Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-10
RAILWAY MATTERS.
Importance OF the Marshalltown a.
Dakota Line-Northwestern Alen
NJ Quarry

importance Oh the MdreuaAAtoWH O.
Dakota Observation-Disclosures Alen
at Quarry.
It was announced definitely that the
Marshalltown, Dakota q Northwestern
railroad, which is now building from
Frazer junction to Gowrie, would ex-
| tend its line early In the spring from
Gowrie to Rockwell City This is now
denied by Mr.. Meservey. of Fort Dodge,
one OF the promoters, who says no def
mite plans have been decided upon as
far as Rockwell City is concerned.
/ While the Impression Is general In rail
road circles that this road is being
hacked either by the Northwestern or
the Iowa Central, Hamilton Browne
and others associated with him In the
enterprise deny the reports and say that
LIT is owned by himself, S. I. Meservey,
terested in the development Of the
Frazer coal fields and that it is being
built wholly for coal traffic and to assist
| critics. The road, when completed, will
be only little over thirty miles long,
but as an outlet for coal 1t will be a SUI
perb line and will have more connec-
tions than any line of similar length
in the state. At Frazer Junction 1t will
connect with the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis road north and south; at Gowrie
lit will connect with the Ruthven. Fort
Dodge & Sheldon divisions of the Rock
| Island and the Onawa and Neville
branches of the Northwestern, and at
Story City IL will connect with the Iowa
4 Central. Through these connections the
Boone county coal field will have access
/ to the entire mileage of the Iowa trunk
lines. excepting only the Burlington and
the Chicago Great Western.
MOVED TO QUARRY.
The Office OF Jack Spellman, general
manager for Widell & Co., bridge con-
i tractors for the second track, is being
torn up at the Butler House today. pre-
i paratory to fitting to Quarry, where
1.-the faciliuties for moving stone are
better. and where there is a better
4 chance than at Boone to get work
trains. etc, as not so much work is
4 managed from Quarry, says the Boone
News. Mr.. Spellman returned Saturday
night from Chicago, where he had been
hiring men for a new pipe culvert crew
and Is now somewhere between Tama
/; and Quarry. The new gang will be SEM
down on the Muchakinock branch neal
Tioga. A bridge gang was transferred
Saturday from near Ontario to lama
, A foreman at Tama was having grea
trials and fluctuations Saturday HI
must have struck flowing we'll oil
something of the kind and was in dan.
ger of being drowned, for although he
had two pumps working, he sent In a
telegram to headquarters here about
once an hour all day asking for two
more steam pumps Immediately. Blu,
as all We're in use elsewhere, there was
no help for him. Fred Welsh, clerk fo1
Mr.. Spellman. was having great time
Saturday trying to straighten out the
bills owed by the men on the bridge
work. 1t seems the laborers are not In
the habit of paying their debts, and the
creditors for some reason hold the
company responsible for these. So t.
save trouble the company keeps an ac.
count of the bills against the men, ana
takes these amounts from the men.
pay. But this Keeping account is MOI
so easy as 1T appears. Some OF the
board bills especially are cautions
Some begin 'De - and are signed
by Mr.. Blank. There is nothing to show
who Is debtor and who creditor, Other:
begin lowed me so many dollars. II
some cases the receipt simply reads
Board paid In full" no name whateve
appearing. 1t Is. however, only in tn,
case of the common laborers that such
record must be kept. The higher clas
of men employed. engineers. foreman
. teamsters, etc, even can be relied upol
to pay their debts as men should.
Special Train and Low Rates Il
Philadelphia.
For the annual encampment of tn,
G. A. r. the B., G. r. & N. railway will
run a special train of Pullman stand.
ard and tourist sleeping cars, coache:
and baggage car from Cedar Rapids
through to Philadelphia, via the c., r
I. & p. and the b. u o. railways Sleep
ers will be placed at Sioux Falls, lowe
Falls, West Union. Cedar Falls anc
other points on Sept. l. and Will run Il
Cedar Rapids on regular trains anc
will be attached to the special leaving
Cedar Rapids at midnight on Sept l
and arriving at Philadelphia on the
afternoon of Sept. 3. Stop-over, to visi
the battlefields of Gettysburg Will b.
given IL desired. Round-trip tickets
with choice of q number OF routes goins
and returning, will be sold at very low
: rates on Sept. l, , and 3, and for train:
ARRIVING in Chicago on Sept. A. Ticket:
| limited to Sept. 13. with extension OF
time upon payment of so cents addition.
) al to Sept. 30. Side trip tickets will b,
, sold at Philadelphia to Washington
New York and large number of east
ern cities and ocean resorts at very Low
rates. Mr. e. o. Soule, G. A. P. D.. will
, have charge of the train through IL
Philadelphia and will see that all ar.
, Comfortably accommodated. Those wht