The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
RAILROAD BUILDING IN ST. PAUL
VERY MUCH ON THE BOOM
ORDER, AT PRESENT
RUMORS THAT OMAHA WILL
BUILD NEW OFFICES
Rock Island and Omaha Freight De-
pots Being Rushed, and Great North
ern Shops Are Daily Nearing Com
pletion--city Becoming Important
Railroad Center.

st. Paul is at present enjoying
most remarkable era of railway pros
perity. A number of roads are build
ing new freight depots, the Great
Northern is well along with the i'm
mense shops at Dale street, and 1t is
reported that one of the roads having
general offices here is contemplating
building a new home.1
Work on the new Rock Island freight
depot is being rushed. This structure
when completed will lie between Eaton
and Robertson streets, on the west side
of the river, one block east Of South
Robert street.
Contracts for the construction of this
building have been let to the amount
of $4,000, but a representative of the
company is authority for the state
ment that it will cost, when complet-
ed. in the neighborhood of 100000.
The depot will be built of brick, with
stone foundation, and will be fitted
throughout with every known con-
venience, from hydraulic lifts to a cold
storage department to care for perish
able goods. 1t will be two stories high
and 500 feet long, and there Is no limit
| to the number of tracks that may be
laid west of Wyandotte street. East
Of this street but two tracks can be
laid. -
Fine Freight Depot.
1t will be necessary to fill in small
lake and this will be done with piles
and tracks laid on the FILL Architec-
turally the freight depot it is said, will
be the fRest of it's kind in the North
west. The company is sparing no
pains to put up fine structure, with
every facility for handling its business.
Almost equal activity is being dis
played by the Omaha company. Just
west of Wabasha a brick freight depot
will be built costing $4,000. A big sand
pump is now engaged in filing in the
ground for the tracks, and the founda-
ton of the building is nearly COM
pleted.
Another Omaha depot is located in
the Broadway yards. This, when COM
pleted, will cost about $40 900, and will
be fine building. The yard at this
depot is to be paved entirely with
brick.
In this locality is situated the new
Wisconsin Central freight depot, which
is fine modern structure, built along
the best known lines of this class of
construction.
The immense Great Northern shops,
which will cost, when completed, in the
neighborhood of half million dollars,
are well under way and the work Of
New Omaha Offices.
The Omaha company is the road that
is credited with the proposed construc-
ton of a new Office building. At pres
ent nothing can be learned as to the
plans, location, ETC., of the new build
ing. No official confirmation of the re-
port can be obtained, but men who are
familiar with the situation declare that
it Is the intention of the company to
build a new home.
1t is well known that the general Of
fees of the company at present provide
but cramped quarters for the transact
ton of the business of the road, which
is growing steadily each year, and it is
only logical conclusion that a new
home will have to be built shortly
All in all the railroads are building
a great deal in st. Paul, and the city
is fast becoming most important
railroad center.