The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-10
Does Not Know Whether it Likes
the North Road Time Table
Change or Does Not
Like It.
HAS ENTERED PROTEST
Has Been Promised Round House II
the Change 10 Made and Five
or Six New Fam
lilies. \

Mount Pleasant is disturbed. 1t
does not know whether or not 1t wants
the North road time table reversed. If
the train is reversed on May % as has
been announced, round house will be
built there and Ave or six families will
move into town, but the people living
near the place will have the same
trouble they now have in coming to
Keokuk, that Of having to spend two
days to make trip to the city.
/ A conference was held between
citizens and railroad representative,
at which the matter was talked over
and it may be that the change in time
will not go into effect on May % as
announced some time ago.
Here is what the Journal said Of the
meeting.
At a meeting OF the Business Mems
Association at Athenian Hall this
morning. Mr.. Dickinson, representa-
tive OF the vice-president of the
Burlington was present and discussed
the proposed change OF running the
i X Line train froLl the present time
to south in the morning and returning
4 in, the evening. This change would
work to such a disadvantage to the
people north Of Donnellson along the
line that hearing was asked for. 1t
appears that the railroad people have
had the matter under consideration
for a. long time, being urged to such
change by the Business Mems Associa-
ton of Keokuk.
To Please Majority.
4 The representative stated that the
sole purpose of the change was to
please the greater number of people,
and that they were very impartial
4 in the matter as either way the train
1, runs 1t Is at loss. AS to the facts
lof the amount of business done the
, north part OF the road has the advan
1tage, as the revenues from the town
of Salem are more than all the towns
, south of Donnelson, ands that from
Donnellson and north the people are
not in favor of the change.
1t was suggested that committee
, be appointed to visit every one along
, the line and secure an expression Of
!, their wishes. Mr.. Dickinson will take
this matter up with the railroad PEG
Iple and answer Monday.
The expression of the people of Don
. |uellson who have given the company
: petition to not change the method ant
of all along the line, is strongly II
: favor of the present time Of running
trains.
Should the change be made perma
: nently there would be some none.
! expended here for round house ant
perhaps five or six families move her,
u from Keol1uls. The Burlington pee
$ pie have figured on putting on motto
cars on the X Line but owing to leg
islation this scheme was abandoned
> Mr.. Dickinson impresses one as fai
minded man who has the peoples In
terests at heart and is willing to d
4 las those who patronize the road de
sire
4 The time of making the change
scheduled for May % and unless tn
: people here make a strong deman
otherwise it will go into effect on tina
date
Such change will prove detrimen
al to all the interests OF Mt. Pleasar
and south as far as Donnellson both
passenger and freight traffic. causin
Of all freight shipments to go by way {
n Donnellson and Burlington causin
q. much inconvenience to stock shipper
The passengers from Salem to tn
'u place will be compelled to drive owe
! or stay here two nights. Passenger
O for the south arriving on day trair
IL would be compelled to stay over nigh
Representatives of the COMMERCE.
n Club met with Mr.. Dickinson tn
u forenoon and registered a strong pr
= test against the change.