Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-30
TIE CHANGE rs MADE.
Northern Pacific Railway Company Now
Doing Busin IS in its New Quarters
on the West Side.

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cific Railway company has trans
ferred it's Little Falls business from
the East to the West side. .
The change was maze Thursday
afternoon, and without even the
slightest interruption or delay to
any department OF this great con-
GERMS immense volume OF business
transactions in this city the trans
fer was made.
| From the small, incOnvenient and
unsatisfactory quarters the offices .
the company have been changed to
the new, cOmmOdious, convenient
and comfortable station on the West
side, which the company caused to
be constructed at II great cost. TO
II vast majority OF the citizens OF this
city rs well as the employees OF the
company, this change comes with
satisfaction and approval.
This change was not made with
F., out Il great deal of work and eX-
pense, and there was considerable OF
the former connected with the re-
moval OF the offices. Preparations
having been going on for this work
for some time. but it did not actually
begin until about2 clock Thurs,la V
afternoon. Immediately after 40. 81,
| the west bound way freight. left.
Thus WIS the change from the Old
to the new made. Those residents
"i the East side who for twenty-five
years have timed their day work by
| the arrl ial ut the trains. and listened
at night to the Shrill whistles and
r1mblinG OF wheels will do SO no
more, and the residents OF the Yves
side will have other sounds than tn e
noise of its several industries and the
cronking OF frogs TO disturb their
sl1mhers.
That these improvements, not vet
entirely completed, have and will
prove Of great benefit to the city
none will deny. Already IL total
sum Of about $l5O.NO has been ex-
pended 10y the company in this work
and the work We. to beslone will bring
that sum up to nearly 100000. I'M
provcments OF their magnitude and
] character are not secured withOn
concessions, and to VI. NJ. Williams
president vi the Little Falls Water
Power company, is due the entire
credit for securing them. No imam
ever worke more faithfully for the
advancements Of the interests Of his
home community han he has and
this Is only one OF the many improve
nents Little Falls has received as
the result oi his efforts
or the large sum already expended
for this work this city has derived Il
| great benefit, 10" the larger portion
! nf the money expended went to the
lahOrn% classes of this city. Begin
! ming with the commencement OF the
@r ding work on June I, last, there
! has been employment for everyone
IN.
alone cost between $4,000 aud
%W,OOO. Oh this amount the SUPER
str :cture cost $4,000 and the
lrtlance was expended on the piers.
and HE cost WAS principally for In.
Dor at good wages. from the time
! TIA" work Was br~Il, on August Is,
to t he present tin G.
, ilir ncN pnS>'llrrr ,irpOi cost
HhpAt Gl2,"n, :lA.! rs was the &, Sc
! III ii' ~ her tl::n'iHt~ nj he WORT. a
lti;"" prrlH'n!:,.." ,E,,> inrlnhnr. The
; N!!!nG III t?I'' .ylr'l, ;.l4d tracks on the
; West side si::* :irrr me yrrn ,'St *.
rrN"" wa H., i:i,irsl. and there in
particular ,Ih, inln,r receive TIE big
:-rS; share uI t'r'rNlrnsr. Theynr,lh
| which, extend from Broadway north
about one mile were al filed several
feet deep with gravel hauled from
the Darling pit. and although all
lncili'Atr This work. it also required
! an army CT lnhOrcrs.
Ahont ten miles OF lew track in
Guiding tn" yards were laid. The
yard capacity: although only about
one third uf he right -ui- way space
has as yet been utilized, is mach
Glv;'ter than that OF the old yards,
and will he Increased us he business
OF the company requires it.
The entire work, including the
grading. track laying, bridge ana
depot construction, was done under
the supervision OF Engineer +. w.
Goodrich. TO him is due the credit
for the thorOu@hncSS of the work,
and its completion in the face of OBJ
starlcs that were unexpected and
consequently not taken into account
at the beginning. Although il young
man, the able manner in which h.
handled all the branches OF the work
under his supervision entities him to
a high place among men OF profess
sion.