Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-30
ROCK island COMING
Will Build Into Marshalltown if
the Story City Branch Can't
Be Bought.
Marshalltown { Dakota Pur.
chased and to Be Extended
Thru This City.
Great Western to Shorten Its
Line by Building Cutoff
To Marshalltown.

| Just at the present time Marshall
town seems to be the objective point
OF several projected railways lines or
| extensions 1t is announced from Des
! Moines this afternoon that the Rock
Island proposes to shorten It's line
from the northwest into Chicago to
compete with other lines, and that the
Great Western is planning aSsimilar
shortening of it's line to Chicago. me
Rock Island has secured control or the
| Marshalltown & Dakota line and VIII
extend it to Story City. Then, If the
Story City branch of the Iowa Cen
trail can not be bought, and 1T is prob
able ii can not, the Rock Island will
build a parallel line to Marshalltown
and extend down the Iowa river valley
to Marenge, where it will tap the main
line The Great Western cut-oir pro-
posed is from Rockton, three miles east
of this city, to point on the main line
near Dubuque.
The following dispatch from the T.
r. correspondent at Des Moines ex-
plains the Rock Islands plans:
"Des Moines, Jan. 30.-It became
known here today that plans have been
perfected for the Rock Island cut-off
for their northwe stern business thru
Iowa. The company has acquired
control of the Marshalltown & Da'
kota, which runs from Frasier to Cow
RE The line will be extended to Story
City eastward. Then the Iowa Cen
trail will be paralleled to Marshalltown
unless the Story City branch of the
Iowa Central can be bought From
Marshalltown q line will be built di
rect TO Marengo along the south side
of the Iowa river. This will shorten
the Rock Island fifty-five miles on bus
mess from northwest Iowa to Chi
cago."
1t is claimed in railroad circles that
Ia recent survey made out of Dubuque
in the interests of the Dubuque &
Southwestern railroad. proposed new
air line through central Iowa, was in
reality made for the Chicago Great
Western and that that company is con-
templating the building of new Iowa
line upon the completion of it's Omaha
and Sioux City extensions, says the
Des MoineS Leader. 1t will not only
open up to it considerable new ter
ritory, but will shorten the distance
between all points on its st. Joe and
Kansas City division. south of Mar
shalltown. to Chicago by nearly seven
ty miles.
The preliminary survey leaves the
main line of the Great Western at
<idder, about eighteen miles west OF
Dubuque, and crosses the main line of
the Illinois Central at Epworth. from
which point it runs southwest to Hop
kinton, where it crosses the Delaware
branch of the Milwaukee road. From
this point the course is west of south
west to Central City. where it crosse.
the Cedar Rapids division of the nli-
nois Central and thence in the same
direction to Cedar Point. 1t crosses
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids G.
Northern road three miles south of
Ninton, the Blue Earth division of the
Northwestern at Cutler and the Tama
branch of the Northwestern at Gar
win, connecting with the main line o.
the Great Western at Rockton, three
miles due east of Marshalltown.
This would cut out Waterloo. DEL
vein and other points, so far as thru
Chicago business is concerned.
1t is claimed that this survey has
been made in anticipation of the build
ing of cutoff that will put the Great
Western in position to compete with
the Milwaukee and Rock Island roads
for Kansas City business. both of
which are now building cut-offs on
their southwestern divisions to short
en- the distances between Kansas City
and Chicago.
Ex-congressman Spraeue Dead.
Providence. r. l.. Jan. 30.-Ex- Con-
gresham Charles F. Sprague, Massa-
chusetts, died at the sanitarium here.