Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-03-23

New Shop
improvements
Some of Present Shop Build
ings to be Left as
They Are
Work will be commenced on
the new shops about April
fourth and they will be built
according to the following
specifications: The entire
shops will be built inside the
"Y", or in other words, the
south boundry will be the main
line of the C. & N. w and the
north bounlry, will be the old
F. f. & M. ", main line. The
Master Mechanics office, boiler
shops and the store house will
be the only buildings torn
d down at present nd a
few others will be moved to
suit plans. The machine shop
will be 100 feet wide by 232
feet long, the long way running
north and south. The east
wall of the new machine shop
will be built up against the
present west wall of the store
house, and the west wall of the
shop will come nearly to where
the boiler shops now stands,
leaving room between the pres
ent erecting shop and the new
shop for a transfer table SO by
27O feet. The proposed shop
will have a gallery, equal to
one half the floor space of the
entire building. Arrangements
will be made while building the
present shops to accommodate
another addition, 160 by 800
feet which will make Is addi-
rional erecting stalls and will
make a machine shop capacity
Vt 26 engines being overhauled
1T one time. This addition will
ne built to the west of the
transfer table, where the pres
ent erecting shop now stands,
which would give it access to
the transfer table. the same as
the one to be built at present.
Arrangements will also be
made to build a fifty stall round
house, just south of the pres
emit round house, which will
complete the circle of the round
house built four years ago.
The power house will be ex-
tended 80 feet west to accomo-
date three additional boilers.
The single setting boiler in the
power house will be moved to
west of the double setting
boiler and the partition wal
will be moved 10 feet west to
make room for the dynamos
etc, with which the entire
shops will be furnished power.
The roof of the power house
will be raised about six feet to
make room for the britching
from the many boilers to the
brick stack. This stack will
take the place of five iron
stacks and will, mechanically
speaking, accommodate a 1900
horse power boiler. 1t will be
about 125 feet high. The
Boiler shop will be IS by 200
feet and will house all the lat
est and up.to-date machinery
for handling all classes of en-
gines. The store house will be
40 by 1870 feet and will be sit
uated just north of the C. &
N. w., main line and a little
south of where the tin-shop
now stands. The tin. shop and
the air-room will no doubt be
moved to some other location
not yet determined. The store.
house will be a three story
structure. The first floor or
semi basement will be used for
storing all heavy castings etc
while the second story will be
used for storing all finished
materials and the third story
will be used for storing and of.
fees. The Master Mechanic
and Division Storekeeper will
have their offices in this build
ing. One hundred feet from
the storehouse will be built al
oil-house 80 by so feet with ar
oil-shed 20 bv so feet. Thi;
oil-house will be fitted up with
the best of facilities for handl
ing and storing oil. Severa
other minor Improvements will
be made and several othel