Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-12
work on the extension from Everts, S
D., to the Pacific coast.
Rock Island Line to ST. Louis.


1t is rumored that the Rock Island
will soon become a competitor of the |
Alton, Wabash, Illinois Central and |
Burlington for st. Louis business by Sc
curing new line between Chicago and |
st. Louis. Surveying parties have
started out from Morris, H., on the
main line of the Rock Island, sixty-one
miles from Chicago. 1t is said to be
the purpose to build line from that
point which will traverse this state
and pass through Bloomington and
Springfield.
To Use Union Depot.
Information is received that the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
and the Keokul and Western railroad
VIII use the union depot for their Des
Moines passenger terminals, beginning
probably about August 25.
Contracts We're signed by the officers
of both the Chicago Burlington and
! quincy systems and the Des Moines
Union railroad Thursday IN Chicago.
F. M. Hubbell and j. A. Wagner con
Quoted the negotiations for the Des
! Moines Union railroad.
This will dispose of the plan of the
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy to
build a new depot on the site of it's
present terminal in Des Moines. 1t
will add two roads to the union sta
ton, making total of five that will
be using it by state fair week. This
will include the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul, the Chicago Great West
ern, the Wabash, the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy and the Keokuk and
| Western. In addition, contracts have
already been signed by which the new
Iowa Falls road, when completed, will
also use the terminal facilities of the
union station.
News of the Railways.
A report was circulated in Chicago
yesterday that close traffic alliance
had been perfected between the Chi
cage, Milwaukee and st. Paul and the
Missouri Pacific, of Gould system, by
; which the former will get direct line
to Salt Lake City and give the Mis-
souri, Pacific a direct line to Chicago
!, Milwaukee and st. Paul people claim
to have no knowledge of such deal.
Report Thought to Be Exaggerated.
5 The opinion in railroad circles here
] is that the story, if there is anything t
| it, has been greatly exaggerated The
: Milwaukee and St. Paul has no line tt
ST. Louis to connect with the Missouri
8 Pacific there and has heretofore no
e made strenuous efforts to secure ;
i large share of the Kansas City bust
l. ness, owing to the extreme length o
= it's Kansas City line. This line is nov
Y being shortened. The Milwaukee ant
J. ST. Paul will then have as good
Kansas City line as any of the othe
e roads and it will need an arrangement
t. with one of it's Kansas City connection
n to secure good outlet from that cit.
west. For a time it had an arrange
ment with the Rock Island for Der
. yer outlet, but during the last tw
II years it has been using the Missouri
= Pacific. 1t is probable that owing t
= the shortening of its Kansas City lin
:, new and better traffic arrangement
+" has been made with the Missouri Pr
. cific, but no one believes that an e.
81 elusive arrangement has been mad
u between the two roads. The Missou
u Pacific has the Wabash, which it COZ
trolls, as an outlet to Chicago, bot
o. from Kansas City and from St. Loui
&c 1t is generally understood that IL
u Milwaukee and st. Paul desires no e
~ tangling alliances with any of the e
lie listing roads west of Kansas City. Tt
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient raj
re read is destined to become its outl
e. from Kansas City.