The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-02-23
THE ROAD WILL
NOW Be BUILT
Bonds for the W. 0. and S. Have
Been Apr royed by Purchasers.
WORK TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING
Bond Filed by Promoters Guarantee.
ing That Road Will be in Opera.
ton Within ID Months-Wat.
erIoo in Dead Earnest.

Waterloo Feb. 1S.-Special: With
the approval of the necessary bonds
for the building of the southern d.
vision, the Waterloo, Oskaloosa &
Southern railroad has passed from
the formulative to the actual work.
ing stage; from the list of Water
loo's possibilities to the catalogue of
probabilities, and dirt will be flying
on the south end as soon as weather
permits. ...
Passing through the richest section
of the state, it will connect with
practically every road now operating
in the state of Iowa, and open up un-
told commercial possibilities for Wat
erloo and every town and city on the
route. The southern division, from
Tama to Oskaloosa, will be the scene
of survey and track laying opera
tions early in the spring. The people
of the section have enthusiastically
donated the right-of-way and are
eagerly awaiting the coming OF the
first car, which will in all probability
be in operation within the present
year.
Actual Construction to Begin.
The promoters at the Oskaloosa
end of the road are said to be the
principal stockholders in the Iowa
Traction company OF that city and
having through the sale of bonds Sc
cured sufficient money for the pre-
liminary work, they will at once be-
gin the actual construction Of the
road which eventually is to have its
northern terminal at Waterloo. Local
capitalists are making every effort
to finance the north end of the line
in order that the work may also be-
gin north from Tama and south from
Waterloo. lEL..
Many plans and projects having a
road in this direction for their object
have been made in previous years
but none of them ever got beyound
the promoters desk until the present
plan which which was submitted to
local men several months ago and Is
now looked upon as a settled fact in
all but the working out of the final
details.
1t was at first planned to go by
way of La Porte and Dysart, but all
plans are now being made with a
view to going by way of Eagle Cen
ter and Tama. The road will be the
heaviest type and will be construct.
ed with view to carrying a heavy
freight business as we'll as mterur'
ban passenger service.
A Connecting Link. "
The Waterloo, Oskaloosa & South
ern will give Waterloo connections
with the Rock Island, Burlington
Northwestern, Iowa Central and Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail
roads and will be the only north and
south line running through the sec
ton, giving thousands of farmers
dairymen and stock raisers an out
let for their products for which they
have hoped and prayed for years.
A bond has been filed by the pro
moters of the road, which will secure
to Waterlooans every dollar they in
vest and also guarantee that the line
will be in operation within eighteen
months. This was required by the
local men who are interested, before
the matter was considered, and add
tional references and securities have
been proffered by the company tc
| aI1 tn of h
communities through which the roat
will pass.
A committee of Tama business mer
were in the city recently as were
several of the heavy stockholders IN
the Iowa Traction and the result o.
the conference between the commit
tees and Waterloo bankers and manu-
facturers will mean an early start il
the work of construction. The bonds
which were sold to finance the south
ern division have been disposed Of
in the east and it is probable that
the northern division will be financed
i'm the same way
The Story is True. 81.
George WodehOuSe, who Is the pro
moter of the new nterurban and who
has been making his residence and
headquarters in Oskaloosa, was seer
at his home, No. 5l4 Second avenue
East, by a Herald representative
concerning the story that has its or
igin in Waterloo. Mr.. Wodehouse
| states that the story is true in every
particular and that work on the
southern division of the new interur
ban will be commenced as early iu
the season as it is possible to worh
to advantage. "Thc story of the Il
nancing of the railroad was not to be
made public for some time" stated
Mr.. wodehouse, 'but now that 1t has
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become public property | suppose
may as well acknowledge it here"
MIR. wodehouse has been i'll for a
week or more and is confined to his
bed. suffering with an attack Of
grippe. fle Is under the care of q
physician. who states that his patient
will be out in few days. when he
will have more TO say concerning
the enterprise.
| At Montezuma.
Montezuma, Feb. 49, President
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