Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
Further Retrenehment Planned -=ln,s
portant Changes Announced by the
Rock Island - Ne Local Freights
Monday Other Railroad News.

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ses have been piling up at surprising
rate, so that the net earnings Of the
road are insufficient to make things
look comfortable, Drastic measures
have already been adopted to reduce
the cost Of running the system, and
from present Indications still further
action will have to be taken.
The company has already found 1t
necessary to mix It's trains on the less
important routes. Instead of running
so many freights, few cars are added
to the regular passengers. The switch
engine crews have been significantly
reduced within the last few months,
and the number of men working in the
yards Is considerably smaller than
formerly.
The reason for the decrease IN earn.
ings is attributed primarily to the fact
that 1t is the year of the presidential
election. This year is always worri
some to business men, and the re-
verses which they experience react on
the railroads. The Pennsylvania rail
road was so affected this season that
nearly $4,000 men had to be discharged
on the main lines alone.
Aheorbs New System.
Two important announcements have
been made by the management of the
Rock Island system. One is to the
effect that on July l the ST. Louis,
Kansas City and Colorado, which has
been completed between St. Louis
and Kansas City, will be absorbed by
the Rock Island. becoming the St.
Louis division of that system. The
name ST. Louis, Kansas City and Colo
RADIO will be dropped.
The second announcement is that
the new Chicago-St. Louis line of the
Eastern Illinois road will be opened
during the latter part Of July when a
first class service will be inaugurated
with new coaches and new Pullman
sleepers.
In connection with the absorption
of the st. Louis, Kansas City & Colo
RADIO the following appointments were
made public:
| G. e. McKim to be general superin-
tendent of transportation.
W. M. Hobbs, assistant superin.
tendent of transportation.
J. 0. Crockett, general superintend.
ent at Kansas City.
Thomas Roope, superintendent of
| motive power
Mr.. Crockett, formerly superintend.
ent of mails and telegraph, has also
been appointed general superintend.
ent Of the southwestern district of the
Rock Island to succeed H. E. Bryan,
resigned.
New st. Louis Line.
! The opening Of the new double
track line of eastern Illinois will
mean a great deal to the Rock Island
system, as well as to the southwest
and Chicago. The new short line was
obtained by constructing sixty-twc
miles of road between Woodland and
Villa Grove, ILL.,, nineteen miles be
tween Pana and Findley and eighty
two miles between Pana and East st
Louis. The road has been laid will
eighty-fve pound steel rails, is grave
hallasted and all bridge work is o.
concrete and steel. In order to obtair
a short line the Eastern Illinois has
| ignored location of towns in Illinois
and built an air line between Wood
land and Villa Grove. On this portion
of the line the following new towns
have been plated: Bryce, eighty
seven miles from Chicago; Hawks
ninety eight; Reilly, 1903; Ellis, 10s
Royal, 1870: Glover, 1885, Upton, 1923
Block. 1856; Bongard, 140 On tn,
new Pana division the following new
towns have been plated: Westervelt
1911 miles from Chicago; Henton, 10
and Dollville 1919 miles.
/ Old Tariff Restored.
Committees representing western
and eastern roads met in Chicago yes
terday with view to arriving at al
adjustment of the grain and flou
rates from Missouri river points t
the gulf and the seaboard At tn
meeting it was announced that tn
Alton had, for the time being, witt
drawn the 21-cent grain rate to tn
seaboard and that the old tariffs
90 IL cents to the seaboard and 1S t
the gulf, would be restored The Ba
timore & Ohio Southwestern ha
given notice that it will join any ives
ern connection at any time in maxim
a 21-cent grain rate from the Missoul
river to the seaboard. Western line
also met and agreed to take out tn
cut rates on canned goods today.
j, Cut in Grain Rate.
rates has been agreed upon by the A
lantic coast trunk line railroads.
takes effect today and is mad
to equalize the rates prevailing on tn
Canadian lines. The export interest
of New York Boston, Philadelphia an
Baltimore will be thereby put in 81 p,
sitlon to compete with the Canada
grain dealers. Under the new tart
all grain from Buffalo is placed upo
. threecent basis This is reductio
: Of one cent per bushel on wheat en-
: fax, three-quarters of cent DC
/, bushel on corn and one.helf cent pe
; hushel on barley. No reduction
= made on oats, because the expol
movement Is limited
yellow Stone Park Folder.
The general passenger departmel
! Of the Northern Pacific railway, hi
. issued for the present season, Ye.lo