Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-09
SUCCEEDS BEcHTEL.
w. H. Hill of st. Paul is Burlington ri
sion Agent.

w. H. Hill of st. Paul is Burlington ri.
sion Agent.
The position of general freight agent
of the Iowa lines of the Burlington,
recently made vacant by the resigna-
ton of J. M. Bechtel was yesterday
given to w. III. Hill, of st. Paul, Mimi,
who for the past fifteen years has been
in the traffic department of the Great
Northern. 1t was announced that the
position was to be given to r. A. Beld-
ing, of Des Moines, but this was found
Ito be unfounded. The department was
turned over to the new man today, and
he at once assumed the duties.
Mr.. BechteI's Future Plans.
Mr. J. w. Bechtel, who turns over
the office of division freight agent to
Mr.. Hill today, intends to leave soon
for Hamburg, Iowa, where he will at
once arrange for the building of a
home. Hamburg is situated in the
southeast part of Fremont county, al
most on the Missouri line in the ex-
IRENE southwest corner of Iowa. Mr..
Bechteps fruit farm lies a short dis
lance from the city and will be the
Mecca of daily excursions by Mr.. Bech-
tel during the growing season. Mr..
Bechtel says his retirement from rail-
road life is positively permanent, that
his great desire is to settle down to a
quiet and restful life. While he is in
better physical health than for long
time, he feels the need of a laying off
| of the burden of the strenuous life he
has been leading. While Mr.. Bechtel
will be far removed from many who
know him, he will not be lonesome for
the want of good wishes and remem-
brances which will always attend him
from friends and acquaintance all
along the Burlington system in Iowa.
New Road to st. Louis.
The Iowa, Illinois and Missouri railway
| the new road of which mention was made
| in last evenings Courier, will start at Du
buque and run to st. Louis via the Tri
Cities, Rock Island, Davenport and Moline
| 1t will pass through Monmouth and con
tinue south In practically air line to st
Louis. Burlington is tapped by a brancl
| line, as is also Muscatine and Keokuk
The railroad, which will follow the short
| est practicable route between the termini
| will in common parlance in the future
| probably be known as the st. Louis Shor
| Line, and by crossing or connecting will
! all tue lTu1lk lines running east and weSl
| between Chicago and Omaha, in addition
! to the great saving in distances travelled
will be not only n trunk line itself, with
low grades and light curvature, but also q
| belt line, by means of which any or al
| of the overland railways may, through
| trackage or traffic contracts, have direct
access to this city.
| Among the railway companies which, un
doubtedly will be glad to avail themselves
of such privileges, are the Santa Fe, Bal
| timore and Ohio, and the Wabash, by
| means of which new and direct routes will
enable the people of this territory to reach
the Atlantic seaboard of the east and the
| ports of the Pacific and gulf coasts on the
west and south.
Men Behina the Deal.
| The Northwestern, Illinois Central, Great
| Western, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
and Milwaukee and st. Paul railways viii
| give easy access to all parts of the west
and northwest. The incorporators and di
rectors of the company are:
George T.. Cram, st. Louis.
Eugene Cary, Chicago.
| S. S. Hallam, Monmouth.
4 Walter A. Rosentield, Moline.
] Edward ii. Guyer, Thos. ]. Medill, RocI
| Island.
]. S. wylie, George H. Boynton, A. F.
Cutter, Davenport.
Alphon Matthews, Dubuque.