Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07
PROPOSED BUILDING
COVERS TWO BLOCKS
STRUCTURE, If PRESENT PLANS
GO THROUGH, WILL BE ERECT
ED WITHIN YEAR.; WILL DO FOR
A GENERATION.

Provided the city of Ottumwa and
the Burlington railroad agree on GER
tain conditions when representatives
of both meet this afternoon, Ottumwa
will have erected during this year a
modern and up to date freight station,
fully equipped to handle the already
large and rapidly growing freight ship
ping in this city for several years to
come.
The above was vouched for by Sup
erintendent w. F. Thiehoff this morn
ing when interviewed relative to the
new freight house. The conditions to
be agreed upon between the city and
the road were not divulged by the Off
cial who, however, is sanguine that
the end that is mutually desired by Ot-
tumwans and the road will be reached
While it is not a new thing to hear
about the proposed freight house Of
the Burlington, it is fact neverthe-
less that when the matter has been
brought up heretofore there was al
ways an influence brought to bear that
laid the matter over from time to time.
The road is becoming tired of thi.. con-
dition and it not only seeks to secure
more room and better facilities for
the handling Of it's business, but it al
SO wishes to get away from the annoy
ance that switching at Market street
crossing has caused between the COM
pany and the city for many years past.
That the measure is not new one
is easily testified to, when one learns
that the matter 81 new freight
house has been one ,of the expendi-
IN
budget for some seven or eight years
past. Then too, the acquisition of a
great deal Of property in Smoky Row
and along the railroad in the east end
of town has been generally known
to have been bought for yardage. A
few places still remain in that section
unbought by the road and with the
erection of new freight house
assured, this land will also be &C
quired and Ottumwa given one Of the
largest railroad yards in the entire
state.
Industrial Commissioner Here.
The negotiations this afternoon will
be the first in his newly acquired
duties as industrial commissioners and
real estate agent, that e. A. Howard
Of the Burlington has taken up In OF
tumwa. The general hope manifest
here is that the first official act of Mr..
Howard in OttumWa will prove fruit
full as all want to see the new freight
house built this year.
With E. A. Howard will be Superin-
tendent w. F. Thiehoff and together
they will meet with Mayor S. P. Hart
man and Alderman Herman Brem-
I. - r,<y.
lee Of the council. The four will dis
cuss the location of the projected
freight house and certain other things
in that connection on which will de-
pend the matter Of erecting the sta
ion. It is known that the proposed
station must be double the size of the
present structure and it covers an en-
ire block, hence two city blocks
will be required to locate the new
building Then, too, the plans out
ined for the new structure take in
modern equipment in the
way of docks, tracks and driveways.
rhe new structure must accommodate
he business needs of the road in it's
reight department here for the next
as the officials say that the
'oad means the structure to be per-
nanent Improvement and not one that |
will need extensions and additions
within a few years. !.
The docks for loading and unloading I
Ls we'll as the team tracks and drives
.bout the structure will be Of the most |
approved type in modern freight sta
ion building. The driveways will be
,aved and SO laid out as to expedite
he work Of teamsters.