Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-02-19
NEW INTERURBAN RAILWAY.
Plans sor Extension During the Com.
inu Year.

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Plans sor Extension During the Com.
ing Year.
Des Moines, Feb. 13.-The Register
and Leader publishes an official map
of the proposed system of the lnterur-
ban company In Polk county, showing
lines now IN operation and lines pro
posed or under construction. The map
shows the route of the Newton and
Prairie City lines now in course OF
construction, and other lines for
which right of way is being purchas.
ed.
The system contemplates the build.
ing Of about $50 miles of electric
road. and it is the intention to have
all this either in operation or under
construction within the next three
years. This system will also connect
with other electric interurbans under
construction or in operation, which
will give Des Moines direct electric
connection with nearly 500 miles of
road.
Points to be reached by the Inter.
urban's own system will be Altoona,
Mitchellville, Colfax, Sewers, Newton,
Prairie City, Norwalk, Indianola, Win
terset, Valley Junction, Grimes, Dali
las Center Panora, Guthrie Center,
Audubon, Saylor, Ankeny, Cambridge.
Nevada, Gearing, Lawn Hill and
Eldora.
The line on the map shown as far
as Ankeny, will be built to Eldora
through Cambridge, Nevada and Gear
ing. The right of way for this road
has been purchased from point on
the Colfax line north of Highland
Park college to the Northwestern
crossing at Ankeny. 1t Is the inten-
tion to build this line as far as Cam
bridge within the next year and to
complete it to Eldora in two years.
The purchasing of right of way along
this line will be commenced by A. Z.
Chamberlain, right of way agent, a.
soon as the work of securing the bal
anee of the right of way for the New
ton line Is completed.
This line will connect at Eldora
with an extension of the Waterloo G
Cedar Falls Rapid Transit company's
road to be made to Eldora from Cedar
Falls. This road will give Des Moines
connection with Grundy Center. Dixie,
Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Denver, Wav-
erly, Bremen, Tripoli and Sumner, all
of which will be reached by the Wat
erloo company's tracks.
Most of the right of way for the pro-
posed extension west has been option
ed as far as Grimes. This extension
will be built from the present term
mus of the University Place line with
q freight cut off to connect with the
Colfax line north of the city. So far
as is known this line will not connect
with electric roads. as no other lines
are now under contemplation in the
territory it will reach. The construc
tion of this line will probably not be
commenced for another year.
The work of constructing the In.
dianola and Wfnterset lines will be
commenced early in the 1903 building
season, and an effort made to com
plete both lines this year. The Win.
terset branch will connect with an
electric road from Creston through
Macksburg to Winterset, which is
now under construction.
An understanding has been reached
between the Interurban people and the
promoters of the lines with which it
will connect by which there will be an
interchange Of business, both freight
and passenger, that will amount to
the operation Of a continuous system.
1t Is expected the close of the 1903
season will see the Interurban trains
running into Grimes, Cambridge, New
ton, Prairie City, Winterset and In
dianola, while if present plans are
carried out all of the points named
will be connected with Des Moines by
electric roads by January 1. 1905.
The company has made the prelim-
mary surveys for all of the lines and
location work has been done on the
Indianola and Winterset lines and on
portions of the Eldora and west lines.
The Interurban company has COM
pleted work on it's turning track at
Colfax and inaugurated regular SER
vice between Des Moines and Colfax.