Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-16
MORE HARTMAN BUILDINGS
Two New Shops to Be Added 1t Once BY
Union Pao 6o
OTHERS ARE txPicrEO 10 CONE LATER
Plans Are MADE Tor Realisation Of
Several blocks Of Bottom
Land Around the
shops.

The letting Of contracts for the erection
OF two additional shop buildings costing
1925, 600 and plans for the redemption OF
several blocks Of bottom land adjacent to
the shops gives rise to the belief that the
Union Pacific IL about - enter upon a
campaign OF building which will vastly
enlarge its shop system, already one Of
the most extensive.
Contracts for the structural steel work
for two new large buildings which will
cost about $4,000 have been let by the
Union Pacific Railroad company to Con-
tractor b. ]. Jobst. A car shop OF one
story Is to be erected in the yards north
and east of the main buildings at Eighth
and lizard streets and a paint and wheel
shop is to be built south Of the new car
shop.
The steel work on the new buildings will
cost about $4,000 and the foundations have
been laid for immediate construction. The
car shop will be an L shaped building Of
one story, one wing Of which will be 17Sxsl0
feet and the other wing l5OxS4O feet.
The paint and wheel shop also viii be one
story, 17sx3O2 feet. Both buildings will be
erected on pilings, which have been set and
concrete pillars nine feet in height.
Eight hundred and fifty tons Of steel will
be used in the framework for the two
buildings. which will be filled in with brick
80 as to form a brick exterior and steel
roof will be put on both buildings. Work
VIII be begun this week on both buildings,
but win not be completed before fall.
The new commissary building in the
Union Pacific yards is nearing completion
and the new steel roof is being put In
place. The building will be finished in
IL. M
yard improvements the new building, which
is 57x162 feet viii represent an investment
Of s125,OOO.
Plan of Redemption.
The bottom lands In the Union Pacific
yards which are about Ave or six feet
below grade are to be filled with sand
pumped from the bottom Of the river Two
hundred and fifty thousand cubic yards Of
earth or silt will be required to I'LL the
low land, which extends from lizard to
Seward streets and from Eighth to Sixth
streets within the yard enclosure, compris-
ing an area of several blocks.
A steam dredge has left st. Joseph on
its way up the river 20 Omaha and IL Is
probable the work will be started early
next week. Pipes will be laid from the
dredge. which will be anchored in the river
near the foot OF lizard street. the water and
sand from the bottom will be taken by
means OF centrifugal pump and forced
through the pipes to the site The water
and sand will then be confined by bikes
on the site until the silt has settled. when
the water win be allowed to flow back to
the river.
1t is one OF the largest I'LL contracts ever
entered into in recent years west of Chi
cago and will not be completed before fall.
The novel system Of removing river bot
toms to fill low lands has been used with
great success in many instances, but 1t Is
believed this is the first time 1t has ever
been utilized In Omaha.
The improvements will reclaim several
blocks OF low land inside the Union Pa
ciho yards, including the famous Murphy S
Hole at the north end OF the yards.