Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-25
NEW SHOPS WITHIN A MONTH
Uni'n Pacific Will Be Operating in New
Buildings Very Soon.
ELECTRICITY TO Be USED FOR POWER
Immense storage House Yet 10 he
Erected, the Foundation Having
Just Been Finished-GreRt
Modern Plant.

Within another month the Union Pacific
will be using its new shops or at least the
main part Of them. The machine shop,
which is now complete. will, II is calcu-
lated, be in operation by october is. The
new boiler and car shops are not yet
finished and Il will be some time before
they can be ready for use.
AS has been published by The Bee, these
new shops arc to be operated by electricity,
q plant having been established by the
Union Pacific on it's grounds for this pur-
pose. This plant. so far as the machine
shops are concerned, is completed and ready
for use. It is an extensive affair and Of
the very latest and best improved patterns.
With the mammoth shops lighted, heated
and operated by electricity the Union Pa
cihc will have one OF the largest, most COM
plete and most modern establishments in
America. Elghty-three new machines will
be placed in the new machine shops, or
have been already placed there, and this
equipment is to be supplemented by the
best and newest left in the old shops. Much
! of the machinery in the latter is practically
new and of modern make.
The new machine shop building is a huge
structure. Its ground dimensions are 39s
feet long by $50 wide and its height is
two stories. 1t is ventilated by a superior
method and is simply model in the man
ner in which Il is lighted. 1t will be so
arranged that the interior will be as light
as day either at night or day. The roof
is composed largely of glass skylights
and the walls are cut up with lines of win
dows. Besides this the whole of the in
terror is to be painted white. The great
number and the location of the electric
bulbs will light every nook and corner at
night SO that darkness will be an unknown
element in the shops.
some TremendOua Machines.
One of the striking features of this shop
Is the large movable cranes that have been
Installed. They are tremendous machines
and have no duplicate in this part Of the
country. They Will be operated by cleo
tricity, too.
The oil house has been about completed.
The painters are just now putting on
their finishing touches and the company
may take possession of It within a few
days. After the machine shop and the oil
house are of hands every effort will be
directed toward the completion of the
boiler and car shops and other half com
pleted structures which go to complete the
system Of shops.
A building yet to be reared is the new
storage house, the foundation OF which has
Just been finished. This structure will be
two stories high and SOOx15O feet in dimen-
sions. 1t will stand just west Of the ma
chine shop and 20 one side of the new
roundhouse. This will be an unusually
large storage house. 1t will be used to keep
all sorts Of supplies used in feeding the
shops and keeping up the rolling stock.
The original plans called for the compile
ton of the machine shops about August Is,
but unavoidable circumstances pTecluded the
possibility Of this and every effort has been
made since to get through with the work
as quickly as possible. The continuous
rains Of the spring and early summer
greatly deferred the builders in their work
and is largely due for the delay in COM
pletion.