The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-18
MARSHALLTOWN
HAS NIGHTMARE
ALARMED OVER IOWA cENTRAL,s
ApriviTyl INC fdskALocsA,
CAR sHoPs IN BALANCE
An Appreciation. Of a. Good Thing
When Fear Arises That it May
be Lost--Letter From
Mr.. Norris.

water tank, Ice houses, car repair
shops and increasing the facilities
of the round house, has scared Mar
shalltown The p-ople up there have
become SO accustomed to enjoying
the benefits of the road that when
they see little division of the good
things in prospects they begin to
shudder and have bad dreams. The
conditions in the village which has
been fostered and practically built
up by this one institution, are thus
reflected In the Saturday evenings
edition of the Times.Republican:
Something Must be Done.
"Haying outgrown its old general
shops in this city, and being led by a
progressive management which pro.
poses to develop the property and i'm
prove it IN every way, the iowa Cen.
trail will either greatly enlarge its
shops here or build new shops at Os-
kaioosa. There is every reason to be.
heVe that it win decide which it will
do in a short time. .,
Whether the general shops remain
here and are doubled in capacity and
enlarged far beyond their present
proportions, or whether the company
builds a complete new plant in Oska-
lcosa, depends principally on which
city will pay the larger bonus.
Both cities have been asked, What
will you give?" Oskalcosa will reply
through a delegation of business men
waiting upon General Manager Man
ley B. Cutter at Minneapolis, that it
will give free all the land needed for
the plant and shop track facilities,
and a sum Of money almost large
enough to erect the buildings.
The question, What would Mar
shalltown dor" was carried to Prcsi-
dent Fred Hopkins, of the Retail Mer.
chants Association. and the, answer
of the. city was. carried to the com.
pany by Mayor o. J.. Ingleduc and
Councilman A. N Clark. Mayor In
gledue told Master Mechanic C. E.
Gossett. that he would guarantee for
J. the city 4tnati 1t would give to the COM
pany $4,000 n city water, and that
after that ell the water required at
the actual cost of pumping. With
the prospective shop Increase in
sight it Was estimated thar this
would give the company FREQ water
for approximately ten years. This
proposition was taken to Minneapolis
by Mr.. Gossett.
Organizing Committee. So
No definite reply TO this offer was
received from the company and Pres
ident Hopkins, of the Retail MGR
chants Association, has been busy
organizing committee of :nanufactur-
ers wholesalers and shippers to visit
General Manager Cutter. This com,
mittee is expected to 60 within a
few days.
In the meantime Mayor Ingledue
was taken sick and was forced to
desist in any further efforts he might
made in following up his offer at once,
s, As Mr., Norris was in, the east an
outline, of the situation was sem. him,
IN, order that he might see President
Hawley, of the road, while in New
York. The result of this interview is
given In the. following letter from Md
!. Norris 70 Mr.. Hopkins ,4
Fired Hopkins, President Retail
Merchants Association: You are face
TO face with a crisis in your admins
tration, as, well as in he life of our
city. Upon receipt of Mr.. Wells let
Ter. telling me that this iowa Central
matter was up, went Immediately
to see m. Hawley, president of the
road. He told me frankly that they
were considering moving the shops
When / asked him why, he replied
because the 0skaloosa people want
them bad enough to pay for them
1t is business proposition vito us
Il asked II there was any objection
TO the Marshalltown location, and he
replied that there was none, but he
immediat " began to complain about
not having received police protection
in Marshalltown, and while he denied
that this would influence them any. ]
could see that he was very sore over
what he considers unfair treatmeni
during the strike.
Il remembered having been told By
Mr.. Noonan that Oskaloosa was Civ
ing them good police protection when
Marshalltown was not, SO suggested
to Mr.. Hawley that II he should move
his 500 employees to Oskaloosa thel
would Immediately become a politica
factor there. and he would have NJ
more assurance of police protection il
future strikes than he would in Mar
shalltown. He admitted that thiI
might be true.
ofIeiaIs Favor oskaIoosa.
sYou know Mr.. Sewers is an e.
kal0osa man. AS general solicitor o
the road he was very much dissatis
fed with what be claimed was gros
neglect Of duty on the part Of on
city TO suppress lawlessness durini
the strike have letters at HON.
from Mr.. Noonan ON the same subjec
and l am told that every Official, ex
coping Mr Cutter. Who was not witt
the road daring The strike. feels re
sensfai. and after my visit 70 Mr