. American engineer and railroad journal . d photographsfrom one of which our engraving was made: The feat was that of transporting by rail the county seatat Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb., to Alliance, Box ButteCounty, Neb., a distance of 19 and a fraction miles. By popu-lar vote the county seat was changed some months ago fromHemingford to Alliance. How it was accomplished hardly being about six miles per hour. Several of the cuts had to bewidened in order to let the corners of the building past. Itwas through loose earth and not much of a job. The Hon. J. Sterling Morton happened to be
. American engineer and railroad journal . d photographsfrom one of which our engraving was made: The feat was that of transporting by rail the county seatat Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb., to Alliance, Box ButteCounty, Neb., a distance of 19 and a fraction miles. By popu-lar vote the county seat was changed some months ago fromHemingford to Alliance. How it was accomplished hardly being about six miles per hour. Several of the cuts had to bewidened in order to let the corners of the building past. Itwas through loose earth and not much of a job. The Hon. J. Sterling Morton happened to be in that vicin-ity when this transfer was made and dryly remarked that itwas the first time he ever saw a court house going to court. The building weighed about 70 tons and its dimensions were34 by 48 feet and 45 feet high. A record of 1,310 tons of steel in a single run has been madeat the south mills of the Illinois Steel Co. in Chicago. Themen who did this work were those of the regular night shiftand were not selected for the Moving a Building by RailiBurlington & Missouri River R. R. needs explanation, as the photographs explain for building was placed on four 60,000 pound capacity will observe from the pictures that two loaded coal carsare in front and the same number back of the house. Thesecoal cars served the purpose of anchors to which the buildingwas guyed by ropes. Heavy bridge timbers were secured tothe lower part of the court house and supported on the difficulty that had to be provided for was that of passingtrains. To avoid any inconvenience the first part of the jour-ney was made from Hemingford to Berea, the outfit being al-lowed to remain for the night on the main track, and thethrough trains east and west ran around it on yard tracks atthat point. The following morning, after the trains had allpassed, the court house continued its journey to Alliancer,reaching there about noon, June 30. In noting the speed itwas
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