Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-17
CERTAIN Of new ROAD.
Contracts Signed Which Make
the Waterloo Denver Electric
Line Certain.
Road to Be Thirteen Mile. Long
and Construction Of
the Best.
Sidetracks for Farmers Conven.
Sidetracks for Farmers Conven'
fence Will Be Placed Alons
the Line.
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Waterloo, July 1.-THE Waterloo
Denver Electric railway was made an
absolute certainty Monday night by a
contract bearing the signatures of L. S.
and j. f. Cass on one hand and those
of Denver citizens on the other.
The actual work of construction will
begin within a week and Sam Kern, of
Charles City will be here in few days
to begin on the grading contracts and
will have 100 teams at work before the
week closes. The route selected is in
general the more western of the two
lines recently surveyed, but 1t is very
probable that here will be some devia-
tlon from the exact line of the survey
as now plated OF the thirteen miles of
road to be constructed, ten miles will lie
In one straight line, due north and
south. This freedom from curves is
quite an advantage. as it not only
shortens the distance, but is favorable
to safety in running at high speed and
also to economy in power. The grades
will be comparatively light, the heaviest
being only forty feet to the mile.
The construction of the road will be
of the very best and most substantial
character. The track Will be laid with
60 pound rails on heavy ties with two
feet of gravel ballast. The best wire
obtainabe will be used in the overhead
trolley and its supports. The cost of
construction and equipment will be APP
proximately $3.50, 900 a very oonsidera BILE
part of this will be spent in Waterloo.
where large car barns. machine shops
and other necessary adjuncts will have
to be provided for the operation Of the
new line of road. Ten Rogers ballast
cars have already been ordered Cor use
on the new road and also in ballasting
the track of the Rapid Transit interur
ban line between this city and Cedar
Falls.
1t is the intention of the owners of
the road to institute regular two hour
service each way as soon as the line is
completed and ready for operation For
this regular service they Will have built
number of combination passenger,
baggage and express cars with motor
capacity of 200 horse power.
These cars will be as large or larger
than the interurban cars in use between
| Waterloo and Cedar Falls, and like
I them will be the best tina, can be built.
At the Denver terminus of the road a
4 depot will be built for the accommodate
ton OF passengers and freight. In
i course of time other depots may be To-
| Gated along the road where the local
! demands Will warrant, but no definite
conclusion has yet Keen reached as to
4 this. A number of sidings will be put in
at the outset to permit the passing of
4 cars bound in different directions. and
! it is quite likely that other sides or
| spurs may be built for the convenience
OF farmers at points remote from the
two terminal stations where live stock
and other freight may be loaded for
! shipment.
The most marked feature of the im-
mediate results of the new road will
doubtless be a boom for the village OF
Denver. so long shut off from the world
/ There have been number Of buildings
j started there this season, but many
/ more building projects have been held In
/ allowance. awaiting the outcome of the
railroad negotiations. These Will now
develop into certainty and many others
4 will doubtless follow. a large lumber
yard will probably be among the first
4 of the new business enterprises to be To-
Gated in the town.
Waterloo will also reap great benfits
from the building of the road and both
4 perience an enhanced trade as the re-
4 suit of the better communications with
our neighbors to the north.