The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-04-01
NJ. & /. R'Y. co. ARE USING
NEW DISTRICT TERMINALS
Minnesota 4 International at Cost Of approximately
100000. Has Installed Division Headquarters
East Of South Shore Of Lake Bemidii

and repair tracks, and before the
steel could be laid for the tracks
it was necessary to grade the larger
portion of ten acres of ground, at
an average depth of grade of six
feet. The terminals are located at
the southeast shore of Lake Bemidii,
between the two sawmills, where
there is ample room and a long
stretch of straight track that was
admirably located for use as termi-
nails. -. -s.s>- * .~.
There is a large coal chute, which
holds coal stored for the use of the
engines. This chute" has
capacity for holding some 100 tons
of coal and is fitted with all appli.
ances for properly filling the loco
motives, besides being supplied with
a storage for sand for use in the
engines.
There is building especially
fitted for drying the sand which is
used in the locomotives.
The terminals are provided with a
large water tank, with capacity
for 48, 900 gallons of water, a sub.
stantial affair which towers above
the other buildings.
The new ioundhouse at the pres
ent time contains but eight stalls,
but it is expected that these will be
doubled in the very near future.
The roundhouse is supplied with
everything Of the very latest in this
line. There is a cinder pit, built of
brick and concrete, with a large
tufntable, from which eight separate
small tracks extend into the stalls
tof the roundhouse.
Here are stored and housed the
engines which haul the freight
trains, as we'll as the locomotives
which are used on the night passen-2
ger runs, the division being from
Little Falls to Bemidji and north
ward from Bemidli to International
Falls. The roundhouse will be fitted
with all necessary machinery for
repairing engines. ~. e.. 49,.
In addition to the roundhouse
there are a store room, oil house,
power house and yard Office and,
telegraph station, with scales for
weighing cars, the latter being oper-
ated from inside the station; and
the telegraph station has been sup
piled with the instruments which
were formerly used at the tower.
In the yards there are, two switch
engines, steam wrecking outfit
and derrick for lifting cars or any.
other heavy material.
The M. & I. Railway company
has twenty locomotives, 200 box cars
and about 700 log cars, the road
having been first constructed a short
distance north from Brainerd as
logging road, being later extended
north to Bemidji and thence gradu.
ally to the Canadian boundary at
International Falls. -. :
The entire terminals are lighted
by electricity, and electric power is
used, both Of which is furnished by
the Warfeld Electric company,
from the big plant at the dam, on
the Mississippi river east of Bemidji.
The following is the roster of EN-. :
ployes of the M. & I. in this city:
W. H. Gemmell, general manager,
and G. H. Warner, trainmaster, S
both of Brainerd; G. A. Walker, To-
cal agent; Harry Mills, roadmaster;
John Carson, roadmaster's clerk;
D. A. McFarlane, master carpenter;
81. E. Titus, general foreman round.
house; John Sparks, assistant to
Titus; G. A. Shannon, yardmaster;
James Sines, foreman, ]. ]. Nc.
Laughlin, engineer, Mike Downs
and William Sines. day yard crew;
with new crew being placed on to-
night as the regular night crew in
the yard.
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