Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-30
GASOLINE POWER FOR lNTERuR-
BAN.
Company May Purchase 200 Horse
Power Motar Car.

Company May Purchase 200 Horse
Power Motar Car.
The management of the Davenport
&. Manchester lnterurban is consid
ering the purchase of gasoline mot
ar car, which is driven by compound
engines of go hoise pnwec The Nc
Keen Motar company of Omaha man.
ufactures such cars, many of which
arc used by the Union Pacific railway
on It's lines in California. The car
will accommodate Is passengers and
carry ten tons of freight.
The practicability of such a car
has been demonstrated on many
lines and the economy realized from
its use is desirable. The car is
lighted with gas and is made OF
steel, its head being shaped like the
PROV of ship, !essening resistance
and allowing full speed of 80 miles
an hour. The front trucks are sc
constructed as to permit them to
follow sharp curve, while the rear
trucks are shorter and more compact
Entrance to the apartment for pas
senger is at the side, and the seats
are arranged as in Uncommon rail
way coach. The cost of such cal
IS estimated at from $1,000 to $751;
600.
A statement made by L. Matthews
president of the company, reveals
the fact that the majority of the
farers and land owners in Delaware
county affected by the building Of
this road, are in favor of the project
go per cent having given right-of-way
privileges, while in Jones county /;
greater majority of interested part
les have given their consent to the
construction of trackage across Ger
tain portions of their farms. The
line will pass through Monticello
Amber, Olin, Stanwood, Bennett
Maysville and other smaller towns
with its terminal in Davenport, al
entire distance of one hundred miles
Immediately following the compile
ton of a preliminary right-of-way sur
vey, data will be compiled and Ger
tain matters disposed of which viii
NATURALLY arise from transactions o
this kind. The stock will then BIZ
offered for sale, $25 share having
| been determined upon as the selling
price, and bonds floated by the con
struction company, which will begil
its operations. 1t is understood tina
sufficient money in the east has beer
promised in order to assure the earl.
building of the line out of Davenport
either this fall or next spring.
Then possibilities of increased bus
mess activity in Manchester, as ;
result of interurban service canno
be estimated at the present time.
will be necessary to make menta
calculations as to what the futur'
may bring. With connections a
many of the small towns througl
which steam roads run, and with al
most continuous service of trains, thu
terminals of the line will reap i'm
measurable profits and business iron
the produce men, dairymen, stockme
and farmer. The line will accommc
date the people who live contiguou
to it as nearly as possible, by built
ing the track as close to the farI
house as may be deemed wise, an
stops will be made at the will of tn
passengers.
4 Mr.. Matthews declares that tn
road will be built; perhaps not thi
year, nor may its properties be i
operation year from now but will
in two years, and it is hoped sooner
| the line will be serving the trade G
the eastern part of the state. TIL
plans of the officers are being CA
ried out quietly but with rapidity, an
considerable work has already bee
accomplished. The idea is no recer
one, careful preparations having III
been made nearly two years ag'
President Matthews is well please
with present conditions and tall
very encouragingly of the propose
interurban.