The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
READY FOR BIDS.
Santa Fe VIII Receive Shop
Propositions August %.
First Group of Buildings to Cost
1915, 900.
ONE is TO BE LARGE.
The Freight Car Repair Sheds
500 by 2O6 Feet.
How the Others Are to Be
Situated.

Aszym9 He first group Of buildings
which viii add to the local
shop facilities of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa F'e railway
viii cost approximately $275.o00
1A for the buildings alone, exclu-
sive OF the land which they will be
built upon and the equipment for them
The cost of the land which has been
purchased during the past year, and
the cost of the equipment which viii
go into the new shops will doubtless
bring the total cost to an amount not
less than 100000
Bids for the new buildings were ask
ed for today by the railroad company,
and contractors are asked to submit
their bids not later than Wednesday,
August p. If satisfactory bids are re-
ceived at that time the contracts will
be Immediately let, and efforts viii be
made to have the first group Of build
ings ready for use as soon after Janu-
airy 1 as is possible
The first group of buildings which
will comprise but a portion of the con-
templated extension of the local shops
viii be located about three blocks east
from Branner street and just north of
the main line of the Santa Fe railroad
as it enters Topeka from the east
The main line of the road will be
dOuble-tracked for distance of near
~ a mile or possibly more than a mile
east from the passenger station This
will be done for the purpose of keeping
the main line clear and so that 1t viii
dent to the location of the shops along
side of the line.
General Manager J. E. Hurley today
officially gave out an announcement IN
regard to the proposed work, which has
been in charge of w. B. Storey, Jr.,
chief engineer of the road.
Just outside the city limits and north
of the main line track viii be located
the dry kilns for the purpose OF drying
green lumber before it is worked up for
use in car construction. The dry kiln
will be 50x60 feet in size and Is feet
high 1t will be of brick construction.
as in fact will all of the buildings In this
group. The dry kiln will be served by
a six foot transfer table on each side
of the building.
Directly east of the dry kiln viii be
the freight car planning mill which will
be 76xi50 feet in dimensions. The walls
of this building win be Is feet high with
Is feet clear head room under the trusses
which win support the roof.
Extending north from this building
and joining it in the center win be the
engine room and boiler room. The en-
CINE room will be 36x50 feet and the
boiler room 44x50 feet.
One of the largest of the group will be
the shop for the construction of the
structural steel freight cars. This build
ing will be located just northeast of the
engine and boiler room. It VIII be s0x200
feet in size. Like all the buildings in
the group it will have walls 25 feet high
with 18 feet clear head room under the
trusses.
This shop will be used for the assem-
bling of the parts of the cars, after
which they will be showed out on tracks
outside the building for the finishing
work. The shop should hold approx
mately 40 cars at one time.
North of the structural steel car shop
will be the wheel shop 60x100 feet in
size. This building viii be used for the
repair of and the assembling of wheels
This shop Will be served with depress-
ed wheel track and will also have
mounted tracks for storage.
East of the freight car planning mill
and served by the same tracks which
run through the planning mill, as we'll
as by eight other freight car tracks,
will be the freight car repair shed.
The freight car repair shed will be
the largest of all the buildings planned
for construction this fall 1t Will be
206 4 feet wide and 900 feet long. The
tracks will enter from the east end.
1t will have brick walls IS feet high.
A brick water closet 1892 feet in
size will be built in a central location
North of the buildings will be long
storage tracks to be used in destroying
condemned cars.
Both ends and the sides of the big
freight car repair shed will be con-
structed so as to have as much glass as
possible in their makeup. All build
ings in fact will contain as much glass
as possible in order to make the rooms
light All buildings will be airy on ac-
count OF the plans made for their
ventilation. The Louvres ventilator
will be used in the roofs throughout
the entire group.
Work viii be begun shortly in NOV
/ ing off the residences which are now
located on the land to be used for
these shops.