The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-03
steam Cars and Electric Cars.

and intervening points, is at last
assured Mr.. j f. Cozad, agent of
the Mo. Pac. at this place, received
notice this morning from Supt Webb
that the contract between the Mo
Pac. and the lola Rapid Transit Com
pany had been signed, and that the
train provided for in this contract
would he put on as so'n as tickets
could be printed and the other neces-
sary arrangements made.
The negotiations thus happily con-
Glued have been pending long
time. Early last November Mr.. A.
w. Beck and the editor of the REGIS
TER went to st. Louis to confer with
the Mo. Pac. officials in regard to
giving lola better and cheaper train
service with her manufacturing sub
urbs. The Mo. Pac. people demand
ed in consideration of putting on the
train that the lola Rapid Transit
Company should surrender its char
ter to them. This lett the issue be-
tween the lola Company aud the
Mo Pac., and after much considera-
ton compromise was finally affect
ed by which the home company
agrees to not use It's franchise in Elm
township for one year in considera-
tion that the Mo. Pac. shall put on
train that shall make a round trip
between lola aud LaHarpe not less
than three times "A day and shall
charge fare not to exceed five cents.
The lola Company il at liberty to
build ana operate it's road in lola
aud as far east AS Rock creek. AS
this is as far as il seemed likely to
be built tins year any way the agree
ment is not "A serions restriction.
The REGISTER believes it will he
the universal judgment that the
Rapid Transit company deserve the
thanks of the whole business COM
munity Of lola for the part they have
taken in bringing about this most
desirable and impersiively needed
arrangement. No one can question
for moment the great advantage
which lola will reap by reason of this
new and cheap train service. AL
ready there are dozens of workmen
employed in the factories east of town
who are not able to obtain salts
factory quarters there and who are
now riding in and out OF lola every
day. And as the new smelters start
their fires and more laborers are re-
quired there will be scores, and in
the course OF time hundreds, who
will live in lola and ride to aud from
their daily work. The new train
will greatly increase Iola's trade also
by the convenience it will afford
farmers and others living along the
line /" come to lola at minimum
of time and cost, and by allowing lola
merchants to make delivery of goods
whenever required to their out of
town customers. Indeed it seems
impossible to overestimate the money
value of this new service to the bust.
ness interests of lola, coming as it
does just at time when so many
people are on the point of deciding
whether they shall build their homes
in lola or outside. Good things may
come to us this year, and many
doubtless will; but not any one thing
can come that will be a larger factor
in the future greatness of lola than
this suburban train service.
The understanding is that the trains
will be run as follows:
At $3.50 a. M, the first train carry
ing out the men who begin work at
six o'clock.
A train at $50 will leave lola carry
ing out another shift of day men.
At 1l:30 a train will leave lola car
rying the men out who go on at II
O'Clock, and bringing back the men
who quit at that time. The last train
will leave lola at $50 and carry out
the night SHIFT, bringing in the day
men who quit at that time.
Four round trips will thus be made
each day landing the men at the
works at the time when their shifts