, 1889-04-05
BEGINS To- MORROW.
The Laying of Shop Foundations
TO Begin in the Morning.
Fifteen Cars of Stone and Five of
Cement on Hand.
Contractors Requested to Submit
Bids on Additional Buildings.
%CoMMENCIN WORK.

Actual shop building VIII begin TO-
morrow, when concrete mixing will be
commenced.
Thirteen laborers will be taken in hand
by Mr.. Pullman, the foreman, and taught
the process which converts crushed stone
and cement into concrete. or a foundation
more durable and immovable as rock.
Monday the scene will become liyelier and
more pleasing to the eye. twenty-five
men will be added to the force and the
manufacture of concrete will be conducted
on a large scale.
The latter part of next week half a
dozen stone masons will report for duty.
To assist them twelve laborers, or two
helpers to each artisan will be engaged.
From that time until after the lumber ar
rives the force of men will be increased
until the maximum is reached. Con-
tractor Sharp's employees are paid every
Saturday night in good hard coin-no due
bills. ..
MATERIAL HERE.
Fifteen cars of stone for the shops are
now on side tracks here. There are two
cars of crushed stone for concrete from
the Iron Mountain quarry leased by j. L.
Murray and operated by A. T. Peterson,
three cars of crushed stone from the
Stout or company q%uarries near Fort Col
Inns, and ten cars of rubble stone from the
same place.
MI. Pullman p%ronounces the Iron
mountain crushed stone a very superior
article, admirably adapted for the manu-
facture of concrete.
Five carloads of cement have been re-
ceived.
r. w. Brady has furnished Mr.. Sharp
$50 wagon loads of sand and has not yet
gotten well under way with his con-
tract.
Yesterday a car load of stone working
tools we're received from Kansas City.
Lumber for the building of concrete
boxes and the offices to be erected on the
grounds is expected this morning. In
the event of its non-arrival material for
the concrete boxes will be purchased from
a local dealer.
ON II MOVE.
I'm going out to Portland and make
those lumber men get a move on them
selves" said Contractor Sharp as he
boarded the west bound passenger train
yesterday. Its quite difficult to do
business with those people by correspond
ence. They book my orders all right.
but don't seem to understand that | must
have it right away"
Mr.. Sharp is on the road much of bis
time. After convincing the Portland
lumber merchants that his big order must
be filed at once, he will hasten back to
Ogden, where he is building the Union
depot, then to Cheyenne for a conference
with MI. Pullman, his representative
here. Next to Kansas City and Law
renee, Kas., where he has work progress
ing, thence to Omaha and back to Chey-
enne again.
THE ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS.
Contractor Sharp will visit Omaha just
SO soon as possible. He has been instruct
ed to submit bids for the construction of
the foundry, car repair shop and oil house
to be constructed here this season. The
company erects these buildings this year
because the management believes that
their maintenance here is necessary. In
its contract with the city the company
agreed to build them at some time after
this season. More bar 500 men will be
employed in the foundry and car repair
shops.
SHOP EQUIPMENT.
At Omaha Tuesday bids were opened
for the equipment of the Cheyenne shops
with tools and machinery. The bidders
were William Sillers & Co., Manning,
Maxwell & Co.. Bement, Miles & Co.,
and the Niles Tool Works company. The
contract will be awarded in a few days.
The total amount involved in these con.
tracts will exceed $500, 000.