Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-25

Engineers Surveying . Line From
the East Into This City, Pro.
sumably From Tama.
Survey to Enter Town From the
Northeast, Following Burnett
Creek Valley.
Visit Of Iowa Central Ofacials "A
Convention on Wheels Rail-
way Gossip.

From all Indications the Milwaukee
railway is headed towards Marshall
town.
News has just reached the city that
the first of the present week large
surveying gang entered the county east
of Green Mountain and northeast of
this city. Since that time line has
been run east near the public highway
Green Mountain to the Burnet Creek
valley, where 1t strikes the old survey
of the projected Marshalltown, Winona
& Southern. AT one of the farm houses
at which the surveyors stopped for din
ner the statement was made by one of
the men in charge of the work that
they We're surveying q line for the Chi
tcago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, and were
headed for this city.
1t is not surprising that the Milwau-
kee should be making preparations to
come into Marshalltown, as the COM
pany has desired to so for some time.
While the line at present being sur
veyed reaches toward Tama, but veers
/ to the north of direct line from there,
this is probably done to avoid the diff,
cult crossing of the Iowa river directly
| east of this city, and which the North
western Is at present spending large.
sums TO overcome. If the old survey of
| the Marshalltcwn, Winona & South
western is followed from point where
the Milwaukee strikes it, it will bring
the line into the city at a point just be-
| low the Third avenue bridge and in
4 east of the packing houses.
DIRECTORS HERE THIS EVENING.
| President Robert j. Kimball, of the
Iowa Central, and Directors Chase and
/ Taintor, of New York, will arrive in the
| city some time this evening on special
| from the south, composed of the COM
4 pany'S business cars, the Hawkeye and
the Iowa. Accompanying the gentle
men are Mr.. Knapp, of New York, who
1 will soon be director of the road, and
| Mr.. Luchey a New York engineer who
4 is going to look over the property in
/ company with the officials. Acting Cen
eral Manager j. N. Tittemore, General
Superintendent G. w. Huntington, Civil
Engineer l.. c. Macy, Roadmaster
Shelley and General Passenger Agent
4 George S. Batty are also in the party.
Most of the local officials, including
General Auditor L. /. WATSON. met the
New York men in Peoria. Mr.. Tittemore
was called to Cleveland. o., from Chi
cago, and accompanied President Kim
ball and party to Peoria. The specia
arrived in Oskaloosa at about $50
O'Clock Tuesday evening, and the party
was met by large delegation of Oska
lloosa business men, with carriages anf
escorted to the Masonic Hall, where {
i banquet was rendered them. This morn
4 ing the party went to Eddyyille to lool
over the work being done at that poin
in getting ready for the erection Of 6
new bridge over the Iowa river.
CENTRAL EARNINGS.
From the office OF General Auditor
T. I. WATSON. Of the Central. Tuesda,
afternoon, the report of the thire
!. weeks approximate earnings was is
sued. The report shows the earning:
for the period to have been $47,s61.23
against s44,025.1S, an increase of So.
S36.O5 over the corresponding period o
Hast year The classification shows tina
of this amount the freight department
earned $3S ,0T4.10. an increase of S2960.65
and the passenger department $79s7.l3
an Increase of sS76.40. For the thre
weeks of the present month the aggre
gate approximate earnings of the roa'
were s154,326.2O, against $13s,29573. al
inrease of SIS, O3O.47 over the same week
of last year.
CONVENTION ON WHEELS"
"a roadmasters convention o.
wheels" might be the correct termin
of a gathering of Northwestern road
. masters, who passed through the cit
Tuesday evening on the Colorado spe
clal, en- route to Council Bluffs TIL
gentlemen were aboard Superintendent
j Aishton's business car. No. %. an
from the Bluffs left this morning TO
the east, passing through here agai
this afternoon. on the special at 1875;
4 All of the occupants of the car wer
c roadmasters of the road, who wen
). west In order to get a daylight rid
q over the line today, and inspect the ne'
i. work that has been recently completed
or is still under process of construction
The party consisted of Roadmasters
!. III. Brown, of Belle PLANE; A. L. Meat
of Clinton; c. E. Mosher, of Fond d
Lac, Wis; w. b. Causey, of Milwau
kee; John Diener, of Harvard. III
oscar F. Carlson, of Chicago.
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