Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-25
BIG HILL D b GUT
Iowa Central to Begin Extensive
Work on Old Beer Garden Hill.
East Of Town.
Grade to 30 Reduced to a Level
With That Of the Northwest.
ern- New Steel, Etc.
Locomotive Relics Go to the Junk
- 80 n.A
Locomotive Relics Go to the Junk
Heap-Big Business to the
G. A. R. Enoampment.

The beer garden hill, a bad grade on
the Iowa Central just east and south Of
Marshalltown, 10 to be cut down and
made level with the recently established
grade on the Northwestern, the tracks
of which run parallel with the Central.
for some distance. The beer garden hill
is about two and one-half miles long
and isfull Of rises and says These will
all be done away with, the tracks being
lowered in many places and brought I'D
to grade in others. The Linn creek
bridge will be raised Assistance Of four
or five feet. This new work, which is
quite a heavy undertaking, VIII be be-
gun at once. or as soon as the contract
org are thru at other points along the
line.
The work Of relaying the Central with
new seventy pound steel between Oska-
loosa and Abba is progressing nicely.
When the work is completed there will
be twenty-four miles of new track. The
company will soon begin the work of
putting in new steel for distance OF
ter miles, south of Dillon, Joining the
steel laid last season on Dillon hill.
Another of the Centrals new home
built engines, Eo.42 was brought out
from the shops this morning for a linz
boring up. The locomotive IS a beauty
and Will give the company excellent SER
vice.
Five of the Central's old engines, lit
tie fellows that were considered large
When the road was first built, were ta-
ken from their resting place in the west
yards, where they have been for years.
today and weighed on the east yard
scales. The engines We're consigned to
the scrap pile years ago, and now will
be sold for old iron to eastern manufac-s
tories.
CENTRAL CROP PRIZES.
The general passenger department. of
the Central, which has charge of the
advertising of the road and its re-
sources, is much gratitied over the fact
that the display of corn of Peoria and
vicinity took first prize at the Paris eex-
position. Another thing about the news
that is even more satisfactory is the.
tact that in the display vas one lot of
corn from the farm of r. p. Sperry, of
Eleanor. H., which was given the first
prize by the Central year ago in a
contest which the company has ar
ranged for the past two years. There
are six prizes that the. passenger de-
partment offers, four OF which go 10
Illinois and two to Iowa farmers. For
the best twenty ears of white corn
raised on farm located within six
miles of the Iowa Central line in Illi-
nois the company gives one 1,OOO-mile
book for the farmer. one for his wife or,
an unmarried daughter. For the sec
ond best twenty ears two 5O0-miie books
are given, and the same prizes are
awarded for the best yellow corn TO
the Iowa farmer whose white or yellow
corn produces the largest percentage
shelled to the acre two round trip tick
cts To Clear Lake are given. and for the
second largest yield one round trip
ticket. This method is adopted by
General Passenger Agent Bat,y in or
der to advance the interest in corn
growing and to institute little friend
Ely competition on the part of farmers
The method is good one and much
Interest was taken last year among the
farmers along the line.