Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-09
Iowa Railroads Preparing t.
Handle Big Traffic When
Crop Movement Begins
REPAIR SHOPS ARE KEPT BUS Z
Banks Are Also Getting Ready to F.
nance the Annual shipment-comp-
troIer of the Currency Has the Sub
iect of Money Supply Under lnves-
tisation.

Cedar Rapids, Sept. 9.--Iowa rail
roads and Iowa banks are now pre-
pairing to move the big grain crop fror
the bountful harvest fields of this stat :
to the east, where the bread and flour
of the west finds large consumption.
The railroads all report that the con
dition this year is better than last an
that the shortage of cars will not b
crops were tied up and placed in an
Improbable shape by delayed ship
ments.
| The banks are preparing to financ
! the annual shipment by calling III
loans and securing funds for advanc =
ling to farmers and dealers IN the
transfer of the heavy crops
! With better car service, the banks.
| as local banker explained yesterday,
| are expected to handle the financial
end of the market with more expedi--
ency than last year and that no trouble
| is expected by the tying up of the har-
vest.
For the past two months the rail-
distribution so that they can turr
many empty cars into the Dakotas ano
Iowa for the use of grain dealers.
The heavy crops Of Iowa and the
Dakotas have led to an inquiry into
the situation by the comptroller OF
the currency. Recently this govern
ment official sent out to all of the
bank examiners turnout the northwest
a series of questions in order to deter
mine the currency condition in the diff
ferent localities. He learned from his
reports that in most cases the states
are better prepared to handle their
crops and to manage shipments finan-
cially than last year and that the
heavy deposits in many of the rural
districts aided much in supplying the
drain which would be made by tho
purchase of the grain harvest.
The report of the Iowa examiners
was to the effect that Iowa was not
as well prepared That was determine
ed, however, before the general con-
ditions of the harvest were known and
the big corn crop fully realized.
Now, the banker said, the general con-
ditions of prosperity are such that no
stringency in the financial market
would be felt when the crop commence
ed to move. He declared the state
financially and agriculturally would be
in better shape next spring than for
many years past.
Shops Are Busy.
The Rock Island car shops at Ce-
dar Rapids are engulfed in q tidal
wave of prosperity SO far as work
ahead is concerned. 1t is said to be
probable that before long the Rock Is
land will increase it's force in all de-
Dart1nents in the shops at that city.
1t is very probable also that the num-
Der of working hours each day will be
increased to keep pace with the in
fux of work In fact, the demand for
arising from increased
traffic incidental to the approach of the
husv winter season will necessitate
this course if the present policy of
the company in rushing rolling STOCK
from all divisions of the system to
the Cedar Rapids shops for repairs be
a criterion.
In the shop yards and buildings
three hundred and eighty-nlne cars and
twelve locomotives comprise the list
IF equipment now being repaired or
awaiting turn for that operation. The I
oar department, as will be seen, is
sspecially busy. Coaches are not
turned out in a day This class of
work requires time.
The following cars constitute the
total of $50 now on the tracks in i
this department: One hundred box
cars 1870 stock cars, 40 coal cars, 20 flat :
cars. 8 passenger coaches, conlbina- /
ton mail baggage and express cars, /
mail car, l baggage car