Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-02
SEVEN oTTUMWA MEN TAKE IN.
ITIATiVE IN FORMING A CON-
PANY TO BUILD A NEW ROAD
OUT OF CITY.
is INCORPORATED
WITH $4,000 CAPITAL
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE
NAMEp-WILL DISPOSE OF NINE
TY-THREE $1oo sHAREs-To EM-
PLoYE EXPERT SURVEYORS.

The first spike in the ties upon
which the first interurban into Ottum-
wa will ride was driven this mornings
when the organization of the Inter-
urban CONSTRUCTION Co., with a capital
stock of $4,000 in the office of the
Ottumwa Commercial association was
formed The concern Is Incorporated
under the laws of Iowa, has received
it's charter and will upon the sale of
ninety-three 500 shares Of stock, be-
gin at once system Of surveys to as
certain the best route to build the in~
terurban. The officers of the new con.
Germ are:
President--T. d. Foster
Vice PRESIDENT. w. Neasham.
Secretary-W. T.. Harper.
Treasurer. w. Garner.
These gentlemen with Samuel Ma
hon, w. ]. Donelan and John Worm-
houdt compose the board OF seven di-,
rectors and each has purchased at
par seven $100 shares. The balance Oh
ninety-seven are held in trust by Presi-I
dent Foster, as trustee, and will be-
| disposed of as fast as purchasers ma
terialize. This $4,000 capital will be
used to conduct expert surveys Of the
several proposed interurban routes. III
is the desire Of all Interested to have
the first interurban a paying one, built
upon good lines and Of the timber Of
consequent success that will argue,
| most vehemently for more interur-
bans. 1t Is not the idea to take any
one mans pet route, but to secure
from the very best sources possible
the services of men skilled in the work
of surveying for railroads. 1t Isl
argued that $4,000 thus spent will
In the end bring to the city of Ot.
tumwa more real good from u COM
mercial and business standpoint than
$4,000 spent on an interurban road
that after completion Is dead horse,
one that carries but little good To the
community. If the ninety three shares
have not been disposed Of before to.
morrow noon when the regular week
ly noon mactin2 of the Ottunlwh Com
merciai assoc.eti on IS held, some plan
will be made for their distribution.
What an Interurban Means.
Now that the foundations to not one
but several interurbans have been laid
by the Interurban Construction Co.,
opportunity Is given every business
man and citizen who really believes
that through their medium the city of
Ottumwa will advance, to assert his
| judgment by purchasing stock in the
first road There has been consider
/ able oral agitation along interurban
lines in Ottumwa for the past year.
This volume Of speech has now shaped
itself in the form of the real fhstitu-
tion. whose object first of all is to pro-
vide Ottumwa with the best possible
Iinterurban To realize this no small I'M
dertakng. Money, plenty of it, will
be needed, and to those individuals
who have faith in the future Of Ottum-
wa in it's business and population ex-
pansion in sustaining its reputation
of being active instead OF being dor
mant will have an opportunity Of pugs
chasing stock and thus become active
ly identified with what many consider
the best possible stroke of progress.
The numerous advantages reaped
through the medium of an interurban
is too well known by every intelligent
person to make necessary any further
comment Suffice it is to say that
lllSLuIy VI idlIlOdu lllG vi tiS lnJCi
urban variety has stamped this linking
of smaller cities with larger ones the
very best possible manner of providing
the conveniences of metropolises to
those residing in villages. To the
commercial success of any of the ter
minals, much is added and to those
who reside in placid country homes
along the line, untold benefits in the
shape of numerous conveniences pro
vided through no other means, result
. How Road Can BE Built.
: While it is true that considerable
amount of money is necessary for the
construction and equipment of an in
, terurhan road, this phase of the
: scheme will not be one of as grea
magnitude as at first it seems The
residents Of Ottumwa, known as cen
ter township will doubtless be eager
: to vote three or possibly five mil
: tax. The same action, doubtless viii
be taken by all residents in outside
.