Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
ABANDON THE OLD ROADBED
Electric Line to Take Possession When
Great Western Cutoff is Finished.
DIES MONIES LABoRERS GO OUT ON STRIKE
Supreme Court Reverses Decision of
Lower and Holds stewart
Deposit in omcer q Pussey
Bank "a Trust Fund.
(From a staff cOrrespondent.)

DES MONIES, June S.-(SpeciaL)-The
completion Of the new cutoff of the Great
Western railroad in Bremen county will
mark a great change in the operation Of
the line there. The present line from Sum
ner to Waverly will be abandoned as a
railroad and all trains will go over the
new cutoff from waverly to Oelwein. The
abandoned line, about twenty-five miles
long, will be sold to the Waterloo & Cedar
Falls Transit company, which company will
extend its new interurban electric line
from Denver, the present terminus, to
Tripoli, on the Great Western and will
take over the entire Sumner Waverly line
and operate 1t as an electric road. This
will leave several good towns on the line
without a railroad, but will make the Wa
terloo-Denver electric system Of great i'm
portance. 1t is the intention Of the company
to push on towards Hampton and Cresco at
an early date. The new Great Western cut
of is now being constructed.
b Troubles in Des MoInes.
All the union machinists Of this city went
out on a strike this morning. They found
that the employers had not agreed 10 their
demands. and therefore acted in accord
with their declaration made the last Friday
that an agreement must be signed by Mon
day morning or not a man would work.
All the union plumbers, gas and steam
filters Of the city are on strike today. They
refused to go to work this morning unless
the master plumbers signed a new scale.
They had notified the employers of a de-
mand several weeks ago, and fixed June l
as the time they would look for an increase.
The plumbers want $3.50 per day for
eight hours. The gas and steam filters
want the same wages. The differences will
| nroha hly ha fought &c the moatar p1upnhara
say they will not give $3.50 per day for
part of the men employed, though they
might be willing to pay it for the leading
plumbers, who can take a job and figure
on 1t and carry on the work without loss
Of time or money. The plumbers have
been getting SO as an average wage. 1t is
thought the strike will be a protracted one,
and it will affect many large and small
buildings, some of which have been under
way for months and which lack only
plumbing and wood finish.
Death of Charles Reugnitz.
News has been received Of the death Of
Charles Reugnitz of Elkader, county treas
urer Of Clayton county for eight terms and
one Of the most popular men of northeast
Iowa. At the recent meeting Of the grand
lodge Of the Ancient Order of United
WorkmeD of Iowa at Council Bluffs, he
was reelected grand overseer Of the lodge.
He was a democratic candidate for state
treasurer in 1882. Before going to Clayton
county Mr.. Reugnitz, who was a native of
Germany, worked for some years in Omaha
on the Union Pacific railroad.
Money from Estates.
During the month Of May the state treas
urer received payments Of collateral In
heritance taxes in settlement OF twenty-six
estates, the largest number settled in any
one month since the law was passed. The
amount received, however, was small, being
only $6,225.73. The collection Of the coll
lateral inheritance taxes is now much cas-
Ter and prompter than before a number OF
important decisions by the court in relation
to the law.
Deposit a Trust Fund.
The Iowa supreme court today reversed
Judge Green in a case from Pottawattamie
county, affecting adversely the creditors oil
the oficer & Pussy bank. ]. ]. Stewart
as executor Of the estate of A. Cochran had
deposited in the bank at a time when II
was reputed to be solvent $2,139. SO, as
trust fund, and he asked to have this de-
clared a preferred claim. Judge Green held
1t to be a general deposit and the executor
had no rights not common to all the cred
lOIb VI the Dduh. III an opinion preferred
by Judge Sherwin the Iowa supreme court
today holds that as the deposit was of a
trust fund it was not a general deposit and
should not have been mingled with the or
binary funds of the bank-hence the claim
should have been declared a preferred one
The following were the decisions:
State against Frank Conner, appellant,
Cass county; Judge Green; conviction fol
Charles I. officer. administrator. against
0mGer q Pussy ct al; appellants; Potta'
versed; opinion by sheTwin.
State against j. A. Gregory, appellant
Pottawattamie county; Judge Smith; con.
Mark Trotter ct al against Rufus Trottei
! ct al. appellants; keeokuk Gounty judge
! opinion by Waterman.
Bidding ON Army Post Building.
. At the once Of Major Turner of tn,
K United States army there was opened to.
= day the bids Of various contractors on tn,
first work to be done in the construction
, OF the army post buildings near Des Moines
Bids had been asked for on ten separat,
buildings, including barracks and officers
Q quarters, also for the plumbing and I'm,
ishing and many other matters. The bidi
on the ten buildings varied from $3.50, 0N
to $4,000 for the buildings alone. Majoi
y Turner will forward the bids to the head
=, quarters at Washington and it is expecte,
= contracts will be entered into so that worl
may be commenced within forty days. Tn,
bids were somewhat higher than expected
because Of the fact that there is no rail
road spur to the site Of the army post AM
= the contractors must depend on the cleo
: trio street car line to the post. Their
v IL available now 100000. with which thi
work may be commenced.
a VIII Have Ten stations.
It TIE location Of all the new stations o.
the Des Moines. Iowa Falls & Northern
road has Just been completed and will Civ
the line ten stations exclusive OF the ter
minal points, Des Moines and Iowa Falls
10 In the order in which they come, ~startinu
at the north end OF the line, are Buckley
and Sherman in townships Of the sam
name In Hardin county. Garden City is 4
al Concord township south OF the Hawsrde.
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