Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
TO REMODEL DEPOT
MILWAUKEE JUNCTION BUILDING
TO BE MADE TWO STORIES
HIGH in A SHORT TIME
Plans in the Hands of the Architects
at Present-Work Will Be Com
menced soon-Road Buys Five Lots
and VIII Fill Yards.

A second story Is to be added to
the Milwaukee depot at the Ottunlwa
junction. This has been planned for
some time and now 1t is officially an
nounced as about to be carried out.
The plans are now in the hands of the
architects In Chicago and the work
on the second story will be COM
menced as soon as the"plans and ma
terial have been secured.
When the second story is added the
offices Of the superintendent and train
dispatchers will be moved upstairs
and the lower story will be used prin-
cipally for regular depot purposes. The
improvement is greatly needed one
as the present quarters of the officers
are very crowded.
Milwaukee Buys Lots.
The Milwaukee road has practical
ly completed the purchase of five lots,
just west of the Hedrick school house,
in order to secure the dirt for filling
work in the yards. 1t is also prob
able that at some time double track
will be laid to Rutledge 80 that while
securing the dirt for filling purposes
the road will be widening the excava-
ton in preparation for that track.
While the double track is only pro.
jected for some time in the future,
there seems to be no doubt that the
officials have this view Of the matter
in mind.
The filling is to be done chiefly in
places that were washed out during
the last food. A number of fills were
taken out at that time in the junction
yards and some were never put in
again, temporary bridges being built
instead. But it is now evident that
the officials Of the road do not believe
that there is much danger from an
other flood and the fills. will be made
The part of the yards where the work
will be done Is between the depot and
the yards proper. The west triangle
of the "Y' will be filled up completely
from the apex to the north and south
dyke, and also the temporary bridge
between the triangle and the yards
will be filled up and the bridge taken
out.
Work Eight Hours.
The machinists in the Milwaukee
road house started working eight-houl
days yesterday instead of nine-houl
days as has been the custom This
change was general all over the sys
TEN. AS very heavy run Of work is
expected this fall the schedule o.
hours will probably be changed bacl
to nine hours within few months.
Had Narrow Escape.
Harry w. Palmer, a Burlington
brakeman residing at Galesburg, hat
narrow escape from death Thurs
day while running on the Buda-Rush
i. vile branch. AS it was he was yer!
severely injured. While the train wal
running just south of Lewistown
Palmer was on top of the train ant
was struck by a telephone wire
knocking him off his feet and throw
ing him to the roof of the car. Luck
lily he was not thrown off the car, blu
! managed to maintain his position un
| til aid reached him.
5 Other Railroad News.
: ]. M. Duncan, chief clerk to Super
intendent j. A. Macdonald who, ae
companied by his wife, has been visi,
/ ing in Fergus, Canada, is expected t
return from his vacation trip today O
tomorrow.
The depot park at the Milwaukee
u junction has been beautified by som
new sodding and other improvements
i and is now in very pretty condition
9 Guy Zellers, Milwaukee switchmar
/ was off duty yesterday Pn account 9
!. sickness.
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