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The depot was razed in 1962. New Passenger Station of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad on Second Street at the foot of Oak Street - Quincy Adams County January 10, 1899 - It is currently believed that the coming summer will witness the building of a new depot at this point. The old structure is antiquated and hoary in appearance and has done good service from the time the "Q" was built through it. - The Quincy Daily Journal. February 21, 1899 - The current Issue of the Engineering News and American Railway Journal contains a description of the new Quincy depot. It says: The station is a one-story building, placed at the side of the track, and having a tall central tower as its conspicuous architectural feature. The building is 304 feet long and 58 feet wide. The walls are of red pressed brick, with trimmings of Berea limestone and red and variegated terra-cotta. The roof tiles are of green slate. The main portion Is 22 feet 4 inches high at the top of the walls and 39 feet 1 inch to the tile crest of the roof. The tower is 20 feet square at the roof level and rises to a height of nearly 130 feet. The main waiting room about 70x51 feet, is at the middle of the building, and forms the main thoroughfare from the street to the station platform, this arrangement being in accordance with the peculiar and almost universal practice of railway architects in this country. Nevertheless it is a very defective and inconvenient arrangement, and it is surprising that, railway engineers and officials permit it to be so frequently used, as pointed out In the article on "The Design of Railway Station,". A portico in front of the waiting room extends over the Cement sidewalk in front of the building, and is a light iron canopy to shelter passengers alighting from carriages. This portico has a groined ceiling, finished in mosaic. The waiting room has three sets of swinging doors at the portico, and another set opens upon the station platform, which is of wood. To the right of the waiting room are the ticket office, telegraph office, conductors' room, smoking room and men's toilet room, with a corridor leading to the chocking counter of the baggage room. Beyond this are the mall and express rooms, and an area with iron staircase to the basement. The boiler room is below the express room, with a smokestack on the track side of the building. To the left of the waiting room are the women's waiting and toilet rooms, news stand and lunch room, with corridor leading to the restaurant and kitchen. The floors of the baggage, mall and express rooms are level with the platform, while in the other rooms the floors are about eighteen inches above the platform, which is reached by three steps. The platform will be covered by a shed roof. The interior finish consists mainly of enameled brick wainscoting, with plastered walls and ceilings, the wainscot being omitted in the ticket and telegraph offices, conductors' room and kitchen. The corridors. and baggage room have pressed brick walls, and the mall and express rooms have common brick walls, with plastered ceilings and cement floors. The waiting room has a marble tile floor, and the other rooms have mosaic tile floors, except that wood Is used in the ticket office, conductor' room, telegraph office and kitchen. The openings in the walls of the baggage, mail and express offices arc fitted with rolling steel shutters. The building will be heated on the direct steam system and will be lighted by 750 incandescent lamps. the current for which will be generated by a plant at the railway company's roundhouse near the station. The architects for the building arc D. H. Burnham & Co., of Chicago. The contract has been let to the F. W. Menke Stone Co., of Quincy, Ill. The cost of the building is estimated at $75,000. - The Quincy Daily Whig. The new C. B. & Q Passenger Station opened on Monday, July 31, 1899. The new station opened despite torrential rain. A crowd of people including thousands from outside the city thronged the station all day and into the evening to admire the new building. The beautiful depot opened without any set program. There was plenty of music and fireworks in the evening. Railroad Officials were at the opening. - The Quincy Daily Whig. Photo Courtesy of the Quincy Public Library |
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