The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-10
THE RAILROAD HUB.
News and Notes Cleaned in and
Around 0skaloosa.

Tracy, July 9.-Work has been
begun here on the extension OF the
Burlington Route from Oskaloosa to
this point. A gang of about dozen
men be gun the work of setting the
posts for the right of way fences and
, are pushing the work along rapidly.
Car loads of posts and ties are being
unloaded here every day and the rail-
road company are now at the work
in earnest. Last week the survey OF
the road was changed, and now
comes through the southwest corner
of town and strikes the main line
near the depot instead of striking it
south of town as it did by the old
| survey. According to the new sur
vey the road will pass through the
town property of Scott Smith, Lewis
Marsh and Gal Garden occupied by
Mrs. Sherman and will cross the
Wabash track at the southeast cor
ner of the @. stock yards and pass
diagonally through the stock yards.
The right of way will be fenced first
thing and the grading operations
thus conf ued between the fences, so
that no damage can be done to the
growing crops adjacent to the work.
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Newton, July 9.-It is now firmly
believed here that the Iowa Central
will be continued into Des Moines
over some route, either the Polk In
terurban, or by the construction of
new line between this city and the
capital. In the event a new line is
constructed the company will pur-
chase the Cleveland syndicate fran
chises in Altoona, Mitchellville and
Colfax. 1t is now claimed, however,
that Mr.. Polk, of Des Moines, has
made overtures to the Iowa Central
for close traffic agreement whereby
the interurban will be practically a
continuation of the Iowa Central into
the capital city.
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The striking Iowa Central shopmen,
machinists and helpers, who have
been out since Sunday morning from
the shops in this city, returned to
their work in this city Wednesday
morning. The men were out in SYM
pathy with the Marsh alltown strikers
and not because they had any par.
ticular grievance of their own. AS
no settlement was in sight and as the
places of the local strikers were like
ly to be filed by men who would
work, the sympathizers thought the
better way was to return to their
places and so the Oskaloosa strike is
at an end. The Marshalltown situa-
ton being surrounded by different
conditions remains about the same
as before and with no indications of
settlement yet from either side.
The men are still out and are likely
to be out for some time. The de-
velopment in the Oskaloosa sympathy
strike will have no effect on the situ-
alton at that point.
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The new turn table at the foot of
South B street is giving The c., B. &
Q. some trouble in it's operation. The
table does not balance exactly, and
owing to the soft condition of the
ground where the ends come down
the wheels do not track on the circu-
lar rail. Those in charge, however,
think that as soon as everything set.
ties the table will work all right.
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The new time card for the Bur-
lington route went into affect Sun
day, July and trains were running
on schedule time from the moment
the change was made. The time of
the fast train between this city and
Burlington has been shortened con-
siderably and there are other advan-
tages on the new card not enjoyed
by Oskaloosa on the former schedule.
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About thirty engineers and con-
ductors spent Sunday evening before
Trainmaster R. d. Mcfarland of the
B., @. r & N. division of the Rock
Island system. The gentleman came
to the city about eight O'Clock to ex-
anime and instruct the men who run
over the Rock Island system from
Manley Junction to Albert Lea. The
examination was conducted in the
offices Vt Superintendent j. A. Davis
and Trainmaster B. e. Fallis and the
men were working well into the "wee
sma' hours"