Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
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the span will be thirty feet in width,
c;vering the roadway so as to mini.
mize the noise occasioned by trains
pasrlng along. This will do away with
a read crossing on the same grade
with the Burlington tracks and only
the Rock Island tracks will then have
to be crossed at grade.
To Vacate Streets.
The Burlington asks the city to va
cate certain streets and alleys when
the change is made. The crossing at
May street is, of course, to be vacated
as is also Vernon street from Mabel
st1eet to the railroad tracks. In add
tion to this the alley which now exists
along the Rock Island right-of-way be-
tween May and Evergreen streets is to
be vacated and in lieu of this new
alley is to be established along the
new right-of-way of the Rock Island.
The alley between Evergreen and Yer
non streets from the railroad tracks to
Mabel street except in the rear of lot
% on the corner of Evergreen and Ma
bel streets is to be vacated, and in the
(rear of this lot it is to be widened to
twice its present size.
To Start Work Soon.
AS soon as the council fully agrees
to the plans of the railroad company.
which it is thought will be at next
Mondays council meeting, work will
doubtless be begun on the new fill,
which will be long one and will re-
quire much dirt. E. A. Howard, land
agent for the Burlington, stated to a
Courier representative this morning
| that the railroad company expects to
be running over the new track by next
fall and this will necessitate an early
start on the work.
| At BIackhaWk Street.
The concession on the part of the
railroad company regarding the street
crossing in the West End is an impor:
tant one. 1t is the plan to have the
street go around the tower at which
the switches governing the railroad
crossing are operated, so that this
tower will not have to be moved. II
yet remains for the city to obtain lot
| is of the Northwestern addition for
the purpose Of making this street and
also to obtain permission from the
Rock Island company to build the
street across the right-of-way of that
company, which lies to the north OF
the Burlington's right-of-way. AS soon
as the city is ready the Burlington will
lopen the street across it's right-of-way
and will build the crossing, in accord.
ance with the agreement signed last
evening by Mr.. Howard for the compa.
ny he represents.
Beginning of Big Improvement.
Many citizens regard the pIan for
the raising of the Burlington tracks in
the East End as the beginning of a
monster Improvement along this line;
namely, the elevation of all the rail
road tracks in the city to grade sew.
eral feet above the level of the
streets. This has been advocated for
years with regard to Market street
and the residents of the South Side
/ and others who cross the Market
street bridge often are eagerly look.
ing forward to the time when there
will be no railroad tracks to cross at
the north end Of that structure. The
inconvenience caused by these tracks
is source of great annoyance to many
hundreds of citizens each day. Acct
dents have occurred there and many
more have been narrowly averted,
none Of which would be heard of if
the tracks were elevated at this point.
[From Thursdays Dailyl
The trial of the case of the state VS..
Eva Bliss is proceeding before Judge
Vermillion today and the state is pill
4 ing up a great deal of circumstantial
evidence against the woman who is
charged with the murder of Rolla
Houdyshell. This afternoon, as the
Courier goes to press, Judge Vermil-
| lion is making chancery ASSIGNMENT
for the coming week.