Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14
MARSHALLrOWN TO BE ON 81.
RECT LINE OF EXTENSION
TO THE SOUTH.
PLAN FOR EXTENSION
PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED
Extension Of 115 Miles to Be Built
From Abba to ST. Leuis-Gsoras w.
Sewers, General Counsel, Makes
Public the Plan Canadian Extsn.
sion Also to Be Made. -

/ That MaTshalltown is to be placed on
direct line to st. Louis the gateway
to the south. was positively assured
Monday in the first definite statement
given out as to the plans Of the re-
I; organized NJ s, ST. L. and Iowa Cen
trail railways Upon the formal merger
of the two properties next month, when
the NJ. & ST. L. will lease the Central
and buy its equipment. one of the first
steps will be the building of lis miles
of railroad from Abba into the city of
ST. Louis.
George W. Sewers. general counsel
for the read is authority for the state
ment which was given out Monday TO
the Minneapolis Journal. Mr., Sewers
spent the day in Des Moines arranging
for some of the legal details with Gov
ernor Carroll and the executive council
The Journal of Monday evening says
4 Of the proposed extension:
The Hawley interests will extend the
Minnea polls & ST. Louis railroad from
Abba. Iowa, into St. Louis. by the con-
structicn Of lis miles of road. The
new plan. which is also the Arst def
mite statement that has yet been made
as to the new Instruction Of the Haw-
ley lines, was ade public today by
George W. Sewers. general counsel for
the Minneapolis & ST. Louis and Iowa
Central lines. who returned from con-
ference in New York with PCesidec:
Newman Ecb and the directors OF both
companies. The extensions will shorten
the st. Louis line somewhat.
MT Sewers late today was in con
ference at the state ca ;tol with c. F.
Staples. Judge Ira B. Mills and c.
Elmquist. of the Minneapolis railroad
commission over the details of the plan
as they affect Minnesota. and tonight
he will leave for Des Moines to meet
Governor B. F. Carroll and put the
proposed plan before the executive
council of Iowa. Under recent Iowa
statute. the governor. secretary Of
state. treasurer and auditor constitute
an executive committee to whom such
matters are referred. and Mr.. Sewers
will urge that it be given prompt con-
sideraticn.
Stockholders Meet Dec. 10.
Three things remain to be done,
Mr.. Sewers said. The Minneapolis &
ST Louis stockholders will meet in
Minneapolis, Dec. IS. for approval Of
the new financial plan by which the
Minneapolis & st. Louis and Iowa Cen
trail roads will be combined. and the
Iowa Central stockholders will meet
for the same purpose. in Chicago Dec.
19. This financial or reorganization
plan provides the money needed for
new constru ,ti0n.
Three-fourths Of the stockholders
have approved the plan and their prox-
les are in the hands Of Secretary a. c.
Doan in New York. and there is prac-
tically no doubt that the Minneapolis
and Chicago meetings will be favor
able
The executive council of Iowa must
then approve it and am going to Des
: Moines to night to put it before them
The new line will start at Abba Al
present the northern terminus Of the
Iowa Central road is Albert Lea and
the southern terminus Abba. 1t Will
be quilt into ST. Louis. Minneapolis
& st. Louis trains from Minnea polls to
ST. Louis now operate over 124 miles
.. of the we bash from Abba south.
Canadian Line, Too.
The plan in no way affects the
! Minnea polls & st. Louis extension plan
10 the Canadian line. Chief Engineer
r. c. Ken!y is now in the field looking
over the ground for that extension
M Sewers said that he could not
1 say when the proposed line from Storm
Lake. Iowa into Omaha would be built
or from what point the Canadian ex-
tension will start. W. G. Bierd vice
president of the two companies, Is on,
of the city and Mr. Kenly is in South
Dakota. 1t Is believed that the Can
adian line will start, as already an.
nounced. from Leola, S. D."