Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-21
RAILROAD DREAM
Dss Moines Papers vieing With
Each Other q to Who Can Tell
the Biggest Yarn.
Dss Moines News Already Has the
Iowa Central Sold to the
Milwaukee.
Has Just Found Out That Mil,
waukee Passenger Cars Go
Over Central Lines.

What is to become of the Iowa Cen
trail and whether it is to be sold, seems
to be bothering the brains of some OF
the railroad" editors of the state pa
The railroad dreamer of the Des
Moines News now comes out, in the is
sue of Wednesday evening, and tells all
about it, even going so far as to give
some facts" to warrant the conclus
ions. The News says:
When will the Milwaukee gather in
the Iowa Central?
"Ths is question bothering both
railroad people and the public. From
Indications at this time there is little.
doubt that some arrangement has al
ready been effected between the two
companies for the operation of the
Iowa Central is as near like that of the
Milwaukee as it is possible to get it.
When the Iowa Central gets to using
the Milwaukee engines Milwaukee bag
gage cars and Milwaukee passenger
coaches-not on the through trains but
on its own local trains, it can be said
that the traffic relations of the two
roads are so close they can be classed
as one.
'It is not to be wondered at when a
road uses another's coaches. but when
they get so far as to send engines over
the road you can look out There is
little doubt but the deal merging the
Iowa Central into the Milwaukee is all
but closed and that the papers in the
case will be passed within a short time.
While there was nothing given out to
the public as to the result of the meet
ing of the directors of the Iowa Cen
trail in Chicago a few days ago. yet it
lis known on the outside that the sale
of the road to the Milwaukee was con-
| sidered. 1t will be remembered that
1.-The vice president of the road in an in
l8terview in the New York Commercial
declared that the road would be Sold.
that the short road could no longer
| compete with the big ones and that a
| favorable sale might be made with the
1 Milwaukee,.
| OF all the silly rot that has ever been
published regarding the prospective sale
of the road this is the most foolish. In
1.-The first place. any one who knows very
much about railroads knows that one
road does not run its engines over an
Iother, no matter how close the rela-
ltions are between the two. AT any rate
There has never been q Milwaukee en-
| CINE over the Central's lines since the
road was built. The News speaks of the
4 milwaukee baggage cars and passenger
/ coaches running on the Central, as II
that were something new. If the rail
broad editor of the News had seen q
lCentral train in the past five years he
would know that they are a part OF the
i daily equipment. The Milwaukee, main
ttains a baggage car and mail car
idaily between Mason City junction and
4 Ottumwa, as does the Central on the
i Milwaukee between Mason City juno
ton and Minneapolis. That has been
/ the state of affairs for five years. The
Milwaukee also runs buffet cars on the
central trains between Mason City and
\ st. Louis and Kansas City and Mason
lefty and Peoria, until the mileage be-
comes so great that in order to equal
1 ize it a Pullman is sent out for few
trips That also is not strange. The
i great point made, however, is the fact
4 that Milwaukee coach is now on a
lCentral local passenger. Yes, this rs
true. and it has been the case for a
| week, on Nos. and 6, between Mason
lefty and Peoria. The Central IS paying
rental for this coach, however, because
Its passenger equipment is little un-
/ der the demands of it's business. The
exact cause of the condition is that one
iof the central's chair cars was recently
damaged on the Pennsylvania line
While in charge of the Lake Erie q
Western on an excursion TO Niagara
!: Falls. The Lake Erie & Western had
1.-TWO of the Central chair cars on the eX-
cursion, yet the Central was not think
ling of buying that line.
II If the News surniseS are correct 1t is
likely that there will be scramble be
tween the Milwaukee and the Wabash
when the sale is made for the latter
road has run coach daily for years OF
lCentral passengers Nos. and :, be
tween Mason City and Kansas City ane
St. Louis That gives the Wabash the
same right, according to the News the,
ory, to absorb the road The fact i:
j that close traffic arrangements have eX-
listed between these lines for severa
J Years.
The papers of the state can rest as
sured on one thing, and that is if ths
lIowa Central is to be sold the sale vii
not be consummated in a day. and an
other thing. if it is to be sold the Mil.
waukee stands about the poorest chance
of being the purchaser. The Milwau
kee couldn't use all of the Central to ad
vantage, and it is not supposed that thu
i road is for sale piece meal The severa
thousand stockholders will have some
, thing to say about the matter.
Family Gathering at Liscomb.
A large party, made up largely o
relatives from this city and surround