Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-04
Definite Information as to Flu
ture of the Iowa 4 st. Louis
Road
WORKING FOR COAL SUPPLY
Plans of the Milwaukee Also contem-
plate the Building of Freight Cut
Of Thru Des Moines, Which City
Will be Greatly Benefited by the
Carrying Out Of the Project

Des Moines March 4.-The Iowa &
ST. Louis railroad project is a Miwau-
kee deal. There Is no longer doubt OF
this. What amounts to official confir-
nation of the report was received in
Des Moines yesterday. Incidentally 1T
developed that the road will not be
built beyond Des Moines. The talked
of surveys of an extension from Des
Mones to Sioux City have been thrown
out as a blind. The Milwaukee has
now q direct line between this city
Dakota. but II does not own line
southeast from Des Moines and has
no entrance to st. Louis.
Primarily the object of building the
road is to secure what will amount to
an ineXhaustihle coal supply for the big
Milwaukee system, something that this
road has never had. But in the con-
struction of the fuel line it will also
acquire a property that will be an inn
portant part of the system and greatly
enhance Its standing in the western
railroad world.
The construction of the new line will
be of great benefit to Des Moines, and
will probably result in the expenditure
of large sum of money by the Mill
waukee in this vicinity in the next two
years in the construction of a new
terminal.
Definite information as to the flu
ture OF the Iowa & st. Louis road
leaked out yesterday thru the recent
operations of the Milwaukee road in
Marion and Monroe counties. w. c.
Of Oskaloosa, acting for the
Milwaukee, has concluded the purchase
of 300 acres OF coal lands in Marion
and Monroe counties. The Monroe
county purchase, amounting to about
1000 acres, have been made along
Whites creek, some distance, west and
north of Hiteman. In Marion county
the purchases have been made close to
the line dividing Marion. Monroe and
Lucas counties and little further
north on Cedar Creek and along the
line of the survey of the Iowa a. st.
Louis road between Melrose and Des
Moines. The company has also Sc
cured large holdings along the Noda-
way river in Missouri and in the VII
cinity of Novinger and Collinsville.
In connection with the purchase of
the lands 1t has leaked out that upon
its completion the Iowa & st. Louis |
will become a Milwaukee road, giving |
access to ST. Louis, as Well as to the
coal measures, and a
short line from Iowa and the Dakotas
to the southeast. The line will con-
rs. ~ LII Inv |
If the Milwaukee at Rathburn, to which I
point it is now in operation from a |
point about forty miles out of st. |
Louis. AT Des Moines it will connect
with the Des Moines and northern
Iowa division of the Milwaukee, and
over it and its lines now In operation
he Milwaukee will have short dis
.ance connection between the coal
fields and st. Louis, with every I'M
oortant point in Iowa, Minnesota and
he Dakotas.
The plans of the Milwaukee con-
emplate the building of a freight cut
IF thru Des Moines similar to that
owned and operated by the Great West
.rn road to save wheelage charges
# the Des Moines union on thru
reight. The survey of this line has
,een made thru South Des Moines I'M
Ter the auspices of the Iowa & st.
louis road to a connection with the
at the point where it con-
lects with the Des Moines Union, near
Vest Twenty eighth street.
The plan comtemplates the estab-
ishment Of yards for the handling of
he company's thru business west of
he city, probably along Walnut creek
nd in the vicinity of Give, which is
he junction point of the Milwaukee's
Boone and Spirit Lake lines.
The probabilities are that the Mil
yankee will Immediately build line
rom Jackson to Spirit Lake, which,
then completed will give it easy ac- /,
ess from the coal fields to every por-
ion Of its system.
f. ovERToN PAYNE GONE.