Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1910 — MOVED DEPOT ON ONE CAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MOVED DEPOT ON ONE CAR

Somewhat Unusual Feat That Must Be Put to the Credit of New Mexicans. A two-story frame depot, 20 by 40 feet was recently moved intact on one flat car from Las Cruces to La Tuna, N. M., a distance of 24 miles. It was loaded onto a 40-foot car. It rose to a height of 30 feet above the rails. To allow of its passage it was necessary to take down all switchboards, whistling-posts and overhead wires en route, and to move the track out two feet at one point to allow it to pass another station. A loaded coal car was

attached to each end of the car on which the depot was placed, stringers were fastened to the ends of the cars, and lines were run from the stringers to the second story to brace it, thus making a base of practically 120 feet The car springs jvere blocked and made as rigid as possible. The 24-mile trip was made in six hours.—Popular Mechanics. Sprinklers on Wooden Trestlework. Only a few years ago every traveler In the dry west of the United States was familiar with the red barrels placed over wooden trestle-work of the railroads. The barrels on either side were placed outside possible contact with the widest cars, and each barrel of water had Its buckets, witfi which a chance fire might be fought A more recent precaution consists of a water pipe line fitted underneath the cross ties, with sprinklers adjusted so that In turning on. the water In dry times just enough misty spray was forced upward to keep the ties continuously wet. This new device is working on the line of the Klamath Lake railroad In Oregon.

Depot Loaded on Flat Car.