Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-30
RAILROAD NOTES.
Central Plans Grade chanee-sween
ey's Appointment.

eyS Appointment
| Work will be started the first of next
week in surveying new line between
| Grinnell and Searsboro, on the Iowa
Central, along the territory known as
'Schoolhouse hill with the view of
| establishing {. new grade between those
two points.
| The work will be under the supervis-
ion of Mr. IA. C. E,step, principal assist
ant engineer of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railway, who has had a party in
the field engaged in that class of work
between Albert Lea and Minneapolis
on the NJ. & ST. l.. for the past two
months. Mr.. Estep has been selected
to do the work because of the fact that
Division Engineer r. III. Wight. of the
Central, is busily engaged in other lines
of work at the present time.
The heavy grade between Grinnell
and Searsboro could be reduced with a
great amount of work, and it may be
that this will be necessary even yet.
However. if changing the main line be-
tween these two points can be done
with less work than the heavy grade
reduction would necessita.e, the main
line of the road will be altered to suit
the conditions.
II 1t does become necessary to revise
the grade it will mean the removal of
100000 cubic yards of dirt, or making
cut eighteen or twenty feet deep at it's
deepest part. and extending in length
between two and three miles.
"Schoolhouse hill' is the ruling grade
on this division, is very steep and full
of curves, and is one of the best places
to stall freight trains and lose time on
the Central. With revision of the
grade, or new grade established,
much trouble will be obviated. The line
is to be altered at this point in order
to better facilitate the heavy coal traf-
fic between Oskaloosa and Marshall
town.
Steel for the new Iowa Central
bridges is beginning to arrive from the
PhoeniNville. Pa, branch of the Ameri-
can Bridge Company. The steel for the
spans over Charlton river, near Center
Vile, and Lime creek, near Mason City.
are already here. and work will soon
begin in erecting them. The spans for
Timber creek, south of this city, and
South Skunk, north of Oskaloosa, are
expected to arrive within the next few
weeks.
Division Engineer r. H. Wight, of
the Central. left Wednesday evening
for Mason City, spending today in
checking UP the piers for the new span
that is to be erected over Lime creek.
a small stream north of Mason City.
$3.50
The official circulars announcing the
appointment of Mr. NJ. Sweeney as
general superintendent of the Iowa
The circulars read as follows:
Effective Feb. /. 1902, Mr.. M. Swee-
ney is appointed general superintendent
with headquarters at Minneapolis,
Mimi.
From and after that date employees
of the transportation and mechanical
departments, now reporting to the un-
dersigned, will report to the general
L. F.. DAY
Vice President and General Manager"
This places Superintendent Hunting
ton, of Oskaloosa, and Master Me-
chanic Brooke, of this city, under the
new general superintendent, and they |
VIII report to the general manager
thru him.
Conductor Frank Carter, of oska-
loosa. made trip last evening and to
day on passengers No. and 1, for
Conductor w. III. VOORHEES,, of Albert |
Lea. who expects to be off only for
the one trip.