Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08

The transformation of the New
York Central and of the New Haven
and New Hartford railroads into rail-
roads with electric motive power is
completed between New York and
stamford to the latter, between New
York and Woodlawn on the former.
The traffic on the lines will be formal
ly opened in few days. Trial trains
were started on both lines today.
third or contact rail is used on the
New York Central road while the New
Haven and Hartford road uses the
overhead trolley. The locomotives.
which are to be used on the New Hav
en- and Hartford, weigh seventy-two
tons each and are equipped with four
ESQ horsepower motors of the single
phase, gearless variety. The control is
electric-pneumatic and each locomo-
tive will be equipped with an air com.
whistle and flash boiler for heating
trolley the locomotives will be equip.
ped with bow" trolleys. The trolley
wires will be Of copper and about the
size of mans little finger
The identification of the West
Shore road between Utica and Syria
cuse is practically completed and
everything is in READINGS for starting
the running of electrically propelled
trains on that line. The cables trans
hitting the power for the road from
Spier Falls, where the power house Of
the Hudson River Electric Power com.
pany Is located, will be carried on
steel towers 55 feet high and the line
now completed is about $50 miles long.
At Syracuse the Hudson River COM
pany meets the Niagara Falls Power
company, which will furnish the pow
er for the next 100 miles.
Dr.. Hall Resigns.
The following extract is clipping
from the Galesburg Evening Mail,
which says:
DR.. F. G. Hall, who for the past sew
en- years has been the Burlington re-
lief examiner at this point, has re-
signed his position, his resignation to
take effect the first of October, and
will enter the firm of Johnson, Bow
ers & Baird. During his long period
of service here DR.. Hall has discharg-
ed the duties of his office with ability
and has made an excellent record for
himself. He is graduate of the Uni
4 versity of Nebraska, attended the med
ical department of the Northwestern
university and graduated from the
medical department of Cornell univer
sity in the class of 1899. For some
time he served as chief surgeon Of St
Luke's hospital at Bayonne, New Jer
Isey, resigning that position to accept
the position of relief examiner for the
Burlington
Official notification of his successor
it is believed that DR.. Early of Grand
Crossing, Wis, will be transferred
here. The resignation of both Drs
Hall and Ripley gives color to the
story recently published by the Mai
that the Relief was soon to go out Of
business"
Frank Billiard Dead.
Word has reached the city thai
Frank L. Billiard, we'll known Bur
lington engineer, died yesterday morn
ing at the Burlington hospital, his
death resulting from an attack Of par
, alysis. The career of Mr.. Billiard as
an engineer was long one and wa!
marked by many evidences of compe
tency and skill. He was a member O
the M. w. A. and the Burlington Re
lief and leaves wife and daughter tt
mourn his loss.
, Joseph capIinser Dies.
The news of the death of JOSEPH
, Caplinger, an employee of the Wabash
mas been received here. Mr.. Caplin
ger was formerly baggageman on tn,
4 Ottumwa Moulton branch of the Wa
bash and filled that position for sew
eral years. Recently he filled a pc
sition as brakeman on the main lin
and met his death near ST. Charles
: Mo-, caused by being caught between
two cars. The deceased was a resi-
dent of Moberly, Mo-, and leaves
wife and two children to mourn hi
loss.
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