Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-29
OUTLOOK NO "
SEEMS BRIGHTER
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF CAM.
PAlGN FOR RIGHT OF WAY
MEET

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With each days work by the inter.
! urban committee soliciting the rural
district outside of Ottumwa along the
route that has been surveyed for the
new line, the certainty of the project
becomes more assured. While not
absolutely certain of being built, those
on whom the measure at present de-
pends-the people living along the
rCute-are sure to meet the PROPOSE
ton with a full realization of it's i'm
port and with this the uncertainty
Vanishes. The land owners along the
line, and those living contiguous 70
the right of way are evincing greater
interest each day as the work of the
solicitors continue and as it is made
apparent that the measure needs the
rural support to carry it through.
There is little if any doubt on this
score. for the workers state that each
day the prospect seems brighter, al
though much remains to be done and
an opinion as to when the campaign
for the right of way will be completed
is not forthcoming from the solicitors.
The universal answer to re had from
those engaged in the work OF securing
the land for the route is that the
optimism that made the campaign sue
cessful in Ottumwa, can be applied 70
the surrounding community with the
same result. and the solicitors arc
great optimists
A Community Struggle.
No better argument has been made
to the subscribers along the line OF
route to be taken by the projected
line than that of the success had in
Ottumwa in raising the money needed
for the line and the later campaign for
the Moline Pump Co. The feeling Of
community interest that is one OF the
chief characteristics Of those living in
and adjacent to Ottumwa. has lent an
impetus to the work carried on by the
workers and the common
in this vicinity of the whole
community being interdependent to
degree, makes all spring to the aid OF
a common cause The rural residents
will not be outdone by Ottumwans.
Opens New Territory.
An idea of the importance of the
line may be cleaned from study Of
the country through which it will pass.
This is virgin territory from a bust
ness standpoint SO far as this COM
nunity is concerned. The new line |
when built will open up an entirely |
afford railroad facilities through a |
stretch of seventy miles that at pres !
snt is of practically no good CONNER /
,ially either at the Ottumwa or the
owa City ends of the line. 1t means
/ route for shipping northsasterly |
rom Ottumwa for seventy miles and {
.hus affording mutual accommodations
% the shippers. of merchandise from .
he two ends OF the line and of farm /
products by those living along the
cute 1t affords even more than that.
or the business man is not to be the
My one benefited by the new line. as
he passenger service will also per.
nit many of those living outside If
he city whose children attend school
n Ottumwa to avail themselves Of the
nterurban and thus save boarding in
)ttumwa 1t will be the means in
arious other ways to prove benefit
0 the rural resident.
Touches Eight Cities.
To get an insight to the territory to-
e tapped by the interurban. it is
My necessary to draw a line due
ortheast from Ottumwa on a state
zap and the air line to Iowa City re-
eals the interurban survey The
tiles and towns to be reached by the I,
ne are nearly all a like distance
part and are eight in number. Leav-
IL Ottumwa one firsh reaches Far .
On. Ollie is the second town and
lose to this. one reaches Tallyrand. ,
he midway point is Keota and one
i'll there find a rich and fertile coun- I
ty is well established and stands out n
amid it's neighbors. Well I
ian is the next stop and from there |
le rim continues to Frank Pierce, the I
rst stop out of Iowa City, where the il
orthern and eastern ends of the line
After leaving Ottumwa, the line will
arallel the Milwaukee east division
trough portion of Dahlonega. High {
nd and Keolluk townships. and con- +,
nuing northeast sandwiches the
orth and east lines Of the Milwaukee {
lilroad. The strip of country to be X
rived by the interurban is one of the II
rgest pieces of the state untraversed ! I
= a, railroad in this direction at pres
1t. Taken as whole, the project 8
oks better as the certainty of it be- i
,mes more assured and good strong (
Ill by those to whom the task now ]
,comes community duty. will land i
e measure to safe completion so q
r as it is possible for the COM Y
unity to make It. n
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