Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-28
A BIG DAY At OELNE|N
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tunnels are high enough for men to
walk through them and wide enough
for the purposes intended. Under the
power house at the beginning of the
tunnel, is a room twenty feet high by
sixteen wide, and from this central
room branches out through the several
tunnels the hot and cold water pipe.
for bathing and other purposes, the
steam heating pipes, the wires for
lighting and power and such other
things as may become necessary for
the full equipment of the plant in the
most modern way. The contract foi
the erection of the buildings, after the
4 Foundation work Was complete, called
flor the sum OF $250,000 These figures
ionly include the buildings classed a.
tine chops proper, as described above
1 but GOES not include the machinery.
l.etc, to equip them. the monster ice
house. the new freight house and
4 transfer, the new coal chutes, extern
/ sion TO round house. real estate nor new
Itrackage. When all these new improve
ments are taken into on alteration the
/ expenditures Will have reached a point
lclosely nearing the million dollar mark
| Inc working force of the shops prom
| er, when completed, viii be about zoo
| men, but 500 were given employment
/ from the very first. These We're brought
IRON the company's present shops at
81 Paul, which are to be closed and
/ dlsmantled as soon as the Delweiu
SHOPS are completed. II is the intention
oil the company, so we are informed, to
/ soon begin the building of its own flat
4 ana box cars. and to this end ii is re-
4 ported that the railway will erect next
Year an immense foundry for their use
and wheel shop, 45x53 feet The pay
Isroll at this point after the first of the
4 year will aggregate about s5s 900
monthly and the pay roll of the train
crews at Oelwein, at the present time.
4 is about $4,000 monthly.
Another mammoth new building re-
4 Gently completed is the ice house. 1t is
40 feet high. 40 feet wide, and 20e feet
long, and has capacity of 5000 tons of
ice. This will be made the principal ice
station on the line. and all cars will be
4 fitted or replenished here. 1t is located
across the main tracks and nearly OPP
posite the large tank
In the ~" formed by the intersection
of the main lines from St Paul and
4 Kansas City is located the round house
of the road, and this, too, is receiving
the marked attention of the company
this season, for they have built and
i have almost ready for occupancy an
addition of eight stalls, and it is cur
7 rently reported that eight more will be
added in the spring, which will make
II, probably, the largest round house ir
the United States.
> G. A. Oelwein was the first resident
of Oelwein, and the city was later
named after him. He is still living, be-
ing but % years of age. with his wife
in home built on a portion of his or.
iginal farm.
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