Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18
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Des Moines Interurbar Railway Com.
pany to Parallel Northwestern.
Des Moines. Sept. 16.--The Des
Moines InterurEan Railway company
is projecting new interurban line
thirty-tive miles in length between
Des Moines and Ames to parallel and
take in every town touched by the
Chicago & Northwestern railway.
1t is said that the road will be built
next year. Right OF way is now re-
ported to have been purchased by
agents of the company from Des
as far north as Ankeny and arrange.
ments completed with the Des 31oines
Street Railway company whereby it
will extend the Walker street line
in East Des Moines a distance of one
mile at once from the corner of East
Fourteenth street. l: is proposed to
build this line along Fourteenth street
in time extending it to the county
poor farm. 1t is then proposed that
the inter,irha3 company take up the
work and build the line through Say
lorville, Oralabar, Ankeny, Croker,
Polk City, Sheldahl, Slater and Kelly
to Ames.
This extension will be one Of the
greatest yet contemplated by the ill.,
,erurban company 1t is said that resi-
dents in this vicinity have offered
every inducement to the company to
build. making reasonable prices on
their property through which the right
of way will run.
The Des Moines 1nterurban Railway
company planned many extensions FOX
this year. They We're not carried out
because of the high prices Of mater
ials and grading. The company had
planned work on both the Newton and
Winterset extensions for this year
and only tho sky high prices pre-
vented.
Ties are said to have risen 25 per
cent in the past year. Grading ana
ballasting costs an increase Of al
most as much. 1t is almost impossl'
bio to secure men. The wet weather
has caused work to progress slowly.
OLD CRIME BEING PRoeE0.
! Clinton saloonkeeper Arrested for
Participation in Fur Robbery.
Clinton, Sept 1S.-A sensation was
created here when the police arrested
! Michael Conroy. saloon keeper, on
| the charge Of being an accessory in
/ the Grossman fur robbery here sixteen
| months ago. The robbery was one OF
the most sensational in the history of
! the city. 1t took place on the after
noon of Decoration day. but the theft
was not learned until the next morn
! ing. The goods stolen were valued at
! $780, A fur dealer in Des Moines
! was arrested for the crime, but proved
his innocence. Several months ago ii
was learned nan named Hail of Chi.
cago was implicated in the robbery.
! However, he was also wanted for
! crime in Illinois and was sentenced
to the penitentiary for the Illinois Of
Tense and is now in prison. However
! his wife is here to testify before the
! grand jury and also at the prelimin.
| airy hearing to be held Saturday.
| The grand jury Is also investigating
several robberles which have been
committed here during the past few
years and it is said arrests will follow
which will cause a sensation here.
Last winter a man named Burrier, a
hardened criminal, was arrested for
| robbing the residences of DR.. Hamil-
| ton and DR.. Fischer He entered a
| plea of not guilty and made written
| statement, giving information. 1t is
! said, of all the other recent robberies
| in this city. The csn.ials have been
extremely active and have brought
witnesses from all parts of the state
and even from Omaha and Chicago.