Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-04
Mr.. Shove Replies to the Rail-
road Agent About Bulletin
ing Trains
,NrERuRsAN sTIRs ATLANTIC
The Orders Taken, the me-bui'dns
The Deaths, the Starts and the
Stops, the Goinss and cominss Of
iowa Travellers Are Discussed To-
day.

would be neglectng duty to the
travelling men of central Iowa II l
failed to notice the article of a railroad
agent in Saturdays T.-R. entitled
"How's the Train?" ! can agree with
him when he says Mr.. Shove does not
know very much about the railroad ous-
mess, but fail to find him giving any
reason why we should not have law
compelling agents to bulletin their
trains accurately at least half an hour
before scheduled time of arrival. l
even insist that such law could we'll
go farther and require that when trains
are bulletined twenty minutes late they
should not be permitted to leave such
station before that time. If the boys
have no confidence In the agents bull
letin II is because the average station
bulletin has not been reliable enough
to command any confidence 1t is fair
enough for the railroad agent to ask
US to meet him half way, but IL the
agents will do their part they Will al
ways find the boys TO come more than
half way. You show me an agent who
is courteous to the public; ready at
any and all times to answer questions
as they should be answered, and | will
show you man whose name is known
from one end Of the road to the other,
and everyone has good word for him..
The writer happened to take the c.
N. w. No. 3 west the other day to a
station where No. Is stops. AS Is was
somewhat late l decided to work the
city and take is west, thereby saving
half day. The depot at this place has
four blackboards, and not a word was
written OH any of them, as that rail-
road agent said in his article. They
were put there by the c. N. W. to make
an artistic picture, so | enquired how
Is was: one hour and half late. l
then asked him If they were making
up any time. His reply was How
do / know? l am not the engineer"
No doubt this agent had to. help his
poor wife get out the Monday washing,
which made him feel just little
grouchy. Now, Mr.. r. r. Agent, no
one will help to make things more
pleasant, as you suggest, than will the
boys, IL you will just meet US about
half way,
Western Iowa is all excitement over
the new interurban railroad from Man
ming to Atlantic and Kimbalton, by way
of Elkhorn. The travelling men of At
lantic are booming it in great shape.
They say there is no such thing as
failure. In eastern Iowa an interurban
road will be built from Dubuque by
way of Maquoketa to Davenport, and
in central Iowa they now have one
from Ames to Des Moines Boone to
Des Moines, and from Perry and
woodward to Des Moines. All these
roads will be extended further north
this summer, and with a road from
Waterloo by way Of Grundy Center and
Marshalltown, to Des Moines, which is
sure to come, the Marshalltown trav-
cling men will be nicely situated, as
that will enable them to strike the
Northwestern road at most any prin-
cpal point and enable them to reach
home on very short notice.
Geo. Thayer, for the past six years
with the Marshalltown Times-R epub-
lican, has taken six months vaca-
ton. and will during that time try the
chicken business. We wish him sue
cess in his new undertaking.
c. H. Cleaver, of our city salesman
for Clark, Quien and Morse, wholesale
hardware of Peoria, ILL.,, called on the
trade along the Iowa Central last
week. c. H. owns fine home on North
Third avenue, and is one Of the great
boosters for Marshalltown. He does
more to get travelling men to locate in
our city than most any other traveller.
At the monthly meeting of the II. G..
M. A. on Saturday last, l. L. Cady was
appointed by the board, as a director to
fill the place of e. E. Downing, re-
signed.
A. NJ. Worries. for years day bag
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