Vol. 1 No.4 - Pg.2 - Col.3 - SPRINGFIELD DEPOT

Springfield Depot.

We have seen no gate-way on any railroad constructed with so much elegance and good taste as that of the depot at Springfield, Mass. This depot is situated near the bridge, the entrance of which is seen through the archway as shown in the engraving. This building when first seen in the distance, as the passenger approaches from the east, appears like two ordinary gate posts about six feet high, with a gate between; but the traveller is surprised to see these gate-posts increasing in size as he approaches, till, after gliding over two miles of distance, he finds his gate posts to be a pair of towers nearly fifty feet high, and twenty feet square at the base, and occupied as sitting rooms, and business offices of the depot. Over the archway is a commodious dining hall and other apartments for the accommodation of passengers. The bridge over the Connecticut, which is 600 feet wide at this place, is not excelled by any bridge extaut. The western railroad is intersected at this place by the Hartford and Northampton railroads; and when the four trains from the four points meet here with their passengers, a bustling congregation is witnessed, and the instantaneous assemblage from the east, west, north, and south, of people who co-mingle and associate for a few moments and then as suddenly separate, presents a scene of particular interest, and produces a sensation of loneliness in those who remain when the trains have departed.