Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-11
A GREAT CORN DISPLAY
Iowa Central's Exhibit at the
Peoria Exposition Attracts
Wide Attention.
Is One Of the Greatest Features
Of the Illinois City's
Show.
A Peoria View Of the MARSHALL
town Line and Its Increasing
Business.

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one OF the greatest features of the show
in progress there. AS ali advertisement.
| of the road and the fertile country thru
which its lines traverse the display j!
q grand success, and has won complt
ments for the management of the com
! pany for its enterprise and is attracting
4 attention to the line and its adjacen
/ territory. In reference to the exhibit
and the determination to place the road
in the foremost ranks Of western lines
! the Peoria Journal says:
! The Iowa Central railway has the
| credit of being the first of the west.
bound roads entering Peoria to pledge
| support to and offer premiums for the
exposition of 1901. which was so highly
appreciated by the exposition manage.
ment that the first of the special days
designated as Iowa Central day.
In addition to the magnificent dis
play OF corn grown along and within
| radius of six miles OF the company S
lines in Illinois, made in exposition hall
the company, thru its general passenger
and ticket department. has arranged q
special exhibit of this cereal, showing
samples grown at every station on Its
main line and branches in Illinois and
Iowa. This exhibit is located ct the
Main street entrance to the corn palace,
and is the principal center Of attrat-
ton for the thousands of husbandmen
in attendance at the exposition outside
of the corn palace and midway. The
Iowa Central railway special exhibit has
been arranged with greet care. and the
specimens of corn exhibited clearly
demonstrate that there is plenty of corn
in the land, OF 1901 growth, the many
reports to the contrary notwithstanding,
and the splendid display tustifies the
sobriquent. The Corn F.oad, by which
was designated as Iowa Central day.
THE official reports of the Peoria
board OF trade for the year 1900 show
the Iowa Central railway well towards
the top regarding shipments Of grain
into Peoria. During the year 1900 there
was total of 1S,5s5,300 bushels of corn
shipped into Peoria by slll the railroads
and transportation companies, of which
the Iowa Central railway brought in
5,242, 800 bushels or over IS % per cent.
out of total OF II. 263.000 bushels OF
oats received during the year. the Iowa
Central railway delivered 5,2722, 200 bush
els, or AK per cent OF wheat, !. the total
received was 1000 bushels, of which
14i,S50 bushels, or 211s err cent. was re Z
ceived from the Iowa Central railway.
or rye, this road handled into Peoria
49, 200 bushels. 27H per cent, of total
of $4,000 bushels received. During the
year there were received in Peoria S41, {
$40 barrels of flour, 800, $40 barrels, or 40
per cent, being shipped by the Iowa
Central railway. and OF mill feed, this
line brought in 10000 tons, or 55N per
cent, of total of 1880 tons received.
In passenger traffic there has been
as great percentage OF. increase as In
freight and this is especially go during
the past two years that Mr.. George s..
Batty. general passenger and ticket
agent. has been in charge of this de-
partment Under his cilreful manage
ment and direction and by his liberal
methods, the passenger traffic OF the
line has steadily Increased each month
until the earnings are now greater than
at any time in the history OF the prop
ierty.,'
.The entire Iowa Central property is
rapidly being put in first-class condition.
Heavy grades are being reduced on the
main line in Iowa, deep ravines are be-
ing filed. new bridges and station de-
pots erected. old rails renewed with
heavy steel. new equipment procured, 80
that within short time the line viii
rank. physically. among the first class
roads OF the country. An idea of the ex-
tent OF these improvements is given IN
the fact that at a recent meeting of the
stockholders arrangements were made
for the expenditure of $25.00o,000, the
greater part OF which is to be expended
in this direction.
1.-THE Iowa Central Railway Com
pany's property comprises total of 81
miles. The main line extends from Pee
ria to Albert Lea, Mimi, a distance ct
81 miles, and there are branches from
Oskaloosa to Centerville, New Sharon to
Newton, Grinnell to Montezuma, New
burg to State Center, Marshalltown to-
Story City and Hampton to Algona. the
branch lines being located in Iowa, and
the whole line traversing the finest agri-
cultural sections of the Sucker and
Hawkeye states.
Splendid passenger service is main
tanned over lHe eHtIre system, anu tHI
Iowa Central railway has become the
most popular route, especially so for
for the west, northwest and
thru the Peoria Gateway
Thru cars are run from Peoria to Min
neapolis and ST. Paul, this being th,.
only line offering such service from this
city, with splendid connections at union
depots for Kansas City, Des Moines
Omaha, Denver and all points west.
northwest and southwest.
The Iowa Central railway has a large
working force in Peoria, It's representa-
tives and offices being az follows: Pas
senger department. Charles S. Walters,
general agent passenger department.
and George w. Alexander, city passen
ger and ticket agent. No. 1os South
Adams street; freight department, M.
]. Dunn, general agent, Union Freight |
station, foot of Chestnut street.
DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT.
W.. e,rsh Hall an Ola R..;J.n+ os |