The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-13
NEW FREIGHT OFFICES.
Southern Pacific's Recently Completed
Buildings Now Occupied.
MORE CONVENIENT THAN FORMERLY
Two Immense Structures Having Com
bned Floor Area Of 10000 Feet
and Plenty of Trackaoe.

The local freight offices OF the Southern
Pacific route proper, comprising the Texas
and New Orleans, the Galveston, Harris
burg and San Antonio and the Galveston,
Houston and Northern roads, are now 10
Gated in the new freight buildings OF the
company. just completed, on shea street
aud Liberty avenue, at the point where
Willow street ends and Liberty avenue
begins. The buildings are substantial
frame structures being two-one for
the reception and delivery Of inbound traf-
fc and the other for outgoing freight The
former is 5ox50o feet, with 125 feet Of It's
length and the entire width two stories, the
upper floor being provided for the offices
Of Mr.. c. w. sedgewick, the local freight
agent.
The work Of removing the office equip
ment from the old freight building was
begun Sunday and by yesterday afternoon
nearly everything was in place at the new
location, there being slight, If any. inter.
ruption in the business. As indicated
above, Mr. Scdgewick has ample floor
space for his othces, that department OF
the building being JOx125 feet. There are
separate rooms for the bin clerks aud the
freight clerks they being separated from
the main office by partitions, and Mr.,
Sedgewick also has Il nice private office
/
which there are two, stand behind bank
screens and receive the coin over large
French plate mirrors sunk ia the highly
| polished counters. The privacy OF the
other clerks Is assured by n long counter
running between them and he public
entrance.
The ground floor Of this building is an
! Immense freight warehouse, having an
| area 0f 5000 square feet with ample
! trucks on the south side. Platforms run
the entire length Of the building, connect
! mo- "a hn ~ m "a "a az
| tends back from the other building. Hoih
| of the buildings front on Liberty avenuc
and are pronuby nifty feet apurt, the
! space between having been El7iyccd and
| reserved as 4 driveway for wagons etc
| II Is Intended later en-, to pave thld space
either with vltlned brick or asphalt.
! Phe smaller building, Intended, as stated
| above, for the reception Of outgoing
freight, has floor Area OF 1900 squar,
feet and Is quite as substantially built as
the larger one. IT'S tracks are on tn,
north side and platforms surround H. the
one In the rear extending back the dlstanc,
occupied by the larger building.
Both buildings are equipped with al
modern convenience such 40 water work
for ire protection, electric lights, neces
sary and economical office fixtures includ
Ing an Immense stationery cabinet etc.
The number OF men under Mr. ScdgeWicl
Is about zoo. there being over 100 en-
ployed IN the clerical department, Will
almost as many lnhorers are employed o.
the platforms
While the buildings are Immensely larg,
there viii be no room to spare, as tn
warehouse for Inward freight was comfort
ably filed yesterday.
Mr.. Sedgewick and his army of helper
seem well pleased with the new loeatio
ana general equipment of the offices an
admirably appointed. The location Is col
venlcut TO the business community for I'll
> reason that an asphalt paved street co
stltutes the most direct route from u
/, business center Of the city to the bull
: ings.
d The old freight Offices further out, "
= be torn down 60 make room fer addition
7 yard trackage