, 1866-10-10

Il 7-i~st to the I;u1lilnE-I'rowreA* Of tho
Work-Tiae Michigan Southern
and Rock lalnud Roadx.

n : tASt 10 the 1su14d1nE-TrOwrek@ Of tho
Work-Tiie Michigan Southern
aud Rock Aalnud Roads.
4 number OF gentlemen Interested in tho Michl.
ran Soulbrrn Eatlsoad. Including The officers OF
lie road paid visit yesterday afternoon to tho
new Union depot, now bcin2 erected by The Mich
Ian Southern g. NaEtl,csn Indiana, and tho Chi
cacu, Rock Island j. Iari6c Railroad Compa.
MES fos thr rutpo &C Of sicrtng ths progress OF
the work; among thcc gentlemen present wcre
r + hn,d Ell III lp1: 9 ts ,sn
e'a en- ! s Aseni. y s. whssiei, III III. De be
Tue mammoth depoi |. fast approaching COM
}tletion. aud The main I,Trt Will be opohcd for
i:at.enrc' nsc in about . month from date. The
tau l'utrn and Eiisnoitl anil sherman st,ceiR.
hont!.y' on Jackson. lasa]lc street Is being
op.nsd 'ht9nr', !" 1aektnn street. ani w
of i"iIet .1nn t ~" !" WI w. eeD' 2s'iyacS " ".
f., ;",ins,s' Tx; a:sh!trs as "f .;is sity The e..
ftll section, wLsrh Will cohlain the genrtsl Of.
nec- q! '.ot1, companies IL hf,y-twn t''t lccp "
Or hundred md s11t. wide. n,.l three stnrtrs
hiEh. TN each ftOrl cnrnrr arc sotyrtr twenty
fcct sqtIate. rcscnty.four aud = half fcot high,
llojcetn: eight feet frun tho front aud cohtalt.
In lie middle osthc mont IL nnn.hrr torct. %
containing mr. etor'cA. The MICHIGAN snnthctn
,' "a 5"est; ;s ss.s Ss.K o,t S s% Sss%{ r. r.
sIdc i,lu wrst i.aii. i hsiI 1iorn ico vida run.
t";I e H. s cnEsa b. ,' iIsIs' ;,o,,o,
ci !te 'st!:!"e. s.'"ris i" i...nr,f II: @ i':"oi,
ah.h Ia q shs rs"r w'd!l,. md fasi fcrs ling.
1hls \ nndouotraly; n poi.t e aikn md aeeoIn'
~. ard. Whit completed. il viii l...rni Qai,c an
iMlurlrg nrTrasance: II coMrns I'VE car tracks,
sSu W q, ilc ca,s vJS fr meaning ,,ai.s. Tia
iltcke are tErr"nhdtd hy platforms iwr',tJ--cyen
!et III width. nth middle r!alt"rm .ixtccM f'cs
fte1cots Il. and orc1 eael. door and Window viii II
pnf,,tc.l IN atc, will Ihs han,rs af lhe vado,I'
e:ntiuhE on tkr road. Thts rnt1 u the work hai
l.cn sisrf'rd tu Acesfs. JcTne q Almlh1' os oa
liz main cntratcc In tfc lcroi I. from t'rls
w"'a 'trr"t "hcIc aA ont Id" ,rEhntaii, ronirt
o'r', sa;rndt tiurn Soilh to Sonth Of Tho build
.sltd I" .sotnp and of.cct, ahlch oro MI con
:sne sTss e. !'ecS & Ss h fsssF; ss ;.o
wstt ccfntr # tv ont..otnc bh :a~c room eighty
stshl f., y lsng., ~. and .u'r.ansra With :la
rsE1rc.o:'s ,uuns. thc l,nAcssnan'e ruun,, furly
n'c by tv eni3 -.hr,o aid onc.3'a'f taos, win put
i Nns. 'iSrI n;tassa s :" s"
os s ''s' as %'H v.sa te q s y g. g. viii it,; r.;
:y' p,'h '"s''a. !,s ..e 'p''t%s seson;uaa,.n; i
liz A'r:hc hall. pnntiirt. c1utrsr, kitcacn M
t;rkst n's,cc. With a ss.tcsy of ROOMS, compile.
hrhr': point 1t lilo nsrh. Tic root /. Of ii
N";nahh us FIctci, htytc, containing wfntlowi
N!!ch, Nth tho nGmcraslA nDca lr1ot, Will tul
-, t,n..daM l'g'., and ,naha Tic BUILDING NOR
easessHt Than aepo!a generally, aro. fi,c roof j,
tNpfoltso ~ liows' trtsscs al Intervals Ut uvos
tNtEty feet.
The ent,rs building will cosl s?ca, 600, md II
shonchl, VII be cu,nrleted BY May 1T, ,lH07.
ana. VI! ,,, hs ,opmcne4 m today f9r 1ass!ng an
make ihe depot easIty approachallo.
~ 1ns =, Mlsli*an Southern Company Is also cree
as m ,msn'a a+':k f5isht aepet. exssnd1, g.,
voll and sherman s,fce1s. Ii will be t1fty-o.
front portion lning tw Q stories In height and co
1a.ninE he loea1 freight oaleer, Tie plan y; =
mttc In tlc otlicc Of the CHEF Engineer. IN
building VII! canialn standing room for twcn
cart. and storage room for two thousand tons.
will also have tsan.ier tables Tor eendln: the ca
from the depot to the track outside. The bull
inc will be completed In about thirty days, u
will cost 81, ,0N. ~. -
ii is due 10 Ar. Phillips, The popular and
tcemed PRECEDENT Of the hichisan Southern roa
10 e1y that II IL largely owing to his nnting ret
~- '>s-' ~ --->-as f-. heeu r,uahDd