The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-10-28
RUMBLE OF THE. RAILS
News Picked Up at Depot, Siding
and Round House.

Vint Emery was painfully injured
while on duty at Wayne Monday even
ing,and presence of mind coupled with
a little good luck was the only thing
that saved him from instant death. He
is agent for the O." at Wayne and
when the evning passenger pulled into
the station Monday evening he was
busy selling tickets. The train was
pulling out and Vint ran out to the
baggage car to mail his daily report.
In so doing he stumbled over a trunk
that had been unloaded from the train
and fell against the moving train. He
realized his position quick as flash
and threw his body in the opposite d.
rection from the train, but not quick
enough to prevent the bottom of the
car from striking him with such force
as to throw him across the depot plat
form. He was injured about the head
and although he has been able to be
up and around it Is feared that inter
nal injuries have resulted.
So
The Atlantic, Northern & Southern
railway promoters will have court
fight on their hands before they will
be allowed to collect the tax voted by
the citizens of Atlantic, at a special
election, held last summer, when a )
per cent tax was voted to aid the COM
pany in building the southern extern
sion to Villisca.
The petition in the case brought by
D. w. Scott against the mayor and
city council and the county treasurer,
asking for writ of certiorari in the
railroad tax matter, has been filed
Scott and some of his hackers are en-
deavoring to prevent the payment of
the tax. The grounds on which an
injunction is asked is the claim that
the council acted without authority
when it called the special election, in
that members of the council signed
the petition and also that the petition
was not sufficient; also that James
Stier, member of the council. is a
director in the company, and that ia
cob Christensen, another councilman
is stakeholder. The tax will amount
to about $4,000.
From Chicago to the Missouri river
in twelve hours is the plan that is be-
ing considered by the Illinois Central
railway this month. Several of the
older engineers have received blank
forms from Chicago headquarters ask
ing them to make suggestions accord
ing to their experience upon the feas-
1bility of cutting down the running
time OF the limited trains between Chi
cago and Omaha. The whole PROPOSE.
ton grows out of the rivalry that has
sprung up from the competition of the
Milwaukee railroad to the coast. That
road has cut the time between Chi
cago and Seattle by twenty hours. 1t
is now strong competitor for the
overland contracts.
What is looked upon as the most
important cutoff on the Northwestern
main line between Chicago and the
Missouri river Is nearing completion
in Whiteside county. Illinois, where
grading has been completed, and the
track laying machine viii be in oper-
alton in few days. Nothing but the
ballasting of the road will then remain
and by the fifteenth of November, ii
is expected, the line will be entirely
completed and fast passengers and
freights OF the Northwestern will run
over the new cutoff, shortening the
line from Chicago to the Mississippi
river by LIZ miles. and eliminating the
worst grade which exists on the en-.
tire line between the Illinois metrop-
oils and Council Bluffs
The Northwestern has announced
that twenty train Auditors will shortly