, 1890-10-24
BUILDING BIG SHOPS.
Something of the Great Work Now
in Progress.
Structures Ready for Roof and
Nearing Completion.
Magnitude of the Cheyenne Plant
Edition of 1890.
A BIG WORK.

Through the labors of the army of men
in the employ of Contractor Geo. East,
the 1890 edition OF Cheyenne Union
Pacific shops broadens and heightens
daily. Every week the appearance of the
work is greatly changed. At first shovel
ers and men with teams made immense
trenches and cellars. then material-brick,
stone, lumber, iron, cement, glass, was un-
loaded, and then the builders came on the
scene. At first the force was limited, but
as the structures took shape, more me.
chanics were brought on. This required
more laborers. The crew has reached the
maximum now, about 800 more being en-
gagged.
Few beyond the trade realize the mag
nitude and scope of the East contract, the
h%ugeness Of the addition to what was last
year considered a shop plant that would
add 25 per cent. to the population of the
city. Material has been brought in by
the trai1-load from East. West, North
and South, and workmen have been
secured at Omaha and Kansas City. The
receipt of ten or twelve cars of brick or
lumber has been but an incident Of a day.
The work has brought hundreds of stran-
gers to town.
ON THE GROUND.
The office Of Harvey Middleton, lmme-
diately in front OF the depot, is nearing
completion. 1t is a compact, two.story
building of pressed brick. A pretty lawn
will surround it. and il viii be connected
with the Central avenue viaduct by a
stairway. Upstairs will be quarters for
the draughtsmen. This is the hand
somest structure Of the plant.
Three-fourths of the bricks to be in the
paint shop, the first big building east of
the depot, are in place and the annex
foundations have been laid. Interior
supports, big wooden columns, have been
set, each on stone. The paint shop is
150xl9l feet, with annex for stor ing ma
terial 4sxl7S.
The car erecting shop. is about ready
for the roofers. This is a two story build
ing 95x275 and will be fitted with modern
equipment for car building. Standing in
the center one is rather awed by the size
of this great structure. 1t is wider than
a street and over half as long as a city
block.
Against the car erecting shop, west of
it and invisible from the depot, is the
wood working shop, sOx2O0, with a boiler
and engine room annex 50xS0. The
bricklayers are about halt through here,
The wood working shop chimney is six
feet above the foundations. Golden
pressed brick are used. The height will
be l25 feet, same as the chimney at the
machine shop. Smoke released at this
elevation floats away over the houses.
This portion OF the plant hidden from
town view by the car erecting shop is one
of the most important factors.
South and somewhat east of the car
repair shop now in operation will be
placed the car repair shed, 202x72. This
building will be OF corrugated iron.
Work has commenced on the oil house,
the size of which was lately increased to
make it 10000 instead of 5000 gallons
capacity.
The new ten stall round house will be
in use soon after the first of next month.
Contractor McGarvey's subs have done
a lot of grading in the yards already and
there is lots of work in sight yet. So far
they have moved 40, 900 yards of dirt in
the east end and 10000 IN the west end.