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As time went on, liquor became available to the men as well, but the NWMP managed to control the situation, and crime was kept to an minimum with no serious offenses committed.By late summer an railroad station was being built, straddling the International Boundary. The railroad station would contain the offices of both customs & immigration for both countries, as well as an telegraph line that would connect the station to Lethbridge. The first barracks of the NWMP was completed in November 1890, and was built on the railroad right-of-way. It was located just up an slight grade to the west of the railroad station. The Barracks was built well, and had rooms for the police men to live in and jail cells in the basement for any prisoners. Since there was not many other structures in Coutts, the Barracks would also serve as the church on Sunday, an boarding house, an community hall, and also an morgue!In reference to the NWMP Barracks, Superintendent R. Deane reported 'At Coutts, which is the name of the railroad station on this side of the boundary, with Sweetgrass being the name of the embryo town on the other side.