The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-11-18


ing 100 new cars.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis Rail-
way company notified the State Rail
road Commission that it does not be-
lieye it should be made to stop its
night trains at tStilson, a small station
In Hancock county, as the people OF
that town have petitioned for, nor
should it be forced to maintain a de-
pot there. 1t makes the assertion
that it is forced to run some of its
trains through without stopping at all
stations in order to make connections
and that the business at Stilson is
not sufficient to justify the establish
ment of a station.
The Rock Island railroad has dis
continued carrying passengers on its
freight train on the main line. Com
mercial men say some action is liable
to be taken to restore the service.
Last Thursday the Great Northern
days record in the maintaining of a
forty-eight hour schedule from st.
Paul to Seattle, a distance of 1874
miles. Not only did the train keep
within the time limit on every run, but
it invariably travelled under the sched-
lie about a half hour daily. Officials
assert that the Great Northern fast
mail is the swiftest long distance
train in the world at present, and. the
record of the last thirty-three days, Is
regarded as remarkable. Mich of the
mail that used 10 be sent to the coast
via Omaha gateway has been diverted
to the Great Northern and sent via
St. Paul since the company put or Its
fast mail train. The government Will
weigh the mails in this district for
three months. beginning in February,
to ascertain the basis for payment for
mail transportation for the next four
years. 1t is in hope of being awarded
this contract that the Great Northern
established the forty.eignt hour SER
vice between St. Paul and Seattle.
The Chicago, Milwaukee 4. st. Paul
last week took four carloads of silk
from Tacoma to Chicago in a trifle
less than ninety-two hours. The cars
were delivered to the Pennsylvania
at Chicago within eleven minutes and
arrived at Jersey City at S p. m.,Nov.
). or in lis hours from Tacoma. The
distance from Tacoma to Chicago is
2,235 miles, making the rate of speed
243 miles an hour. From Chicago to
Jersey City, 905 miles, the rate of
speed was about sc miles an hour, the
average rate of speed was 26.S miles
per hour.
In the fight between the railroads OF
the west for carrying of the mails. the
Burlington is in a fair way to keep
the lead it has on all other eastern
roads between Chicago and Omaha
and that it will not give up its mail
contract without struggle is evil
dent. The mail train has the best
record of any road for delivering its
mail at Council Bluffs on time. A rec
ord OF the trains time has been kept
with the following results: During the
last ninety-two days the train has
been late but three minutes upon its
arrival at the transfer station. Dur
ing October the train was late but
once. During August it ran to the
minute during the entire month. Dur
ing September the report showed that
it was late at the junction only twice.
Between Chicago and the river. il has
maintained an average speed OF, Al
miles an hour, keeping up the pace for
IL hours and minutes at stretch.
The distance between the two points
494 miles.
Some important improvements in
the way of new machinery and equip
ment are being installed at the Iowa
Central round house. A new GO b. p.
stationary boiler manufactured at
Marshalltown is at the round house
ready to be installed. This boiler is
a necessary improvement as the rail-
road is constantly putting in new ma
chinery requiring more power, than
furnished by the old boilers. Work
men are busily engaged in putting in
a new bolt cutting device, which will
be a great labor and time saver 9th
er machinery are likely to be install.
ed in the near future, making the To-
cal shops up to date In all details.
The railway commissioners have
Railway company entered a plea of
from What Cheer to have the Rock
Island and Iowa Central railways ar
range transfer tracks at Montezuma
will receive their prompt attention.
The Chicago. Milwaukee K st. Paul
Railway companye ntered a plea OF
guilty and paid fine Of 5000 in
Greene county for selling Intoxicating
liquors on the dining. car operated
between Des Moines and Rockwell
City The sale of liquors on the car
las been discontinued