Chicago's Station

The new $75,000,000 Union Station in Chicago, it is announced, may be ready for use by the Christmas holidays. It is the western terminal of the Pennsylvania R. R., the eastern terminal of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and the northern terminal of the Chicago & Alton.

The new station is located across the river, southwest of the "loop" or business district. Its main waiting room contains 26,500 sq. ft.; other waiting rooms account for 22,000 sq. ft. more. The building proper is eight stories in height; in addition to the general offices of the Pennsylvania and the Milwaukee, the structure will house a dining room, lunch counter, cafeteria, tea room, barber shop, beauty parlor, fruit stand, tobacco shop, book store--and last but not least, a two-cell jail, a chapel and a hospital.

The train shed is to the east of the station; this structure will have a 15-acre roof of glass and 84,000 sq. ft. of baggage room in the basement. It will accommodate 14 tracks on the south and 10 on the north.

Included in the new Union Station development are two new bridges over the river, concrete viaducts on both sides of the station, a new mail terminal, 239,000 sq. ft. of new streets, and the relocation of several public utilities.