Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-18
IMPORTANT MATTER AFFECTING
TOWN OF LEcRAND BEFORE
TOWN COUNCIL.
NORTHWESTERN MAKES
PROPOSITION TO MOVE
Sentiment Divided as to Acceptance,
and Council will Consider Question
at Meeting Monday Nisht-Tow"
Refuses to Accept New Road First
Decided to County.

The much mooted question Of the
station at LeGrand. which for years
has not been situated within the cor
porate limits Of the town, nor even
within the county. but in the edge Of
Tama county. is now engrossing the
attention of the council and citizens Of
LeGrand- The Northwestern railroad.
following a visit Of Vice President r.
h Ashton, Superintendent Hammil.
Genaral Attorney Davis. Of Des Moines,
and Engineer Rittenhouse, has made a
proposition to move the station from
the west, providing the town furnishes
a road connecting with a road already
opened that leads to the depot.
The proposition Of the railroad COM
rany will be up before the council at
its next meeting Monday night. Se.lti-
inent in the town is said to be divided
accept the proposition as 1t now stands.
Many think that in view of the fact
that the railroad company has conced-
depot at all, that 1t would. in time. con-
sent to place the station directly south
Of the town, and within the corporate
limits. site desired by the town for
many years.
REEVES Old Question.
Consideration Of the depot removal
project revives interest in a question
of long standing which a few years
ago. reached the stage Of sufficient i'm
portance to constitute a hearing before
the railroad commission. At this hear
ing the railroad company won, on the
ground that there is q heavy grade and
curve at the point where the towns
people wanted the station placed, and
the railroad showed 1t would be dan
gerous to attempt to stop trains at the
desired point.
ousrriss Bring Up Question.
The fact that the Chicago & North
western Railway Company has ac-
au.red the old LeGfand quarries APP
pears to have been directly responsible
for the revival Of the depot site ques-
ton. Last fall the Northwestern was
very anxious to secure the vaceting OF
road past where the company's
crushing plant was situated The Le-
Grand people would not consent to
vacating the street. 50 the railroad
company purchased strip OF land on
the north side OF the E. L. Condor
farm, and a strip on the south side OF
the farm Of Miss Hannah Forker. thus
making a new road leading to the
ouarries. This road was decided by the
company to the county. but, 1t seems.
the road is in the town OF LeGrand, on
the north line Of the corporate limits.
as was later learned by the railroad
company and, il there was any deed
ing TO be done, it should have been
turned over to the town OF LeGrand
rather than the county.
Town Refuses to Accept II.
An effort was made recently TO get
the council to accept this road. hut the
council refused The council, however
saw an opportunity for some possible
trading with the railroad company, ana
in the end getting for the town a depot
site that had long been wanted. Inc
council made a proposition to accept
tie road providing the railroad com
panv would move the depot to a point
due south Of LeGrand, and within the
corporate limits This would mean the
moving of the depot over a mile from
where it now stands. and would place
il within abou, half mile from the
business part of the town. Ihis pro-
position called out the officials OF the
road to talk over the situation, and re-
suited in a counter proposition being
made
Road Objects to Desired Site.
The railroad officials still object 10
moving the depot to the long-deslred
site. owing to the fact Of the heavy
grade, but offered to move the station
to the southeast corner Of the town.
within the corporate limits. and piac-
ing the station about three-quarters OF
a mile from the business part ~ town.
The railroad company asks that the
town accept the new road built by the
company and furnish a road that Will
connect with the present road leading
to the depot. The railroad company
offers to furnish the necessary ballast
to place the road in good shape. In
complying with this proposition. how
ever. the town would have to buy a
strip Of land across about forty acres
Of land. to open road io lead e the
present road.
The question is an important one