The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-13
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS.
News Picked Up at Depot, Siding
and Round House.

The world IS moving along rapidly
at the Iowa Central round house.
Many engines are being taken care OF
every day and quite little repair
work Is being done. The freight SER
vice Is again running in fun sway and
many cars Of freight, mostly coal are
being moved.
Howard Gable. fireman on runs 81
and 80 Iowa Central has resumed his
work after an absense OF about two
weeks. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Gable fen agtinst the pilot OF the
engine at Albert Lea and broke rib.
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A little accident causing some ex.
element and the loss OF several gal
Ions of water occurred at the Iowa
Central round house. The night hos
tier backed way from the south water
crane and for some reason unknown
the crane caught on the rear OF the
water tank of the engine The crane
was broken and the water flowed
freely for a short time The damage
was easily repaired
! The officials at the Iowa Central
round house have received a few sup
Elementary time tables OF the main
line northern division and all the
branch lines. These supplements are
given out to the firemen and the en-
gineers as official time table supple
ments. On the northern division the
time Of passenger trains /. 2, 3, A, 5,
and are given between Albert Lea
and Marshalltown and also all the
isecond class trains and way freights.
All the trains on the branch lines
are listed on the new tables. The
A'gona, Story City, Momezuma, State
Center, Newton and Abba and Cen
terville branches are the branch lines
listed These supplements are for the
benefit OF the interested employees
only and the public has to be salts
fed with the usual folder.
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II. w. V. Chapman general store
keeper of the Iowa Central at Mar
snalltown was in the city yesterday
looking over the store situation in
this city.
Inc names OF the following engin-
GERS which were not on the list OF
men laying off at our last publication
is as follows: Graft, Howarth and
Elders. Fireman. Rhinehart.
| The freight service on the Rosk
Island has started after a quiet of
several days. Much freight is being
moved and the officials say that the
passenger service will be behind
schedule until the bulk of the freight
has been taken off.
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The business car of the Rock Is.
land, containing Superintendent A. w.
Kelso, Trainmaster Hagelberger.
General Division Freight Agent A. w.
Eberhart, and Roadmaster w. F. Lee.
arrived In the city last evening, at
tached to regular passenger No. 472.
They stayed in Oskalosa over night
and went east to Washington this
morning. attached to passenger No.
! so.
c. G. Gardner, travelling passenger
agent of the Rock Island. Is in the
city today on business connected
with the road.
The Burlington line between Oska-
loosa and Burlington stations is hay.
ing an unprecedented run of freight
business that is more than the line
equipment can care for on account
or the unexpected business and the
| extent of the demand for accom.noda-
tons. Tuesday eTening freight No
81 pulled into Oskaloosa with more
cars than could be Accommodated in
the yards and place had to be found
on out-of-the-way sidings. which ne
cessitates the handling of cars again.
Orders went in last Saturday for al
most one hundred stock cars to be
distributed between Burlington and
Oskaloosa Sunday. Only seventy-two
cars were to be had and many of the
OLuSIS COulu uOL De Htleu until later.
II seemed that every little sidetrack
along the line wanted a stock car or
two. A special stock train was run
again yesterday to pick up the stock
ready for shipment and the train went
into Burlington with sixty car loads
of stock for the Chicago market. max
ing 1872 cars in three days. In addi-
ton to the stock and the local bust
ness which is also receiving additional
attention the run of ordinary freight
is exceedingly heavy, requiring many
additional cars.
! An official circular, issued by Gen
eral Freight Agent s. G. Lutz, of the
Hawley lines. with headquarters In
! Chicago, received in this city today.
announces the appointment of Mr..
Frank B. Townsend, former Mar
shalltown young man, to be coal
freight agent of the Hawley lines
The appointment Is effective today.
Mr. Townsend's headquarters will be
Chicago. He will have supervision OF
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