TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1415, 24 November 1904, Page 2

TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

TJIJJ NEW RAILWAY STATION. Tlii; building boom in (lore continues willi unabated vigor, and t . VI .„ «liell till (lit' extensive WolllS |,OW j n hunil, or within public Knowledge, un . completed several other important additions to locul architecture will iimiu'ili/itcly nndeiial.en by those ii'iinil. Among those premises u t present in course of construction, the iK'H railway station demands appreciative notice for its lurue ni/ ( . alll j attractiveness. The l>uiltJinir j s i„ |, u situated a little further south than previously. commencing a ( the furthermost cud of the old site, l'lnns liave been prepared for most sumptuous premises, uichitectiirul beautj |jeiiiif a prominent feature. The station will present a handsome frontage e\tendiny: for Itl feet ulonj,' .Main s(n-ef liberal use bcinij made of stained windows, carved woodwork and ornamental cornices. 1 lie appearance of the block will be heightened by a lower II feet high, in whi.-h u clock is to be pliiriil. A tiled roof is to 1)1! provided. which should further enhance the artistic general elWt, 'J'lie qiui it Kli/abethan style of architecture has been skilfully combined \\i<|, (he sicCessfui elTort to Ini-et purely litililarian demands, and the result will in due course be manifested bv an extretn..lipid iircy-pie building e-erV facility for the pursuit of a larjiti and t'l'ow iiiLf Volume of public business.

Looking from the north, rn end. l,'u> ground plan of ihe station will |„; I|K follow-: Ladies' uniting room, IS feel wide by '.II feet .Up fwilh '..Calorics, etc.. -JK f„.( „ j,|,. |„. a,, f( .,., d.epl : general lobby. Mil f„. ( |,v '„i> feel : ticket ofliec. 17 feet <ijn by' I'll feel ; luggage, |iarcels unci enouirv ollice. :(.-. fell by 31 !..,.('; •talioiiin.-isl.r's room. 1.-, Ui |, y ' -II f. it : guards' and porters' room Li fc-t liin by X) feet. l',„ m v nin si reel, eiiti-iince will be given to the general lobby by „ f|i tf ) lt of ~,„„„ sti-;s through mas-ive double Joors. A sepurale .ntraiice t„ the- inqiiii'v, ollice will be jirovided by means of u doorway of quaint design bcni-ath ||,,. clock tower. The Indus' wailing room is to be elaborately furnished unj will be Mip|ilic<! with a large buv window of plate and i-alhiilral glass, commanding a view of Main street in both directions. The platform for the whole length of the station is to be enclosed by a lofty verandah supported on central columns, embellished with ornamental castings. In every r.-pect ,„> expense has been spared bv the Department (<> provide a building capable of meeting „|| ,)„, 10)ll ;,„. meiii> of the town for manv vears to oine. and when completed' there will be no more handsome station nnvwhere in the South Island, excejiti ig, of cour-e. thai at Dunedin.