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1 Gate Groce re Ore oo 2 HE Southern Architect and Build ing News will present, an entirely 4 new and original solution of the depot problem in its issue of next Friday. The editors declare the plan is a feasible one and will go fully into details to show that the proposition is one that can easily be carried out. This solution of the problem contem plates the use of the Austell building as the depot building proper and the use of t... property between the Austell build= ing ay Alabama street for trackage pur pose ‘The easeeaving diagram shows the menagement—of tos Austell, ouput afer having gror been converted into a depot. The en trance, under the proposed plan, would be 98 at present, and parties leaving the city would descend from the first or en trance floor to the present basement of the Austell building. Necessarily a large shed would be erect ed over the tracks, and it is claimed that ‘ample room could be obtained on this site for all trains and a depot could be furnished that would answer all purposes for the next thirty or forty years. The editors of The Southern Architect and Building News have given the matter considerable study and have consulted a sré per of pomirent eqrireert. It is derlareé : these enginesrs thet the 4us tel, but Luas could easily be changed ge | QO Ore Qe ere Chor Qe enS that it could be utilized for a depot. The building is so constructed that a change of this kind would not weaken it. Since the question as to the adaptability of the present site for depot purposes has arisen a number of suggestions have been made. This is one of the most original yet put forward, and is believed by many to be entirely practicable, in discussing the matter the editor of The Southern Architect will endeavor to demonstrate that this is one of the few sites on which an adequate building can be arranged for a depot, and will point out the many advantives to 4 obtained by converting the Avatell hitting into a dencot ‘The nan contemplate covery of the *op figars +f the awe fe Ans - HRA mes wtee | Offtelia. civ Med 2 thetivnst Bar Pie oeng Toner ts a ar t ort Passaee Baden ear Boot Paeeres eueeRne wo era vatzeaane | recacean~ | — Lance | GENERAL Tie RON, ware wenans Touar. mt. RESTAVEANT, votes Gov. WIADVE OVER, e CARRIAGE PLATFORTT: Diagram of the Basement of the Austell Building, Showing How It Would Appear if Converted Into a@ Union Depot, as Suggested by The Southern Architect and Building News. a on Orde Oot BARRIAGE | STONES yapacy
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Wed, Mar 05, 1902
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Todd D.
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