Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-07
DIRT is FLYING.


Work is beginning in earnest in Ia
ma county on the new railroad. On
Wednesday evening fifty men and
nearly thirty teams, with as many large
wheel scrapers, arrived from Wiscon-
sin via Gladbrook. They are in charge
of Cook Bros, of Wisconsin, who have
the contract to grade ten miles north
from j. v. B. Greene's south line. They
went out yesteray and will camp on the
James Gallogly place. Cook Bros. i'm
tend to have 100 teams and 300 men at
work soon. Only a portion of their force
from Wisconsin is yet here. They de-
sire to hire local help and offer $3.50 for
man and team and $1.75 for man alone.
They require large horses. Those al
ready here are very heavy. They come
from the pineries. Cook Bros. say their
ten mile contract will be completed by
Nov. 10. They will begin moving dirt
today near the north Buckingham line.
The right of both north and south Of
Traer is mostly closed up. l. Shower
gets $1,000, M. Bunker $500, Mrs. Sam
Everett $3.50, William Albright 500 per
acre, Mrs. Fleming same for nine
acres, NJ. Gallogiy, sic0 per acre. two
miles OF the Cummings and Hayes land.
s65 per acre. The railroad company
bought James Gallogly's farm at s55
per acre. as the right of way nearly
ruined it and they thought 1t better to
take the farm than pay the damages.
There is nothing definite as to town
sites. The company have an option on
| a site or the ParlZek farm, nine miles
southeast Of Traer, and station may
! be there, but this is not settled. Asa
Ames has strong hope of getting a sta
ton on his farm or just north. The line
through Traer is not decided yet. The
chief engineer was here two hours yes
1 terday and looked over the various
surveys. The estimates have been
made and the depot site may be made
known any day. The right of way one
mile south and three north can not be
/ purchased until the line through town
is fixed Late rumors say the line
through David Taylor's will be chosen
but this is only rumor. President Brice
is expected here again daily.
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RAILROAD PROSPERITY.
fort Dodge Messenger.l
The railroad men say tnat this is a
period OF unparalleled activity with
them for this time of year. Usually this
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of the entire year. but this year is the
exception that proves the rule. and the,
are doing as much business now as the,
can handle one cause of this is In.
fact that great deal of corn that ha.
been saved over, some of 1t since 1895
is now being handled and is beint
shipped TO the Chicago markets. TIL.
price of corn is not so high now as i
/ G hi,t he
: ally good crop makes the owners of THU
KIND OF product anxious to dispose of i
now rather than to keep it longer. A,
example of the amount of corn bein,
4 shipped is given by the Mason CIT,
road, which has $50 cars to handle a
$ soon as they can DO 1t. They have .s5 on
bushels to handle on the Crooked Creel
: line and 100000 to 100000 bushels nj
: along the line. A great deal of small
u gram IS also handled all along the line
probably from the same cause Anothe
cause OF the universal activity is tn
great amount of building that Is goin
on this year. A large part of the freigh
: business being done now is In the trans
$ portation Of building material Thi
e includes, from here, lumber, brick an
e stucco in unusually large quantitie!
! The price of lumber has advanced an
: further advance caused by the ur
n precedented demand is expected. an
y lumber dealers are fastening to fill u
,. their yards before it goes any h,ghe
$ The cause of this unusual building az
IS tivity is not hard to find. The wide
u spread business prosperity and ii
+ prospects for a bountiful harvest ha,
e made every one confident and owners {
'e property are willing and anxious to in
Al prove their property by investigator
lie in building Confidence is widesprea
"a and universal. The business done /
re the roads is an index of the .busine!
D prosperity and at present the roat
& show an unusually healthy and gratif.
ing condition.