The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

Inc Other improvements made by I
the Burlington are many An indus
trial track parallel to Commercial
alley with a spur to the Mills-Ells.
worth company, has been built and
the Mills-E Ellsworth company thereby
given good service in their new loca-
ton.
A track for Chrisholm and Evans
has been built to Bank street, between
Third and Fourth, and the city scales
| have been moved to this block.
Buy Uptown Property.
! The Burlington spent $4,000 buy
ing property in block So, which is be-
tween Johnson and Exchange anu]
Fourth and Fifth, and by building =
team track yard is able to accommss
date between thirty-fve and forty
more cars. The uptown team track
! facilities are also increased. In adoA
ton side track for the Keokuk Pure
! Tee company at Eighth and Johnson
streets has been built.
Several months ago the Burlington
started work on an addition to it
] present uptown freight house which
is SO by 40. This will make it pos,
sible for the freight department to
i handle great deal more business in
a convenient way. There is an addf-
tional track to the open platform
west of Sixth street. A canopy runs
along from the freight house to cars,
extending the full length of the house
and enabling work to continue unin-
terruptedly regardless Of the weather
{, conditions. The cost of the freight
house addition is approximately s10,.
) 600. The 20" has built an ice house
) with 1000 tons capacity.
Improve Passenger Service.
: There has been some improvement
| in the passenger service. An addi
r tional train has been put on in the
morning from Burlington to Keokuk
bringing the Chicago mail and sleeper
into Keokuk on an assured schedule
This was begun about the first Of the
t year. Also the north and south bounc
q Kline trains stop at Sandusky, bring
e ing people to Keokuk and delivering
! them back the same day This Is
e quite a little help to the retail trade
: and there are great many people
q lin the vicinity of Sandusky who nov
can conveniently do their shopping II
this city.
Inasmuch as the freight business 0
9 the Wabash Is handled through tn
!. Rock Island facilities. the road ha
= made no improvements in the way 0
building, but has taken several step
!, In the way of improving service.
= An improved service from Chicag'
: has been made by way OF daily mel
: chandise car delivered to Hamilton
Ill. The car service from New Yorl
!. is now on what is known as fourth o
fifth morning. being fast freight de
: Hyered on either the fourth or tn
;. fifeh day out of New York.
Is Wabash Sixty Percent Better.
i. In the way of better passenger SCI
- vice which benefits Keokuk the W.
q bash has put it's outgoing afternoo
ID train, which formerly left at 4:3
O'clock. back one hour, giving peopl
d between Bluffs and Keokuk this ado
ed time for shopping
IA IT was stated at the local Wabas
,e Office that their service in variou
ways has been bettered sixty percen
III
at New Freight House Addition.
The biggest improvement that TIL
es Rock Island is making in Keokuk
as in the way Of improved freight hous
Of facilities. An extension $50 feet lon
10 is being made to the present freigf
lpl house together with thorough r
,f- modelling of the old structure. In a.
o. dition there will be new team track
e- an automobile unloading platform
To- and an extention of the present tran
Nv fer platform.
ey A change in the passenger servis
lie which should be beneficial to Keoku
IL is expected in short time. At pre-
Ill ent people coming to Keokuk on tn
road reach here at / o'clock in tt
afternoon and go out again in
couple of hours. The intention is
re bring the train into Keokuk earle
nd and leave later. giving these Peep
al longer to shop. Keokuk retaile
ng would benefit from this out-of-tow
lie trade, and the move is in line wit
M that which the other roads are ma
ns ing.
ve pairymen on Doubtful List.