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After a wait of many months—indeed the old building was destroyed last November—the Canadian National Railways have decided to erect a new depot at Wainwright which will be fully in keeping with others in much larger centers.
Last weekend saw the start made with the big steam shovel on the digging of the basement, etc., for a structure which will cover an area of something like 45 feet by 150 feet and be two storeys. This will house all the usual depot staff as well as the station restaurant and also provide space for the express and baggage rooms.
Both men’s and women’s waiting rooms and toilet accommodation are provided for, and these will be fully modern with connections to a sanitary system which is to be constructed in conjunction at the south of the roundhouses across the yards.
Steam heating as before will be provided from the roundhouse, and the whole structure will be such a one as Wainwright may well feel proud of. Mr. Charlie Tredger, one of Wainwright’s old-timers is in charge of the work, and it is hoped to have the building ready for occupation within a couple of months.
During the work of re-building, the old railway-coach depot (to which we have all become quite used by now) has been moved some yards further west, and everything has been done to make public accommodation as convenient as possible during the interim.