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enclosed. They have twenty-six hundred feet of dock front on the 

 river. Along this is their freight depot building, c-uistructed of brick, 

 two stories high, one huudied feet wide and eight luuidrod f'.'et long. 

 This building can store one hundred thousand barrels of tiour. Ad- 

 joining this, and fronting on third street, is their Passenger Depot, three 

 hundred and twenty feet long and seventy feet wide; in one end of 

 which are their ticket otiic', ladie.^' room, b;iggage room, (fee, on the 

 first floor, and in the second story are the Superintendents' and Treasu- 

 rers' officeSjEngineers' Rooms, Local Superinteii<lent and Cashit^r oflices, 

 and also the general ticket office and duplicate bilhiepartment. Below 

 the freight depot there also two large two story warehouses, capable of 

 storing twenty six thousand barrels, and a wheat elevator, constructed 

 of brick, one hundred and twenty feet long, sixty feet wide and seventy- 

 five feet hifh. Besides these there Jire within the enclosure an enffine 

 house one hundred and thirty-five fi^et diameter, surmounted with h dome 

 eighty-five feet high, with sixteen apartments for engines; two machine 

 and blacksmith shops, one of which is one hundred and sixty feet \ong, 

 sixty feet wide and two stories high, in which are twenty-three forges; 

 the other is one hundred and eighty feet long and fifty-five feet wide, 

 having 31 fire«, and both furnished with blast from a fan run by a sta- 

 tionary engine. In the second story are a large number of lathes, plan- 

 ing machines, <fec., for woiking iron. 



Adjoining is a large shop for building and repairing cars, one hun- 

 dred and sixty-nine feet long, fifty-five feet wide, and two stories high. 

 All the machinery of this shop and the machine shops is driven by a 

 large stationary engine, placed in a building between the two. There 

 is also between the two a large smoke stack, thirteen feet 8(piare and 

 one hundred and fifty feet high, by means of which a'l the Rinoke of 

 the shops is carried olT by underground Hues. There are also lumber, 

 store and other buildings. 



This road is second to none in the west in permanency and solidity, 

 or in its conduct and management. It is the pride of our State and 

 city, and has added much to the permanent business of both. 



The officers of the company are m follows: 



President — J. W. Forbes, Boston. 



Vice President — J. \V. Brooks, Detroit. 



Directors— J. M. Forbes, R. B. Fuibes, J. E. Thayer, Geo. B.Upton, 



