The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
and hot water are kept hot during winter

and hot water are kept hot during winter
months without extra fire.
+ The restaurant is under the SUPER
vision of the dining Car service of the
Northern Pacific, and Frank Ferris, a
popular Dickinson young man, has been
selected to superintend this handsome
new eating place..
On the west end is a model kitchen,
l8Hx32 feet, with cement floor, shining
new large range. sink, broiler, steam
table, cleaving block, mammoth refrig-
orator. and one smaller for short orders
and 74-inch electric ceiling fan. A door
on the north leads to the street and TO
an area entrance to the basement. made
safe by a gate.
In the west end of the basement is the
restaurant coal and vegetable cellars,
and here a bakery will be established
Here, also, is the large fuel room, where
$50 ons of coal can be put in at
once for the steam-heating plant. The
east end of the basement is the battery
room, 4ox6o feet, where are being placed
1900 jars. requiring 1900 feet of battery
shelves, which completely fill the room.
As before stated, exit is had from this
room to the baggage room. The entire
basement has a concrete floor.
The second floor is devoted to Offices.
The stair landing is at the east end, from
which a hall extends west about a fee,
to the telegraph room. The first room
on the right, 8HxI3 feet, is a storeroom,
where records and stationery supplies
can be safely housed. The next, I3xI7
feet, Roadmaster Daily will appropriate
a cool north room, overlooking Willard
and Sims streets. A toilet and ~lavatory
8x13 feet, occupies the remaining space
on the north to the telegraph quarters
On the left of the hall, the pleasant
southeast room, I5xIo feet, is assigned tc
Trainmaster B. o. Johnson and his force,
while the remaining space, I5x22 feet
forms spacious quarters for Yardmastel
Fred Wilson and Night Yardmaste,
Hugh McKeever, overlooking the tracks
A counter and gate shuts the general
public out of this domain, and a window
at the west end gives direct and neces.
sary communication with the telegraph
department. In both these rooms are
square windows into the hall.
The entire west end, 2Ix4o feet, 81
| allotted to Wire Chief Rudiselle and his
force, and it is none too much. The room
is wainscotted to the height of three fee,
and has light or three sides. The pub
lie will be accommodated at a window
into the hall next that leading to the
yardmaster's office. Two 1o-conductol
cables enter the Office, passing under the
floors from the batteries in the basement
to the new 5o-wire switchboard-some
600 wires in all.
In the office, space is economical by
two quadruplex repeater benches O
three decks. On each bench are 1:
quadruplex sets, duplex and 8 sets O
repeaters. -Four quartet tables are occu
pied by ordinary Morse circuits.
The Dickinson telegraph Office is ont
of the most important west of the Mis-
sissippi on account of the heavy over
land circuits to important western ane
coast cities routed this way-cities which
must receive the very best of service. l
is the only repeating office between St
Paul and Helena and the largest in tn.
Northwest.
The office at present is manned a!
follows: L. H. Rudiselle, wire chief ant
manager; J. w: Snyder, night chief; J.. P
Ferriter, late night chief; W. ]. Servis