The record-union., 1896-10-04

found that the car shop was TOO marc"
fo,. convenience and a new building was
erected at Sixth and f streets, the III
mensions being 34x13O feet. Ihen the
discovery was made that the nrSl loco-
motive repair shop was lnadequate "
the demands made upon 1T as the hhes
| of the company extended and spread
| out. and Just west of the new car shop
| was h,lilt a new locomotive shop ana
blacksmith shop in which three locomo-
| tives might be repaired at one ana the
same time. The blacksmithing facll-
| ties were also increased, and the shop
| took on some of the real dignity which
| the situation demanded.
Then it was seen that the boiler OF the
| locomotive, exposed as it was TO an un-
usually high pressure, could not forever
| stand the strain. Rivets began TO
| loosen, joints to open and steam 10 es-
| came The locomotive shop was not
prepared to deal with the problem OF
boilers, so north Of the new locomotive
shop was erected building 4Oxoo feet
| the first boiler shop of the company
| In time the boiler shop also became IN
adequate to the demands of the boilers,
and the building was turned over to the
| foreman of the lumber yard, to be used
as a dry for seasoning lumber.
| But the steady growth of the road
| brought with it a demand for rolling
stock which could not be supplied from
| Eastern shops. and the promoters de-
| cided TO build cars Of their own. The
| thouobt was father to the deed, and
in 1866 the first car construction shop
was erected And it was no infant
when completed, either, and for many
months cars were turned out at the rate
| of a dozen day. Considering the Inn
| tied facilities, this work was really ex-
| traordinary. and the building was the
| most substantial Of any erected up 70
| that time It was G3X210 feet, and a
| norton Of it was used for a pattern
| shop, and subsequently the entire bulid-
| ing was converted into a storehouse,
| portion of which is still standing. IL
was erected Immediately west of where
| the air brake shop now stands, ana
| glance at the accompanying cut VIII
fully explain the location.
| Tn the meantime vast amounts of lum-
| Der were being consumed daily, and the
facilities for smoothing it were limited.
| The fine woodwork which entered into
the construction of cars also demanded
attention. and in 1868 the planning mill
and cabinet shop building, 9Ox230 feet,
was erected. Other departments in the
rapidly y-spreading industry of the man
| ufacture of cars and locomotives. now
no longer in prospective, but f1rmly
founded source of employment to num-
dreds. were erected and In the same year
| 0S6S) were built the engine-room, ok
rs feet: the blacksmith shop 6oxloo,
and the roundhouse, with capacity Ior
twenty-nine engines. The old, cheap,
temporary style of structures We're dis
continued in the year in question, ana
all of these buildings still stand, the To-
calities being indicated in the cut,
| though some of them have undergone
many alterations and received various
additions as occasion demanded.
The shops were already beginning in
earnest to take ON the Importance when
they now hold, undisputed. and in the
same year was commenced the larger
machine shop which was, when COM
pleted. 100 feet wide and 200 feet long.
In 1872 it was found that the dirnen-
sions were entirely inadequate for the
rush of business and an addition OF
200 feet was put on This answered the
/ purpose for the time, but since the shops
had been permanently located here,
they must of necessity keep in line with
the giant strides the network of lines