Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1911 — DEPOT BLUE PRINT HERE; FINE STRUCTURE PLANNED. [ARTICLE]

DEPOT BLUE PRINT HERE; FINE STRUCTURE PLANNED.

Agent Benm Receives Plans of New Station for His Approval—Brick With Stone Trimmings. The new depot plans are here. A blue print was received this Monday morning and is receiving considerable attention. It was sent to Agent Beam to see if he had any suggestions to make about the arrangement The plans indicate that the station an I the grounds will be very creditable in appearance and greatly enhance the appar&nce of the city in the Depot district.

The station will be 94 feet long and 30 feet wide, with a tiled roof extending some three feet over the sides of the balding. The station will be set back 100 feet from Forest street, and a grass plot will occupy the space between the street and the station, and the water pipe will be 300 feet long and 18 feet wide. The station will, be constructed with brick with Bedford stone trimmings about the doors and windows. The inside will be veneered with white burned brick. The station will be divided into three apartments. There will be a general waiting room 30x30 feet in dimensions and from to will extend a small rest room for ladies and a smoking room for men. A toilet will extend from each. The watting room will be in the east end of the building except for the apartments above mentioned which will be in the extreme east end. The offioe will be in the center, 12x30 feet, with two doors entering from the waiting room and one from the freight room. One large ticket window will open Into the waiting room. The freight room will be on the west end of the building and will be 40x30 feet in dimensions, a little more than twice the size of the present freight station. It is expected to give local contractors an opportunity to bid on the construction of the building.