The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23


railroad commission In regard to con-
dltions on the Rock Island line out
OF Amarillo and the Fort Worth &
Denver, which has just been made
public, makes very definite demands
upon the roads for depot facilities
at Amarillo.
Complete Depot This Year.
In substance the order directs TO
the Fort Worth & Denver. that ade-
quate and suitable depot facilities
shall be constructed at Decatur,
Electra, Quanah and Amarillo; plans
Tor which 10 he submitted for the
approval of the commission within
thirty days after the date of this or
der and said depots to be completed
by or before Dec. 81, 1908,
The Rock Island Is directed that
an adequate and suitable depot build
ing be constructed at Amarillo; that
plans for same be submitted for the
approval of the commission within
thirty days after the date Of this or
der and that said building shall be
completed by or before Dec. 81,
1908.
Denver TO Complete Ballast.
Fur, ler the commission directs
the Denver that the work of ballast
lasting the entire road bed between
Fort Worth and TeXline be carried
forward, using not less than $500
to 5000 cubic yards of lfoken stone
or heavy sand and gravel b6 last per
mile and that the work Of ballastinS
shall he completed on or before Dec,
81, 1908.
rhat the company renew Gll de-
cayed and unserviceable ties TO che
extent OF not less than coo per mile
on the average for the entire Limo,
within six months after the date OF
this order.
All ties placed in the track since
Dec /, 1907, may be credited to the
amount required,
The Rock Island Is given track Or
ders as follows that the company re-
new the ties In its track between
Amarillo and the TeXas-Oklahoma
state line near TeXola within the
newt six months, in number not less
than from 700 to 500 tics per mile,
All ties placed in tho track since Dec,
1. 1907 may be credited to the
above requirement.
improvements Were Sure.
The order made by the commits
sion will probably have the effect
of Fastening some Of these much
needed improvements but practically
all of them were under way or un-
der contemplation before the inspec-
ton was made by the commission.
Ballasting on the Denver has been
under way for over year and has
continued all winter without any cut
ting down of force. Much of the
track has now been ballasted and has
been provided with sound ties so
that the heavy business which the
road is doing can now be handled
without the larger number Of acct
dents which made the road notorious
last year. Schedules on the Denver
have been heightened in response to
orders OF the commission and on &C
count of the rebuilding work but
with the completion of this work
the Denver can put on passenger
schedules better than any which have
yet been in operation in this section
Union Depot Plans.
Changing conditions and the rapid
growth of Amarillo have made 1t diff
ficult for the companies to agree
upon the kind and location of build
ing improvements to be made here.
At one time, according to railroad
men here the Denver management
made overtures to the Santa Fe for
union station, As the Santa Fe
had the transcontinental line in
such a proposition did not meet their
approval and since then the Denve
has cast about for other plans. As
is indicated in the order by the COM
mission a union station for the Den
yer and Rock Island at Amarillo will
meet the needs here and this plan
has already been under discussion by
both roads. II was given out last
fall that the Rock Island intended
to begin yard and building improve
ments here but the difficulties which
have arisen In providing for incrsas-
ed expenditures have delayed these
Improvements.
The commission in its order a.
reefs the companies to submit an