Hol,
FYI, Here is what I found on Andrew Ostling from a Woodbury County IA publication
ANDREW OSTLING.
Building operations in Sioux City are ex-
tensive, owing to the continued growth of the
city, and this field of labor, therefore, proves a
profitable one and is also one which employs
the services of a large number of workmen.
Mr. Ostling is connected with the building in-
terests here as a contractor and his work has
ever been of a character that insures him a
good patronage. The adopted sons of the city
find in him a worthy representative. He was
born in Sweden in 1866 and is a son of Andrew
and Christina Ostling, who were also natives
of that country. The father was a mechanic
and died in Sweden, and the mother's death
occurred there when her son Andrew was but
two years of age. He was the elder of two
children, the other being Peter Ostling, who is
now a carpenter of Sioux City. He has a
half-brother, Gust, who is a carpenter of Sioux
City and two half-sisters who are living in
California.
Reared in his native country Andrew Ostling
attended the public schools and when he had
completed his education he learned the carpen-
ter's trade. In the year 1889 when twenty-
three years of age he bade adieu to friends and
native country and sailed for America, think-
ing that he might enjoy better business privi-
leges and opportunities for advancement in the
new world. Landing on the eastern coast he
at once made his way into the interior of the
country, continuing his travels until he arrived
at Sioux City, Iowa, where he has since been
identified with building operations. In 1893
he formed a partnership with Charles Johnson
under the firm style of Ostling & Johnson, con-
tractors and builders. This business associa-
tion has since been maintained and they now
have offices at the corner of Third and Jackson
streets. They have erected a large number of
structures in this city and are doing a busi-
ness which is profitable and extensive.
Mr. Ostling was married in 1891 to Miss
Anna Wickstrom, whose father was a station
agent in Sweden. Her mother is now living
with Mrs. Ostling in Sioux City. The latter
was born in Sweden in 1865 and by her mar-
riage has become the mother of four children:
Evart, Ralph, Irma and Verna. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Ostling belong to the Swedish Lutheran
church and he holds membership relations with
the Woodmen of America, with the Swedish
Monitoren, a contractors' and builders' and
traders' exchange, and the Sioux City Indus-
trial Association. His interest in political
Scott
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Scott:
Unfortunately, from a modeling standpoint, the Ferry coal chute appears to be unique on the Q, built by one Andrew Ostling rather than by one of the major coal chute design/build firms such as Ogle, Fairbanks-Morse, Roberts & Schafer and Ross & White. I can't find another chute on the system built by Ostling or of a design similar to the one at Ferry. Sorry.
Hol
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:02:36 -0600
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Facilities
Hol,
Would any of these coal chutes be similar in size and make up to the on at Ferry Nebraska??
Scott
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Jonathan:
You've received some good, accurate answers and photos from others, so I'll just add a bit more. It was generally not until the diesel era that steel sand towers were added beside coal chutes -- as in the photo of the tower at Council Bluffs that Tim Fleck posted. Until that time sand was delivered to locomotives either by stand-alone wooden sand towers or, quite often, via pipe from the coal chute itself. I've attached a similar view of the Council Bluffs chute taken in 1954, showing that the steel sand tower had not yet been installed. The sand delivery pipe is clearly visible coming from the coal chute. Prior to the use of diesel- type sand towers, a metal sand hopper was installed high in the inside of the coal chute and was fed dried sand by a pipe from the drying shed adjacent to the coal chute. From the hopper up in the chute, the sand was delivered via another pipe to the sand domes of locomotives. I'm attaching a few photos that show this arrangement at the Centralia, Ill., coal chute. One photo is an early one, dating to 1922, and clearly shows the sand drying shed with the pipe heading up to the hopper inside the coal chute. Another is from 1951, and little had changed. The other view was taken in 1961 after the chute was no longer in use, but it shows some of the piping details pretty well. Hope this helps.
Hol
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 06:27:59 -0800
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Facilities
Hol, something you said here puzzles me.
"...I have looked for years without success for a drawing of the fairly standard wooden sand tower used by the Q in the steam era where sand was not dispensed at/by the coal chute. Separate sand towers were used when space or other constraints did not allow the sand drying and storage house to be located adjacent to the coal chute and the dried sand pumped through pipes to the coal chute for distribution."
So sand was poured into the domes through the coal chute? Given the width of the chute, how did they direct the sand into the dome and prevent it from spilling all over the top of the boiler?
Can you refer me to a photo showing this arrangement—i.e., showing what the sand drying and storage house looked like when sited right next to the coal chute?
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