The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
RAILROAD NEWS.
Big improvements Being Made
at Garden City.
Santa Fe Spending Money In
Western Town.
BUILD NEW TRACKS.
Work Will All Be Underway in
Near Future.
Other Items Of Interest in
Railway Circles.

1.-THE Improvement made in the Santa
Fe yards in Garden City, by the COM
pletion of neat modern station Is
but a part of the improvements which
the company contemplates and which
will be made soon." says the Garden
City Telegram. The building OF the
new passenger station and other
changes that have been made recently
have cost the company several thou
sand dollars already and the other
changes planned will mean the ex-
penditure of several thousand dollars
more. 1t is estimated that between
$4,000 and $4,000 will be necessary to
lay the tracks, improve the freight de-
pot and enlarge the. yards according TO
the specifications adopted.
zone of the most noticeable changes
will be the removal OF the freight depot
from it's present location to a point
Just west of Main street and at the
north edge of the right of way. When
this building is moved it will be re-
modelled and equipped for the use of
the freight men and also as an office
for the Wells Fargo Express com
pany. The freight Office will be on the
north side of the building while the
express office will be located on the
south side. Stone steps will lead to
the platform of the building from the
Main street sidewalk.
Several thousand dollars will be
spent in the laying of new tracks and
the grading of the yards. One track
will be laid from the factory to the
stock yards, the only break being at
Main street. 1t is the plan of the COM
pany not to cross Main street with any
tracks except the main line track and
the two tracks now south of the plat
form. Dumping posts will be placed at
the end of the tracks on either side OF
Main street to prevent any possible &C
cident.
I'm addition to the track from the
factory to the stock yards, there vii
be a shorter house track which viii
connect with this track on west side
of Main street and will extend along
the south side of the freight depot.
THE passing track on the south side
of the platform will be extended LOO
feet. A coal track 200 feet long viii
be laid and there will be track to the
new elevator on the east side OF the
passenger depot.
THE Standard Oil company has a
lease on piece of ground a few blocks
farther east than the present location
of its tanks and they will be moved to
the new location in a short time.
The stock yards will also be moved
father east while the general improve
ments are going on.
Zone of the features of the changes
is tnat the company Is enuedNorlHS u
arrange 1t so that there will be as lit
tie occasion as possible for Main street
to be blockaded by trains. A new wa
ter crane will be erected farther east
for the use of trains from the west
while those from the east will use the
crane Just east of Main street. A new
Y will also be built In the local yards
and it will be of sufficient size to han
die the largest engines on the road.
1.-The plan for the changes provides
for beginning the work soon and it will
likely be started the last of this week
The work will necessarily take some
time but when 1t Is completed, the
yards will be we'll arranged, well equip
ped and the appearance will be such
that visitors will recognize Garden City
Immediately for what it is-the biggest
city of it's size in the country.