The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-08-26
To Be Division
Headquarters
CHANGE WILL BE MADE
Eighteen Families Want Houses at OnCe---NOne tC
Be Had

NJ. Sawyer. superintendent of this
division Of the Milwaukee road, was
10 this city Friday making arrange
ments for the changes which are soon
to take place.
he talked freely of the oontem-
plated changes and although they do
not mean a division point for this
city, It is the next best thing to 1t as
the division headquarters are to be
here.
This means that not only will Su
perintendent Sawyer, with his staff
of assistants and clerks, be stationed
here, but also the train dispatcher
with bis force of operators, will be
located here.
The division will be changed some.
what. Avery will remain the eastern
end of It, while Maiden will be the
western, and the division will 10
clude the two branch lines, the one
between here and Elk River, and the
one between here and Spokane. With
the division headquarters located
here It places them 10 the center of
the division and makes the entire d.
vision, branch lines aud all, within
easy access from the superintendent's
Office and also makes it easier for the
train dispatcher to keep In touch
With all the trains on bis division,
branch lines as we'll as main line.
The moving of the division head
quarters to this city makes 1t neoes-
sary to provide a place for them to
work In aud the requires the erec
tlOn of building for that especial
purpose.
Such q building will be erected at
once. The plans for 1t have been
prepared and the greater part of the
factory work has been got out. A
crew of carpenters has arrived and
the actual work on the building has
commenced.
It is located west and across Tenth
street from the depot aud will be oo-
cupied by the superintendent and his
staff, the train dispatcher and his op-
orators, the roadmaster with his force
aud the trainmaster and his men.
Besides this all of the telegraph ope-
rators will be moved from the depot
aud placed Ia the new building and
all telegraphinR, both railroad and
commercial, will be done from there.
The present depot Is to be given up
TO Agent Smith and his force. It
will be remodeled and Fixed over
throughout. The offices will be en-.
largsd and fixed up tn make them
more convenient. The waiting rooms
will he more comfortable and up to
date. Toilets and wash rooms will
be put in aud steam heat Installed
Steam heat will also be used In the
new buil5s7s which is being erected
The comf5sBy also has In mind the
putting In bf aDrailroad dining room
and lunch counter, but this probably
will not be done right away.
The work on the new building will
be pushed for ell its worth. The d.
vision headquarters are to be moved
here September 18th aud the build
ing must be ready for use at that
time.
The moving Of the headquarters
from Maiden to this city means that
at least eighteen families who have
been living in that place, will have
to move here and orders have already
been left With the banks and the dit
ferent real estate men 10 the city TO
rent Is houses for the use Of the DIFF
fereut railroad men and their faml-
lies.
just where these houses are to be
found aud how they are to be provid-
ed are questions that are bothering
the real estate men. For several
months the demand for houses to rent
has far exceeded the supply and
many families have been living IN
tents and tent houses because there
we're no dwellings to be rented.
So far only two houses have been
secured for the new comers and II
looks as though several new houses
would have to be built and that al
once.
Plans have already been made fol
the erection OF one large apartment
house, but this will not be enough "a
fill the demand and now is the time
for some public spirited citizen tC
step forward and build some houses
He would not only be a public bene
factor. but be would be making I
good investment a. we'll.