Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-14
MAY RESClND ORDER
clTlzENsoF cHlLLicoTHE. MO-,
TO CONFER WITH MILWAu.
kEE OFFICIALS.
Believed That Division Point May Not
Be Changed Old Burlington Con-
ductor Resigns - Work on West Di.
vision Railroad Notes.

The citizens of Chillicothe, Mo-, be-
lleve that the Milwaukee officials can
be induced to rescind their order re-
garding the removing of the division
point from that city to Laredo and a
committee will confer with President
A. j. Earling of the Milwaukee, in Chi
cago Friday. The following special
was received from Chillicothe:
The feeling among the citizens here
today is that the Milwaukee officials
can be induced to rescind their determ-
ination to remove the company's d.
vision point from this city. President
Earring of the Milwaukee has set next
Friday as the date for conference to
be held between a committee OF bust
ness men from Chillicothe and himself
relative to the removal question. The
committee which is composed of five
representative men will leave here
Thursday night.
May Increase Freight Business.
AT mass m eeting held here last
night the citizens committee, consist
ing Of five business men, reported that
$4,000 is a conservative estimate of
the amount Of competitive business in
addition to the regular traffic, that
local merchants can furnish the rail-
road company in freight alone if the
division is maintained here. This esti-
mate will be the point on which the
committee hopes to obtain the consent
of President Earling TO keep the d.
vision in Chillicothe. A committee also
reported that in case the Milwaukee
moved its division point all of the COM
pany's land in Chillicothe would re-
vert to the original owners"
Work Has Begun.
The work of laying out the grounds
for the proposed division point at Lar
edo has already begun. A bulletin
stating that the division point was to
be changed as soon as the necessary
buildings could be constructed, was is
sued several weeks ago. 1t is estimat-
ed that should the order be carried into
effect that Chillicothe would lose about
1870 railroad men and their families and
that about half of these would move
to Ottumwa as the layovers would be
in this city.
Burlington Conductor Resigns.
Cyrus A. Stanchfield of Creston, one
of the oldest Burlington conductors
and well known among the railroad
men in this city has resigned after
thirty-nine years of service with the
Burlington road. Mr.. Stanchfield has
been conductor for over thirty-eight
years and has had some of the most
important mail and passenger runs on
the Burlington lines in Iowa.
Conductor Stanchfield was one of
the most careful and painstaking of
men, always courteous to passengers
and careful alike to the interests of
the company and the welfare of the
patrons of the road. He served dur
ing the civil war and was with Gen
eral Sheridan in the Shenandoah cam
paign. For a number of years Conduct
or Stanchfield was in charge of one of
the fast mail runs from Burlington to
Council Bluffs. Lately he has had a
run on the west division. He resign
ed his position on account of failing
health.
Old Conductor Dead.
William Weirs. for forty-dve years in
the service of the Burlington route, and
the Oldest conductor in the service of
LuS COulPduy pdooSu away dL SulCdSO
suddenly yesterday morning at 1880
O'Clock. His death was due to pneu-
monia.
Mr., Weirs was a faithful and ener-
getic employee of the company, and re-
ceived his promotions through good
and capable service. He was for the
past fifteen years fast mail conductor
running from Chicago to Burlington.
He made his home at Chicago, No. 222
Kendall street. While in Burlington
he made his headquarters at the Union
hotel. He is survived by a wife, who
lives at Chicago. He was about sixty
sdve years of age. He was about to
!. AXE his train from the Burlington de-
pot at Chicago. early Tuesday morning
when he suddenly fell to the ground
and died soon afterwards. During his
lifetime both he and his wife had made
quite study of methods of reforming
criminals, in which work they had
been quite successful.