

rk

is alr

eady

far

spent.Genuine,

however

,hasbeen the

effort

madeto accomplishsomethingthisye

ar

.W

ork

on theaboli

tion

of thegrade crossingsis

already

well

adva

ncedbyMessrs,Ryan

&

Keon.thecon

tracto

rs

incharge forthe

railr

oads

of thewo

rk

,

and

at

Was

hi

ngto

n

Square

S.I.Howard,the cont

rac

tor,has razedthe bui

ldings

untilhehas literallymadea desert of

that

section of

Fr

ont

Str

eetadjoining the

trac

ks.carehe

has

displ

ayed

in rem

oving

the big

bri

ckblocks

that

mu

st be

gotten

rid of to

mak

ea

pla

ce for

the

new

sta

tion

and

its

app

roaches.Gre

at

as "Worcesterco

nfessed

lyis as anindu

stri

alandrailroadcentre, theplanth

at

the New

Ha

venRail

road

isundoub

tedlv

cont

empl

at

ing'will make of

it

a

far

gr

eater railroad

cent

rein the

future,

andhenceaf

ar

greater

indust

rialcentre t

han

it

hasbeen in the past.The close

bus

inessalliance betweentheNewYork, New Haven

&

Ha

rtford

Railr

oad and theBoston

&

Maine Railroad,which

has

now becomean accom plishedfact,m

ust

inevitablytend to

mak

eWorc

est

er

C

anim

porta

nt

poi

nt

alo

ng

thelineof t

hatst

eel highway t

hat

will eve

ntu

ally

stretch

away

in

a direct linefrom

New

York

toPortland,

1

\[

8.

It

is

eviden

t

that

the

Billard interests

will

hav

e tospendmillions

-it

hasbeen e

stima

ted

that

the

amount

willreach$50,-

TI

lE

SITE OF

THE

"'Ell' UNTO;\, STATION.OCTOBER 1.

10U".

The

wor

kof

both

c

ont

rac

tors hasn

ot

onlybeen doneex

pediti

ously,b

ut

absol

ut

elywitho

ut

accident. Noone,

unl

ess hehas

mad

eas

pec

ial

st

udyof the

subj

ect,canun

ders

ta

nd

themagnitudeoftheopera tions

involv

edin

the

pr

epa

rationfor

the

new

sta

tion.'I'he

gr

adecrossing

pr

oblem

alo

nein a c

ity

of 150,000inhabitantsis a mig

hty

one,

and

yetithas been solved sosimply,soeasily,andso qui

etl

y,that

Wor

cesterpeoplethemselvesdonot realizewh

at

has taken place.

Nor

dothey

app

reciatethe

fact

that

within

a year itwillhepossibleto

run

express trainsintothe heart

oE

the city attherateofsixty milesanhour,if the

ra

ilroadsdesireto, withp

erf

ect

impunity,

and

with

out

theslightest d

anger

topedestrians

and

eq

uestri

ans

livingalongside the

track

s.

In

the sameway

at

Washi

ng

tonS

qua

re,so

quietlyand

thoroughly

has

Mr

.H

oward

donehis wo

rk

thatfew people,except thecrowds wholoiter ab

out

theplacefromdaytoday,

real

izethe i

ntellig

ence and

OOO

,OOO-inim

pr

oving

the physicalco

ndition

ofthe

Bosto

n

&

Maine

road.S

hou

ldthisp

rov

etobe the case,ana

.it

11111

st be

that

Mr.Billa

rd

kn

ew this 'whenhe

bongh

t the

stock

of the Boston

&

Maine, and gov erned hims

elf

accordingly,thenthe

Worcester

,

Nas

h

ua

&

Portland

divis

ionof the

road

will getahuge sliceof this money,for c

ertain

lyno divisionof theBoston

&

Maineneeds

it

mor

e

and,

whencompleted and double-tracked

fro

mendto endw

ith

newsteel

rail

s,it willgiveWorcester as fine

ra

il

road

outlet to the

nort

hea

st

asitnowenjoysto theeast, to the

west

,

and

to thesouth. That thefar-sig

ht

edmanagem

ent

of the

grea

t

rail

roads

pas

sing

throu

gh

Worces

terhadall

th

ese

fact

sthor

oughl

y digested,andplans l

aid

forth

eir

consum mation

at

lea

st

t

hree

y

ears

ago,isevident

from

thepl

ans

theyhave

promulgate

d

for

the

new

UnionSta tion, picturesof which,

with

itsapp

roa

ches

and

environs,accompany

this

article.

293

ORCESTER

The

waiting-room

aloneof

the

newstation,

with

itssemi-circularan

nex

in there

ar

,will,w

ithits

12,654

squa

refeetoffloor

spac

e it covers,bel

arg

er

than

that

in theN

orth

Station,Boston,

and

even

lar

ger

than

thatin the

Gr

and

Cent

ra

l,New

York

,being only exceeded by thatin the S

outhTerminal,

Boston,which,

with

it

s14,625squarefeetof fioor space,is one of the

larg

est

in

the

world.Thelocation of thenew UnionStation is fixedby Legi

slativ

eenactm

ent

in

the

trian

g

ular

spacein

Wash

ingt

onSqu

ar

e,

betw

een

the

v

iadu

ct

and

th

e

Bost

on

&,

Alb

any

R

ailr

oad

tr

acks.Theplanco

ntem

plat

esa

structure

of

gra

nite

foun

dati

on,

with

wallsofg

ray

br

ick and t

erra

cotta, hav

ing

a

fro

ntag

e of over200fe

et

on'Washington

Squ

are,

and

about 50 fe

et

all

H

ardin

g

Str

eet,which is tobe joined

with

Canal

Str

eet,the

int

er"'ningspacebe tweentheBoston

&

Albany

tra

cks

andthe

viaduct

being

ent

irelyfilled. An

area

80 feetwide isto beleft betweenthe

front

of theedi

fi

ce

and

Grafton

Str

e

et

soas to

admit

of

MAGAZINE

ing-roorn

by l

arg

e openings. Thewaitin

g-r

oomwill

hav

ea

hand

somet

iled

floorand

marbl

ewainscoting,and will bede

corat

edartistically

and furni

shed sump

tuously.Nothing

will be l

eft

undon

eby

the

jointrailroad

sto make

this

room

worth

yof the station or of

their

own

dignit

y.At thereal' of thewaiting-room,designed

particu

larly

for

women,th

er

ewill be atelephone

and

tele

graph

booth,17 x33fe

ct;

a.

tick

etoffice,33x45

feet;

a ve

stibul

ele

adin

gto the

northern train

s, 33 x38f

eet

,

and

finally asmoking-room, 27 x35feet. At therear'of thewo

men'

s cafe will be

the

stat

ionrest

aurant

and

buffet,and b

ack

of

th

emainwaiting roomat a conveni

ent

p

oint

will bethe

baggage-r

ooms

and

a p

arc

el-room.The baggage-roomwill beat the

narrow

estp

art

ofthestation, b

etw

eentherailroad

track

s,

and

willextencl throughto

Harding

Street,

the

receiv

ingpoint

for

incoming

and

thedistr-

ibutin

gp

oint

for

out

g-oin

gbag

gag

e.Theba

ggag

e-roomhasboenideally place.l to

handl

ebaggageonanyof therail

roads

usin

j

th

e:

TH

E PROPOSED NEW

dec

orativ

e

tr

e

atm

ent

at

that

point,

and

aff

ord

facilities

for

the

appro

achtothes

ta

tionof

carr

iag

es

andstre

etcars.All bag

gag

eis tobereceivedat the

rear

of thestationon

Hardin

g Street,and thcexpress companieswill be l

ocat

edinasep

arat

e

building

on thew

esterly

sidcof

Hardin

g St

ree

t,thereby relieving the

fr-

ont

of the

building

of theu

nsightly

cartsandexpress w

agon

s

that

too

fr

equ

ently

d

etr

actfrom depot

app

roaches.The ce

ntral

front

of theDewstation will beutilized

for

a v

estibul

e21{feetwideby88 feetlong.

Flank

ing

this

vestibule on theri

ght

and l

eft

respectivelywill be

the

wome

n's

retirin

groom,33x 34

feet

,

and

thewom

en's

cafe.

The main waiting-ro

omwill be

at

the

rearof

tbis

vestibule,to which indeed it leads.Theroomwill be of

impr

essive

proporti

ons,80 x 125feet,

and

40 f

eet

in

th

eclear,

and

will

term

inate

inasemi

-circular

vestibule, 40 x 83 feet,

and

conne

ctedwith

themain wait-

UNIO;\STAT

IO:\

,

station,

and

in thesummerrushwill be able to facili t

at

eits

wor

kover

pr

e

sent

conditions

wonderfully.

At

the southsideof the

stati

onwillbea.

walkw

ay

tw

enty-onef

eet

wide,

hav

ing ample communication

with

the

int

erior

of thebuilding.Thisw

alkwa

ywill

run

clearth

rou

gh

from

thc

fr

o

nt

of the

stat

iontoH

ard

ing

St

reet.A similar

walkway

on the

north

sideof

the

baggage-roomwill connect the vestibule l

eading

tothe

nor

th

ernroad

swith H

ardin

g

Str

eet.

Stairs

will

run

homthesew

alkw

aystothe

platform

above,

and

s

ervethe incoming

and

outgoing

trav

elon all

tra

cks.On

the

south side of the

station

there'will be

two

flightsof stairsninef

eet

wide,andon the

north

side

thr

ee flights,

tw

oof themsix

and

one

eight feet

wide.The

tracks

rem

ovedfrom

the

stati

onwill be

reached

on the south side by a subway

twenty

-four

f

eet

wide,

and

h

aving

two flights of

stairs

sixandone-half feet, wide,

and

those on then

orth

sidewill be reachedby a

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