Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-01
BENEFITS OF ROAD
TOLD IN ADDRESS
DAVID 1RANT, JUDGE HviNcToN,
t AND FRANK TANNER OF IOWA
CITY AND oTTuMWA MEN MAXI
sPEEcHEs-5AND PLAYED.

The booster spirit which VIII make
Ottumwa the most progressive city in
Iowa was demonstrated at the Garrick
theater last night when plans were
laid for the raising of the sum Of $780,
900 as Ottumwa's share OF financial
support for the building Of an inter
urban road between Ottumwa and
Iowa City, distance OF over seventy
miles and which will traverse tho rich
est and most fertile farming country In
the United States. While, the audi
ence was not large, consisting Of busi-
ness men and professional men inter-
ested in Ottumwa's development,
the enthusiasm displayed was as great
as II the play house had been filed to
It's capacity. After listening to the
addresses Of Chairman Thomas d.
Foster, Editor David Brant, Judge
rvington, Frank Tanner, three Iowa
City boosters, and Calvin Manning,
Mayor Hartman, Frank Simmons, r. r.
Spilman, DR.. Craig Work and other
Ottumwans, those in the i audience
we're made enthusiastic for thgh road
and committee OF los businesa imam
was appointed last night to rafs6 the
| 100000 which Is necessary ,f the
line is built T-ank McIntire was
named temporary chairman and he
issued call for meeting OF the
soliciting committee for tonight at the
| Commercial association rooms at
which time the members Of the COM
mittee will be divided and will start
out Immediately to raise the sum.
Soliciting COMMITTEES.
The members of the large soliciting
committee appointed last night are
given below and every man whose
name Is on the list Is asked to attend
tonight's meeting and assist In rails
ling the 100000 which will insure the
building Of the road:
Frank McIntire, r. ]. Phillips, T. n.
Picker, s. p. Hartman. T. p. spilman.
M. B. Hutchinson, H. ]. Bremhorst, J.
W. Garner, ]. X. Mahon, Calvin Man
ming, Charles Wellman. F. A. Nimocks,
II. T. Crisman, w. 3. Cook, r. w. sim.'
mons, Sam el Mahon, s.. II. Harper W.
IT. Harper, J. B. Sax. A. G. Harrow. II.
III. Waterman, J. w. Neasham, John
wormhoudt, G. D. Evans, w. w. Cum.
mings, e. 8. Fist, O. Church. w. J.
Donelan, James Cullen, J. A. Phillips.
lC. o. Taylor, H. w. Merrill, p. n.
Emery, B. p. Brown, Frank Won Schra-
der. John G. Jordan, Joseph Dain, +. A.
Tisdale, Carl T. Haw, John N. Widen
teller. Charles Hallherg. w. L. Sargent,
F. B. Clark, l.. A. Andrew, g. n. Chea.
die, Ed Carr, q. A. Manchester. Frank
Sharp. w. H. Cooper. r. n. Hall, r.
spiwak, F. A. Frazier, Ben Elliott, n.
hi Reed, Or. ID. T. Edgerly. Dr. j. r.
IHerrick, Dr. Craig Work, M. O. Gft
more, w. H. Mynard, Walter McNett,
IJ. J. Smith. J. F. Powell, A. ]. Stump.
James v. Curran, T. =. Keefe, Fritz
lEhrman Fred Hahn, w. H. G. Jaques,
P. R. ~ lloway e. Manns, 9. @. Peter
son, Jonas Sax, DR.. A. 0. Williams,
Julius Fecht, Frank L. Daggett, Ed
Roth, s. D. Baker. Fl. e. Duke. w. B.
Wycoff, w. H. Heating, Martin Hard
sacg, A. Odenwalter, George b. Sim
mons, J. B. Mowery, w. B. Bonniheld.
Frank NJ Hunter, James X. Dysart.
IW. r. Daum, B. A. Hand, w. T. Archer,
Carl H. Banks, F. H. Carter, Frank
schafer. C. Y. Smith, Roy Berry, w. v.
silyers. DR.. w. C. Newell, Albert Gus
ltayeson, Claude Myers, Joseph Celania.
/, Charles Deeds. L. A. Gordon, d. g..
Chisman, T. e. Gibbons.
Fortsr Gives Keynote.
While the citizens Of Ottumwa were
gathering in the theater, the mem
bers Of the Flrty-fourth band directed
by Edward Steller who is acting lead
err in the al .once of Professor s. O.
Worrell rendered several numbers.
Thomas D.. Fo-ter, great interur-
ban booster and the head OF the Inter
urban Construction company, pre-
sided. In his Introductory remarks
he said that the object Of the mass
injecting was to take up the interurban
proposition, the building Of road be.
\ tween Ottumwa and Iowa City dis
itance Of over seventy miles Mr.. Fos-
ter remarked that Ottumwa had been
angling for an interurban for num-
ber OF years and there is no better
time to secure such line than at pre-
sent If Ottumwa does not wake up
and take advantage of the opportunity
to secure these electric lines connect
ling the city with the rural commune
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