The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-08-29
Milwaukee Road
Rushing Work
TROUBLE OVER SITE FOR BUILDING
Large Crew Here Ready to Begin WOrk---BranCh
In Operation September IS

The Milwaukee Railroad company
is pushing the work on the branch
line letween Plummer and Bell with
all the force that they can bring to
bear 10 order to have everything IN
readiness to lnaugurate the regular
passenger service between this city
and Spokane Septem Ter 10.
The track on the branch line is
completed aud work trains are busy
balasting. Considerable of this work
has already been done aud the finish
ing touches are now being put on.
A freight depot has been built in
Spokane which will also be used for
passengers until new passenger de-
pot is built.
The Continental Telegraph com
pany, which operates over the Mil
waukee lines. compl ted its direct
wire into Spokane Tuesday and
railroad telegraph Office will he
opened In the freight depot and an
operator placed in charge. Telegraph
stations have been opened at Bell.
and Napa on the line between Bell
and Plummer.
The company is very busy here
making the necessary arrangements
for the transfer of the division head
quartres to this city.
Il Clemens. assistant superinteud-
ent of the entire wesiern division OF
the road, with headquarters at Taco
ma, has been in the city for the past
four days fastening the work on the
Bell Plummer branch line, and max
ing arrangements for the erection Of
the building to accommodate the di-
vision headquarters.
O. N. Arndt. building foreman
for this division, Is also In the city
with crew Of men ready to begin
putting up the building, but the
whole matter Is being held up by
some trouble over the site.
When it was first determined to
change the division headquarters here
and to erect an office building to ac
oommodate them, the officials of the
company supposed that the company
owned 100 feet south from the center
of the main track where It CROSSES
Tenth street and the building was to
have been erected just west of Tenth
street, aoross the street from the de-
pot, but when they came to examine
the profiles and measure up it was
found that ttS company only owned
Afty feet.
An effort was made to purchase the
two lots on Tenth street south Of the
right Of way, but the parties owning
them asked higher price than the
company thought they we're worth
and so an optinn has been secured on
the property just west OF this and
one hundrsh feet from Tenth street
An optloDi ses also secured on an
other pronerty still further west and
the whole matter has been referred tC
the general office aud work 90 the
building is being held up until the
question of site Is settled.
All that can be Is being done on
the material. Doors and Window
and cas- ings aud other inside worl
have been gotten out aud Mr.. Arnd
has Grew OF from fifteen TO twent!
men ready to be put to work as soor
as the site Is settled aud says that b.
can have the building up and oom
pleted ready for occupancy within
two weeks from the time he gets or
dess 10 start.
The plans for the structure are pre-
pared and call for very neat build
ing 26x56, aud modern 10 every par
tioular. It will be heated by steam
electric lighted, and toilet room
with hot aud cold water.
The present depot ls also to be re
modelled. Larger aud more comfort
able offices are to be prepared for tn
force. Toilets will be put In an
it will be heated with steam, but thi
work will not be done until the 50
perintendent's building is completed