Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-16
Representative Of Hamilton
Browne Making Inspection
For Proposed Interurban
THREE ROUTES CONSIDERED
Milwaukee Connection by Way Of Hav-
erhin, Melbourne or Fersuson-Ex-
pert Concludes Inspection Of Local
Electric Plant - lnterurban Plans
Taking Definite Form.

Plans for an electric interurban 10 q
connection with the Milwaukee railway
are taking definite form. e. g. killey,
an engineer representing Hamilton
Browne. of Chicago, who proposes to
build O. line out Of this city, arrived
Monday night and today he is inspect
ing proposed routes.
Mr.. Browne has been making an eff
fort during the past two weeks to Sc
cure the services OF a competent en-
gineer to come here and investigate
the several feasible routes but could
not secure one until within a few days.
Mr.. Killey is from Geneva, III. In
company with Fred Click he is driving
today over the territory between Mar
shalltown and Melbourne. Three routes
are proposed--one to the Milwaukee
by way of Melbourne, another to Hav-
erhill and another to Ferguson. Mr..
Killey will return to the city this even
ing by way Of Haverhil and tomorrow
will drive to Ferguson. He will de-
termine which, in his opinion, is the
best route over which to build to the
Milwaukee, and will submit his re-
port to Mr. Browne. OF course the
determination of the terminus OF the
line will deIend somewhat upon the at
titude Of the owners of farm lands and
their liberality in giving the right OF
way. Little difficulty Is anticipated in
securing necessary land concessions 1or
the reason that it is a well established
fact that interurban lines create q
much higher value for the adjacent
farms. For instance, the Colfax line
out of Des Moines caused an increase
in farm values of. $25 to $50 per acre,
this increase affecting land two or
more miles On each side Of the line.
Dealing for Local City Line.
The negotiations between Mr..
Browne and Jones s. Hovey. owners
Of the Marshalltown street car system
for the taking over Of the local plant
and line by Mr.. Browne for operation
in connection with his interurban sys-
TEN, are still under way. Mr.. Evans.
an expert accountant representing Mr..
pendence two weeks checking over the
books and inspecting the properties.
with view Of arriving at satisfac-
tory valuation The sale Of the plant
to Mr. Browne would probably mean
not only the. building of several inter-
urban lines within the next three years,
but would insure much needed extern
sions of the local system, provided the
people agree to give the project the
necessary support.
The question of the transfer of the
Marshalltown plant is now up to Mr..
Browne and Jones & Hovey. and until
this is accomplished or fails, little else
will be done further than to prosecute
the work Of securing right of way over
one or more of the proposed routes.
While MI. Browne, in his contract
with the Retail Merchants Association,
does not agree to build more than one
interurban line, he has announced
that he will not stop at that. Mr..
Browne will be in the city in week or
so for consultation with Chairman In
gledue and other members OF the mer-
chants committee and with interested
citizens.