, 1886-11-10
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The Union racific's Good Intent Toward
Cheyenne.

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As forcshadowed in THE LEADER OF
yesterday, the management of the Union
Pacific have gone to work in earnest to
add to their interests centered here. a
LEADER man met Mr.. ID. j. Durrell,
division foreman, yesterday, at his Office
and in the act of explaining plans to
Capt. Lasher, of the Pacific hotel, inten-
dcd for the new school o applied mechan-
les to be built by the Union Pacific com
pany in the coming spring. In conversation
Mr.. Durrell said: when | first entered
the service OF the Union Pacific company,
| Was a draughtsman in the central offices
at Omaha. While there | had ample OPP
portunity to know that the great reason
for doing all repair work in Omaha. was
that it could not be done anywhere else on
the system. either as well or as cheap.
The cause of this was, that though the
company's rolls hold the names of
hundreds Of mechanics, very few of them
are other than self taught. | determined,
when | was assigned to this station to in
auguratc a new departure, and here is the
result. You see, the company will erect
a two story structure according to these
plans, of brick and stone, AMI of the
Queen Anne and Composite order of
architecture. 1t will be located on the
west side of Ferguson street, between the
freight depot and round house, and will
front cast. The lower story will be
devoted to the uses of the j. T. Clark
hose company, including a large room ior
the apparatus, and other rooms for Incl
dental purposes. The largest part of the
upper story will be devoted to a class
room, in which draughting and applied
mechanics will be taught, and | hope to
teach them. The classes will be composed
of any young men who have a general
desire to lift themselves out of the rut OF
precedent, and aim to improve upon the
present condition OF mechanical work. To
show you the benefits that will accrue to
| Cheyenne, when this school begins to show
practical results, | will state that instead
of having but one engine here Tor repairs,
we can have four, six or ten as the service
requires, and, Of course, the pay roll foi
such work would be to the interest oil
Cheyenne. Whenever | can prove to the
central office that | can do such work here
equally as well as it is now donci in Omaha
such work will be done here.
I'm Buffalo, two years ago, | taught a
class of twenty-six young men, and all OF
them now living are in good positions.
some of them on this road. The intent oil
the company is to make the school a ben
eft to all who are worthy, and in that way
it will do untold good
In general chat, Mr.. Durrell said hat
the Union Pacific company were contem-
plating the erection of several buildings
here to accommodate the growing needs
of the road, and that in the near future,
the work would begin. Plans are also
under way for the new addition to the
Pacific hotel, which will make it one Of
the largest and most commodious hos
%tleries in the West. a wing will be bull
at right angles with the present building
and will be the front. One hundred
rooms will thus be added, and Chcyenn'
will then have the finest caravansary OF
the whole system Of roads operated b,
the company. The energetic manage
ment of Capt. Lashcr, IAN old time typo
and the oldest hotel man west of the
Missouri has won for this house a first
class trade, and the new building is an
imperative necessity. Several other inn
provements are on the tapis, of which q
description will be given in due time.