Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-24
A 1umberman Railroader on s1pan-

) sion.
Under the above headline the cur
rent number IF the American Lumber
man, Of Chicago, contains the picture
OF our well know n townsmaD, A.flol-
lister, and an article more than q col
uun In length, from which We extract
the following: y -
ga. Holllster, of the Hollister Lum-
her Company, of Manchester, Iowa,
paid the Lumberman call this week.
He was in the city in company. with 9
number of representative citizens of
Manchester to confer with some of the
railroad officials regarding connections
and relations with the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul and the Chicago
Great Western. railways. Manchester,
as is we'll known to our readers, is
located on the Illinois Central road,
AID the good people of that town have
concluded to have three railroads iden-
titled with their community. In order
to do so they are building q fourth, or
connecting line, from Manchester, 9
distance Of seven miles, to Oneida, at
which town the two roads mentioned
cross each other. The new road 10 be-
ing built by local capital and is to be
called the Manchester & Oneida rail
road; the stock Is held at Manchester
and the officers are E. M. Carr, presi-
dent, lawyer, and one of the publish
ers of q local newspaper, A. Hollister,
vice president, a lumber dealer; b. w.
Jewell, secretary, an insurance man; G.
j. Seeds, treasurer, q local banker.
"The gentlemen in the four occupa-
tions named will make rather an utter
esting combination OF. railway officials,
and this railroad promises to be a'yalu-
able adjunct in the work of connecting
the other railways mentioned with
Manchester, which has population of
5000 people. The new road runs
directly northeast and promises to be
completed at an early date. The road
bed was completed last fall as far as
the esrthwork, bridges, culverts, etc,
are concerned, and the ties are now on
the ground with the exception of per-
haps 10000; $4,000 ties have been re-.
CURED and were supplied by the. Hol-
lister Lumber Company, these to- cover
the seven miles of main track and q
mile Of switches. Success to the Man.
chester & Oneida road!
"How doss 1t seem. Mr.. HOLSTER, to
be q railroad msgnste?"
"With characteristic smile Mr..
Hollister replied, II think our,people
have entered upon this bit Of enter
prise through public spirit, as the con-
trolling motive within seven miles of
two great railways and having only one
running into our city, and the greater
corporate organizations not moving
fast enough in the direction to connect
US with the world generally, we came
to the conclusion that 1t was advisable
and necessary to combine our efforts in
behalf of our little city, which is worthy
of the best efforts Of Its citizens. None
of us feel especially proud because we
have been dlRnified with official titles as
railroad men, and all Of us willAe glad
when this organisation will ha1S been
firmly established and thsss6dsgsferred
to have become identified with sns; our
ambition will donbtless have heen
satisfied and the Investment, while no.
intended to be money maker in. a
large sense to the -indiyiduais project
Ing the road, will be compromising TO
oil our good people, and we therefore
rest our case until the Whales begin to
blow and the engines begin to move
ard the freight. and passenger traffic
between our community and the sn4er
world is extended proportionately to
our efforts"