UNION     STATIOl
FACADE    ON MARKET   STREE
T. LOUIS.
The end of the journey—the train has backed into the vast train-shed;  and the traveler steps into St. Louis at the  Union Station.    After a few  moments of bewilderment, caused by the vastness of this train-shed, where thirty-one trains can be accommodated at one time without inconvenience on its three and one-half miles of track, the visitor moves toward the "midway."    Here in the "midway" the life and activity of Union  Station is observed with increasing wonder.   The thousands of people going and .A     coming, or waiting to greet friends or farewell them, make an impression never to be forgotten.    Here can be seen life in endless variety of circumstances and nationalties.    An increasing appreciation of the   immensity  of  the  place  grows  upon  the traveler with the ever-present   "What  next?" Every convenience and luxury is to be found— bureau of information, ticket offices,dining hall, waiting  rooms,   postal   and   telegraph facilities, ample  toilet rooms,  and   the   Terminal Hotel; also the necessary executive offices for the con-