The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-13
PLANS GIVEN TO
CONTRACTORS
For the New Passenger Depot
of the Frisco.
BIDS TO BE IN BY SEPT. 20
Contract for Building to Be
Let Before Oct, !.
BIDS TO BE IN BY SEPT. 20

The plans and specifications for the
rev Frisco passenger depot have been
placed in the hands of the contractors OF
this city and each has been asked to
make q bid for the work to the chief
engineer Of the system.
The bids are to be sealed and are to
be delivered to the Frisco agent here on
CT before the 10Th Of September. The
plans and specifications are the same as
given in the Eagle two weeks ago and
were placed in the hands of the con-
tractors the first of this week in order
that ample time may be had for estimat-
ing the cost and time required for the
construction of the buildings. The speci-
ications for the freight depot have not
yet been forwarded to the local agents
for distribution among the contractors
and it is probable that this will not be
done until after the contract for the pas
senger depot is let.
All of the bids must be accompanied by
a certified check for five per cent of the
full amount of the contract price and Will
be sent to the chief engineer at st. Louis
and the contract let Immediately. Il is
expected that the contract will be let
before the first Of October and that the
new depot will be under construction be-
fore the middle of the month and if pos
sible, finished before the first of the year.
The old frame depot has not been dis
h,rS - fal hot
orders will be received IN a few days for
the sale to the highest bidder. TO take
it of the ground in order that the new
brick and stone depot may be put up.
All Of the new track laid down Mosley
avenue has been reduced to grade and
the switches put in and it is being used
by the company all of the time. The
street crossings have been put in and the
track ballasted with crushed rock from
the Joplin mines
R. R. Vermiliion. of this city, who is
local attorney for the Frisco Railroad
company, has returned from st. Louis,
where he went to confer with the officials
of the road. He returned much pleased
with the outlook for his road and for
Wichita.
Mr.. Vermillion said yesterday that the
Frisco people were inclined to be very
friendly with Wichita because they had
faith in the future of the city. He found
the officials of the road enthusiastic for
the new depots in this city and for bet
ter terminal facilities generally, The Of
fcials of the road told him that they
were going to build good depots here and
they were going to employ Wichita peo-
pie to do the work.
The passenger depot will be two stories
high and it will be a good building in
every respect. The plans and specifics--
tons are all completed and it is the inten-
ton of the company to use Missouri stone
in the construction of both the passenger
and the freight depots. and when COM
pleted the passenger depot viii be the
best depot building in that section Of the
city.
Mr.. Vermillion says the Frisco will
spend good many thousand dollars in
improvements and buildings in this city
The officials realize that Wichita is the
coming city of the southwest and are get
ting in the way of building The treat
ment accorded the Missouri Pacific after
the building OF its new depots has given
the railroads a hint that the people of
Wichita demand depots UP to the times,
and the Frisco has taken the hint.