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A MAGNIFICENT TERMINAL STATION 



A FINE, UP-TO-DATE STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT 

 ON THE ARSENAL PROPERTY 



The new passenger terminal in Havana, Cuba, which is in the course of erection for 

 the Havana Terminal Railroad Company, will be one of the finest and most up-to-date 

 structures in the republic of Cuba. It is situated on what is known as the arsenal site 

 near the harbor and will be built in connection with wharves, warehouses and all the 

 other necessary terminal improvements, at a total cost of $4,000,000. 



The building will be used by the United Railways of Havana, the Havana Central and 

 the Marianao Railroad, thus serving as the Union Passenger- Terminal for the city of 

 Havana. As tourists' traveling is becoming more important every year, the station 

 lias been designed to take care of this ever-increasing need, and is of a capacity and of 

 dimensions which will suffice to satisfy all requirements for many years to come. 



The station building itself is 240 feet in length by 70 feet deep, and will be a three- 

 story and attic structure. The main waiting-room is 72 feet by 128 feet, and extends 

 all the way up to the roof, having a clear height of some 60 feet. It will be finished in 

 Italian marble with mosaic floor, and will have adjoining it the usual retiring rooms for 

 men and for women. 



The cafe is 40 feet by 52 feet and is situated on the most attractive corner of the build- 

 ing. This cafe will have a high wainscot of elaborate Spanish tiles and a marble refresh- 

 ment bar. The cafe is entirely open with the street on two sides, with a sufficient side- 

 walk to allow the placing of cafe tables there, as is done in the continental cafe. 



A large baggage room, with the usual mail and parcel rooms, occupies the other end 

 of the building. 



In addition to the large waiting-room there is a concourse, .50 feet by 200 feet, provided 

 with seats to take care of a large part of the traffic. 



On the second and third floors will be found the offices of the United Railways of 

 Havana. These offices will surround the main waiting room and comprise the usual 

 offices of a railroad corporation. These floors are served by two electric elevators in 

 one of the towers of the building and a freight lift in the rear. 



The exterior of the building is in the style of Spanish renaissance and will be built of 

 American terra-cotta. A great deal of color will be introduced throughout the building 

 to conform to the tropical climate and the wealth of color which one finds in Cuba. A 

 distinctive feature of the front elevation is the twin towers arising to a height of 130 feet 

 above grade. These towers will contain water-tanks of 20,000 gallons capacity, to be used 

 for fire and storage purposes. The towers will also form an excellent point of observa- 

 tion for visitors to Havana. 



The roof will be covered with red Spanish tile, found in great abundance in Cuban 

 buildings. 



There will be no glass in the windows of the building, with the exception of a small 

 panel in the shutters and panels in the toilet-room windows, but double sets of shutters 

 have been provided for all the windows ; the exterior set with fixed louvres, to be closed 

 in the case of an ordinary rainstorm, and an interior set with reinforcing bars and extra 

 heavy bolts, to be used if the storm becomes violent. The light penetrates so far into the 

 buildings in Cuba that even with all the shutters closed the rooms are as bright as in 

 an ordinary American building with everything open. 



The construction work of the building, the wharves, the terminal, the yards and the 

 elevated railroad, upon which all trains will be brought to the station, will be performed 

 by the Snare & Triest Company, constructing engineers, of New York City, who have 

 had much experience in this class of work, having built the Hoboken terminal of the 

 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, the Staten Island ferry-house, 

 and the Whitehall Street ferry terminal in New York City. 



The building has been designed by Kenneth M. Murchison, of New York City, who has 

 built the Hoboken terminal and the Scranton station for the Delaware, Lackawanna and 

 Western, and he is now engaged in constructing the Baltimore Union Station and the 

 Newark station for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 



Construction work has begun, and it is confidently stated that the station will be in 

 operation in sixteen months. 



An appropriation of $119,000 is asked for in a presidential message of February 4th 

 for the payment of the services of the experts who assessed the valuation of the arsenal 

 property exchanged for the Villanueva station. 



