Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-01

royal welcome always awaited them
when they come to Iowa City. Mr..
Brant stated that his impression OF
Ottumwa was city Of large whole
sale houses, enterprising merchants,
large manufacturing plants, thrifty
residence districts and good railroad
facilities, and he declared that he be-
lieved his impression was true. He
said that the people of Iowa City were
eager to hitch up with Ottumwa by an
|interurban line He told Of the cam
paign waged in Iowa City to raise
funds for the interurban roads from
Iowa City to Davenport and from Iowa
City to Ottumwa. He stated that the
people of the city had raised 100000
for the Davenport line and $4,000 OF
the 100000 for the line to OttumWa.
While these two large sums were
raised in a city Of 10000 people, Mr..
Brant declared that the wealthy men
were not the ones to give, but that
the money was raised among the rank
and file of the working people. THE
people of Iowa City," said he,
Especially the younger people, have
recognized the advantages OF the In
terurban since the Cedar Rapids-Io Iowa
City line has been in operation and
have freely subscribed from their earn
ings." He told of clerks making $50
to 3S5 q month who had subscribed
500 towards the lines. He declared
that the interurban line between Iowa
City and Ottumwa would be worth
much more to the people Of Ottumwa
than the 100000 this city is to raise
He told how the interurbans had
helped Clinton, Iowa City and many
other places. He declared that when
the Cedar Rapids company decided to
build the line to Iowa City there was
much opposition to road, due to the
belief that it would draw trade away
from Iowa City and everything was
done to prevent the road entering the
city. Since the building and operation
of the line seven years ago, however,
the people Of Iowa City would not be
without the road for anything.
Has Helped business.
Instead OF hurting business, Mr..
Brant declared that it had helped
every line of business, while the farms
along the line of the road had doubled
in value. He touched upon the inter-
urban lines In New York and how that
city had prospered. He asserted that
the interurban was the modern mode
of transportation and that the time
was not far off when interurban lines
would form a network all over the
United States, especially east Of the
Missouri river where the population is
more dense. Prior to the entrance Of
the interurban to Iowa City, Mr..
Brant declared that the railroad facil-
tiles, especially the freight service.
were poor, but since the entrance OF
the line these have been greatly I'M
proved and that Iowa City now has
the same freight facilities as cities
many times her size. The road, he
declared, had helped Cedar Rapids and
the small towns along its route. In
closing, Mr.. Brant said that the inter-
urban road was the coming method
of passenger travel and If Iowa City
could raise 100000 1t should be an
easy proposition to raise 100000 in
Ottumwa. city nearly three times as
large as Iowa City.
Judge Rylngton Talks.
Judge Byington, former Judge on
the bench at Iowa City and another
Iowa City booster, was the next
speaker. He said that the benefits Of
the interurban to the people of Iowa
City and Ottumwa were easily seen
In his trip from Iowa City to Ottumwa
to be present at last nights meet
ing. He stated that he had to get up
yesterday morning at o'clock and
had to travel in a roundabout way
and did not reach Ottumwa until a