Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-30
REBUILD
CAR SHOPS
At ONCE
Larger and Better Build.
ings to Replace Iowa
Cent al Ruins
NO INTENTION MOVING
General Manager Day, While
In the City, Says Company
Is Not Considering Question
Of Building the Shops Else.
where-.-Plans For the New
Structures to Be Prepared
at Once, and Work Of Build
ing Will Begin as Soon as
Possible After Insurance Is
Adjusted.

The Iowa Central paint shops, &c"
stroyed by fire last Friday night, viii
be rebuilt The company has no in
DENTON of moving its shops elsewhere,
because Of this fire. This is the states
ment made by General Manager l.. Il.
Day, Of Minneapolis, and other Off
Gals, who were in the city today.
Larger and better buildings than
those burned will house the depart
ments which were destroyed. Build
ing operations are to be commenced
as soon as it is possible to prepare
plans and secure the material with
which to build.
Will be Larger and Better.
Structures Of brick and steel. fire.
proof, larger and better in every way,
are to be erected either on or near
the site of the present ruins. This
was the conclusion reached by the
officers. General Manager Day and
General superintendent d. G. Noonan.
1t is probable that the site to be
chosen for the new buildings will be
a little south of where the burned
buildings stood. This is for the pur-
pose of giving more trackage facilities
to the north of the buildings. 1t Is
contemplated to make the car shops
longer than the old building, and
about ten feet wider. This is to be
done to give room for three. instead
of two tracks, on which cars stand
while being repaired. The additional
length and width of the building will
give the shops much larger capacity
1t is to be modern in every respect,
and is to be fire proof, better lighted
and better ventilated than the old
one.
The paint shop will be about the
same size as the old one, altho it's
length will probably be longer.
The plans are to be prepared by the
company's engineers.
The work of clearing the ground
will not, of course, be commenced I'M
til the insurance is adjusted. 1t was
expected that the adjuster would be
here today or Thursday
Other Cities Turned Down.
sSAeLi4ol WHICH OlIGE towns along
the line of the Iowa Central have set
up, each putting forth the reasons why
the company's shops would be moved,
have been of no avail Letters have
been pouring into the officials of the
company from various towns asking
that they be considered. None of these,
notably among them Oskaloosa and
Grinnell, have been considered, as the
officials have had no thought Of TAX
ing the shops away. Oskaloosa and
Grinnell have both appointed commit
tees to investigate the situation and
advance their claims. The Grinnell
committee was notified last night thru
the company's agent at Grinnell, that
the offer to move to Grinnell would
have to be declined, as the company
had no intention Of leaving Marshall
town.
Not Considering Removal.
General Manager Day, when seen
and told of the Oskaloosa dispatch in
which it was stated that efforts were
being made to get the shops rebuilt in
Oskaloosa, said: 1--WE are not consid-
ering the removal of the shops at ALL
Preparations to rebuild here will be-
gin at once. The plans for the build
ings have not yet been prepared, in
fact we haven't got that far along as
yet"
Mr.. Day said that he hadn't heard
anything but praise as to the manner
in which the fire had been handled. He
realized that it was hard fire to fight,
and thought that the department, en-
ployes and people Of Marshalltown did
well to save the round house and other
propertY from going with the rest