The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-24
Railroad News
?. IMPROVES
JAMESTOWN YARDS

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work that has been done this sea :
son, and which is still under way Tie
addition of new and extension of old
tracks is still going on n h work
Of ballasting a large number of new
sidetracks Is keeping a force Of men
busy.
Few residents Of Jamestown who
have not recently visited the yards
: and noted the extent Of the improve
ments installed there this year, have
any conception of the amount of
work being done. The main effort
of the company has been to secure
additional sidetracks for the storage
and handling Of the cars hat arrive
and depart from this station. For
this purpose the entire west end Of
the yards from the ~roundhouse to the
Pipestem river is being utilized and
a great deal of extra space secured
on either side of the main line for
the various projects of charging the
facilities Of the company in handling
the growing terminal business at this
station, not only for the main line
but for the branch lines. AS the
country develops and the business of
these branch lines increases the ne
cessity Of charging the facilities of
the company here are made more
apparent from year TO year. The
Dakota division now comprises IT'S
miles of track, of which only 1O7
miles constitute the main line. En-
sine repairing n other work from
off the Mott line, as far west as Mott
including also the Devils Lake, Es-
mond, Turtle Lake, and Pingree-Wil-
ton lines, is required to be done here;
also repairing freight cars and other
general repairing, is increasing.
The necessity of increased yard
age room for sidetracks has required
the cutting down of the hill north of
the ~roundhouse, by steam shovels.
This earth has been used to fill in
certain low places and depressions i'll
the west end Of the yards. This new
space secured is all used for addition
al s~idetraCks, n for the lengthen-
ing of sidetracks already construct
ed. Some eighteen new sidetracks
have been built, to hold eighty cars
each, where formerly they had a
capacity for sixty. Four new side
tracks have been added from the north
hill excavation. The new lead has been
extended west from the old lead about
a quarter of a mile, and the various
sidetracks north of the main line
from the James river to the Pipestem
are being connected and are now
about three-quarters of a mile III
length.
A new bridge across the Pipestem
has been constructed for an extension
of sidetracks still farther west along
the main line, where additional switch
ing facilities have been added.
The material yard has also been
changed and moved further west near
the PipeStem river, and a large mate
rial shed formerly used in another part
of the yards has been moved to the
new material yard, where large guam
titles of heavy timbers and other ma
terial are stored.
Tracks connecting the new side
tracks on the south side of the main
line are being constructed, and a great
deal of the ground south of the main
line and between the track has been
filed in with material taken from the
hill. cut. The extreme north track will
be used for the passenger traffic over
the Devils Lake branch. This addi-
tional sidetrack room will give the
yards a storage capacity of from 1900
to 1900 cars, and the required number
is increasing all the time.
The new coal chute will soon be used
for all engines and the old n will be
removed, and it's location occupied by
~uultional tracks. The tracks on the
south side of the main line will be
Strengthened out and heightened west
of the ~rOundhOuSe, to extend also to
the river, to correspond with the i'm
provements made on the north side.
In the yards near the roundhouse a
large material and supply shed has
been moved to a convenient location,
and n of the car foreman's offices
will be moved from its present loca-
ton. Even with the present large adj
dition to the yard facilities the COM
pany has none too much room for the
development of the country tributary
to Jamestown.
The necessity Of longer and addi-
tional tracks is required for the i'm
mense trains now being used over this
division, tha train now making about
four what were called trains in the
earlier days. East pound the company
now hauls a 5000 ton train over the
Dakota division out of Mandan, and
$500 ton ain east of Jamestown
This tonnage is in addition to the en-
CINE. From seventy-five to eighty cars
ara now often hauled in a loaded
freight.
D. S. Littlehales, the new master
mechanic, who succeeded c. S. Larri-
son, is now becoming familiar with his
duties, and his fourteen years expert
ence at Mandan and thirty years with
the give him g. Knowledge OF
" the growth of the IA that is aSmat-
ter of establishment to all the old N. P,
employees. ... .
The jamestown TRANSFER is also a
busy place and some twenty men are
there employed, combining and
changing freight for various parts OF
the division and expediting its ship
ment.
With the completion {. the new
power house and the extension Of yard
facilities the company is increasing its
; investment here by from $4,000 to
500, 900 this year. This work is really
!. more important for the city's perma-
) nent interests than a. new station
house, as much as that is needed. The
next large investment of the company
here will be a new depot, but the plans
taelude a.much greater outlay of mon
, ey than simply q new depot building
| They include a Encouragement OF
tracks and various other comprehen-
| sive changes incident to the future
growth Of this important terminal on
the N. P. system. If only a new depot
( building had been required that could
have been built long ago. 1t is reported
that plans for the new structure have
been revised.
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