The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-03-20
RAILROAD RUMORS.
Facts and Fancies From Round
House and Depot.

A dispatch from Chicago to day
says: "Contract for the construction
of the Iowa & St. Louis Railway from
Elmer, Mo-, on the Santa Fe, to
connection with the Iowa Central
near Centerville, Iowa, and the Chi
cago & Northwestern near Buxton,
Iowa, has been let here to william
Kenefick, of Kansas City, Mo. The
contract calls for the completion of
the line not later than August L. The
road is being built by the Gates Lam
bert Mitchell interests.
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1t is generally accepted as true, al
though the report lacks official cor
that new day train will
be put on the Iowa Central about
April Is, between Abba and Albert
Lea. When this is done Nos. A and
5 now running between Peoria and
Mason City will stop at Oskaloosa.
This will make Oskaloosa the division
point for another train, and the resi-
dence place.of several more families.
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@. Il. Ackert has been appointed
general manager of the Southern
Railway system, with headquarters
at Washington, and will assume the
duties of his new position at once.
Mr.. Ackert formerly was general
manager of the Iowa Central, Presi-
dent OF the Elgin Joliet and Eastern,
and the Chicago, Lake Shore and
Eastern,1 general manager of the
Mobile andIOhio, and is now general
manager of the Southern Railway
system controlled by the Morgan in
terests, whose confidence he is said
to hold to..a marked degree.
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When the Iowa Central gets it's 400
box cars!of.s0, 900 pounds capacity ,36
feet long, it's facilities for handling
it's rapidlyIincreasing freight business
will be considerably augmented.
The passenger business of the road
keeps on climbing. The earnings for
the first week in March shows an in
crease of s2,026 90 over the CORES
ponding period of last year. For the
month of February the.road earned
50 ,066. 33, an increase of 1894 90 over
the corresponding month of last year.
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Statistics prove that the safety ap-
pliances placed on railroad trains in
this country decreased the number
of train!hands killed one year So per-
cent from the previous year. Reports
indicate that the use of old and weak
cars is now the greatest danger that
train men have.
Stations on the Manchuria Railway
in Russia are placed IS miles apart
reference to the location of
towns, but then. Manchuria is no such
country like Iowa, where every rail
way station represents a good live
town.
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Plans are now maturing by the
Iowa Central road for immigrant |
trains for the northwest country from
points on the Story City branch and
Richland and Ollie. The very low
rate and the special Inducements Of
fered for these periodical excursions
sholld commend them to the pros
pective settlers in the new territory
Of the northwest. II you contemplate
1 trip drop line to Geo. s. Batty,
. P. & T. A, Marshalltown, Iowa,
and receive full and complete i'm
Walter A. Johnson, of the Iowa
Central round house and machine
shops in this city, has rendered his
to Master Mechanic Geo.
d. Brooke, the same to take effect
April l5 Mr. Johnson is led to this
step by the imperative demands of
other interests that he has acquired
in California, and which are demand
ing his presence and personal atten-
ton in that locality. He will go with
his wife to st. Paul for a brief visit
with friends and relatives after leav-
i ng this city and will depart thence
for Los Angeles where he will make
his permanent residence although
it is likely that his work will take
him to Chicago portion of the time.
Mr.. johnson regrets that he finds it
necessary to make the change. He
has been working under Mr.. Brooke
for the past eleven years having
served under him first on the st. Paul
and Duluth Short Line. He has been
at the head of the shops and the
houses in this city for the past two
years and in that time the shops have
been brought to their present state
OF efficiency. The gentleman has
made hosts of friends during his
residence in this city and all will re-
greet the change that Is to take him
from among them. Mr.. Johnson's
successor has not yet been announced.
A WOMAN'S WORDS OF PRAISE.
Neosho Falls, Kans., Nov. 13, 1900
Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, Ill.