Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-26
Will Be No CHANGES
President Kimball, of the Iowa Cen
trail, Talks Of Matters Pertain.
ing to the Road.
No Changes Contemplated in the
Managerial Force Of the Road
Or In Its Policy.
Large Sums to Be Expended Next
Year For Steel Bridges-The
Tour Of Inspection.

The special train, composed of the
Iowa Central's business cars Hawkeye
and Iowa. bearing President Robert j.
Kimball, Directors E. E. Chase and
Giles e. Taintor. Mr.. j. y. Knapp and
Mr. Albert Lucius and number of the
the city Wednesday evening at 7:15
O'clock, in charge of Conductor McCar-
thy. Conductor Mccarthy has had
charge of the special during the entire
trip and will remain with the train until
the inspection trip is concluded. En-
gineer George. Cummings, with engine
80, is pulling the special
President Kimbal and party immedi-
Eatey after their arrival went to the
Pilgrim Hotel, where a good-sized dele
cation of representative business men
met them in the evening for a social
chat This morning at $50 the party
left for the north on the special, for
Algona. where the work of the new ex-
tension between Belmond and that
place will be inspected. The New York
gentlemen will leave Algona for the
EAST this evening over the Milwaukee.
President Kimball was seen by a re-
preventative of the T.R. prior to his
departure for the north this morning.
He said that he was greatly pleased
with the condition in which the COM
pany's property appeared, and the an
nual trip of inspection had been very
satisfactory both to him and the direc-
tors. Asked in regart. to the report
emanating from Des Moines TO the eff
feet that w. /. Allen was to be ap-
pointed general manager OF the road,
Mr. kimball said:
II am very we'll pleased with the
management of the road, and the SUB
iect of any important changes. either IN
the personnel of the management or
other affairs of the company, is not I'M
Ter consideration whatever The earn
ngs of the road, both gross and net. at
present and for the past few months
aave been the largest we have ever eX-
,erienced.' Mr.. kimball said further
hat If they took the trouble to either
affirm or deny all the reports coming
from Des Moines it would keep them
busy.
Mr.. Albert Lucius. who is with the
New York gentlemen, is an eminent
civil engineer of New York, and for a
number of years has had supervision
over the bridge building of the New
| York Central and Lake Shore. He Is
accompanying the officials with the
| .dea OF giving particular attention TO
| the inspection Of the Centrals bridges.
| Mr.. Kimball says the probabilities are
that the company will expend more
| than 100000 next year in building new
/ steel bridges. The property he said
is being managed TO the best interests
of the public and the company
Mr.. Knapp, who is with President
| Kirnball, is one of the largest holders
| of both bonds and stocks of the COM
| pany and is in consequence, personally
| interested in the welfare of the road.
| Mr.. Knapp says he is well pleased with
the property. and as he has not visited
/ Iowa for several years, he is most hap
| pily and agreeably pleased with the
development of the best interests OF
| the country at large, made since his last
| trip.
| Those accompanying the New York
gentlemen this morning on the special
| we're Acting General Manager j. y.
| 'rittemore. General superintendent Z.
/ W. Huntington General Auditor /. !.
WATSON, General Solicitor G. w. Seev-
ars. Roadmaster Shelley and Chief En-
gineer +. c. Macy