The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-08-06
COMING TOOSKALOOSA
Northwestern Planning Entrance to
This City.

Northwestern Planning Entrance tc
This City.
What Cheer Chronicle: The North
western completed their survey int
Oskaloosa Tuesday so Alex. Walker
informs us. He was there when the
surveyors came into town. The sur
vey starts from near Wright and II
runs between the Iowa Central anG
the Burlington roads to the Mahasks
capital. 1t is probable that Mucha
KNOCK will soon be cut off and the
passenger train will run directly tc
Oskaloosa which will give us a direct
outlet to Des Moines, Ottumwa, Keo
kuk, Burlington, Fl. Madison, Mason
City, Abba, Centerville and Peoria
and will prove a great benefit tt
What Cheer, both in passenger and
freight traffic.
The Rock Island System has just
completed improved telegraph facili
ties; an additional wire having been
strung from Chicago to Cedar Rapids
st. Paul and Minneapolis. This wire
will be used exclusively for company
business and will materially improve
the company's local telegraph service
between the above points.
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"The Golden State Limited"will be
resumed by the Rock Island about
November Is. The equipment will
be new and lighted by electricity
The schedule will be as fast as last
season, the trip from Chicago to Los
Angeles being made in less thar
three days.
With the addition of a new fast
passenger train called the South
western Flyer, land the cutting of the
time between Des Moines and Chica
go by forty-fve minutes, the Mil
waukee line expects to dedicate the
opening of it's new Muscatine cut-ot
August 10.
The agricultural, mining and indus
trial possibilities of Oklahoma are &C
countable for the number of home
seekers focking to the"new country
Out of 122 passengers leaving Omaha
recently on a Rock Island System
train, 12O were en- route for Okla
homa.
The Rock Island railway is con
structing a large bridge over the DeE
Moines river at Harvey, to take the
place of one swept away by las
springs foods. Twenty-Five able
bodied men of Harvey have Offered
their services for the work of con
struction, with wagons and teams
free of all charge. Last spring wheI
the waters threatened this town,
Rock Island conductor stopped hi
train on its regular run and moved
thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty to a place of safety for the peopl
of Harvey. The company charged
nothing for this service, and tn
people who were aided are "gettinI
even" with it. That's fine bit of re
venge.
The steam shovel that was at wor
in the Rock Island cut southwest Q
the city and near the Iowa Centra
crossing of the Burlington and tn
Rock Island tracks, completed It
labors some days since and has bee
moved to other fields. The excavs
tons made were at the north side {
the cut so that the Rock Islam
tracks approaching from the ives
could be showed over, permitting tn
Burlington track to enter the cut 9
the south side of the Central viaduc
The Rock Island tracks have bee
moved and the Burlington tracks COZ
nected up. Material is now bein
hauled for the proper ballasting {
the track. The workmen have bee
busy several days now with the ba
lasting of the Rock Island track q
this point and 1t will require nun
Der Of days yet to get the track
good condition. The placing Of bot
the Rock Island and the Burlingto
tracks between the abutments Of th
Central viaduct makes them bot
take q reverse curve that is very Of
jectionable and it is not likely the
either company will long use tn
present construction. The line {
the Burlington is now completed an
the ends connected. A large force {
men will be put at the work Of ba
lasting and getting in shape for ope
attng.
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