The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
THE GREAT NORTHERN SHOPS.
This Important Addition to tn. City's
Industries Will be Completed
Jan. /.
The R%oundhOuse Will Have Twenty
Stalls and Re One of the
Largest on the Line.

toTy ol bredt fhllS is lne rdplulty WIN
which work is carried on in the building
line after once started. One day wit
nesses the laying of the foundation, the
next the erection of the walls and the
third the completion Of the structure.
or course the liberal minded reader will
at a glance place "a tigurative construc-
ton on the above and allow more time
to elapse from the commencement of
work to its finish. There is still a great
amount of truth in the statement that
building is carried on with all possible
expedition in this city. a TRIBUNE rep
resentative was impressed with such an
idea yesterday when he crossed over to
West Great Falls and noted the rapidity
with which work is progressing on the
repair shop and round house the Great
Northern Co. arc building there. About
n hundred men are at work and the
sound of their different tools makes
sweet music for the west sidcrs. The
erection OF these important railway adj
juncts means more than pen can
adequately tell, for our city and for
adjacent communities. 1t means an
extra pay roll ~disbursing in the neigh
bOrhood of $1,000 a month for at least
three months while the buildings are
being erected. to say nothing about the
amounts expended for brick. stone.
lumber and other building material. 1t
also means that when completed enough
mechanics and extra iIcn will he
steadily employed repairing cars and
locomotives and looking after the latter
to insure the monthly payment in rcgu-
lar wages OI AT least half that amount.
The roundhousc will be one OF the
largest on the Inc west of the Red river.
Ii Will furnish room for twenty locOmo-
tives. Like all roundhouscs it is built
in Il circular shope, the various openings
for the passage Of locomotives. radlating
as it were, from the turntable. 1t is
made of brick built upon a firm stone
foundation. The only portion of the
building containing wood is the roof
which will be covered with tar and
gravel. The building already is com
plctr SO iar as the outside
work is concerned. All that re-
mains to be done is putting
on the tar and gravel roof. which will be
commenced iI'Nl Ntfh. IL u lNtfllN-tNb
feet high. $50 feet in circumference, and
seventy feet deep. Each of the twenty
stalls is twelve feet wide at the opening.
seventy feet deep. and twenty six feet
wide at the rear end. The stalls will all
be provided with ash-pits of brick and
a be closed by heavy doors. This
roundhouse will probably be ready for
use in three weeks.
The turn-table is nearly completed and
will be constructed strong enough to
sustain the weight of the heaviest en-
gincs used on the road. 1t is fifty-eight
feet in diameter and rests on a founda-
ton of stonework six feet in width. The
latter supports the brick wall of
the table, which of course is
built in complete circle.
Some turntables are rcvolvcd by steam
power, but for the present this one will
probably be moved by hand. The brick
walls are nearly finished and the whole
will be cimpleted by the time the round
house is ready for use.
The machine shops are being built
about five hundred feet west of the round
house. 1t will be really one building
throughout, divided off into various
shops, in which different phases of re-
pair work will be carried on. Like the
roundhouse it will be built Of brick and
covered with a tar and gravel roof. it is
to be liOxl5O feet and u feet high. The
roof will have a cupola, or as it is called.
Il "monitor," which will admit plenty
of light to the interior of the
shop. Brick work is progressing very
rapidly on the machine shops. part of
the walls being already up. They will un-
doubleday be finished and ready for use
by the first of the year. 4 s~torehousc
100 by 40 feet and Is feet high is
also in course of erection. 1t is located
about halfway between the roundhouse
and shops. The foundation Is already
built and soon rs the other buildings are
finished work on the storchouse will he
pushed as rapidly as the weather will
permit. \ ycrithhlc network of tracks
connecting the ~roundhousc and machine
shops with the main line will be put in
shortly 81 that cars and locomotives may
he moved about with ease and rapiditN.
These important pieces of building
were commenced only about six weeks
ago and The progress made is certainly
very crcdltablc 10 the contractors,
Mcssrs. James Carlisle ~ Sous OF Mime
apo is. The excellent brick used were
made by the Sun Brick Co. of this city,
who have established an cnviablc rcpu-
tation in the brick making business.
The stone used in the foundation work
was furnished 10y the Great Falls Quarry
company. When ready for occupancy
these new additions to the railroads
plant in this city will represent an outlay
of about $1,000 This amount will
have been considerably increased by the
time the machine shops have been fitted
up with the necessary wood and iron
working machinery. 1t spcaks1yolumcs
for the interest taken in our city by that
great corporation. and will become one
of the proudcst additions to the indus
tries Of Great Falls for the year 1891.
Bucklcn'> trnica Salvc.
The b"st salvc in the world for cuts