Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-08
CONSTRUCTION
SEEMS CERTAIN
IOWA cITY.oTTUMWA lNTERUR.
BAN NO LONGER IN DOUBT IF
LAND CAN be HAD.
NEED RIGHT OF WAY
Ground Adjacent to ottumwa Needed
for Observation-Disclosures to
Make Selection Of
the Route.

The prospect is bright for the COM
mencement of the work OF construction
of the Iowa City-O ttumwa interurban
within a couple of months If the work
Of the promoters bears the fruit de-
sired, and that means mostly, II the
right of way needed in the vicinity OF
Ottumwa is forthcoming. The Iowa
City press is telling of the accomplish
ments thus far made in the work OF
promoting the interurban road. and the
prospect is said to be quite bright.
Ottumwans who nave given their time
and attention to the matter with the
ayowed purpose of successfully seeing
the matter through to a completion,
say that the only thing the entire pro-
position hinges on at present Is the
disposition Of holders of land needed
for right of way, some twelve miles In
length, coming across In a generous
and whole-hearted manner.
Completed lts Work.
The Iowa city Republican has the
following to say regarding the pro-
posed line:
Iowa City has completed it's work
of raising 100000 for the Iowa City
OttumWa interurban. The committees
have done some hard work during the
last couple of weeks in raising the
$4,000 which was lacking when the
big campaign was finished last fall. ~
Ottumwa, Iowa City, Keota, Well
man and the intermediates territory
have all come up to the scratch and
subscribed the entire amounts asked,
5000 900 in all. Thirty thousand dol
lars was subscribed in Johnson coun.
ty outside Of Iowa City, in the Amish
settlement, making 100000 the total
for this county.
Route Not Decided.
! Although the route via keota has
put up all that was asked, 1t Is by
no means certain that the line Will
be built that way. Towns along the
Sigourney route from here to Ottum'
wa have also put up 100000. All or
these subscriptions have been from
Green township in Iowa County, He'd
rick and Kinross. AS yet Sigourney
Hayesville and Highland Center have
done nothing. If these towns sub
scribe to stock in the road, the final
decision as to route will rest solely
with the engineers of the bonding
company. Most>of the amount sub
scribed in the Amish settlement In
Johnson county can be applied which
ever route is taken. I..,s,s.
Hear From Campbell Soon.
r. S.. Campbell financial agent for
the road, has arrived in London. and
expects to send final word as to the
financing by April Is. He will be
there a week before taking the mat
ter up. Mr.. Campbell stated that the
Mexican war scare had made English
capital q little uneasy, but since that
has blown over there is no likelihood
of a hitch in the negotiations.
Men acquainted with interurban
building say that the presence of the
Arnold Construction Co., of Chicago
in the deal indicates to a certainty
that the road will be built, for the
Arnold company never 80 much as
submits an estimate on a road, unless
by inquiry it has satisfied itself that
the road will be financed.
Turn Now to Davenport.
Since the Ottumwa subscription has
been completed, the Iowa City Com
mercial club will turn its attention
to securing renewals Of the subscrip-
tons to the proposed Iowa City-Dav:-
export interurban.
In three months campaign which
closed December 81, 1909, Iowa City
subscribed 100000 for this road. The
subscriptions expired September 1,
1910: At Davenport, the campaign dit
not meet with any success, and by Sep
TENDER 1, the entire allotment had not
been subscribed. Davenport then
started anew, and last week completed
it's 100000. Iowa City will now re.
new it's subscriptions.