The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-04-03
RAILROADS WILL
MAKE INVESTMENT I
100000 Coach Shops Swell
Ogden Fund Beyond High
Mark Set.

The statement which appeared IN
ago. to the effect that the Har-
riman interests would spend approx
imately 81. 100000 in Ogden within the
next eighteen months seems fulfilled
With improvements under way. such
as tho new freight depot, the addition
al sidetrackS. the umbrella sheds ana
the subway for the passenger depot,
and other improvements TO be started
within the next thirty days, such as
the new Ice houses, the supply and
material buildings. new boiler and dy'
nnmo house, and the contemplated
coach shop the expenditures by the
Hartman lines will more than ex-
coed tho million-and a-half-dollar
mark
While the work on the now freight
oepot and its platform, sheds and
tracks and the preparing of the I'm
Ion depot tracks and platform for the
umbrella sheds will be rushed dur
ing the summer months. the other i'm
provemplts on the depot grounds will
not be overlooked.
The boiler house in the south de-
pot annex will probably be vacated
and new boiler house with engine
and dynamo rooms Will be built south
west OF the present building. The
rooms in the annex occupied by the
boilers, engine and dynamoS will be
romodeled into office rooms. 1t Is
very probable that the two express
companies, asking for more room. Will
divide the new rooms.
The new Ice house, which will be
used for the depot and passenger
trains exclusively and the new sup
ply building and rooms for the car
inspectors and repairers Will be built
west OF the commisSary building.
They will be connected with the de-
| pot platform by a wide cement walk.
According to the present plans. the
new boiler and engine house will ad'
Join the supply building.
While the improving of the depot
grounds is going on, the first five
| tracks will be lowered 10 the grade of
the new tracks. AT present they are
much higher than the depot platform
and 1t makes the drainage OF the
platform imperfect Sewer pipes fog
the drainage of the yards, and water
and gas pipes are being laid In the
same trench The sewer pipes are
the lowest and the gas pipes within
about two feet OF the surface OF the
| platform.
| The construction Of coach shop
| where the rolling passenger car stock
can he shopped vanished and rebuilt
| is a matter than Is receiving the at
tention OF the officials at the present
time Plans have been drawn. but
the size of the shop is under advise
ment In all probability the new
coach shop will have capacity OF
| thirty~six coaches In the building
will be a room large enough to ac
oommodate six coaches at one time
for the purposes of painting and var
nIshing This room VIII be so con
structed that cars can be varnIshcd
! and held to dry without being injured
in any way by dirt and dust in other
parts of the shops. Other depart
ments OF the building will be
equipped with the latest improved
J woodworking machinery. which will
| greatly facilitate the construction oi
coaches OF all descriptions.
According to the new plans the
coach shop would be the largest In
the western country It's approximate
cost will be 100000, While nothing
definite has been announced regard
Ing the construction Of the shop. IL Is
! announced from an authentic source
that the shop will be built within the
| Immediate future