Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-12
,LHEY WANT THE ROAD
Nevada Citizens Will Make an Effort to
Meet the pes Moines, Iowa Falls &
Northern's Proposition-Mass Meet
ing Held.

Special to mes-Republican.
Nevada, Oct IA mass meeting o!
the citizens was held at the city hal
|lyast night to consider the railroad sit
uation. The Des Moines, Iowa Falls
& Northern Railway company had
made q proposition to the effct thai
they would build the road thru Nevada
provided they We're given a two and
one-half per cent tax in the city and
free right -of-way thru Nevada town
ship, as well as depot grounds in the
city. 1t was fiat proposition, and has
not been deviated from to the least ex-
tent. The company claims that their
line as surveyed directly south from
their crossing of the Northwestern
tracks at the East Indian bridge. three
miles east of evada, Is the cheapest
route for them, and that 1t will cost
over $4,000 more to come thru our
city, making their line a half mile
longer and causing two big curves
1t is settled fact that the line will
cross the Northwestern at East Indian
as an overhead crossing can be put in
there, allowing the new line to go un-
der the Northwestern, and not interefr-
ing with the latter's fast mail system.
The contract between the two raods to
that effect is drawn up and signed, and
whether the road comes here or goes
south to Maxwell the crossing will be
Mt East Indian. Under these circum-
stances the Iowa Falls people refused
to consider anything but their original
proposition.
A local committee has ben quietly at
work in the meantime and has secured
options on all the right-of-way involved.
and the meeting was called to deter
mine whether to try to raise the amount
needed to purchase this right-of-way or
to allow the road to go by us three miles
east. The matter was freely discussed.
Mr.. II. C. Boardman was made chair
man, and Mr.. o. j. Benjamin. Of the
Journal. secretary Of the meeting. Mr..
j. A. Miles, cashier of the Farmers
the rights-of-way could be purchased
under the options held for about $4,000,
including depot grounds. This amount
1t is to raise in cash before an
election is called to vote the tax, as one
is useless without the other. The petit
tions have already been circulated, and
enough property holders have signed. so
that the election can legally be called as
soon as the right-of-way money is
raised.
The tax alone will amount to over
100000 The sentiment of the meeting
was strongly in favor of raising the
money for the road. Many prominent
and substantial citizens talked in favor
Of 1T. A committee was finally ap-
pointed to solicit the funds to buy the
right of way, and consists of the follow
ing: j. A. Fitchpatrick, j. G. Dutton,
d NJ. Grove, Frankf A. McLain and
William Lockridge. 1t is expected to
raise the money in a short time and a
meeting of the citizens is called for ten
days later to hear the report of the
committee.
Now that the project has taken def
mite shape and that our people have de-
cided to raise the money to buy the
and comply with al! the
conditions of the Iowa Falls Company's 5
proposition, there seems to be little
doubt but that the road will be secured.
At any rate the outcome is awaited
with much interest.