The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-02
IvICE-P PRESIDENT
| BYRAM here
Chief of Operators of G. 3. & Q. sys-
TEN With Party of Other Road
Officials Remain Three
Hours.
TOUR OF INSPECTION
Railroad companys Holdings Here
Under surveilIance-visit
to Water Power
Works.
TOUR OF INSPECTION

An octet of prominent officials of the
c., B. & Q. railroad company, arrived
in the city this morning at lilo from
Centerville in special train. The
purport of the visit OF those officers OF
the o. road at this time, was one
made for inspection of the properties
of the company in Keolul1 an to get
more closely in touch with the water
power status.
In the party were H. e. Byram, vice
president of the c., B. & O., and Frank
E. Ward, general manager, both with
headquarters in Chicago. The trip to-
day was the first in this territory for
Vice President Byram, who is chief
of the operating department of the
roads system and made mainly for the
reason Of getting better acquainted
with this locality under his jurisdic.
ton.
Several bridge superintendent, en-
gineers and others interested in road
inspection were included in the per-
sonell of officials here today.
Visit Power Works.
The railroad officials were met by
Engineer Hugh L. Cooper and other
officers of the Water Power company,
and trip to the power sites on both
sides of the river made in the four
company machines.
Mr.. Cooper on learning of the in
lol vyicif of No %-
day, requested that he be notified of
the time of their arrival SO that
sightseeing courtesies over the large
construction works could be made pos
sible.
The special train carrying the rail
road gentlemen left at o'clock again
for Centerville where inspection trips
on other divisions will be furthered.
lief Engineer With Party.
T. G. Calvert, chief engineer of the
4 entire Burlington railroad system was
one of the party of railroad officials
here today. MI. Calvert was particu-
larly interested in coming here at
this time to make an investigation Of
the proposed changes which will
necessarily be made in the trackage
! of the company north of the city and
the construction of the concrete wa
ter wall along the Burlington's right
Of way as far north as the back wa
ters will have a tendency to overflow
the lines.
NnUfnn pf
/ Maintenance of Way of the c. B. & @.
# @. visited here with the other officials
/ today. Three special coaches were
used by the 20" officers and return
I was made to Centerville via the
Mount Pleasant branch and Donnel!-
son.
! The proposition of repairing the
North road or Mount Pleasant branch
! as ii is known, is late issue with the
&c. B. & @. railroad and that line will
be put in better shape in the near flu
! ture it is automatically learned.
| Those present with the railroad
party here were: Fl. e. Byram, vice
| president; T. e. Calvert, chief engi-
neer; j. G. Stuart, general store
keeper; ]. w. Newton. general in
| spector of permanent maintenance of
way and structures; II. E. Ward, gen
eral manager; j. w. Cyr, superintend-
ent of motive power; w. L. Brecken-
ridge, engineer of maintenance of
way; F. l.. Johnson, superintendent of
the Iowa district; A. N. Whsle, super
! intendent of the Hannibal division,
! IN. w. Hamm, superintendent of the
Centerville division of the Keokuk
and Western road.
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