P a g e 7 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r without doubt be traced to its humane water works company. Northern Pacific Shops. One of the most important enterprises located at Livingston is the Northern Pacific machine and repair shops. They were constructed at this point during the summer of 1883. Of all the rival towns desiring their location, Livingston was selected on account of its central location from terminal points. From a monthly disbursement of $5,000, it has grown to a monthly pay roll of $25,000 in the machinery department alone, while an average of $40,000 is placed in circulation through the payroll of the operating department which includes dispatchers, trainmen, switchmen, telegraph, bridge and repairing crews, all contributing directly to the prosperity of Livingston. Bird’s Eye View of Northern Pacific Shops Crew of Employees of Northern Pacific Shops The machinery department proper consists of a group of buildings including the following: Machine shop, 120x202 ½ feet. Engine house, 26x36 feet. Boiler house, 38x38 feet. Blacksmith shop, 43x212 feet. Storeroom and offices, 44x100 feet. Car shops, 67x152 feet. Inspector’s office, 16x18 feet. Roundhouse, fifteen stalls. Oil house, 20x30 feet, capacity 18,204 gallons. Lumber sheds, 19 ½x51½ feet. Platform, 46x152 feet. Iron and coal house, 76x72 feet. Turntable, diameter 54 feet. Chimney, height 115 feet. Two coal bunkers with a capacity of 1,000 tons each. Two water tanks. This plant with its machinery represents an expenditure of nearly half a million dollars and is under the supervision of Master Mechanic W. S. Clarkson and General Foreman H. V. Haskell. The machine shop, the largest of the group, is under the supervision of Foreman George Strickland. It is filled with machinery of the latest pattern and design for making and fitting parts necessary to repair disabled engines. Although its capacity has been increasing each year, yet its present equipment enables it to completely rebuild seven locomotives each month. Upon the tracks that traverse the building and connect it with the roundhouse may be seen engines in all stages of repair, while a small copMachine Department of the Northern Pacific Shops
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