Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-27
TRAFFIC BLOCKED

TRAFFIC BLOCKED
FREIGHT WRECK AT oscEoLA
THIS MORNING DELAYED BUR
LlNGToN SERVICE.
Slipping Of Draw Bar DeraiIed Seven
Empty Freight Cars Burlington
Eastbound Passengers Were Late as
Consequence.
Traffic on the main line of the
Burlington was blocked this morning
as a result Of a small wreck atOsceola.
Seven empty freights cars, of an east
bound train in charge of Conductor l..
G. Hood and Engineer j. A. Young, Of
this city, left the rails by the slipping
of draw bar and both tracks were
blocked. Aside from a small amount
of damage to the derailed cars, and
the delay in traffic, the wreck was Of
but little consequence. Burlington No.
8 and fast mail No. Z, which left this
city before o'clock, were delayed at
O5ceola several hours, and Burlington
No. 10 due here at 11:95 a. m. did not
alive until 2:35 this afternoon.
Burlington No. 6 was two hours late
from the west. but was not delayed by
the mishap at Osceola.
New Rock Island Change.
The new Rock Island time table,
which became effective yesterday, has
been received in this city. The table
showed two changes on the Des
Moines Valley division. The new
card provides for westbound passen-
ser No. 203, for Des Moines, Ruthven
and western Nebraska, leaving here at
7:15 a. M. and eastbound passenger
No. 206, for Eldon, Kansas City, Cali
fornia and the southwest, leaving here
at 10:45 a. m. instead of 9:45 a. m.
as heretofore. The change became eff
fective this morning.
Enlarge Hannibal Shops.
Arrangements are being made by
which the Hannibal shops of the Bur-
ment carries with 1t a plan to move
the coach and paint shops Of the coach
department to Aurora, H., and to de-
vote the entire shops with the excep-
ton Of the freight car repair yards to
locomotive repair work
The change will be made as soon as
the present work in the coach depart
ment can be gotten out. This will
probably be within the next thirty
days. There are about forty workmen
employed in the coach and paint work
and all will be taken care of. Those
wishing to go to Aurora will be given
positions there, and those expressing a
desire to remain in Hannibal will be
provided with other positions at the
shops.
This matter has been under consid-
GRAFTON among the officials of the Bur
lington for several months. Early last
summer the plan was proposed anc
| taken up. F. H. Clark, superintendent
of the motive power of the Burlington
| with headquarters in Chicago, was ii
Hannibal few days ago in conferenc.
with J. N. Wilbur, master mechanic o.
| the shops, regarding the matter. The
announcement of the change by Mr.
Wilbur is the result
Add New Equipment.
The Burlington has made special eff
forts for a number Of years to main
tain its commissary department on the
| highest possible order and have spared
neither money nor care in attaining
that end. The matter of equipment
and service in dining cars has beer
given particular attention, especial,
in regard to the interior finish ant
| dccorationB of the cars themselves
and there Is now running over thi.
/ system what is probably as fine line
of dining cars as any in the country
To this have been added four new
cars containing the very latest de
signs of interior finish. decoration ane
arrangement. Two of these cars were
built by the Pullman company. The
side appearance is peculiar. 1t is diff
ferent from any other cars ever seer
on an American railroad. 1t is notice
able principally because of the low
broad windows set very high above thu
sill and the tasteful design Of TIL,
small art glass windows. The art win
dows are all made by the Peltier Glass
| Company at Ottawa.
Seventy Foot Car.
i The cars are seventy feet long owe
the stills and are of the standard Pull
man construction with cantilever trus
and continuous blocking, wide vesti
bules and six jeweled trucks. They ar,
painted the standard Pullman color
with a single broad gold stripe aroun'
7 the bottom and small gold lettering
There is no fancy gold scroll work o
any description on the outside.
The tables are arranged to seat fou
persons at the table on one side of TIL
aisle, and two on the other, giving
seating capacity of thirty persons. TIL
i general arrangement of the kitchen,
pantry, dining room and aisles is no
materially different from that usual
used in dining cars.
1 The interior view of the dining roor
looking toward the kitchen is yer
rich. 1t is almost identical in genera
features with the interior of the cafe
smoking car exhibited by the Pullma
company at the Worlds fair, which re
ceived much favorable comment. TIL